Thomas Dugan II (1748 - abt. 1822)

Born 8 Jun 1748 in Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Margarett (Johnston) Dugan — married 1769 (to 30 Dec 1819) in Newberry, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about 8 Dec 1822 at about age 74 in Newberry District, South Carolina

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Biography

He was probably born in PA, but not certain. Earliest known record is in Orphan's Court Records in Lancaster Co., PA in 1753 when he was chosen as Guardian by Anthony Park.

Thomas was a Col. and lived at the confluence of Gilder's and Indian Creek, site of his home is just across Gilder's Creek, above the Long Lane settlement, where many of the sturdy Scotch-Irish pioneers and their families had settled before the American Revolution. All of them were Presbyterians and were instrumental in organizing the Gilder's Creek Presbyterian Church, a church now disbanded, some of whom went over to the other Presbyterian Churches.

Nothing is left of the spot except the old discarded church cemetery with its many old markers, situated in the midst of large trees and brush. Col. Thomas Dugan was the first Commander of the Upper Regiment of Newberry Co. He was elected to command the 6th Regiment of the SC Militia. One tradition is that the bodies of the young patriots (See notes on Margaret Parks)are buried in Gilders Cemetery, the church having located the cemetery where the Dugan graveyard was located. Whether the bodies of these patriots were taken up and re-buried is not known. The home of Major Dugan was not far away. Some of the Tories who participated in this killing, according to tradition was hung at the Crossroads.

Thomas was one of the gallant men who triumphed at King's Mountain. Two of his brothers, with a Mr. Anderson, and one of the Fords, were hewn to pieces in the revolution by the Turners, as a retaliatory act of vengeance for the death of their brother, who had been slain by a party of Whigs. He commanded, after the organization of the militia, the Enoree regiment. He lived to be an old man, and raised a large family, all of who, as well as himself, have paid a great debt of nature. (Sources: ANNALS OF NEWBERRY, first part by John Beltn O'Neall, LL.D., and NEWBERRY COUNTRY SC HISTORY AND GENEALOGICAL ANNALS, by George Leland Summer, Sr., A.B.A.M.)

Thomas was born about 1738. He passed away in 1822.

Sources

• Family tree provided to Murray Clan Society of North America, Donald E. O'Rourke, Sr., M.D., 2 Dec 1980
• Records in the archives of Clan Murray, held by the U.S. Genealogist of the Clan, Michael Thomas

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57402800/thomas-alexander-dugan : accessed 28 January 2022), memorial page for Col Thomas Alexander Dugan (8 Jun 1748–8 Dec 1822), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57402800, citing Kings Creek Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Bonnie Morris Hickman Conrad (contributor 46480766) .