Jesse Scruggs (1736 - abt. 1774)

Born 23 Jul 1736 in VA

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Died about 1774 at about age 37 in GA

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Scruggs Genealogy By Ethel Hastings Scruggs Dunklin.

Lunenburg Co., VA Order Book 5 Feb 1760, p 56 Judgment against Lydall Bacon 6 March 1760 Jesse Scruggs v. John Ashley . Judgement abates. Ashley not an inhabitaant of Lunenburg.

Bedford Co., VA 1770 Jesse Sruggs vs. Charles Merrryman.

28 Sep 1774.

Jesse Scruggs signed a petition disagreeing with the Resolutions passed 10 Aug 1774 in Savannah, GA.

28 Sep 1774 We, the subscribers, inhabitants of the Parish of St. George, in the Province of Georgia, do hereby publicly declare that we entirely disagree to the paper containing certain resolutions which were drawn up in the city of Savannah, by some persons met there on the 10th of August, 1774; because, although many of us gave votes that Mr. Jones and Mr. Lord should go to the said meeting, yet it was because we were told that unless we did send some persons there, we would have the Stamp Act put in force. By these and such like arguments, we were prevailed upon to do what we did; but as we find we were deceived, and that the said meeting was intended to draw up a paper that we think reflects very improperly upon our King and the Parliament, and may be of bad consequence to this Province, and can serve no good purpose, we therefore declare that we do not approve of the said paper; and we give our dissent in this public manner.

George White, "Historical Collections of Georgia".

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