Charles Scruggs (1665 - 1718)

Born 1665 in Henrico County, Virginia

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Died 2 Feb 1718 at about age 53 in Henrico County, Virginia

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1704 Henrico Co.,VA quit rent rolls. VA Mag. of History, Vol 28, p 215.

Will of Charles Scruggs, 1718. In the name of God, Amen. In the year of Our Lord God 1718, I , Charles Scruggs, in the County of Henrico, a planter being very sick of body but of perfect mind and memory. Thanks be given unto God; therefore calling into mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die; Do order and ordain this will last will and testament, That is to say principally and first of all, I give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it [ to me] and for my body, I recommend it to the Earth, and I dispose of my mortal goods which the Lord pleased to bestow upon me as followeth; Item: I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Mary Pirrent, a heifer with calf [ to keep] said calf for life; And Item: I give Mary Pirrent one yoo [ewe] the choice of my flock; Item I give and bequeath to my son William Bratcher and to my daughter Juda all my worldly possessions that [are] now called mine, to them and their heirs forever ... [ and to] my Son William Bratcher [ I assign ] to be my full [ only] Executor.

As witness my hand and seal this twenty 9th day of December 1718.

Thomas Cardwell John Robertson X

Thomas T Robertson X

William Elee

Will proved 2 Feb 1718.

The land mentioned in Charles Scruggs' will had come to him by his marriage to Mary Field Jones, widow of Edward Jones. Juda Scruggs Bratcher (Bradshaw) was half-sister to Tabitha Jones Robinson. William Bradshaw divided this land with the other Jones and Scruggs heirs, including Tabitha. William Bradley, William Bradshaw and John Robertson consented to the division of two tracts on the north side of the James River, each 220 acres, formerly in tenure of Charles Scruggs, bounded by the river. Bradley's part was on the riverbank, Bradshaw's part began at the creek, and John Robertson's part was next to Mary Pyrant (spelled Pirront in the will). 4 April 1720. (Henrico Co., VA, Deeds 1714-1718, p. 481)

William Bradshaw, executor, then divided the land between the heirs as follows:

4 April 1720 – William Bradley, William Bradshaw and John Robertson consented to the division of two tracts of land on the north side of the James River, each 220 acres, formerly in the tenure of Charles Scruggs, bounded by the James River. Tract 1: "John Robertson's part beginneth at Mary Pyrant's (spelled Pirront in the will) corner stake on the river bank and runneth along the said Mary Pyrant's line to the back line and along the back line to Wm. Bradly's corner stake and along the said Bradly's line to the river and down the river to the place where it first began." Tract 2: "John Robertson's part beginneth at William Bradshaw's white oak corner in the back line of the river tract and runneth along the said line thirteen chains to a corner hickory in the said line then by a line east four degrees north to part the said John Robertson and William Bradly." (Henrico Co., VA, Misc.l Court Records Book 2, 1718-1726, p. 481).

Sources

• Henrico Co., VA, Deeds 1714-1718, p. 481

• Henrico Co., VA, Misc. Court Records Book 2, 1718-1726, p. 481

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