Burgess Bird Scroggins Jr (1812 - 1881)

Born 1 Jan 1812 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Gold) Scroggins — married 25 Feb 1839 in McMinn County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 1881 at about age 69 in Springtown, Parker County, Texas, United States

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Biography

Burgess Scroggins Jr. married Rebecca Gold on February 25, 1839.^[1]

Their children:

1. Martin VanBuren Scoggins b.
2. Phoebe E. Scoggins Lynch b.1844
3. Susan C. Scoggins Adams b. 1845
4. Narcissus Scoggins
5. Theodocia Orlena Scoggins Maxwell b. 1852
6. Clementine Scoggins Pearce b.1854
7. Whitt Scoggins b. 1859
8. Burgess H. Scoggin b. 1860

He passed away in 1881.

Research Notes

Oral family history holds that Burgess Scoggins married Rebecca, knowing she was already pregnant by another man (an American Indian, it is said). She was 4 or 5 months along at the time of their marriage, and bore James P. Scoggins. I would be interested in using DNA to prove/disprove Burgess as the father of James P. --E. Weatherall 6/28/2018

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch, McMinn County, Burgess Scoggin and Rebecca Gold (25 February 1839); citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGT-JZ2 : 12 April 2016), Birgus Scroggins, Texas, United States; citing p. 28, family 178, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,083.
• "United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TD-LH25?cc=2427901&wc=73RQ-399%3A1513853902%2C1513866401 : accessed 5 July 2018), Tennessee > Roll 26, Records relating to abandoned property, lists, reports, and correspondence pertaining to land and property, Jan 1864-Sept 1868 > image 453 of 558; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications; Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880, RG 105; (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1980).
• Find A Grave memorial page for Burgess Scoggins (16 Mar 1812–11 Dec 1881), Memorial ID 24430347; citing Springtown Cemetery, Springtown, Parker County, Texas, USA; maintained by Helen Parker (contributor 46946529).

Acknowledgments

• Warren Pickett.