William (Squire) Skaggs 
William, known as Squire, was born on December 20th, 1757 in Horse Pasture, North Carolina.1 Squire's father was James Skaggs and his mother was Mary. His paternal grandparents were James Skaggs and Rachel Susannah Moredock. He had three brothers and a sister, named Henry, Stephen, James and Rachel. He was the oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 90 on August 20th, 1848 in Green Co., Kentucky.2 Death Notes
WILL OF WILLIAM SKAGGS
In the name of God, Amen: I, William Skaggs of the county of Green, State of Kentucky, being of sound mind and memory, do by these presents constitute and ordain this my last will and testament, to wit:
Item First - I give to wife Polly Skaggs the tract of land whereon I now live with the exception of 50 acres whereon my son Henry now lives, during her life and also my negro girl Mary Ann and my negro boy Newton, the gal about 15 years of age and the boy about 16 years old, together with all my household and kitchen furniture, my farming tools of every description, three cows and calves, and five head of young cattle, three head of horses, all of the above named property ot is my will and desire that my wife shall have and enjoy the use of during her life.
Item Second - I give to my daughter Elizabeth Pearce one negro girl Sarah, about 13 years old, which negro girl my daughter Elizabeth Pearce has now in her possession and having given my daughter above mentioned some property at her marriage, I consider that she has had her full part of my estate.
Item Third - I give to my daughter Polly Elkin one negro boy Preston, about 12 years old which boy my daughter now in her possession, and having had other property at her marriage I give her no more of my estate.
Item Fourth - I give to my daughter Nancy Peace one negro girl named Nancy, about nine years old, which girl my daughter Nancy has now in her possession and she having had other property at her marriage, I give her now no more of my estate.
Item Fifth - I have given to my son William Skaggs in his life some 300 acres of land, more or less, and I also give to my son William during his life one negro boy by the name of Jacob, which boy I have since purchased of my son William and paid him for which I consider was his full part of my estate, and it is my will and desire that the heirs of my son William have no more of my estate.
Item Sixth - I give to my son Fields Skaggs 100 acres of land whereon my son now lives, more or less, also one negro girl Harriet and her increase, which negro my son now has in his possession.
Item Seventh - I give to my daughter Rachel Warren 100 acres of land supposed to be 100 acres, more or less, adjoining the lands where my daughter now lives. I am also to make to my son-in-law William Warren a deed to the land he purchased of John Salsman, supposed to be 20 acres, including the improvement in a strate line to the old line.
Item Eight - I give to my daughter Sibby Salsman 100 acres of land whereon my daughter now lives, also one negro girl July Ann, about 23 years old, which negro my daughter has had in her possession for some years. I purchased and paid my daughter some years since for said negro.
Item Ninth - I give to my son Jeremiah Skaggs 100 acres of land whereon my son now lives, also I give to my son Jeremiah one negro boy Jasper, about 17 years old.
Item Tenth - I have given to my daughter Jane Warren $80 heretofore, and it is my will and desire that my daughter Jane Warren have no more of my estate.
Item Eleventh - I give to my son Stephen Skaggs 100 acres of land whereon my son now lives, also one Negro girl, Sinday, about seven years old, also $50 to be paid out of the sale of my out lands to my son Stephen.
Item Twelth - I give to my son Henry Skaggs 50 acres of land whereon my son Henry now lives, and at the death of my wife I give to my son Henry all the tract of land wherein I now live, supposed to be 300 acres.
The land given to my son Stephen is to be first run off and then my son Henry is to have the remainder of the tract wherin I now live at the death of my wife, also one negro boy named Sess (of Sep), about seven years old.
Item Thirteen - I give to my daughter Eliza Cravat 100 acres of land whereon she now lives, the same more or less, also $100 to be paid to my daughter out of the sale of my out land, also two cows and calves and two head of young cattle.
Item Fourteen - I give to my granddaughter Elizabeth Skaggs one negro girl Polly, about three years old.
Item Fifteen - It is my will and desire that my two negro women, Easter and Sealy, shall have their freedom at my death. The have served me faighfully for my years.
Item Sixteen - It is my will and desire that at the death of my wife all the property she dies possessed of shall be sold and the proceeds equally divided between my children, that is to say, Fields Skaggs; Rachel Warren; Sibby Salsman; Jeremiah Skaggs; Stephen Skaggs; Henry Skaggs; Eliza Cravat. The children not named in this last item I give no more of my estate than I have named for them.
Item Last - It is my will and desire that my sons Fields and Henry be my executors.
Notes from the Green County Review of October 1980:
The foregoing will of William Skaggs was located, filed with other original wills, in the GC Court Clerk's Office. It was not recorded in the will book for the time period; whether the omission was due to error or whether the will was set aside is not now known. An entry in GC Order Book 10, p. 226, shows that the will was produced in court on Oct 16, 1848. On Nov. 20, 1848 (Order Book 10, p.242) Fielding Skaggs was appointed administrator with Jeremiah P. Skaggs and William Pierce as sureties. An inventory and list of sales of the estate was produced in court on Feb. 19, 1849 (OB 10, p. 249).
NOTE: Henry Skaggs, probable son of William and Mary Simpson Skaggs was born about 1779, and married Sally Lacefield on June 1, 1797. In Perrin's, a sketch of James H. Boston of Metcalfe County, Kentucky, it is stated that James H. Boston was the son of Abner Boston and Susan Skaggs; that Susan Skaggs Boston was the daughter of Henry Skaggs who married Sallie Lacefield; and that Henry Skaggs was a Baptist Minister and 'the son of William Skaggs.'
William Skaggs did have a son named Henry; however, this son Henry was born about 1821. William Skagg's first marriage, according to DAR records, was in 1778. The Henry Skaggs who married Sally Lacefield and who was born in 1779 or so could possibly be from the first marriage; however, William's will did not include this earlier Henry Skaggs.
General Notes
SKAGGS, William Pension # W2182
William Skaggs was a Private in theVirgina Militia. He entered the service 1 March 1778 to serve as an Indian Spy until 1 Nov 1778. He enlisted in 1779 under the command of Capt. Mastin and in the regiment under the command of Col. Shelby, in Clinch River, in Virginia. William was born in 1757, in North Carolina near Horse Pasture, North Carolina. Willia married Polly Beavee, 2 Sept 1802. William died 20 Aug 1848 in Green County, Kentucky.
(Source: "Revolutionary War Soldiers from Adair, Green, Russel & Taylor Co., Kentucky" FHL US/CAN 976.9 A1 no.407 pg.35-36)
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SOURCE: Kentucky Skaggs Records, by Juanita Skaggs Luttrell
Page 309 - Green County, Kentucky
William SKAGGS married Mary SIMPSON in 1778 in Virginia. In 1780 William came to Kentucky with his family and settled in one of the three forts that were built in Green County about this time. William's uncle established SKAGGS Station near Allendale, however, William spent some time at Pitman's Station, which is north of present day Greensburg. William's father, I believe name Jacob, also settled nearby. William and Mary lived at the fort until about a year later, when indians caused the three forts to be abandoned. William took his family to the then county seat at Bardstown. They lived there for several years and then returned back to the Green County area.
From the James PIERCE bible, we find that William had the following children:
Elizabeth, born 19 Jan 1785
Polly, born 27 Aug 1787
Nancy, born 16 Jun 1789 (William's wife Mary then died)
William, born 25 Aug 1804 (William married Polly PIERCE, 2 Sep 1802)
Fielding, born 25 Apr 1806
Rachel, born 27 Oct 1807
Libby, born 27 Mar 1809
Jeremiah, born 17 Oct 1813
Stephen, born 13 Mar 1820
Henry, 29 Dec 1821
Louisa, 8 Feb 1824
(William SKAGGS or Squire SKAGGS as he was called, lived on Brush Creek near present day Allendale. He was a magistrate and well known citizen of Green County. A member of the Liberty Baptist Church, he is buried just west of Hwy 61 near the Jct of Hwy 566 in the SKAGGS Cem. The tombstone reads, "In memory of William SKAGGS, Born 1754, Died 2_ August 1848." The James PIERCE bible lists Williams birth date as 20 Dec 1757). William SKAGGS is mentioned several times in Allen's, History of Kentucky, and Wm. is gone but never forgotten.
(This was researched and presented by Edward BENNINGFIELD.)
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SOURCE: Kentucky Skaggs Records, by Juanita Skaggs Luttrell
Page 336 - 337 - Green County, Kentucky
Order Book #6, Page 447 - 25 Oct 1819
Wm. SKAGGS is appointed guardian to the infant heirs of Stephen SKAGGS dec'd and also the infant heirs of James SKAGGS dec'd. it is ordered that Math. OWENS, James SCOTT & Wm. BARNETT be appointed Commissioners to divide the land of James SKAGGS, Senr. dec'd. between the sons and daughters of his three sons Stephen SKAGGS, Henry SKAGGS, & James SKAGGS which three sons have departed having rec'd a joint deed from their father for said land this life. It is ordered that the said Commissioners Convey to the sons and daughters of the said Stephen SKAGGS dec'd their proportion of said lands and in like manner convey to the sons and daughters of Henry SKAGGS dec'd. their proportions and in like manner to the sons daughters of James SKAGGS dec'd. their porportion of said land.
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William Skaggs
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Event(s):
Birth: 20 DEC 1757 Horse Pasture, , , North Carolina
Christening:
Death: 20 AUG 1848
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Parents:
Father: James OR Jr. Skaggs
Mother: Susannah Skaggs
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William (Polly) Skaggs, W2182, BLWT 27564-160-55
August 23, 1832, Green County, Kentucky, William Skaggs, resident of
said county, aged 75 years born (b. 1757) stated that he entered the
service of the United States under the following officers and served
as herein stated.
In 1778 in the month of March he was called and entered the service
as an Indian Spy and continued to serve until the last of October or
the first of November in the same year. He entered into the service
in the State of Virginia, the name of the county not now recollected,
but it was near the head of the Clinch River in the company commanded
by Captain Thomas Mastin. While in service he and Thomas Ray were
allotted to scout as spies in the boundary laid off commencing at the
head of the Clinch River and extending to the "Big Cain brake" on Big
Sandy River, a distance of about twenty-five miles. It was made their
duty to go about one mile below the cane brake for the purpose of
meeting two other spies. On one excursion as they were proceeding
from the head of the Clinch River to the line (?) of their boundary
and on their way they discovered that some Indians had taken up
another fork of the Sandy along a "Buffellow" track which led toward
the country settled by the whites, so as soon as they made the
discovery they turned their course and endeavored to reach the
settlement before the Indians so that some efficient means might be
effected for the purpose of repelling their invasions. When they
reached the settlement they were informed that the Indians had
reached some parts of the settlement the night before and attempted
to conduct some depredations and that they had attacked the father of
said William as he was returning from a neighbor's house and pursued
him with such violence that he was compelled to turn and fire, by
which he was successful in putting an end to one of his pursuers.
In the spring of 1779, the month not recollected, he enlisted in the
Virginia militia in the State of Virginia and near the head of the
Clinch River in a company commanded by Captain Mastin in the regiment
commanded by Colonel Shelby and served three months. Immediately
after his enlistment Colonel Shelby, together with his corps, made a
tour by water down to the "Chickemaugy" town on the south side of the
Tennessee River which town was entirely settled by the Cherokee
Indians, which they invaded, killing many Indians. After they put to
flight and destroyed the inhabitants of the place, they put fire to
the town and entirely consumed it. When the destruction of the town
was completed Captain Bean proposed raising a scouting party for the
purpose of searching for some of the inhabitants of the town who had
made their escape. Some thirty soldiers joined Bean, among whom was
WILLIAM SKAGGS. They left the main army and marched a north course
across the Cumberland Mountains. Shortly after they had crossed the
mountains they discovered an encampment of the Indians which they
immediately invaded and three of the Indians and took three
prisoners. In that attack he had the good fortune to take a squaw as
a prisoner. After this success they marched to meet the main army and
fell in with them at their encampment on a small creek. They were
marched from there to Powells Valley when owing to the great scarity
of provisions, the army was disbanded, and they marched home where
they were discharged. He received a written discharge from Captain
Mastin which he kept for many years, but it was consumed in the
flames of the roof which protected his family in conjunction with all
his household property. He had no documentary evidence of his service
whatever nor is there any living witness within his knowledge by whom
he could establish the same in any part thereof.
William Skaggs was born in 1757 in North Carolina. Charles Blevins,
clergyman, of Green County, Kentucky, and Samuel Brent, resident of
the same, certified that they were acquainted with William Skaggs,
who was a soldier of the Revolution.
March 10, 1853, Green County, Kentucky, Mrs. Polly Skaggs, resident
of said county, 80 years old, (1773) stated that she was the widow of
William Skaggs, deceased, who was a pensioner of the Revolutionary
War. He resided in Green County for a number of years and up to the
time he died. After his death she drew a fraction of a pension which
was due from the last semi-annual draw to the time he died. The fact
of the death and the time of death of Skaggs and the rate of pension
was certified and filed.
She was married to William Skaggs on September 2, 1802, in Green
County, Kentucky. Her husband died on the 20th of August 1848. She
was still a widow. Because of her age and bodily infirmity she was
unable to travel or to attend court to make the declaration.
Green County, Kentucky marriages: September 2, 1802, William Skaggs
and Polly Pearce.
March 17, 1855, Green County, Kentucky, Polly Skaggs, widow of
William Skaggs, deceased, aged 75 years (1780) (notice the
discrepancy in her age), made her application for a pension and was
drawing the same from the agency in Louisville. Her certificate is
dated May 17, 1853, No. 404. She now applied for bounty land.
William Skaggs of Green County, Kentucky, who was a private in the
company of Captain Mastin in the regiment of Colonel Shelby in the
Virginia Line for eleven months, was inscribed on the roll of
Kentucky at the rate of $36.66 per annum to commence on the 4th day
of March 1831. Certificate of pension issued August 21, 1833.
Polly Skaggs, widow of William Skaggs, was inscribed on the roll at
the rate of $36.66 per annum to commence on February 3, 1853.
Certificate of pension issued May 17, 1853.
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- b.1600 in Londerry, Ulster, Ireland d.1680 in Derry, Ulster, Ireland
- b.1640 in Londerry, Ulster, Ireland d.1677 in New River, West Virginia
- b.1600 in Ulster, Londonderry, Ireland d.1680 in Ulster, Londonderry, Ireland
- b.1674 in Tazwell Co., Virginia d.1766 in Kent Co., Maryland
- b.1640 in Cambridge St. Sepulchers England d.1740 in New River, West Virginia
- b.1700 in On a ship from Ireland d.1798
- b.1678 d.1766
- b.1734 in Virginia d.~ 1811 in Green County, Kentucky
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- b.1697 in Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia d.1784
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- b.20 Dec 1757 in Horse Pasture, North Carolina d.20 Aug 1848 in Green Co., Kentucky
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