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Male Richard Skaggs Click to view Richard Skaggs in the family tree

Richard was born in 1744 in , , Virginia, USA.1   Richard's father was James Skaggs and his mother was Rachel Susannah Moredock.  His paternal grandparents were Richard Skaggs and Mary Thear; his maternal grandfather was Abraham Moredock. He had six brothers and four sisters, named Henry, John, Moses, James, Charles, Jacob, Susannah, Elizabeth Or Betsy, Lydia and Nancy.  He died at the age of 74 in 1818 in , , Barren, Kentucky, USA.1 


Richard's family with Elizabeth Wells

‌Richard and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on April 11th, 1811 in , Hardin, Kentucky, USA Or , , Virginia, USA.1   They had five sons and four daughters, named John, Henry, Abednego, Shadrack, Mashack, Sarah, Lyddy, Rhoda and Elizabeth.

1 Gene Pool Individual Records - From:  Ancestry.com
2 familysearch.org -  IGI
3 {familysearch.org -  IGI}
4 Pioneer Baptist Church Records of South-Central Kentucky and the Upper Cumberland of Tennessee 1799-1899.  Book FHL  976./K2c  pg.216
Further source/citation:
Green Co., KY Circuit Court Loose Packet #3871 (Lewis vs. Cavin Blevins: Deposition April 1836) about siblings of Moses Skaggs. @ Green County Review  Vol. 1  No. 3,  April 1978,   page 44

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