Solomon Skaggs 
Solomon was born on January 15th, 1766 in Washington County, Virginia.1 Solomon's father was Henry (The Long Hunter) Skaggs and his mother was Mary Thompson. His paternal grandparents were James Skaggs and Rachel Susannah Moredock; his maternal grandparents were John Thompson and Mary Beason. He had four brothers and five sisters, named James, John, David, Stephen, Sarah, Lucy, Sylvia, Polly and Rachel. He was the fifth oldest of the ten children. He died after October 19th, 1817 in Indiana.2 General Notes
Solomon is mentioned in the Archibald Thompson Diary. The diary begins November 8, 1796 where Archibald says he started with his family from the Little River in Montgomery County (VA) and was traveling to Kentucky. He tells about places the family stayed over the next week when they reached the plantation of Mr.Stephen Yets (could be Yeats)where they took up winter quarters, leaving on March 8, 1797 and then"pressed our journeyfor Green River...The 20th of March 1797 we lay all night at dutchman plantation 5 miles from the Crab Orcherd. The21st lodged in the woods at the Nob lick. The 22nd lay in a very kind mans house. The 23rd lay all night at Mr. McColgens and the 24th got to Mr. Solomon Skaggs house. There we lived plentiful upon free cost.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- 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.08 Jan 1723 in Maryland d.04 Dec 1810 in Green County, Kentucky
- b.1670
- b.1697 in Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia d.1784
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- b.15 Jan 1766 in Washington County, Virginia d.>19 Oct 1817 in Indiana
- b.1619 in England d.1651 in England
- b.1646 in England d.1689 in England
- b.1621 in England d.1667 in England
- b.1669 in England d.1725 in England
- b.1610 in England?
- b.1645 in England d.1709 in England
- b.1615 in England?
- b.1710 in Penrith, Cumberland, England d.05 May 1780 in England
- b.1610 in England
- b.10 Oct 1630 in England d.12 Nov 1691 in England
- b.1610 in England
- b.1668 in England d.1713 in England
- b.1616 in England
- b.07 Feb 1637 in England d.23 Feb 1693 in England
- b.1616 in England
- b.18 Sep 1739
- b.18 Jul 1595 in England d.1670 in England
- b.26 Oct 1617 in England d.1656 in England
- b.1597 in England d. in England
- b.21 Oct 1656 in England d.02 Jul 1733
- b.1625 in England d.1656 in England
- b.12 Feb 1706 in England d.29 Mar 1777 in England
- b.1684 in England d.05 Aug 1750 in England
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Details of Solomon's family with Rhoda THOMPSON
1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lkcopelanier&id=I31686
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lkcopelanier&id=I31955
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lkcopelanier&id=I31955
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