ID: I528
Name: James SKAGGS
Given Name: James
Surname: Skaggs 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: 1771 in , , Virginia, USA 1
Death: Jan 1814 in , Hardin County, Kentucky, USA 1 3 4
Occupation: Bet 1801 and 1814 Reverend With Rolling Fork Church (Otter Creek) In Green County, KY. Then At Liberty Baptist Church, Also In Green County, KY. Then In 1812, He Was A Reverend In The Lynn Camp Church.
Residence: Linn Camp Creek, Hardin County, Kentucky
Event: Misc Was A Beloved Baptist Preacher.
Event: Misc 1 James Had A Song Written About Him By Rev. William Downs, When James Died.
Change Date: 29 Feb 2004 at 16:56
Note:
Rev. James Skaggs, who joined Liberty Baptist Church in 1802, was the son of Old James Skaggs of Skaggs Station. He moved his membership from Liberty to Lynn Camp Church prior to his death in January 1814. Rev. William Downs said of him: "I have no doubt but James Skaggs, was a man who supported as unspoiled a character as any other man upon earth, and was perhaps, as much esteemed by his neighbors. His independence in religious sentiments, were not exceeded by any preacher."
SOURCE: "Pioneer Baptist Church Records of South Central Kentucky and the Upper Cumberland of Tennessee, 1799-1899" FHL US/CAN Book 976 K2c, pg.224.
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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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Father: James SKAGGS b: 1734 in , , Virginia, USA
Mother: Mary THOMPSON

Marriage 1 NANCY
Change Date: 30 Dec 2002
Children
Has No Children Matthew SKAGGS
Has No Children James SKAGGS
Has No Children Sally SKAGGS
Has No Children Lydia SKAGGS
Has No Children Nancy SKAGGS
Has No Children William SKAGGS
Has No Children John SKAGGS
Has Children Stephen SKAGGS b: Abt 1764 in , , Virginia, USA
Has No Children Mary SKAGGS
Has No Children Moses SKAGGS
Has No Children Lettice SKAGGS
Has Children Henry SKAGGS

Sources:
Abbrev: Gene Pool Individual Records - From: Ancestry.com
Title: Gene Pool Individual Records - From: Ancestry.com
Abbrev: Green Co., KY Deed Book 9, pg. 500-502 (9 Oct 1820)
Title: Green Co., KY Deed Book 9, pg. 500-502 (9 Oct 1820)
Abbrev: Rev. William Downs volume of hymns and poems; Song 69 "On the Rev. James Skaggs, who departed this life January, 1814"
Title: Rev. William Downs volume of hymns and poems; Song 69 "On the Rev. James Skaggs, who departed this life January, 1814"
Abbrev: Green County Review by Green Co., KY Historical Society, Vol. 4 No. 1 OCT 1980 pg. 6
Title: Green County Review by Green Co., KY Historical Society, Vol. 4 No. 1 OCT 1980 pg. 6