Richard Scaggs, Early Colonist - Part 2

Previously, I posted a blog about Richard Scaggs, a founding colonist of Scaggs in America.  After studying the information in that blog and the results of subsequent DNA testing, I think that the Richard described may have been multiple individuals named Richard combined into one.

DNA Testing: More on the Skaggs / Catron Connections

I recently wrote a blog post about some DNA testing relationships between Skaggs descendants and Catron descendants that may indicate that a Catron family member may have married into a Skaggs family line.  After a bit of research we have some specifics about these genealogical relationships that seem to support the DNA testing results.

James Elkins and the Chickamauga Expedition

In the comments to a previous post about the Chickamauga Expedition against the Indians, a commenter alerted me to a James Elkins who participated in that expedition to Tennessee.  This James Elkins appears to have been a nephew of the legendary Ruth Elkins, the son of her brother Richard.