Since a family of Scaggs originated on the Maryland Eastern Shore I thought I would collect several clips of accents and music from there for everyone's enjoyment. The accents are distinct enough that you can imagine that when ancestors from this part of Maryland moved to places like the mountains of Virginia or Tennessee the locals and younger family members might have thought they were from England, Ireland or Wales.
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Rachel Skaggs, the mother of the Longhunters and wife of James Skaggs has been considered by many Skaggs researchers over the years to have ...
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Many researchers speculate that Zachariah Scaggs was related to Old Peter Scaggs in some way, either his father or his brother. If so, we ...
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Some Skaggs, Elkins and Bishop researchers believe that the Ruth Bishop who married John Bishop in Montgomery County, Virginia c. 1780 was...
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Bishop family legend has it that John Bishop was married to a Ruth Skaggs (Scaggs), who was previously captured by Indians, possibly havin...
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I wrote a previous blog entry about the relationship between the orphan Thomas Bailey Christian (TBC) and his adopted father Capt. Thomas ...
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Zachariah Skaggs is one of the more popular suggestions as father of Old Peter Skaggs, however, to my knowledge no-one has proven or even ma...
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The French and Indian War was underway in 1755 with colonial forces attacking the French in Nova Scotia, New York and on the Ohio River. On...
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There are many genealogical records available from the 1700s for James Skaggs, making him appear to have been everywhere at all times. I w...
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The most notorious Skaggs in history was the Missouri bushwacker Larkin Skaggs. He was a Baptist preacher who rode with William Quantrill&#... -
If you followed rock music back in the 1970s you will remember Boz Scaggs , with songs like Lido Shuffle and Lowdown . He was born William ...
