Two Skaggs Mysteries: Are They Related?

 We have uncovered two Skaggs mysteries from the 1790s that seem to lead to brick walls:

  • What ever happened to Piner Skaggs of Queen Anne's County, Maryland?
  • How is the Sullivan family related to Old Peter Skaggs and the Long Hunters?
I'll try describing these two mysteries and let you reach your own conclusions below the fold.

Illinois Skeggs Wanted for DNA Testing

The Skaggs family Y-DNA project is looking for descendants of a Skeggs from the Chicago, Illinois area.  Male descendants of Robert Hugh Skeggs (1925-2002) are needed to take a Y-DNA test to identify how this Skeggs family line fits and where they come from.

Famous Skaggs: Geno Skaggs

Geno Skaggs was a blues musician back in the 1960s and 70s. He played bass with the great bluesman John Lee Hooker and separately with his cousin Earl Hooker. Geno even appeared on John Lee Hooker's 1971 album, Endless Boogie, with Steve "Fly Like an Eagle" Miller of Steve Miller Band fame. That's a strange coincidence since Boz Scaggs also played with Steve Miller and I'm not aware that Boz Scaggs and Geno Skaggs ever knew each other, but they both knew Steve Miller.

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