Leonard Scaggs: Brick Wall to the Skeggs Family

Leonard Scaggs (a.k.a. Skaggs, Skeggs) was the progenitor of several American families known today mostly as Skeggs.  We currently don't know much about him prior to his appearance in the 1800 U.S. census in Frederick County, Maryland, however, he is the common ancestor of several Skeggs families across the United States and is important to us in understanding how the Skaggs, Scaggs and Skeggs families were structured just after the American Revolution.

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James Skaggs, who was this guy (Part 2)?

A while back I posted a question about a James Skaggs who was referred to in the minutes of the Big Blaine Baptist Church in Lawrence County, Kentucky back in 1825.

August the 1st Saturday 1825
Brother James Skaggs has transgressed and come and maid a recantation. The church is to Site Brother Christian Skaggs and James Sparks to our meeting, So Brother John Boggs and Brother James Boggs are appointed to site James Blevins.

There is evidence of a James Skaggs even earlier back in Virginia in the neighborhood of Old Peter.
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The Manx Family History Website

There is an excellent website for persons interested in the Skaggs family history called Manx Family History.  It has a lot of great information about the various Skaggs family lines based on DNA testing.  For example, the Old Peter Skaggs line is described here.  Other Skaggs lines are shown below the fold.

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