More Skaggs Indian Stories: Affidavits, Petitions and Applications

Researcher Doug Couch has a web site containing affidavits, petitions and Cherokee applications for Indian tribal membership from Skaggs ancestors claiming to be descended from Indians.

A Valuable Source of Skaggs Research is Back

The Skaggs email list at Rootsweb is probably the single most valuable source of Skaggs genealogy information in existence.  It is a history of email conversations between some of the great Skaggs researchers of all time going back to 1997.  I thought we had lost it when Rootsweb was hacked a couple of years ago, but it's back.

Minutes of the Big Blaine Baptist Church

Many of the early Skaggs settlers of Lawrence County, Kentucky attended the Big Blaine Baptist Church in the 1800s.  Several years ago Lucy G. White transcribed the minutes of meetings of the church membership and posted this transcription to the internet.  The link now appears to be stale.  Several years ago I copied the minutes so I shall post them below the fold for those who are interested.

James Skaggs: Who was this guy?

Thanks to the internet, there is a transcription of the minutes of the Big Blaine Baptist Church by Lucy G. White out there for us to study.  The Big Blaine Baptist Church still exists on KY-32 near Martha, Kentucky.  These church minutes are from the 1800s back to 1821.  I found a James Skaggs that I cannot account for in the known genealogies for Lawrence County, Kentucky.  I need your help in solving this mystery.

Charles Skaggs: How the Dix River got its name

Lyman Draper wrote in The Life of Daniel Boone that in the autumn of 1770 the Long Hunters Joseph Drake and Henry Skaggs led a party of hunters from New River and Holston areas into Kentucky.

"Equipped with three pack-horses for each man, rifles, ammunition, traps, dogs, blankets and salt, dressed in hunting shirts, leggings and moccasins, they took their leave of friends and kindred..."