Henry Skaggs: Longhunter, Hunting Henry or the Incredible Man of Mystery?

I've usually stayed away from writing about the Long Hunter Skaggs since they are the most documented branch of the Skaggs family.  I've rarely felt I could add anything new to the discussion about these guys, with a few exceptions.  However, there is some new research regarding Henry Skaggs that deserves attention.

The Mystery of William Scaggs of Lawrence County, Tennessee

William Scaggs married Susannah Brashears in Lawrence County, Tennessee 14 February 1828.  Susannah came from the South Carolina Brashears family and was born there about 1805.  After his 1828 marriage William disappears from the record.  Where did he go?  Who was this guy?

The Legend of Isaac Skaggs of Salem County, New Jersey

There is a family legend amongst Skeggs that descend from Leonard of Frederick County, Maryland that Isaac Skaggs immigrated through the port of Salem, New Jersey from London, England sometime in the 1700s and settled in Salem County.  I never paid much attention to this legend since no evidence of Skaggs have been found to date from eighteenth-century New Jersey.  Until now.

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.

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.