6:1 JOHN SCROGIN 32. JOHN SCROGIN (E14) (Parents:Scroggins07) Born 31 May 1787 Sussex County, Delaware Died 22 Jun 1853 or 1854 Shelby County, Kentucky Married (1) 33. Rachel Kendrick 02 Feb 1808 Bourbon County, Kentucky Born c1790 Died before 19 Oct 1835 Children (1): Elizabeth “Lizzie” Scrogin (F70) b. c1809 Bourbon County, Kentucky d. after 1860 m. John Moore 13 Jun 1826 Shelby County, Kentucky Samuel Scrogin (F90) b. 14 Jun 1810 Bourbon County, Kentucky d. 09 Oct 1849 Shelby County, Kentucky m. Malinda Miles 22 Dec 1832 Shelby County, Kentucky 16. Benjamin (Benoni) Scrogin (F45) (Children:Scroggins05) b. 24 Jan 1811 or 1812 Bourbon County, Kentucky d. 09 May 1875 Shelby County, Kentucky m. 17. Pamelia M Bohannon 08 Oct 1833 Shelby County, Kentucky Irene Jean Scrogin (F71) b. 22 Dec 1813 Bourbon County, Kentucky d. 02 Jan 1872 Shelby County, Kentucky m. Abraham Miles 16 Dec 1828 Shelby County, Kentucky Mary W “Polly” Scrogin (F64) b. 29 Oct 1815 Bourbon County, Kentucky d. 10 Aug 1879 Shelby County, Kentucky m. Peter Vardeman c1834 Sarah Jane Scrogin (F72) b. 15 Jul 1819 Bourbon County, Kentucky d. 02 Sep 1899 m. Joshua Tharp 20 Aug 1835 Shelby County, Kentucky Married (2) Margaret “Peggy” ------ Baldwin 19 Oct 1835 Shelby County, KY Born c1801 South Carolina Died Known step-children: Elizabeth Baldwin b. c1820-1825 d. m. Jeptha Dulin 18 Oct 1844 Morgan County, Indiana :Prepared by WILLIAM G SCROGGINS Rev. 23 Jun 2004, Reposted 13 Sep 2004 718 Mill Valley Drive, Taylor Mill KY 41015-2278 6:1 6:2 JOHN SCROGIN Julia Ann Baldwin b. c1833 Kentucky d. m. William Minney Children (2): John B Scrogin (F91) b. c1836 Indiana d. m. Ruth Ann Keeling c1859 Iowa Francis Marion Scrogin (F92) b. c1838 Indiana d. m. John Scrogin (E14) was a son of Samuel Scrogin (D5) and Elizabeth “Betty” Collins who migrated to Bourbon County, Kentucky, from Sussex County, Delaware, in 1794.1 Rachel Kendrick was a daughter of Benoni Kendrick and Mary Warner who moved from Culpeper County, Virginia, to Bourbon County before 1795.2 The birth date of John Scrogin (E14) was recorded in the family register of his father:3 Register of Samuel born 14th Jan 1749 died May 2nd 1830 aged 81 years 3 months & 19 days Joseph born Aug 4th 1774 Robert “ Oct 4. 1776 George “ June 19. 1779 Sally “ June 10. 1782 Joseph Collins Mch. 26. 1785 John May 31st 1787 Samuel June 1st 1791 On 07 June 1819 Samuel Scrogin (D5) testified that he moved to Kentucky from Delaware in 1794:4 “... in the year 1794 I removed from the State of Delaware to Kentucky ...” John Scrogin (E14) and Rachel Kendrick were married in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on 02 February 1808.5 John Scrogin (E14) was identified as John, Jr. on the 1810 census for Bourbon County, apparently to differentiate between him and his uncle John Scrogin (D2) who was identified as John, Sr. in the enumeration. John (D2) had a son John (E4) who was 36 years old in 1810 :Prepared by WILLIAM G SCROGGINS Rev. 23 Jun 2004, Reposted 13 Sep 2004 718 Mill Valley Drive, Taylor Mill KY 41015-2278 6:2 6:3 JOHN SCROGIN and, as far as is known, the second child and first son of John (E4) was not born until 1811: (Federal Census Microfilm 252, Roll 5, pages 68-113.) John Scroggin Jr 1 M 16-26 1 F 16-26 (Rachel) 1 M -10 (Samuel) 1 F -10 (Lizzie) John Scrogin (E14) served six months in the War of 1812, from 20 May through 19 November 1813, as a private in Captain Richard Matson’s Company of Infantry, Mounted Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers commanded by Colonel Richard M. Johnson. His pay for the period was $8 per month ($48), plus 40 cents a day allowance for his horse ($73.60), which totaled $121.60.6 During his tour of duty, John Scrogin’s unit fought in the Battle of the Thames on 05 October 1813. The Thames River is in southern Ontario, Canada, where it empties into Lake St. Clair.7 Kentuckians were prominent among those who fought to protect their homes from the British and Indians in the War of 1812, including men of the Scrogin family and their relatives. Robert Scrogin (E10) was 1st Lieutenant, Thomas Bohannon (Buckhannon) was 1st Corporal and Joseph Scrogin was a corporal in Matson’s Company with John Scrogin (E14). The place of Private Joseph Scrogin, who volunteered as a substitute for Pittman Williamson and was promoted to Corporal, in the family has not been identified. One John Scrogin and a Robert Scrogin served as privates in Captain Virgil McCracken’s Company of Riflemen, 1st Rifle Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Allen from 12 August through 14 October 1812. Abraham Bohannon (Buckhannon), Seth Cook and Abraham Kesler of Shelby County also were privates in McCracken’s Company. Although this roster stops at 14 October 1812, McCracken’s Company fought at the Battle of River Raisin on 12 January 1813 where McCracken was killed and Abraham Bohannon, uncle of Pamelia Bohannon Scrogin, was captured and later, with many other prisoners, murdered by the Indians. Perhaps contacts with Bohannon, Cook and Kesler during military service influenced John Scrogin (E14) to move to Shelby County from Bourbon County. Leven Polk Scrogin (E7) was 1st Corporal in Captain Maurice Langhorne’s Company of the 1st Rifle Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Militia, with drummers Thornton Wilson, who married Rachel Kendrick’s sister Mariah Kendrick, and Cumberland Wilson from 15 August 1812 through 14 October 1812. Thornton and Cumberland Wilson probably were brothers since Thornton J. Wilson later named a son Cumberland H. Wilson. Cumberland Wilson was married to Mary Parker in Woodford County, Kentucky, by D. Robinson on 02 April 1818. Private Johnston Scrogin, who was in Combs’ Company, Francesco’s Regiment, probably was Robert Johnson Scrogin (F14). Private Mitchell Kendrick, first cousin of Rachel Kendrick Scrogin, was in Thomas’ Company, Boswell’s 10th Regiment, from 29 March to 28 September 1813. He was captured after “Dudley’s Defeat” at Maumee River and forced to run the gauntlet between two lines of Indians which resulted in permanent crippling injuries. John Scrogin and George Scrogin served as privates in Captain Josiah Buskirk’s, 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia under Colonel James Allen from 18 September to 30 October 1812 in the expedition to Vincennes. They were discharged at :Prepared by WILLIAM G SCROGGINS Rev. 23 Jun 2004, Reposted 13 Sep 2004 718 Mill Valley Drive, Taylor Mill KY 41015-2278 6:3 6:4 JOHN SCROGIN Busseron in Indian Territory, 180 miles from their home in Shelby County, Kentucky.8 John and George “Scrogin” probably were members of the Scoggin family that resided in Shelby County at that time. In May 1813 Richard M. Johnson of Scott County, Kentucky, a member of Congress from Kentucky, was authorized to form a regiment of mounted Kentuckians to scout the Indian country from Fort Wayne to Lake Michigan, along the lake, then over to Illinois River and back to Ohio River near Louisville. Marching from Kentucky, the regiment made a rendezvous at Fort Winchester on 18 June 1813. During the reconnaissance Johnson’s regiment passed the battleground at River Raisin and buried the bodies of all of the Americans that they could find which had lain unburied where they had fallen in the massacre of 22 January 1813. Subsequently, General William Henry Harrison, in preparing for an invasion of Canada, called upon Governor Shelby of Kentucky to supply men for his expedition. The Kentuckians assembled at Newport on 31 July 1813. Colonel Johnson was directed to remain at Fort Meigs with his regiment until the main expedition could sail from the Portage across Lake Erie to Canada. Then Johnson was to march to Detroit and into Canada to meet the army. The Portage was on the shore of Lake Erie where Port Clinton is now located. The troops embarked on 20 September and landed near Malden, on the Canadian shore of the lake, on 27 September. On 01 October Johnson’s Regiment of Mounted Kentuckians entered Canada from Detroit and joined the expedition. The enemy, consisting of British regular soldiers, Canadian militiamen and Indians, elected to make their stand a few miles from Chatham within the steep banks where McGregor’s Creek joins the Thames River. Reconnaissance by personnel from Johnson’s Regiment on 05 October identified the deployment of the defensive forces on the north bank of the river. The position chosen by the British has been described as well-selected. On their left was the river with a high and precipitous bank and on their right was a marsh that ran almost parallel with the stream for about two miles. Between these, two or three hundred yards from the river, was a small, narrow swamp with a strip of solid ground between it and the larger marsh. It was so disposed as to easily flank Harrison’s left. The space between the river and the great swamp was covered with beech, sugar maple and oak trees, with very little undergrowth. The British Regulars were formed in two lines between the small swamp and the river and their artillery was set up in the road near the bank of the stream. The Indians were posted between the two marshes where the undergrowth was thicker. Oshawahnah, a Chippewa chief, commanded their right wing and Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee commanded the left. In the disposition of his army for the attack, General Harrison placed Johnson’s Regiment in front.