S C R U G G S G E N E A L O G Y COAT OF ARMS As borne by the SCRUGGES and SCROGGS of n land BEDFORDSHIRE , E g — ARM s Argent on a bend azure between two u greyho nds courant bendways sable , three Cornish Choughs or . ’ R —A C EST pewit s head argent , collared sable wings addorsed bendy of four or and sable . HERTFORD As borne by the SCROGGS , OF SHIR E , England — ARM s Argent on a bend azu re between two grey hounds courant bendways sable , three pewits or . — ’ CREST A stork s head argent collared gules wings endorsed bendy of four or and sable . ( See Fairbaimes Crests of Great Britain and Ire land ; the Harl . Soc . Pub . Visitation of Bedfordshire , 1 - 1 82- 16 1 1 566 5 3 4 , pages 54 and 59 ; Visitation of Hert ’ - 16 s 1 6 . fordshire 1 2 . , 57 3 4 , Appendix II , p 3 , and Burke General Armory . ) S C R U G G S G E N E A L O G Y RULE S OF HE RA LDRY To prove a right to Coat- o f- Arms in England or in any of the Colonies outside the United Kingdom of a Great Brit in , it is necessary to show without break male descent from some person to whom Arms ( a) have been granted by patent ; ( b) have been confirmed at one or other of the Visitations ; ( c) have been officially recorded or registered at the College of Arms . r The Rules of He aldry forbid to any lady, save a Queen Regent , the use of shield , crest , motto, helmet or mantling in her own right . She is, however, per mitted be ore marria e her f g , to display the Arms of u family pon a lozenge . During marriage the real po sition , heraldically, is that the identity of the wife is merged in that of the husband , who bears impaled or ’ in pretence the Arms of his wife s family for her . A widow reverts to the lozenge , placing thereupon rm the A s of her deceased husband , conjoined with those of her own family as her husband bore them , c either impaled or with hers in pretence , as cir um es stanc dictate . - ( See Heraldry Explained , by A . C . Foz Davies . ) 10 S C R U G G S G E N E A L O G Y INTRODUCTION My grandfather, GROSS SCRUGGS of Kentucky , was a remarkable man in many ways ; he was deter su es mined , commanding, impatient of criticism or gg ff tion , yet gentle and a ectionate with those whom he loved . I him As remember , he was very proud and aristo cratic and delighted in relating to me incidents and traditions connected with his family . It was he who sowed the first seed , that later ripened into a desire to collect and preserve such data as could be obtained concerning the SCRUGGES in m A erica . I have spent much time and labor in a conscientious effort to gather from the many parts of our United States and the many more histories dealing with its people, times and boundary lines , such facts as I hope may prove interesting and acceptable to those now a . scattered , who bear this family n me notwithstand The work has been a labor of love, ing the many disappointments and discouraging set s backs , and this little volume of the descendant of RICHARD SCRUGGS , Gentleman , of England and ff now the Virginia Province , is o ered not as a finished family history , but merely an historic basis , upon which the numerous kindred may build their records and n achieveme ts . And now across this vast area of our United afiectionate r States , I send a cordial and g eeting to the 11 S C R U G G S G E N E A L O G Y many known and unknown kindred , thanking each in ff turn , who have helped me in my e orts , and to their co urteous consideration , I pass with tender veneration “ ” t se a he Old Ancestors who, from const nt association , have become to me as living men . R ETHEL SC UGGS DUNKLIN . New York City . 12 S C R U G G S G E N E A L O G Y HISTORY In the yea r 160 9 the Virginia Company of Lo ndon occupied a territorial grant covering two hundred miles north and two hundred miles south of Old Point Com fort and west to the Pacific . The settlement , after passing through a series of c e vi issitudes , ultimately b came prosperous , owing to the influx of immigrants from the Mother Country e men generally of the patrician stamp, who obtain d a Crown Grants of large est tes , and thus became pro genitors of families representing what has been termed , “ ” d o in mo ern times , True Virginia St ck . 1 6 In 3 4 , the territory held by the Virginia Colony — was divided into nine shires or counties James City , Charles City , Elizabeth City , Warwick, Accomac , Nansemond , Isle of Wight , Henrico and York . In 1654 a county was formed from York called New in Kent . Goochland and Cumberland Counties were 1 82-8 cluded in Henrico until 7 4 , when they became independent counties . The first English Settlement in America was made n 1 8 i Carolina, on Roanoke Island , in 5 5 , by Sir Walter . Raleigh , but was abandoned the following year In 1 663 George II . granted Carolina, which had previously i o been attached to Virg nia , to L rd Clarendon and e others , and a large immigration from Virginia s ttled 1 2 in the northern part of the Province . In 7 9 the King purchased the Colony of Carolina and it was divided into two Provinces with separate governments . 13 S C R U G G S G E N E A L O G Y Georgia was first included in the charter of the 1 2 r Carolinas , but in 73 George II . granted a sepa ate charter to General James Oglethorpe and others , and nd 1 it was settled a colonized by the British in 73 3 . This charter covered the entire territory westward to the “ ” a Mississippi River , and was c lled Georgia in compli i s ment to the K ng. For a long time the early colonist were harassed by their Indian neighbors and former subdu possessors , the Creeks , but finally succeeded in 1 2 u ing them . In 75 the charter was s rrendered , pro rietar o p y government ab lished , as it proved unfavor able, and Georgia became a Royal Colony , securing privileges similar to those of the other Colonies . Tennessee was originally included within the limits of North Carolina , from which Colony the inhabitants F n came and first settled at ort Lo don . These immigrations occ urred principally from 1 756 1 6 1 to 7 , when an Indian War broke out and armed forces were sent from the sister Colonies of Virginia and Carolina to aid the new settlers , and the Indians 1 8 were defeated . In 7 9 North Carolina proposed to cede the territory to the United States and by its act “ 2 1 0 of May 5 , 79 , Congress constituted it The Terri tory of the United States South of the Ohio ( see Uni versal Atlas, by George F . Cram ; American Dictionary 81 . Cyclopedia, Vol XVI ) . S C R U G G S G E N E A L O G Y THE SPE LLING OF THE NAME In Colonial days when America was in its infancy , the spelling of proper names seems to have been for the m ost part phonetic . CRUDG The name SCRUGGS occurs spelled S , SCRUDG SCRUGS E , SCROGGS , S C R U G , , CR G S U G as well as SCRUGGS . In Fairbairnes Crests of Great Britain and Ire land he gives authority for two ways of spelling the be name, that of SCROGGS and SCRUGGS , either a ing correct , both coming from the same root and be r ing the same family Arms ; the 0 having the sound of U as in the word sun and son . In America SCRUGGS has been the accepted pref n m in erence , although bra ches of the fa ily Carolina , Georgia , Pennsylvania and Maryland use the O . 1 5 S C R U G G S G E N E A L O G Y TOWNS NAME D S CRUGGS BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA . COLE COUNTY, MISSOURI . BEDFORD COU NTY was formed in 1 753 out of Lunenburg and was named for the fourth Duke of Bedford . It comprised what is known as Bedford , e Campb ll and a part of Franklin Counties . Campbell County was cut from Bedford County a 1 8 1 in 1 8 on the southe st in 7 , and subsequently, 7 4 , the County of Franklin was cut on the south side . The town of “ SCRUGGS ” was originally in Bed ford County , and was named in honor of that branch u of the Scr ggs family that settled there . After the a division of Bedford and Fr nklin Counties , however , SCRUGGS ” became situated in the northern part of Franklin County , two miles from the present Bedford “ ” County line . The town of SCRUGGS in Cole ff County , Missouri , is situated near Je erson City , the State Capitol . S C R U G G S G E N E A L O G Y THOMAS S C RUGGS OF SALE M, MAS S .