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Preferred Citation

Scruggs family. Papers, 1803-1896. Accession 24643. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for copying by Sue B. Christian of Richmond, Virginia, 9 July 1957.

Biographical Information

The Scruggs were a farming family which lived in Buckingham and Appomattox Counties, Virginia. John Scruggs (d. ca. 1827) and his wife Frances (b. ca. 1786) lived in Buckingham County, Virginia. Thomas W. Scruggs (1807-1873) and William A. Scruggs (b. ca. 1815) were both farmers. Samuel A. Scruggs (1824-1910) became a carpenter. All lived in that part of Buckingham County which later became Appomattox County.

Scope and Content Information

Papers, 1803-1896, of the Scruggs family of Buckingham and Appomattox Counties, Virginia, consisting of accounts, agreements, bills of sale, bonds, correspondence, deeds, plats, promissory notes, and receipts. Many of the papers deal with the estate of John Scruggs (d. ca. 1827) of which Thomas W. Scruggs was the administrator. Two deeds, 1803 and 1811, and two plats, 1811 and 1816, deal with land in Buckingham County that Thomas Walton bought from John Elgin and sold to John Scruggs. There is a letter concerning the sale of slaves from the estate and a bill of sale for a slave that Thomas W. Scruggs bought from Thomas Jefferson Childers and Elizabeth Childers. There is a promissory note from Thomas W. Scrugg and William A. Scrugg to Henry D. Flood; a deed of trust from Samuel A. Scruggs to Thomas W. Scruggs and William A. Scruggs; a deed between William A. Scruggs and Mary Jane Scruggs, husband and wife; receipts, and undated field notes from a survey for John Scruggs.