Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred Citation

Scatterday Genealogy, 1765-2002 (M 021), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA

Provenance

Glen Scatterday, Dallas, OR

Alternative Form Available

Transcriptions of some early documents are included in the files.

Accruals

2002.0001

Processing Information

Processed by Rebecca Ottinger, 27 Mar 2006.

Biographical Information

According to family tradition, George Scatterday (ca. 1734-1768) came to the American Colonies from Scotland about 1750. He settled on a farm near Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia and married Esther Craig (ca. 1745-1812) in 1765. They established their home in western Loudoun County, Virginia where they raised two boys, Aaron (1765-1795) and John (1766-1844). After George died, Esther married Lewis Reece (before 1742-1802/03) in 1769.

John Scatterday moved to Ohio around 1803. Over time other members of the Scatterday family moved to Ohio and Iowa, with later generations eventually scattering to various western states.

Scope and Content

This collection covers family members in a number of states, and contains genealogical information connecting Scatterday, Craig, Reece, Neff, Ewers, Barton, Ault, and Phillips families. Included with the documents is a family tree called the Old Scatterday Scroll.

There are 63 folders divided between two boxes; some of the folders contain information relating to several individuals. The folders contain papers as arranged and divided by Glen Scatterday, who assigned each of item a number, using a system which he describes on page 1 of his index. These files are largely comprised of photocopies of documents, letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, birth, death, and marriage certificates. The earliest date is 1765 and the last, 1996. Scatterday records births going back to "abt.1540" and up to 2002.

Related Material

Scatterday Family Papers, 1848-1877, SC 0003; The Scatterday Family History by Glen A. Scatterday, VREF 929.2 SCATTERDAY; The Scatterday Family Genealogy by Glen A. Scatterday VREF 929.2 SCATTERDAY.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Bibliography

Scatterday Family Papers, 1848-1877 (SC 0003), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Scatterday Genealogy, 1765-2002 (M 021), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Other Finding Aid

There is an index in Box 1.