Matthew Skaggs

1796 - 1872  (76 years)

• Name	Matthew Skaggs
  Birth	1796	Edmonson County, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Death	May 1872
  Person ID	I39572	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Skaggs,   b. Abt 1771, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Rebecca Mayse,   b. Abt 1780   d. 29 Apr 1863, Green County, Kentucky (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1792	Nelson County, Kentucky   [1]
  	MARRIAGE: Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:42:53 EDT From:  WmRVincent To: WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re:  Blue Head SKAGGS (1797-1860), Edmonson Co. Lucy, I can field part of this one, at least according to what I have inmydatabase. Although, I have no knowledge of why he was called "Bluehead, heowned,by 1819, the land close to Brownsville on the north bank of the GreenRiver,later to be called the Gillis VINCENT farm. William Thomas "Bluehead" SKAGGS was born 7 Sep 1797, the son ofJeremiah SKAGGS (b. ca. 1771, VA?) and Rebecca MAYES (d. 29 Apr 1863, GreenCo.,KY), who married 2/3 Dec 1792, Nelson Co., KY.   Jeremiah was the son ofJames SKAGGS and Mary.   Rebecca was the dau. of Matthew MAYES,aKY pioneer. Bluehead married 19 Jun 1817 in Warren Co., KY to Mary "Polly"HARRISON, dau. of Carter & Sarah HARRISON.  They had the following childrenwholived in Edmonson Co.: 1 William Henry Harrison SKAGGS (1819/21 - 1910) mar. America Elizabeth RAYMER (May 1828 - ) 2 Cynthia Ann SKAGGS (1819 - ) 3 Jeremiah SKAGGS (1823/5 - ) mar. Elizabeth LASHLEY (1825/8 - ) 4 Sarah SKAGGS (1823/4 - 1851) mar. Warner SPAINHOWARD (6 Apr 1822 - 7 Apr 1899) 5 Matthew SKAGGS (1825 - ) mar. Ann RAYMER (1824/30 - 1912) 6 James Thomas "Jim Fleekin" SKAGGS (18 Apr 1830 - 22 Jun 1900) mar. Delilah LASHLEY (Jun 1830 - 20 Jun 1900) 7 John Q. SKAGGS (4 Jun 1831 - 28 Apr 1901) mar. Mary Jane MADISON (4 May 1842 - 26 Aug 1903) 8 Lorenzo D. SKAGGS (1831/5 - 29 Dec 1858) mar. Louisa KEETON 9 Malinda "Lindy" SKAGGS (1842 - 1884) mar. Asa "Acie" Kenton MADISON (1840 - 18 May 1902) 10 Leander Lee SKAGGS (1841 - ) mar. ??????
  Family ID	F15778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Catherine Long,   b. 1803, Edmonson County, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	5 Jun 1823	Warrencounty, Kentucky   [2]
  Children	1. Matthew Skaggs   2. Mary Ann Skaggs,   b. Aft 1823   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Harriet Skaggs,   b. 1826   d. 3 Oct 1878 (Age 52 years)   4. Letitia "Lettie" Skaggs,   b. 1 Aug 1829, Green County, Kentucky d. 14 Feb 1888 (Age 58 years)   5. Nancy Skaggs,   b. 1830, Green County, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown   6. William M. Skaggs,   b. Abt 1834, Green County, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown   7. Louisa Skaggs,   b. Abt 1836   d. 7 Nov 1855, Green County, Kentucky (Age 19 years)   8. Stephen S. Skaggs,   b. 1836, Green County, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown   9. Susan Ann Skaggs,   b. 1840, Green County, Kentucky d. Aft 1880 (Age 41 years)   10. Thomas Skaggs,   b. 20 Feb 1843, Edmonson County, Kentucky d. Abt 1872, Probably Kentucky (Age 28 years)   11. Elizabeth Skaggs,   b. 1844, Green County, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F14635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S128] Nelson County Marraige Records. [S122] Warren County marriages.