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| Name |
Mary Carter |
| Born |
c 1710 |
Henrico County, Virginia  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Notes |
- http://listlva.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A3=ind0805&L=VA-ROOTS&E=7bit&P=109648&B=--&T=text%2Fplain;%20charset=us-ascii&header=1
Notes for Mary 'polly' Carter and Drewry Scruggs:
Mary CARTER and Drury SCRUGGS were married about 1745 in Cumberland County, Virginia. Drury SCRUGGS (son of Richard SCRUGGS and Martha DRURY (?)) was born on 1 Feb 1725 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. He died in 1782 in Cumberland County, Virginia. The will of Drury Scruggs is filed in Book 2, pg. 298, Cumberland County, VA.
"In the name of God amen. I Drury Scruggs of Cumberland County being sick in body, but of perfect sence (sic) & memory, do make and ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form following towit I give and bequeath to my son John Scruggs one negro woman named Judah and two negro girls named Phillis & Rachel and two negro boys named Frank & Jacob to him and his heirs forever.
I give to my son Theoderick Scruggs one negro girl named Hannah & one negro boy named Dick to him and his heirs forever. I lend to my daughter Jane Easely one negro woman named Rachel and one negro boy named Tom & one negro girl named Phillis, during her life, and at her decease to be equally divided amongst all of her children that is alive.
I give to my son Drury Scruggs one negro fellow named Sanco and one negro girl named Fillis to him and his heirs forever.
I give to my son Edward Scruggs three hundred acres of land whereon I now live after his mothers decease, also one negro boy named Will, to him and his heirs forever.
I lend to my daughter Ann Minton one negro girl named Rose and one negro boy named James during her life and at her decease to be equally divided amongst all of her children and if she leaves no child to be equally divided amonst
the rest of my children.
I lend to my son Carter Scruggs the use of two negroes named Robin and Frank and if he should recover and have his proper sences (sic) to him and his hiers forever. If not and he should die without heir, at his decease to be
equally divided between my son Edward Scruggs and my daughter Fanny Scrugs.
I appoint my beloved wife as guardian to manage do and act for my son Carter Scruggs and if she should die before my son Carter Scruggs I appoint my son Edward Scrugs to act & manage for him. I lend to my daugher Fanney Scruggs two negros named Ben & Lucy during her life, and at her decease to be equally divided amongst all her children & if leaving no child, to be equally divided amongst all her children & if leaving no child, to be equally divided between my sons Edward Scruggs and Carter Scruggs. I also lend her a feather bed & furniture and also one horse & saddle value
thirty pounds & at her decease to be equally divided amongst all her children & if leaving no child to be equally divided as above mentioned between my sons Edward Scruggs & Carter Scruggs.
I lend to my beloved wife Mary Scruggs during her natural life or widowhood the land & plantation whereon I now live with seven negroes (Primus, London, Boston, Patt, Sall, Sarah and a body named Harry) and all the remainer of my
estate and at the death or marriage of my wife my will and desire is that the negroes and persoanl estate should be equally divided by lot between my sons Edward Scrugs and Carter Scruggs & my daughter Fanney Scruggs.
Lastly I do hereby appoint my beloved wife Mary Scruggs, my sons John Scruggs & Edward Scruggs executors of this my last will & testament hereby utterly revoking and making void all other wills & testaments, heretofore made. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty-ninth day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty two.
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The will was witnessed by Will. Anderson, Archibald Hatcher, John L. Wood who proved the will in court on 26 Aug 1782.
Mary CARTER and Drury SCRUGGS had the
following children:
+27 i. John SCRUGGS, born about 1745, Virginia ; married
Keziah __?__, about 1765, Buckingham County, Virginia ; died between 1794
and 1797, Buckingham County, Virginia .
+28 ii. Drury SCRUGGS Jr., born about 1745, Virginia ;
married Elizabeth TABB, about 1770, Virginia ; died in 1833, Sumner County,
Tennessee .
29 iii. Edward SCRUGGS was born between 1747 and 1750. He
died in 1833 in Sumner County, Tennessee.
+30 iv. Jane SCRUGGS.
31 v. Theodorick SCRUGGS was born.
+32 vi. Ann SCRUGGS, married William MINTON, in 1773,
Cumberland County, Virginia .
+33 vii. Fanny SCRUGGS, born on 13 Dec 1763, Cumberland
County, Virginia; married Richard ANDERSON, on 30 Oct 1783, Cumberland
County, Virginia; died on 1 May 1820, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
34 viii. Carter SCRUGGS was born.
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| Person ID |
I13980 |
Devin Timber |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2013 |
| Father |
Theodorick2 Carter, b. c 1676, Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Virginia , d. 1737, Henrico Co., Virginia (Age 61 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Webb, b. c 1696, Henrico County, Virginia |
| Married |
Bef 1697 |
Henrico Co., Virginia |
| Family ID |
F4373 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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