Richard Scruggs, V

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Richard Scruggs, V

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cliffside, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 05, 1855 (78)
Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Richard Scruggs, IV; Richard F. Scruggs; Prudence Scruggs and Prudence Rosemond Hicks
Husband of Mary Mollie Dobbins; Mary "Mollie" Scruggs and Sarah Scruggs
Father of Robert Scruggs; Charlotte "Lottie" Scrugg; Sarah Scruggs; Jesse Scruggs; Temperance Durham and 8 others
Brother of Elizabeth Scruggs and Robert S. Scruggs

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About Richard Scruggs, V

Born about 1775-77 in Virginia. Served in Revolutionary War. Owned land, beginning about 1801, on which the Battle of Cowpens was fought. Site of original cabin sits just inside gate dividing New Pleasant Cemetery, which was the original Scruggs Cemetery, and the Cowpens National Battlefield.

Family Members

Parents

Richard Scruggs
1745–1819

Spouse

Mary Dobbins Scruggs

1855 Buried @ New Pleasant Baptist Church near Cowpens Battelground FindAGrave memorial

1790 listed as a member of State Line baptist Church

1880 Rutherford Co.NC census couple had 3 children 2 boys and a girl all under 10

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Richard Scruggs, V's Timeline

1776
September 1, 1776
Cliffside, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
1785
3, 1785
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina
1790
1790
Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
1795
December 1, 1795
Spartenburg, South Carolina, USA
1800
June 19, 1800
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
1802
July 1, 1802
July 1, 1802
South Carolina
1803
1803
Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
1804
1804
Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States