Reverend John Scruggs^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1797 - 1867  (70 years)

• Name	John Scruggs
  Title	Reverend
  Born	1797	Grayson County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	1867	Monroe Co., Tennessee
  Buried	Burial: Chestua Baptist Church Cemetery Madisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I17177	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Drury Edward to Tennessee Scruggs,   b. 1751, Cumberland County, Virginia ,   d. 1833, Summer Co., Tennessee  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Tabb,   b. 1755, Cumberland County, Virginia ,   d. 1830, Sumner County, Tennessee.  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F4054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Teresa Newell Carter,   b. 8 Oct 1806, Virginia ,   d. 9 Nov 1888, Monroe Co., Tennessee  (Age 82 years)
  Married	7 Sep 1824
  	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Carter&GSiman=1&GScid=278203&GRid=35786880& Children of John Scruggs and Teresa Newell Carter, d/o Francis Watkins & Esther Crockett: Mary Scruggs Brown (1825 - 1871) Elizabeth E. Scruggs Yearwood (1827 - 1905) Sarah Stokley Scruggs Stevens (1829 - 1895) John Jarnigan Scruggs (1839-1839) Abijah Douglas Scruggs (1842 - 1909) Miranda L Scruggs Carson (1844 - 1914) George Washington Scruggs (1846 - 1849) Zachery Taylor Scruggs (1848 - 1849) Rufus Scruggs (1850 - 1856) Richard Francis Scruggs (1834-1903) James Scruggs 30 May 1840-1906
  Children	1. Lavinia Walker Scruggs,   b. 13 Feb 1832, Madisonville, Monroe Co., Tennessee ,   d. 4 Aug 1899, Sweetwater Valley, Monroe Co., Tennessee  (Age 67 years)   2. James Scruggs,   b. 30 May 1840, Sweetwater Valley, Monroe Co., Tennessee ,   d. 1 Apr 1906, Sweetwater, Tennessee  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F6152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Carter-Scruggs Marriage Knoxville Register Sep 24, 1824

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35786782. Rev. John Scruggs Birth: Mar. 4, 1797 Death: Nov. 11, 1867 Spouse: Theresa Newell Carter Scruggs (1806 - 1888) Children: Mary Scruggs Brown (1825 - 1871) Elizabeth E. Scruggs Yearwood (1827 - 1905) Sarah Stokley Scruggs Stevens (1829 - 1895) John Jarnigan Scruggs (1839 - 1839) Abijah Douglas Scruggs (1842 - 1909) Miranda L Scruggs Carson (1844 - 1914) George Washington Scruggs (1846 - 1849) Zachery Taylor Scruggs (1848 - 1849) Rufus Scruggs (1850 - 1856) Descendants of Mary Carter and Drury Scruggs; Died 8/26/1782 Inventory of estate 23 Jan 1786 by W illiam Scruggs DB 1 Cumberland Co. Deeds Cumberland Co P 204 DB 1 28 May 1750 Rec. August Ct 1750 Jacob Mosby to Drury Scruggs of Cumberland 25 pounds -230 acres Muddy Creek Lines: William Tabor, John 0binson, William Bradley, William May Cumberland co WB 2 p 298 In the name of God amen. I Drury Scruggs of Cumberland County being sick in body, but of perfect sence & memory, do make and ordain this my last will & testeament in manner & form followng (towit). I give and bequeath to my son John Scruggs one negro woman named Judah, and two negro girl, named Phillis, & Racel, and two negro boys, named Frank & Jacob, to him and his heirs forever. I give to my son Theodorick Scruggs on negro girl name Hannah, & one negro boy named Dick, to him and his heirs forever. I lend to my daughter Jane Easeley one negro woman named Rachel & 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, this is alive. I give to my son DRURY Scruggs one negro fellow named Sanco & one negro girl named Filllis to him and his heirs forever. I give to my son Edward Scruggs, three hundred acres of land whereon I now live after his mother's decease, also one negro boy named Will, to him & his hiers forever. I lend to my daughter Ann Minton one negro girl named Rose, and one negro boy named James, during her life, and if she leaves no chld to be equally divided amongst the rest of my children. I lend to my son Carter Scruggs the use of two negroes named Robin & Frank, and if he should recover and have his proper sences, to him and his heirs forever, if not and he should die without heir, at his decease, to be equally divided between my son Edward Scrugs & my daughter Fanny Scruggs. I appoint to 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 daughter Fanney Scruggs two negroes, named Ben & Lucy, during her life,and at her decease to be equally divided amonst 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 and saddle value thirty poinds & at her decease to be equally divided amonst all of her children, & if leaving no chld to be equally divided as above mentioned between my sons Edward Scruggs & Carter Scruggs. I lent to my beloved wife Mary Scruggs dring her natural life or widowhood the land & plataton whereon Inow live, with seven negores (Primus, London, Boson, Patt, Sall, Sarah, and a boy named Harry, and all the remainder of my estate, and at the death or marriage of my wife my will and desire is that the negroes and personal 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 & Edward Scruggs, executors of this my last will and 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. Drury Scruggs His mark L.S. Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Will Anderson, Archibald Hatcher and John L. Wood At a court held for cumberland County 26th August 1782. This last will and testament of Drury Scruggs deceased was exhibited in court by Mary Scruggs executrix and John Scruggs and Edward Scruggs executors therein named proved by Archibald Hatcher and John L. Wood two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said executrix and executors who made an oath accordig to law cetificate was granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form they having with Jesse Thomas and Theodorick Scruggs their securities entered into bond according to law. Test Geo. Carrington jr. Clerk Ceritified Copy Cumberland Co. VA Spouse: Mary CARTER Birth: Henrico Co, VA Death: 1803/1804, Cumberland Co. Va Father: Theoderick CARTER (1669-1736) Mother: Elizabeth WEBB (1688-~1751) Marr: 1747 Children: Drury Edward (1751-1833) John (~1745-~1800) Theoderick Jane Edward (->1803) Carter (-<1803) Nancy Ann (<1762->1803) Frances (Fanny) (1763->1803) [S40] Will, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tqpeiffer/Documents/Surnames/MMPS/Scruggs/SCRUGGS%20-%20N-Z%20%28source%20docs%29/ScruggsSevenGenerationsfromRichardc.1650.pdf. [S100] Internet Source, http://knoxcotn.org/old_site/tnbaptists/scruggs_john.htm. Sketches Of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers JOHN SCRUGGS GREEK SCHOLAR, FARMER, MINISTER AND DEBATER. (pages 462 - 464) John Scruggs was the second son of Richard and Eliza (McMahan) Scruggs. He was born in Grayson County, Virginia March 14, 1797. In the early settlement of the new country his father came to Tennessee, settling near Warrensburg in Greene County. He studied under Dr. Samuel Doak. founder and first President of Tusculum College, a Presbyterian school near Greenville, but took his degree (A.M.), September 25, 1824, from Greenville College, under the presidency of Charles Coffin. He was a classical scholar, knew the deal languages quite well, and read New Testament Greek fluently. He was a pioneer among Baptists in this part of the country, so far as the study of Greek is concerned. "John Scruggs was the first Baptist preacher I ever heard read Greek. He read it, and understood it, and was looked up to as an authority." (Elika Taylor). For a short time after graduation he taught school in Rogersville and was a good teacher. September 7, 1824, he was married to Miss Theresa Newell Carter, a daughter of Francis J. and Esther Crocket Carter, of near Newport, Cocke County, and a first cousin of the celebrated Davy Crocket. To this union were born fourteen children. In 1833 he moved to Monroe County, where he purchased a large body of land on Chestua Creek at $1.50 an acre. At one time he owned 1,700 acres of land, and at his death, after selling off and dividing up with his children, was still tile owner of 700 good acres - a right handsome estate for a Baptist preacher. He was ordained by the authority of Chestua Church - Elder Robert Snead preaching the ordination sermon from Paul's charge to his son Timothy, "I charge thee before God, etc., preach the Word." He was the founder of Mount Harmony Church, also its pastor for more than twenty years. He was also pastor of Chestua, Zion Hill, Madisonville and other churches. He contributed toward the new brick meeting-house of the Chestua Church more than one-third of the entire cost of the building. He bought and sold horses, at the same time was an "independent colporter," selling books for the J. R. Graves Publishing House all the way from Indiana to South Carolina. Wherever he "traded" he sold books: and preached the gospel. Alike at home and abroad he received little for his preaching. He preached for one church for seven years regularly, I have been told, and received $7.00 for his services. It is worth while for an association to have an efficient clerk, and it ought to be considered a providence when good timber in any religious body is furnished to hand for the making of a first-class clerk. The Sweetwater Association was fortunate in having John Scruggs as clerk for a great many years; the minutes speak for themselves. Elder Scruggs was a close Bible student,' a fine reasoner, clearheaded and logical, a forcible doctrinal preacher, a man of talent, and an able debater. He had a number of public discussions with Pedo-Baptist opponents. He was "competent and able in discussion," and in his day and place was the recognized standard-bearer of the Baptists. In matters of history, church polity or Baptist usage, John Scruggs was the commonly accepted referee, and his judgment was greatly deferred to throughout the association. At the funeral of Brother Scruggs the testimony of the venerable Robert Snead, a co-laborer and by some years the senior of Brother Scruggs, was: "About the finest preaching I have ever heard in all my life was a fifteen or twenty minutes sermon delivered by our deceased brother, John Scruggs, before the Sweetwater Association." This is high praise indeed. And I suppose that for incisive statement and clear, forceful presentation of the great New Testament doctrines, John Scruggs was unsurpassed, if equaled, by any of his associates in the ministry. November 11, 1867, marked the passing of this faithful servant of the Lord and valiant defender of the Baptist cause. He wag buried in the graveyard of the old Chestua Church. A SIDELIGHT: In a recently published "History of Sweetwater Valley" the author, Mr. W. B. Lenoir, recalls the preachers of his boyhood recollection and the marked, particular thing about each of them that had remained with him through life. With one of them he had ever associated the word and doctrine of "Faith," with another "Love," with another "fire and brimstone," and so on, but the one word associated in his mind, from youth to old age, with the strong and scholarly Scruggs was the Greek word "baptizo," which the preacher, he says, insisted always meant "to plunge or immerse," and could not "by any implication or indirection in the remotest degree mean anything else." The incident is a strong sidelight on the character of a faithful defender of the New Testament Scriptures, and has its lessons: What we are - where we place the emphasis, our bearing and manner - counts for much; the preacher lives on, embalmed in memory and reproduced in the lives of others -his words, his thoughts, echoing through the world. [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=gqj5FdlZ7LgC&pg=PA462&lpg=PA462&dq=john+scruggs+married+theresa+newell+carter&source=bl&ots=D59MGcFMEK&sig=yXAtNlxNaCA3k5zR0yX2HqUNrLM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFvbuF6ZzRAhUK0oMKHYwJBc8Q6AEIMTAG#v=onepage&q=john%20scruggs%20married%20theresa%20newell%20carter&f=false. [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=ULFRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=john+scruggs+married+theresa+newell+carter&source=bl&ots=AVfTlyEWyK&sig=7ykx1vbK4FNNZbt6hz5FkzZ8tf8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFvbuF6ZzRAhUK0oMKHYwJBc8Q6AEIKTAE#v=onepage&q=john%20scruggs%20married%20theresa%20newell%20carter&f=false. Scruggs of Tennessee