Wiley Gresham Scoggins1

M, #5123, (1826 - 1909)
  • Reference: [5123:5] !FaG:33192406

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  • Birth of son: Aft. 1846, James Sanford Scoggins.6
  • Event-Misc*: Wiley Gresham Scoggins and Levisa Barron were Posted By: SamL5S
    Email: [email protected]
    Subject: Scoggins Chattooga GA and Grayson TX
    Post Date: March 25, 2002 at 19:28:50
    Message URL:
    http://genforum.genealogy.com/tx/grayson/messages/845.html
    Forum:
    Grayson County, TX Genealogy Forum
    Forum URL:
    http://genforum.genealogy.com/tx/grayson/

    Hi All,

    Looking for information on the Scoggins family from Chattooga, GA to Grayson Co. TX. I have James Sanford Scoggins m. Myra Gray. They had, Dora Lee, b. 1878 Chattooga d. 1899 Grayson, TX; W. Judson b. 1881 Chattooga, GA d. 1962 Grayson, TX; Daisy Ann b. 1885 Chattooga GA, d. 1970 Potter Co., TX; and Thomas Elgin b.1891 Chattooga, GA, d. 1976 Collin County, TX. Thomas (called Elgin) was my grandfather.

    The parents of Myra Gray Scoggins were Terrel and Sarah A. (Johnson??) Gray. The parents of James Sanford were Wiley Gresham Scoggins and Lavisa Barron.

    I have some information, but am at a brick wall at Terrel and his wife Sarah A….and have no information on Lavisa Barron’s parents. I will share any info I have and would truly appreciate any help getting past this wall you can provide.

    Hope to hear from you soon.

    Sam Scoggins
    [email protected] 25 Mar 2002.7
  • Event-Misc: Wiley Gresham Scoggins and Levisa Barron were Posted By:     Vicki Kruschwitz
         Email:     [email protected]
         Subject:     Parents of Lavisa Barron Scoggins found!!
         Post Date:     July 22, 2003 at 09:34:49
         Message URL:     http://genforum.genealogy.com/scoggins/messages/1199.html
         Forum:     Scoggins Family Genealogy Forum
         Forum URL:     http://genforum.genealogy.com/scoggins/

         Niki and Sam,

    I have seen your posts on the Scoggins and tried contacting you privately regarding Lavisa Barron Scoggins, with no results. I hope that you see this post as I am anxious to exchange information on the Barron and Scoggins families.

    Regarding your messages about James Scoggins, the son of Wiley and Lavisa Barron Scoggins, you mention that you have no information about Lavisa's parents. I think that I have identified her as a daughter of Smith and Lucy Reeves Barron of Troup County, GA. You already know that Wiley and Lavisa were married in Troup County on January 13, 1846. You also probably know that Wiley's brother Elijah Harrison married Martha Barron, a daughter of Smith and Lucy Barron, and Wiley's sister Zilla married James Barron, son of Smith and Lucy Barron.

    Wiley and Lavisa Scoggins named a son Smith, which made me suspect that Lavisa was a daughter of Smith and Lucy Barron, though no Barron researchers include Lavisa in their list of children for this couple. But what clinched the case for Lavisa belonging to Smith and Lucy are church records I recently found in Troup County. Smith and Lucy Barron were members of Hephzibah Baptist Church, north of Hogansville. On August 29, 1845, Lovica (sic) Barron was received by experience as a member of the church. That same week both Harrison Scoggins and Martha Scoggins (formerly Martha Barron) also became church members by experience.

    On January 24, 1846 (just 9 days after her marriage) Louvica (sic) Scoggins was dismissed by letter from Hephzibah Church.

    From this information, I conclude that Lavisa Barron was a daughter of Smith and Lucy Barron. There was only one other Barron family that belonged to Hephzibah Church, the family of Joseph Barron, brother to Smith Barron. All of Joseph's children were identified in Troup County will and probate records from 1839 to 1852. So Lavisa had to be Smith Barron's daughter.

    If you are interested in learning more about Smith Barron and his pedigree, you can visit my website:
    http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/r/u/Vicki-Barron-Kruschwitz

    I would be interested in corresponding with anyone researching the Wiley and Lavisa Barron Scoggins family.

    Vicki Barron Kruschwitz 22 Jul 2003.8

Notes

  • Related*: Unspecified relationship to Melissa Scoggins.6
  • Name Variation: Wiley Gresham Scogin.

Child of Wiley Gresham Scoggins

Family: Wiley Gresham Scoggins & Levisa Barron

  • Last Edited: 25 Jul 2016

Citations

  1. 5123.
  2. [S2] LDS Church, "Ancestral File (TM)", Ancestral File,, Imp: Jan 17, 1999.
  3. [S1008] Unknown author, scr.FTW, Imp: Jan 17, 1999.
  4. [S2] LDS Church, "Ancestral File (TM)", Ancestral File.
  5. [S1019] Unknown author, Early.ged.
  6. [S62] Scoggins Forum message Message 1171, Melissa Schares <e-mail address>, "Re: Texas Scoggins - Max - Reb -James & Jr.", 10 Jan 2003
    http://genforum.genealogy.com/scoggins/messages/1171.html at http://www.genforum.com/scoggins/
  7. [S62] Scoggins Forum message Message 1097, SamL5S ,hidden., "Scoggins Chattooga GA and Grayson TX", 25 Mar 2002
    http://genforum.genealogy.com/scoggins/messages/1097.html at http://www.genforum.com/scoggins/
  8. [S62] Scoggins Forum message Message 1199, Vicki Kruschwitz <e-mail address>, "Parents of Lavisa Barron Scoggins found!", 22 Jul 2003
    http://genforum.genealogy.com/scoggins/messages/1199.html at http://www.genforum.com/scoggins/