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Hans Ulrich Schwab
(1707-)
Unknown
(-)
Michael Swope
(1753-1839)
Mary Eleanor Ellison
(1755-Bef 1805)
Margaret "Peggy" Swope
(1777-1846)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Joseph Scaggs

Margaret "Peggy" Swope

  • Born: 1777, Monroe Co, Virginia (Now WV) 2 3
  • Marriage: Joseph Scaggs on 30 Jul 1808 in Monroe Co, Virginia (Now WV) 1 2
  • Died: 7 Dec 1846, Henry Co, IN at age 69

bullet  General Notes:

There is much confusion about which Margaret "Peggy" Swope married Joseph Scaggs. There were two Margaret Swopes - this Margaret was the daughter of Michael Swope (see will reference below). The other Margaret Swope is the daughter of Joseph Swope, Michael's brother, and she married John S. Nicholas. Both Margarets were born in 1777.

In "West Virginia Estate Settlements" compiled by Ross B. Johnston, page 176 is the reference to Michael's Will: Swope, Michael, Will 5-1839. Dev.: John, James, Michael, sons; Mary Thompson, Leah Paul, Nancy Wilson, Peggy Scaggs, Ann Harvey, daus; others.

bullet  Birth Notes:

The year 1777 is per Michael Swope's Bible.

bullet  Death Notes:

http://www.angelfire.com/co3/Skaggs/lines/jo.html


Margaret married Joseph Scaggs, son of John Scaggs and Catherine Hicks, on 30 Jul 1808 in Monroe Co, Virginia (Now WV).1 2 (Joseph Scaggs was born on 15 Apr 1773 in Nicholas Co, Virginia 4 and died on 4 Jan 1834 in Henry Co, IN 4.)


Sources


1 Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850. Surety: 3

2 Complied by Ross B. Johnston, WV Estate Settlements (Department of Archives and History, by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1977). Surety: 3

3 Family Histories, West Virginia The SWOPE Family. Surety: 3

4 Russell K Skaggs (Online at Genealogy.com). Surety: 3


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