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Minerva Scroggins

Minerva Scroggins

Female Abt 1816 - 1882  (~ 65 years)

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  • Name Minerva Scroggins  [1] 
    Born Abt 5 September 1816  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birthdate calculated from age on her stone, "66 years, 11 months, 20 days."
    Gender Female 
    Migration Abt 1829  [1] 
    Moved from Tennessee to Macoupin County, Illinois. From Daniel B. Sawyers' bio:
    ". . . December 25, 1834, he married Minerva Scroggins; she was born in Dickson county, Tennessee, 1816; and came with her mother to Madison county, Illinois, in 1829, the family first settling near Edwardsville and afterward on Silver creek." 
    Census 1840  Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Daniel B. Sawyer household
    1 male under 5 [John]
    3 males of 20 and under 30 [Daniel and ??]
    1 female under 5 [Mary J.]
    1 female of 20 and under 30 [Minerva (Scroggins)] 
    Census 11 Nov 1850  Townships 7 and 8 Range 6 and Township 7 Range 7W, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    1. Sawyer, Daniel B., 37, male, farmer, real estate value $3000, North Carolina
    2. _____, Manerva, 33, female, Tennessee
    3. _____, John, 13, male, Illinois, attending school
    4. _____, Mary J., 11, female, Illinois, attending school
    5. _____, Harrison, 9, male, Illinois, attending school
    6. _____, Harriet E. Sawyer, 7, female, Illinois, attending school
    7. _____, Sarah E., 1, female, Illinois
    7. Godfrey, Danah, 45, female, North Carolina, cannot read or write
    8. _____, Mary, 7, female, North Carolina, attending school 
    Census (State) 1855  Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    D. B. Sawyer household
    2 males, 1 female under 10
    2 males, 1 female, 10-20
    1 male 40-50 [Daniel B. Sawyer]
    1 female 40-50 [Minerva Scroggins]
    1 male over 70 [Archalus Walker]  
    Census 3 Sep 1860  Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    1. Daniel Sawyer, 47, male farmer, real estate $8000, personal $1700, NC
    2. Minerva Sawyer, 44, female, Tennessee
    3. Harrison Sawyer, 20, male, Illinois, attended school
    4. Harriet Sawyer, 17, female, Illinois, attended school
    5. Sarah Sawyer, 11, female, Illinois, attended school
    6. William Sawyer, 9, male, Illinois, attended school
    7. Franklin Sawyer, 6, male, Illinois, attended school
    8. Daniel Sawyer, 2, male, Illinois
    9. Achilles Walker, 76, male, Virginia  
    Census 18 Jun 1870  Township 7 Range 7, Macoupin County, Illinois USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    1, Sawyer, Daniel, 57, male, white, farmer, real estate $4900, personal $2000, North Carolina
    2. _____, Minerva, 55, female, white, keeping house, North Carolina.
    3. _____, Ellen, 26, female, white no occupation, Illinois
    4. _____, Sarah, 19, female, white, no occupation, Illinois
    5. _____, Franklin, 18, male, white, works on farm, Illinois
    6. _____, Jane 17, female, white, no occupation, attends school, Illinois
    7. _____, Dempsey, 9, male, white, attending school 
    Census 1 Jun 1880  Dorchester township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    1, Sawyer, Daniel B., white, male, 66, married, farmer, North Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina
    2. _____, Minerva, white, female, 62, wife, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    3. _____, Dempsey [F.? B.?], white, male, 18, son, single, works on farm, attending school, Illinois, North Carolina, North Carolina
    4. _____, George, white, male, 19, hired hand, single, works on farm, Illinois, North Carolina, North Carolina 
    Died 25 Aug 1882  Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Wayne Cemetery, Dorchester, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I5999  Full
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2014 

    Father Barton Scroggins 
    Mother Dice Russell 
    Family ID F2134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Daniel B. Sawyer 
    Children 
     1. John Sawyer,   b. Abt 1836, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1878, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years)
     2. Mary J. Sawyer,   b. Abt 1839, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Harrison Sawyer,   b. Abt 1841, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Susan Sawyer,   b. Abt 1842, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Thomas Sawyer,   b. Abt 1843-1851
     6. Harriet Ellen "Ellen" Sawyer,   b. Abt 1843,   d. Abt 1874  (Age ~ 31 years)
     7. Sarah E. Sawyer,   b. Abt 1849, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1872  (Age ~ 23 years)
     8. William Sawyer,   b. Abt 1851, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Franklin Sawyer,   b. Abt 1854, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Daniel Addison Sawyer,   b. Abt 1858, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1861, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
     11. Dempsey Sawyer,   b. Abt 1861, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2014 
    Family ID F2131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents Daniel B. Sawyer and wife Minerva (Scroggins), census, 1840, Macoupin County, Illinois
    1840 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, [no township stated, [no penned p. no.], 38b-39a [stamped], line 26, Daniel B. Sawyer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 1 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 64.
    (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
    Daniel B. Sawyer and wife Minerva (Scroggins), census 1870, Macoupin County, Illinois
    1870 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 7 Range 7, Staunton (post office), p. 6 (penned), p. 110 (stamped, verso), dwelling 39, family 40, Daniel Sawyer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 1 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 250.
    (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
    Daniel B. Sawyer and wife Minerva (Scroggins), census, 1880, Macoupin County, Illinois
    1880 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Dorchester township, enumeration district (ED) 114, p. 1 (penned), p. 155 (stamped, recto), dwelling 7, family 7, Daniel B. Sawyer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 29 May 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 232.
    (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1791] "Macoupin County: 1879 Bios,"Morgan County Area Genealogy (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/ : accessed 25 November 2011), transcription of biography of Daniel B. Sawyer; citing History of Macoupin County, Illinois, with Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, (Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough and Co., 1879), 187.

    2. [S4333] John M. Scroggins, contributor, “Minerva Scroggins Sawyer,” digital image of cemetery marker, Wayne Cemetery (Dorchester, Macoupin County, Ill.), memorial no. 32893437, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : viewed 1 June 2014).

    3. [S4332] 1840 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, [no township stated, [no penned p. no.], 38b-39a [stamped], line 26, Daniel B. Sawyer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 1 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 64.

    4. [S4331] 1850 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Townships 7 and 8 Range 6 and township 7 Range 7 W,, p. [633?] (penned), p. 324 (stamped, recto), dwelling [4?], family 4, Daniel B. Sawyer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 31 May 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 118.

    5. [S1385] 1855 Illinois State Census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, [township not stated], p. 32 (penned, recto), line 39, D. B. Sawyer [Daniel B. Sawyer]; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 May 2011); citing citing Illinois State Census, 1855, Illinois State Archives, collection 103.008, roll 2192. .

    6. [S1386] 1860 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Staunton, p. 8 (penned), dwelling 58, family 59, Daniel Sawyer household, for Achilles [Archalus] Walker; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Sep 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 206. .

    7. [S4335] 1870 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 7 Range 7, Staunton (post office), p. 6 (penned), p. 110 (stamped, verso), dwelling 39, family 40, Daniel Sawyer household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 1 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 250. .

    8. [S4336] 1880 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Dorchester township, enumeration district (ED) 114, p. 1 (penned), p. 155 (stamped, recto), dwelling 7, family 7, Daniel B. Sawyer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 29 May 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 232.


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