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Moreland, McVicker,

Pinnell, Scruggs

and allied families

Moreland, McVicker, Scruggs

Family Reunion at Porterville,

California, 1951

 

Moreland, McVicker, Pinnell, Scruggs and Allied Families

INTRODUCTION

 

Our Maternal family ancestors are, for the most part,  “Scotch-Irish” and English in origin.  Most if not all of our family arrived in America prior to the Revolutionary War.  The Scotch-Irish have always been known as fiery and restless people.  It seems that they were perpetually on the move in an effort to find “greener pastures” or to quote Daniel Boone, more “elbow room.”   There are no great or famous persons within this family tree.  Most supported their families through farming and stock- raising.  Some were lawyers, teachers and preachers.  On the whole they were pretty much just “regular folks”.

 

Many of our grandfathers and grandmothers, ordinary as they were, witnessed or played an integral part in some great and extraordinary events that shaped the development of the United States during the last 300 years.

Edward Wade was one of the early settlers of the Virginia colony having arrived aboard the Ship Paul on July 2, 1635. Giles Carter landed in Virginia circa 1653 as an indentured servant.  In 1677, then a landowner in Henrico county, Giles was intimately involved with Colonel James Crewes in the historic event called Bacon’s Rebellion.   Abraham Eades was one of many citizens of Albemarle County such as Thomas Jefferson and his brother Randolph Jefferson to sign the Albemarle County Declaration of Independence, on April 21st, 1779, the original of which is preserved in the rooms of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond.  Michael Dickson and Nicholas Bishop, III were both present on August 6, 1780 at the Battle of Hanging Rock in South Carolina. Observing it all was 13-year-old Andrew Jackson, who later said that he modeled his own fighting style after the brave men of Hanging Rock. Andy Jackson's brother Robert, aged 16, and was also in the battle.  John Robert McVicker, and his father James McVicker were both in the Union Army during the American Civil War.  Albea Scruggs and six of his brothers served in the Virginia Cavalry for the Confederacy during the same conflict.  Robert Douglass was present at the siege of Yorktown, in 1781, which effectively ended the American Revolutionary War. He also served as a teamster in the War of 1812.   Our 3rd great-grandmother Sarah (Douglass) Rhodes and her family traveled with the Turner-Duke wagon train to California in 1857.  Along the way they narrowly missed

 

being involved in the    “Mountain Meadows Massacre” which occurred in Utah on September 11 of that year.   During the Spanish-American War Sarah’s son Samuel Rhodes was a member of the famous “Rough Riders” and was one of the troopers who accompanied Teddy Roosevelt in the assault up San Juan Hill during the campaign in Cuba.  Another son John Rhodes was implicated in the famous “Pleasant Valley War” that took place in Arizona for almost a decade starting in 1886.  Samuel Scott Scruggs spent the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge, as a Private in General George Washington’s Continental Army.  He also fought in the Battle of Monmouth and spent a second and more severe winter with Washington at Morristown, New Jersey.

 

We believe that many of the direct ancestors found within this family tree are excellent examples of those individuals and families that participated in the westward expansion of the 18th and 19th centuries.  As illustrated below by the exploits of some of our great-grandfathers.

Our great-grandfathers James Kerr, Nicholas Bishop and Jacob Christman are typical of the thousands Scotch-Irish and German pioneers who traveled the “Great Wagon Road” south from Pennsylvania through the Shenandoah Valley into Virginia as well as North and South Carolina, prior to the American Revolution.  In 1787, Robert Douglass, and his young family moved from Augusta County, Virginia to the upper part of East Tennessee.  This event occurred before the state of Tennessee was even formed. They had come from the Virginia frontier, moving down mountain valleys into this new region as the Indians moved out or even perhaps at times before.  Our 3rd great-grandfather Asa Pinnell came to Maries County Missouri most likely between 1815 and 1818.   It is most probable that he pushed other early settlers families hard for the honored place as the "first settler", and if he did not win the race, he undoubtedly ran a close second.   George Moreland was born 1775 in Maryland.  His restless nature kept him moving west throughout his long life.  He died in Missouri in 1853.  In between he and his wife Hannah produced 10 offspring and resided in South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois, as well as Missouri.  Great-grandfather Jeremiah E. Moreland settled in Woodard County in the Oklahoma Territory, which was one of the seven counties in the Cherokee Strip. The appearance of the Moreland family in this part of Oklahoma followed very closely upon the heels of the settlers who participated in the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1893.  The family of our 3rd great-grandfather William Rhodes is listed among the pioneer families of Tulare County, California having arrived there as early as 1860.

 

MORELAND, McVICKER, PINNELL,

SCRUGGS and allied families

SURNAME INDEX

The following the surnames of direct ancestral lines found in our maternal family tree.  Web pages have or will be constructed for each name.  For more information about a specific family you are invited to click on the appropriate surname link listed below.   Please note that we have two(2) JOHNSON and two(2) PARKER families in this database.

 

ABBOTT;   ARMSTRONG;   BACON(Grimbaldus);   BARDOLF(FitzBardolf/FitzEudes);   BAYHALL;   BAYNARD;   BEARD;   BEAUFO;   BEAUMONT;   BELLEME;   BENNETT;   BISHOP;   BLEASDALE;   BLEW;   BODRUGAN;    BONDE;   BOOKER;   BRACKEN;   BRIENNE;   BROWN;   BRUMWELL;   CAMPBELL;   CARMINOW;   CARTER;   CHAMBERLAIN;   CHANUDOS;   CHILDRESS;   CHRISTMAN;   CLEMENS(Clemmons);   CLEMENTS;   CLOUE;   COLEMAN;   CULPEPPER(Colepeper);   COMYN;   CUMMINGS;   D’AGUILLON;   DEMOSS;   DICKSON;   DOUGLASS;   DOWDLE;   DUGALE;   EADES;   EDNEY;   EREMBURGIS;   EUBANKS(Ubanck);   EULISS;   FERRERS;   FITZHENRY;   FITZROGER(Fitzwimer);   FOLIOT;   FRESNEY;   FREVILLE;   GAINSFORD;   GARDNER;   GOODE;   GREEN;   HANHAM:   HARDRESHULL;   HINGHAM:   HOWSON;   JOHNSON, D;    JOHNSON, M.E.;   JORDAN;   KERR;   KRAEMER;   L’AIGLE;   LANGSTON;   LAVEL;   LAWSON;   LINEBERRY(Leyenberger/Lineberger);  LIMES;   LOUX;   MASON;   MAUDUIT;   McVICKER;   MOFFAT;   MOLEYNS;   MONTREVAULT;   MORELAND;   MOUGENAT;   MYNSTON;   NEELY;   NEVERS;   NORMANDY;   PARKER (1);    PARKER(2);   PASQUE;   PATTEN;   PEACHEE;   PINNELL;   PLANTAGENET;    POYNINGS;   RALEIGH;    RHODES;   ROBERTSON;   ROPER;   ROSS;   ROYSTON;   SAY;   SCRUGGS;   SHEPERD;   SMITH;   STUTEVILLE;   TODD;   TOMSON;   VANDIFORD;   VERE;   VERLY;   WADE;   WALKER;   WALLER;   WHALESBOROUGH;   WRIGHT;   YARBROUGH

The following LINK will take you to a database that contains all of the above surnames.

Our Maternal Ancestors: McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied families

 

 

MORELAND, McVICKER, PINNELL,

SCRUGGS and allied families

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES

 

We have archived copies of our family newsletter.  The Newsletter is published quarterly, and focuses upon interesting aspects in the lives of our ancestors included in the family tree of our maternal ancestors. Inquiries concerning this publication should be directed to us via the contact information found at the end of this page.

 

Use the following LINK to view the past newsletters pertaining to our maternal family.

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES

 

Castle Garden, America’s first immigration center 1830-1892

 

MORELAND, MCVICKER, PINNELL,

SCRUGGS and allied families

 

IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS

Ellis Island, immigration reception

 center 1892-1921

 

Almost everyone has had a desire to know from where his or her ancestors emigrated.  Once this discovery is made you will most likely begin to track your ancestors back in time and place. Finding an immigrant ancestor's place of origin is the key to finding earlier generations of the family. It provides access to many family history resources in that home area. Once you know a former place of residence or a birthplace, you may be able to add more generations to your pedigree. Learning about your family's history and experiences can be a source of enjoyment and education for you and your family.

 

 

IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS – Moreland; McVicker; Pinnell; Scruggs; and allied families

Your LINK to more information about the ancestors within our database identified as progenitors of their family lines in America.

 

IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS:  RESEARCH & RESOURCES

Your LINK to resources and research strategies designed to assist with your research

To  learn more about Ancestors  who immigrated to the New World.

 

 

MORELAND, McVICKER,

PINNELL, SCRUGGS

and allied families

 
 WAR VETERANS

 

The discovery that an ancestor was involved in one of our national wars or conflicts is usually an exciting and fulfilling experience.  The information we glean from records regarding military units and battles fought tends to provide researchers and their families with a heightened feeling not only our ancestors’ sacrifices but also our own sense of having roots back to those important events that made our country what it is today.    Information about the war veteran’s of one’s family is also an excellent means of gaining the attention of children as well as indifferent relatives.

 

 LINKS to more information about persons in our MMPS database identified as veterans of America’s wars.

WAR VETERANS – Moreland; McVicker; Pinnell; Scruggs; and allied families

Military Veteran & Unit Image Archives

2nd Virginia Cavalry, Company K, CSA

10th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line

 

Your LINK to descriptions of America’s major wars as well as supplemental information designed to

 assist with your research to learn more about ancestors who served in the United States military.

Researching our War Veterans

 

MORELAND, McVICKER, PINNELL,

SCRUGGS and allied families

SOURCE DOCUMENTS

 

The documents contained herein have been located during our research of this family, and used as evidence to prove many of the facts contained within the database of this family’s record.

 

     Most of these documents can be considered as primary or secondary.  Primary evidence is usually defined as the best available to prove the fact in question, usually in an original document or record.  Secondary evidence is in essence all that evidence which is inferior in its origin to primary evidence. That does not mean secondary evidence is always in error, but there is a greater chance of error.  Examples of this type of evidence would be a copy of an original record, or oral testimony of a record’s contents.  Published genealogies and family histories are also secondary evidence.

     Classifying evidence as either primary or secondary does not tell anything about its accuracy or ultimate value.  This is especially true of secondary evidence.  Thus it is always a good idea to ask the following questions: (1) How far removed from the original is it, (when it is a copy)?;  (2) What was the reason for the creation of the source which contains this evidence?; and (3) Who was responsible for creating this secondary evidence and what interest did they have in its accuracy?

SOURCE:  Greenwood, Val D., The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy, 2nd edition, Genealogical Publishing  Co., Baltimore, MD 21202, 1990, pgs. 62-63

 

You are welcome to download any of the documents contained within this archive.  Should you encounter a problem obtaining a copy you may get in touch with us via the contact information found at the end of this page.

 

 

Use the following LINK to view the source documents pertaining to our maternal family.

SOURCE DOCUMENTS

 

 

MORELAND, McVICKER, PINNELL, SCRUGGS

and allied families

2006 GENEALOGY
 RESEARCH TRIP

 

 

During the entire month of April, 2006 we were fortunate to have had an opportunity to take a genealogy research trip.  During that time we drove from New Jersey to California and back.  Along the way we stopped at many county courthouses, libraries and historical societies.  We also visited with several family members both near and distant.  At each place we spent much time collecting information about our maternal family.  We maintained a journal of our daily activities that you may find interesting to read.  We also took photographs of the people and places visited as well as the many family records we were able to locate.  Both are offered here for your scrutiny in the hope that you may find something of interest to you and your research. 

 

 

Use the following LINK to view the entire daily journal of our trip.

THE JOURNAL

Use the following LINK to view the many images we collected during the trip.

IMAGE GALLERY

 

MORELAND, McVICKER, PINNELL,

SCRUGGS and allied families

PHOTOGRAPHS & IMAGES ARCHIVE

During our research we have many collected images and photographs of our ancestors and their families.  We have archived many of them at this website because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of their past lives.

If you have any photographs or other images relating to any of the families named in our

SURNAME INDEX  we would greatly appreciate hearing from you.

 

Use the following LINKS to ascertain whether we have any images that pertain to this family.

FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES

TOMBSTONE IMAGES ARCHIVE

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

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