Rachel “Cornstalk” Skaggs ¹

  General Notes:

According to J. Red Wolf, Rachel Scaggs (white name) was daughterof the great Chief Cornstalk. She was given her white name in honor of William Skaggs who was on an expedition that Hezekiah Whitt was part of.

Husband - Hezekiah /WHITT/
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Added by: Longhunter skaggs
7/11/2013

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Rachel Maiden Skaggs( Indian maiden Daughter of Cornstalk) (1761 - 1846)

Families Skaggs( Indian maiden cornstalk) family,

Gender Female
Born around 1761 at
Shawnee Nation,Ohio
Died around 1846 at
Indian Creek,Tazewell,County,Va. (around 84 years old)
Buried at
Indian Creek,Tazewell,County,Va.
Rachel Maiden Skaggs( Indian maiden cornstalk) family history & genealogy
Rachel Maiden Skaggs( indian maiden cornstalk) (1761 - 1846) was a member of the Skaggs ( Indian maiden cornstalk) family. Rachel was born on around 1761 in Shawnee Nation,Ohio. Rachel died on around 1846 in Indian Creek,Tazewell,County,Va. at 85 years old. Rachel Skaggs is thought to be Shawnee/Cherokee Indian, daughter of Chief Cornstalk, born 1709 Western PA, died 10 Oct 1777 in Point Plesant, VA. Now WV..

According to J. Red Wolf, Rachel Skaggs (white name) was daughter of the great Chief Cornstalk. She was given her white name in honor of William Skaggs who led an expedition that Hezekiah and Richard Whitt were part of. Hezekiah was employed as Farmer, Hunter, Indian fighter & Rev. War. Vet. Gentleman Justice of the Peace, appointed Sheriff by Patrick Henry gov. of Va. He joined religion most likely Baptist.


Hezekiah moved from South Carolina to Montgomery county, Va.

After the war for Independence Hezekiah was awarded land grants along the upper Clinch River in what is now Tazewell County, Va. Hezekiah settled near Ceder Bluff in Baptist Valley. Hezekiah helped organize Tazewell county, along with eight other Gentlemen Justices of the Peaces, all appointed by Governer Pactrick Henry. Hezekiah also served as Sheriff and Judge of Tazewell County.

Granted Land no.70 page 305; Tazewell County 120A. On Indian Creek, a branch of the Clinch River. 22 Aug 1821; Grant number 95, Page 393 98A. On Dismal Creek waters of the Louisa Fork of Sandy River; 29 Jun 1844.

Hezekiah and his father, Richard Whitt signed the Patriot's Oath to the Free State of Virginia on Sep. 13,1777 in Montgomery Co., Va. They were members of Capt. Trigg's Company. He was scarcely 17 years old when he first saw military action in the Revolutionary war. His pension deposition states that in 1776 or 1777 he was drafted to go to the relief of the New River Island creek fort to help protect it from the Indians. He marched under the command of Lieutenant Israel Lorton.

In 1777 he was a volunteer under Captian Thomas Mastin against the Cherokee Indians in the Chickamauga expedition in Tennessee. Their rendezvous point was at Colonel William Campbell's in Washington county. They marched to the big Island of the Holston River and were incorporated into General Evan Shelby's outfit. From there they marched on the Indian towns. Hezekiah was then drafted to serve in a fort on Back Creek in Montgomery county. Next He was drafted by Colonel William Preston in the summer of 1888 to march to North Carolina to join the Army of General Gates, but Hezekiah was chosen to guard the lead mines in montgomery county. Hezekiah also acted as Indian spy when needed, and always was ready to serve to win freedom for the new United States. REV RICHARD P5 WHITT (RICHARD OLNEY4, JOHN3, ROBERT2 WHYTT, JON1) was born Abt. 1730 in South Carolina, and died 25 April 1812 in Montgomery County VA. He married SUSANNA SKAGGS Abt. 1755 . She was born in Montgomery Co., VA, and died Bef. 1791 in Montgomery Co., VA. Notes for Susanna Skaggs:
Susanna Skaggs, b. unk., who m. Richard Whitt, d. abt. 1812, was the sister of the Longhunter Skaggs: Charles, Henery, Richard,and of Moses, etc., according to the Moses Skaggs Estate suit filed in Green Co., Ky., 1836.". . . that the said Susannah Skaggs married Richard Whitt, that she & her husband are now dead & that Hezekiah Whitt, Susannah Crisswill and Edmund Whitt are the heirs of said Richard Whitt & his wife, Susannah;. ."
HEZEKIAH WHITT, b. Abt. 1760, SC; d. 29 March 1846, Tazwell County VA.
Notes for HEZEKIAH WHITT:
He married Rachel Cornstalk Skaggs.

Note: Hezekiah Whitt:
Fought in Revolutionary War, pension for VA service - pension File #S.7885

he built in Tazewell co. that appears on the national register and was built 1787-1800.Hezekiah and Rachel Whitt willed it to James and wife Nancy Skaggs.no children. They willed it to nephew Jonas Whitt son of Griffy and Martha Scaggs Whitt. The place is now owned by Mr and Mrs Walter F Finney of Tazewell .

Hezekiah Whitt's house is located in the west end of Baptist Valley, just south of Busthead which is east of Cedar Bluff. The old house is in pretty bad shape. The fences had fallen down a couple of years ago and cattle were running around inside the house. Hezekiah is buried on the hill across the road in front of the house. I have a picture of the house taken a couple of years ago and also Hezekiah's tombstone.

Rachel married Hezekiah “The Patriot” Whitt, son of Rev Richard Price Whitt and Susannah Skaggs. (Hezekiah “The Patriot” Whitt was born on 28 Mar 1761 in Surrey County, South Carolina, USA, died on 28 Mar 1846 in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA and was buried in Whitt-Lowe Cemetery, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA.)