SCROGGINS, TEXAS. Scroggins is on Farm Road 115 fifteen miles southeast of Mount Vernon in southeastern Franklin County. Settlement in the area began in the 1850s. The community grew up around a sawmill operated by Milt Scroggins and became a shipping point on the East Line and Red River Railroad, which was constructed through the area in 1877. A post office was established in 1891, and by 1896 the community had a sawmill and three stores. The population was estimated as twenty-five from 1914 through the 1930s. In the 1930s Scroggins had one store and widely scattered houses. During the period after World War II it began to grow. By 1952 it had three rated businesses and an estimated population of eighty. In 1988 Scroggins had four rated businesses and a population estimated at 125. In 1990 and 2000 the population remained at 125. In June 2004 Scroggins General Store owners Ben and Joann Glaze organized the first annual Catalpa Worm Festival as an event to foster community fellowship and celebration. Catalpa trees and their parasites are common in the area.

Thank you very much. I am Milton's cousin on my grandfather's side. I am writing a book to pass on to my children. Would like to find some of his living family in the hopes of finding pictures. Again, Thank you for the information. Have a Blessed Day, Aletha

Not sure how this might help but if you can find g/children of Milton & Mary and their children you might find some living relatives. It will take you some time to work through. Try using FamilySearch.org or try Ancesty.com if you subscribe. you could also ask for more help on this site.

Milton Mills Scroggin
B 29 May 1837 Georgia USA
D: 07 Nov 1917

spouse
Mary Nancy Cox
B:29 May 1844 Alabama USA
D: 14 Jun 1915 Texas USA


Children:

Robert Lee Scroggin
Son 23 Sep 1866

Charley Edward Scroggins
Son 21 b Apr 1869 Texas
d 16 Jun 1947 Daingerfield, Morris, Texas, USA

Mary Emma Scroggins
Daughter b Abt. 1871 Texas
d 29 Oct 1937Campbell, Hunt, Texas, USA

Albert Milton Scroggins
Son b 24 May 1873 Texas
d 18 Nov 1880

Lizzie Ora Scroggins
Daughter b Abt. 1875 Texas
14 Aug 1948 Abernathy, Hale, Texas, USA

John Manley Scroggins
Son Abt. 1877 Texas

William Francis Scroggin
Son b 1879 Texas USA
d 1879 Texas USA

Fannie Lula Scroggin
Daughter b 18 Oct 1880 Red River Co., Texas USA
b 23 Apr 1958 Mesquite, Dallas Co., Texas USA
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Milton Mills Scroggin's parents and sibblings


Manly Scroggin
B: 17 Jul 1804 Georgia, USA

Spouse
Martha Wilkerson B: 1810 Georgia, USA
D:1867

Children:

Frances Scroggin
Daughter b Abt. 1827


Mary E. Scroggin
Daughter b Abt. 1830 Georgia USA


Elizabeth Scroggin
Daughter b Abt. 1831 Georgia


William Scroggin
Son b Abt. 1832 Georgia USA


Margaret Louisa Scroggin
Daughter b Abt. 1835 Alabama USA


Milton Mills Scroggin
Son b 29 May 1837 Georgia USA
d 07 Nov 1917


John "JB" Bluford Scroggin
Son b 08 Aug 1839 Georgia, USA
d 31 Jan 1910 Majors, Franklin Co., Texas

Thomas Scroggin
Son b Oct 1841 Georgia USA
d Cass County Texas

Sarah F. Scroggin
Daughterb Abt. 1847 Alabama USA

Double check all of the above via census and births

Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
Name: Emma Scroggins
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 8 Nov 1892
Marriage Place: Hunt, Texas, USA
Spouse: S. P. Hale
Spouse Gender: Male
Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900

Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1977
Name: C E Scroggins ( think this is Charles Edward Scroggin)
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1897
Marriage Place: Franklin, Texas
Spouse: Cora L Drummond
FHL Film Number: 1302055

Thank you wizard28. I do have an ancestry tree. Was hoping that may a family member might see my journal and hook me up with information. It still may happen. Milton's grandfather Thomas was the brother of my 5th great grandfather Humphrey John Scroggins. I have been doing research for about a year now. I am a Scroggins from my mothers side. If there is ever a time you may think I can help you with information just let me know. Thank you very much. Have a Blessed Day, Aletha

I am the great-granddaughter of Thomas Manley Scroggin and Floretta E. Doak. I have a picture of my great-grandfather and his brothers, Milton Mills and James Bluford, also a picture of the three brothers a a reunion of Confederate soldiers. My grandmother, Lillie Ervin Scroggin Aplenty is buried in Bethel Cemetery in Franklin County. The sawmill was named Scroggin Brothers Manufacturers of Yellow Pine Lumbee and zoperated under that name in several locations in northeast Texas - Scroggin's Switch, Avinger, Hughes Springs, Linden, and other locations. It continued as a family business until the 1950s.

My grandmother's name is Lillie Ervin Scroggin Allen. You may reach at my email address, dixidido@yahoo.com.

Thank you for contacting me. I have sent you an e-mail. I'm hoping you are living in the same area and we will be able to meet up sometime to talk. Hope to hear back soon. Be Blessed. Aletha.