Marty and Karla Grant

!REFERENCE:"A History of Watauga County, North Carolina" John Preston Arthur. 1915. Ibid. Page 303 "Dugger Family. --- In 1793 or 1794 Benjamin DUGGER came to Watauga County from Yadkin Elk, where a creek and mountain still bear his name. He entered land on Brushy Fork, near the present HOLTSCLAW settlement. His children were Selah, who married Lawson GOODIN; Daniel DUGGER; Cora Ann, who married Samuel BURNS; Susannah, who married John WHITTINGTON; Mary, who married John CALIHAN; David and William DUGGER. David DUGGER bought out the other heirs. The deed is dated November 1, 1815 and calls for two tracts on Brushy Fork. There were three DUGGER brothers who came from Scotland to Yadkin Elk, having settled for a time near Petersburg, Va., Benjamin, Daniel and Julius. Ben stopped on Brushy Fork, Daniel went west to Kentucky and Julius settled in what was then Carter County, Tennessee, near Fish Springs, where some of his descendants still live. It was from the Julius DUGGER family that the Dugger Forge and the beginnings of Cranberry forge started. David married Margaret ERNEST and their children are: Henry, who married a GREEN; Polly, who married David HOWELL; Elizabeth, who married Jehiel SMITH, and William, who married Unice MUNDAY. William's children were: Henry, who never married; Franklin, who married Martha PRESNELL; David, who married Mary MUNDAY; Elizabeth, who never married; John, killed in Civil War; William Eben, married Nannie WILKERSON; Margaret and Mary Jane, not married";

!CENSUS:1787 Wilkes Co, NC pg 75 w/Benjamin DUGGER age -21 (1766/87);

!CENSUS:1790 Wilkes Co, NC pg 123 w/Ben DUGGER age -16 (1774/90);

!CENSUS:1800;

!ENTRY:11 Feb 1806 Ashe Co, NC Land Entries # 1522 David DUGGER, 50a Duggers line;

!CENSUS:1810 Ashe Co, NC pg 73 D. DUGGER age 16-25 (1784/94) "10100-20100";

!WAR OF 1812:"Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812..." pg 118 David DUGGER, Ashe County;

!TAXLIST:1815 Ashe Co, NC David DUGGER;

!ENTRY:15 May 1819 Ashe Co, NC Land Entries # 3288 David DUGGER, 100a Elk Creek;

!ENTRY:15 May 1819 Ashe Co, NC Land Entries # 3289 David DUGGER, 100a Elk Creek;

!ENTRY:15 May 1819 Ashe Co, NC Land Entries # 3290 David DUGGER, 25a S Branch of Linvills Creek;

!CENSUS:1820;

!CENSUS:1830 Ashe Co, NC pg 22 David DUGGER age 50-59 (1770/80) "00010001-0011001001";

!CENSUS:1840 Ashe Co, NC pg 15 David DUGGER age 50-59 (1780/90) "00000001-0";

!CENSUS:1850 Watauga Co, NC # 235 David DUGGER 74 (1775/76) born NC, Farmer;

!NOTE:No proof, but I think Margaret's father was Henry Earnest, in 1800 Ashe with a daughter her age;

!REFERENCE:"A History of Watauga County, North Carolina" John Preston Arthur. 1915. Ibid. Page 303 "Dugger Family. --- In 1793 or 1794 Benjamin DUGGER came to Watauga County from Yadkin Elk, where a creek and mountain still bear his name. He entered land on Brushy Fork, near the present HOLTSCLAW settlement. His children were Selah, who married Lawson GOODIN; Daniel DUGGER; Cora Ann, who married Samuel BURNS; Susannah, who married John WHITTINGTON; Mary, who married John CALIHAN; David and William DUGGER. David DUGGER bought out the other heirs. The deed is dated November 1, 1815 and calls for two tracts on Brushy Fork. There were three DUGGER brothers who came from Scotland to Yadkin Elk, having settled for a time near Petersburg, Va., Benjamin, Daniel and Julius. Ben stopped on Brushy Fork, Daniel went west to Kentucky and Julius settled in what was then Carter County, Tennessee, near Fish Springs, where some of his descendants still live. It was from the Julius DUGGER family that the Dugger Forge and the beginnings of Cranberry forge started. David married Margaret ERNEST and their children are: Henry, who married a GREEN; Polly, who married David HOWELL; Elizabeth, who married Jehiel SMITH, and William, who married Unice MUNDAY. William's children were: Henry, who never married; Franklin, who married Martha PRESNELL; David, who married Mary MUNDAY; Elizabeth, who never married; John, killed in Civil War; William Eben, married Nannie WILKERSON; Margaret and Mary Jane, not married";

!CENSUS:1810 Ashe Co, NC pg 73 w/D. DUGGER age 16-25 (1784/94);

!CENSUS:1820;

!CENSUS:1830 Ashe Co, NC pg 22 w/David DUGGER age 40-49 (1780/90);