Just in case you aren't aware of this, THOMAS SKAGGS was the bondsman for the marriage of John J. Richardson and Susan Scaggs (Bond dated 16 July 1831). This clue should help you to find her family.

For those of you that know me - I have been very quiet on the mail list for the past several months. I have been compiling an Adair County Marriage Directory with African American Marriage Bonds. The couples in the directory were discovered while researching my Pleasant White family line. With tons of help from some of you here on this mail list, and the patience of my family. I have finally finished the first draft. If you are interested please email me privately. The book is over 120 pages in length and costs $20. There are indexes for Brides, Grooms, Bondsmen, Witnesses and Ministers. The following couples are in the book: 1866 -1869 MARRIAGES All of these names are listed on page: 5 Jerry Winfrey David Walker Jackson Willis Samuel Watson Merlin Waggoner George Waggoner John Williams Manuel Wilmore John Walker Step? Williams Joseph Wheat Benjamin Walker David Willis Peter Wheat Henry Watkins Manuel Walker Lewis Williams Jackson Willis Henry and Malinda Will Edmund & Malinda Gunn – 6 Grundy & Clara White – 5, 7 Robert & Mariah White – 5, 7 1870– 1879 MARRIAGES Robert White & Winny Workman – 9 Cesar White & Barbary Edwards – 10-13 Lindsey Murrell & Hettie Ingram – 14-15 John Vaughn & Kate Ingram – 16-21 Robert White & Helen Ingram – 22-24 Reuben Buckner & Mira E Murrell - 24 Nathan Penick & Millie White – 25-27 1880 – 1889 MARRIAGES Frank Vaughan & Jennie Massie – 29-36 Robert White & Millie Rice – 37 Sandy Miller and Emma Buckner - 37 Nathan Ingram & Octava Bridgewater – 38-42 Bryant Miller & Catherine Vaughan - 42 1890 – 1899 MARRIAGES Harrison Payne & Mary Anderson – 43 John Christie & Mary L. Vaughn – 44-46 A.J. White & Laura Turner - 47 Alexander Ingram & Martha S. Caldwell - 47 James Cheatham & Luisa Ingram - 48 Robert White & Anna Garnett – 49-51 William N. Todd & Clemmie White – 52-55 Houston Walker & Sue Kate Henderic - 56 1900 – 1909 MARRIAGES Simeon White & Malissa A. Murray – 57-59 John Will Vaughn & Sarah Bridgewater – 60-64 Lucien White & Lena Dudley - 65 John Christie & Hattie Vaughn – 66-69 Robert White & Matilda J. Taylor - 70 William Anderson & Mattie Ingram – 71 1910 – 1919 MARRIAGES Will Vaughan & Sallie K. Smith – 72 Jack Ingram & Reathia Williams - 72 Robert White & Ida Frazier – 73-76 1920 – 1929 MARRIAGES Frank Vaughn & Eliza Johnson – 78 Edd Taylor & Irene White - 79 J. W. Vaughn & Hattie White – 80-84 Christopher Bridgewater & Hattie Ingram – 85-87 Phillip Vaughn & Leatha White – 88-91 Lucien Vaughn & Eva Anderson – 92-94 Edward Bridgewater & Mary White – 95-97 1930 – 1939 MARRIAGES Lincoln White & Edna Scott – 99-101 Quince Motley & Fannie White – 102-105 Tanner Smith & Josephine White –106-108 Eugene Christie & Odella Ewing - 109 1940 – 1949 MARRIAGES Phillip Vaughn & Fannie Motley – 110-114 1960 – 1969 MARRIAGES Shirley Williams & Marie Pearl White – 115-116