The Scroggins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,495 people carried this name — #3,732 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 9,093 in 2000.

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In print

Scroggins in American newspapers,
1853–1926.

Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Scroggins
The Milwaukee Leader 1926-10-23
Newspaper page from Kenosha Telegraph carrying the name Scroggins
Kenosha Telegraph 1853-12-23
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Scroggins
The Milwaukee Leader 1926-10-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Scroggins in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

387 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Scroggins. The most, 69, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 105
Queensland 84
Victoria 76
South Australia 75
Tasmania 27
Western Australia 16
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Scroggins.

Who carried it

People named Scroggins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ted H. Scroggins 1918–1942
  • Janice Scroggins 1955–2014 · composer
  • Tracy Scroggins 1969–2026 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Scroggins,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States404 records

404 records of the Scroggins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 250
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 129
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James A. Scroggins

    Born 1902. Enlisted 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; mechanic's helper from Montgomery County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1963, buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Douglas Sidney Scroggins

    Born 1947; from Wing, Alabama. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Embry Esmond Scroggins

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1889, died 1952; buried at Woodside Cemetery & Arboretum, Middletown, Ohio.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 404 records for Scroggins in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Scroggins name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Charles Scroggins

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Dick, arriving 1821; certificate of freedom 1834.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Richard Scroggins

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the True Briton, aged 29; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Scroggins

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Larkins, sailing from Downs in 1831. Native of London, Middlesex.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Scroggins in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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