Marty and Karla Grant
The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.
Benjamin Franklin Dugger
1837 - 1921 (83 years) Has 15 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.-
Name Benjamin Franklin Dugger Birth 4 Oct 1837 Ashe Co, NC (now Watauga Co, NC) 
Gender Male _UID BACE888DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000AC47 Death 10 May 1921 Watauga Co, NC Burial Howell Cem, Watauga Co, NC Person ID I3735 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 10 Nov 2012
Father William H Dugger, b. 29 Jun 1814, Ashe Co, NC (now Watauga Co, NC) d. 30 May 1899, Watauga Co, NC (Age 84 years)Mother Eunice Munday, b. 13 Oct 1818, NC d. 18 Jan 1894, Watauga Co, NC (Age 75 years)Marriage 2 May 1835 Ashe Co, NC (now Watauga Co, NC) _UID 33BF2BAFD0CC7A468218165CE91EAC3F26F9 Family ID F2098 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Martha M Presnell, b. 4 Jul 1834, Ashe Co, NC d. 10 May 1921, Watauga Co, NC (Age 86 years)Marriage Abt 1860 Watauga Co, NC _UID 4814470EC069BB4DA9FDE61A422B4B509052 Children 1. William E Dugger, b. 14 Nov 1861, Watauga Co, NC d. 14 Nov 1861, Watauga Co, NC (Age 0 years)2. Alice C Dugger, b. 12 Jul 1863, Watauga Co, NC d. 1879, Watauga Co, NC (Age 15 years)3. Savanah E Dugger, b. 20 Nov 1865, Watauga Co, NC d. 2 Feb 1917, Watauga Co, NC (Age 51 years)4. Sarah Caroline Dugger, b. Dec 1867, Watauga Co, NC d. 1943, Watauga Co, NC (Age 75 years)5. Lula C Dugger, b. Apr 1869, Watauga Co, NC d. 1952 (Age 82 years)6. John Hardin Dugger, b. Sep 1871, Watauga Co, NC d. 1943, Watauga Co, NC (Age 71 years)7. Lucinda S Dugger, b. 28 May 1876, Watauga Co, NC d. 30 Apr 1908, Watauga Co, NC (Age 31 years)Family ID F2502 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Aug 2026
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Notes - !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:1840 Ashe Co, NC pg 35 w/William DUGGER age 0-4 (1835/40);
!CENSUS:1850 Watauga Co, NC # 236 Benjamin F. DUGGER 12 (1837/38) born NC;
CENSUS:1860;
CENSUS:1870;
CENSUS:1880;
CENSUS:1900;
CENSUS:1910;
CENSUS:1920;
TOMBSTONE:Watauga Co, NC Dugger Cemetery "B.F. DUGGER, Oct 4, 1837 -
May 10, 1921";
- !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";