I bought the 3 volumn set from the DAR - "DAR PATRIOT INDEX" delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frieda" <fjgb@sbcglobal.net> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories | Good to know you have the DAR Patriot Index. I thought that Asa Riggs | being a doctor may have helped in the Revolutionary War. But will keep you | in my mind incase I come across some one else that might be in the DAR | Patriot Index. | | Thanks | Frieda | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> | To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:50 PM | Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories | | | >I have the 3 volumn of the DAR Patriot Index, I do not find a Asa RIGGS do | > you another name? | > delilah | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Frieda" <fjgb@sbcglobal.net> | > To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> | > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 4:27 PM | > Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories | > | > | > | This still needs to be proved with more than just this one reference | > but | > | this is the one I had and it was on the Brindley Site Some of this is | > | information just given to me. So read the whole thing. | > | | > | A thought Asa Riggs being a doctor may have help in the Revolutionary | > War. | > | He might be found in the DAR (I have that in my notes for next time I | > go | > to | > | the LDSFHC. | > | Asa Riggs b. abt 1743 Tennesse still to be proved married Mary | > | Crawford 2 march 1769, Rowan Co., North Carolina Still to be proved | > | . | > | Franklin Co., Georgia Tax Digest Vol 2 1808 - 1818 Found at SLC | > FHC. | > | Then I started out many years ago I did not put down where I found | > things. | > | Also a Hallmark sent me a book with copies of many pages written years | > ago. | > | The Brindley's married into the Murphree's and the Easley's (who are | > | related) Therefore bringing into the mix Asa Riggs | > | | > | | > | Poll-a person age 21 or over who owned no taxable | > property......indicates | > | writing is unreadable, indicates the column was left Blank. | > | 1808 Phebe Brindley for Frazar Brindley: Poll | > | 1810 | > | Frazar Brindley: poll and 1 Stud horse | > | 1813 Frazar Brindley: poll | > | SO WE KNOW STILL IN GEORGIA 1813 | > | 1818 Asa Brindley: poll | > | | > | There is a Brindley site which some of this information has come from | > | Phoebe was the first Brindley to call Alabama home. In 1819 as a widow | > with | > | nine children, she headed from Georgia to Alabama. Her husband had | > | disappeared seven years earlier on his way to Texas. She settled in | > | Murphree's Valley, just north of Oneonta, in Blount County, Alabama. | > During | > | these early days, almost all of northern Alabama was considered Blount | > | County. Phoebe was a strong and courageous woan, who supported her | > family | > | through her weaving abilities. She sold her woven cloth to buy a cow | > and | > | thereby, support her growing children. She also was a good midwife , | > which | > | meant the difference between life and death to many early settlers. | > Phoebe | > | had learned the art of medicine from her father, Dr. Asa Riggs. When | > called | > | upon as a midwife, she mounted her horse, oft4en without provisions, and | > | went to the aid of her neighbors. Even with all her efforts, life in | > the | > | widerness was rough. Mace would be 18 before he got his first pair of | > | shoes. Phebe place importance on religion and education in her home, | > and | > | her effers were reflected in the successes of her family. | > | | > | Phoebie Riggs Brindley name is found on Eurterpsy Murphree's Tombstone. | > She | > | had two sons and six daughters. | > | | > | In the book The Heritage of Blount County on page 130 states that | > Fraizer | > | died in 1812 and that is when Mace and family went to Blount Co., | > Alabama | > | from Franklin Co., Georgia. | > | | > | Phoebie Riggs Brindley is found on the 1850 census living with Daniel | > and | > | Eudoxia Brindley Easley Blount Co. Alabama | > | | > | Pheby Brindlee is found in the census of 1853 Sub division #18 Blount | > Co | > ., | > | Alabama on the 28th day of October Dwelling #38 She was born in Tenn. | > | | > | Phebie Riggs Brindley lost at least five grandsons in the Civil War | > | | > | | > | Hope this leads you into more information (let me Know) | > | | > | Hugs, | > | Frieda | > | | > | | > | ------------------------------- | > | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the | > quotes | > in the subject and the body of the message | > | | > | > | > | > ------------------------------- | > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the | > quotes in the subject and the body of the message | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |