Melba, thank you for all this information. As far as I know my gr grandfather, Jesse, had only one family and none of these children fit. I have often wondered if perhaps he was a trapper/trader as opposed to a settler. Peggy Melba Clark wrote: > There is a Jesse Riggs 48 [b 1802] listed line 41 on the 1850 census for > Marion Co., AL page 144A. He was listed as born in TN. > With him: > Line 42 Rebecca 48 b GA [last line on page] > Next page-144B: Line 1 Mary T Riggs 78 b TN > Martha S 9 b AL > Next: Line 3 Henderson Riggs 20 b AL > Sarah A 20 b TN > Rebecca J 1/12 b AL > Next: Line 6 William Rigs [note spelling] 32 b AL > Ann 29 b TN > John M 15 b AL > Andrew J 12 b AL > William T 9 b AL > James J 7 b TN > Mary A 8 b AL > Alexander 5 b AL > Henry S 3 b AL > Wesley 2 b AL > Robert 1 b AL > Matilda C 3/12 b AL > Same page: Line 25 James Riggs 43 b TN > Sarah 39 b TN > Robert C 3 b AL > Irvin W 2 b AL > William 1/12 b AL > > Then they were listed on the 1860 census on pg 495B of Marion Co., AL > Jesse 57 b TN > Rebecca 57 b GA > [No other Riggs on the page with them, the page before or the page after.] > > Could this Jesse be him? Since there is no record of white settlers in > the Birmingham area in 1802, and reports that it was a sort-of-no-man's-land > for the Indians, it is unlikely that he was born there. > > Hope this helps, > Melba > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peggy Riggs Kopp" <artnpeg@epix.net> > To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:26 PM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories > > > >>I am interested in the Phebe RIGGS mentioned in this post. Can anyone >>provide dates, parents, etc., on her? >> >>My gr gr grandfather, Jesse RIGGS, is said to have been born abt 1802, >>Birmingham, AL area. All of Jesse's 7 known children appear to have >>been born in Jefferson and Lawrence Counties. >> >>Peggy Riggs Kopp >