There is a Edward Powell RIGGS, M.D. in the Jefferson County book under medical, could this of been his 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 |