ANCESTOR FAIR: Newton County will be represented at the Ninth North Arkansas Ancestor Fair, June 4-6 in Leslie, AR. Contact: johnston@ipa.net ARNEWTON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > ARNEWTON-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 20 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [ARNEWTON-L] RIGGS, Mr. and Mahala ["C. Holland" <char@presys.com>] > #2 [ARNEWTON-L] Sevier Co., Ar: 4 New [HudsonK@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ARNEWTON-D, send a message to > > ARNEWTON-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [ARNEWTON-L] RIGGS, Mr. and Mahala _________, 1825 to 1877, IN to MO to AR > Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 15:36:00 -0700 > From: "C. Holland" <char@presys.com> > To: ARNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi all, > > I have hit the proverbial brick wall with this one. > > Mr. __?__ RIGGS was born at an unknown date, supposedly in Indiana, and > died about 1859 in Jefferson Twp., Carroll County, Arkansas, now Boone > County. He married MAHALA __?__ before 1841 in Indiana or Missouri. > Mahala was born about 1825-1826 in Indiana; d: 1/19/1877 Newton > County, Arkansas. Her parents are unknown. Mahala and Mr. Riggs had to > have moved to Missouri, perhaps Taney County, from Indiana by 1841 when > their first son was born. They moved from Missouri to Carroll County by > about 1854 when sixth child was born. Mr. Riggs died before the 1860 > census was taken in Carroll County, where we first found her. We found > Mahala in 1870 in the Newton County Census where she is listed as a > widow with the following children. > > i. JAMES A. RIGGS, born 1841 in Missouri; died 3/13/1866 in > Wilcoxon, Newton County, Arkansas, died from wound inflicted during > Civil War. He married NANCY A. HARP 8/24/1862 in Newton County, > Arkansas. > > ii. BENJAMIN F. RIGGS, born Abt 1843 in Missouri, possibly Tany > County; died 9/15/1864 in Newton County, Arkansas, killed in action in > Civil War. > > iii. ROBERT RIGGS, born 1845-1847 in Missouri, possibly Stone County; > died Unknown. He survived serving in the Civil War. > > iv. JANE RIGGS, born 1850 in Missouri; died Unknown in Newton > County, Arkansas ?. She married JOHN SKAGGS 9/11/1868 in Newton County, > Arkansas. > > v. THOMAS BENTON RIGGS, born 3/17/1852 in Missouri; died 3/19/1927 > in Newton County, Arkansas. He married GRACIE JANE ARMSTRONG 3/08/1875 > in Newton County, Arkansas. > > vi. WILLIAM RIGGS, born Abt 1854 in Arkansas, possibly Carroll > County; died in Newton County, Arkansas ?. He married MALINDA McGOWEN > 2/15/1877 in Newton, Newton County, Arkansas. > > vii. GEORGE RIGGS born 1855-1856 in Arkansas, possibly Carroll > County. Nothing else is known about him. > > viii. NANCY ANN RIGGS, born 2/07/1860 in Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson > Township, Carroll County, AR; died 3/20/1943 in Newton County, Arkansas. > She married ALLEN T. TENNISON 12/24/1877 in Newton County,Arkansas. > > Mr. and Mahala Riggs are my great-great grandparents, mother of my great > grandmother, # 8 above, Nancy Ann Riggs Tennison. We have been > searching for clues as to his first name and her last name and any other > information we can find. > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much. > > Charlene Holland > char@presys.com > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [ARNEWTON-L] Sevier Co., Ar: 4 New Cemeteries Posted > Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 01:07:25 EDT > From: HudsonK@aol.com > To: ARNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com > > Hopson, Kingree, Penney, & Falls Creek Cemeteries have been added to Sevier > Co. Ar. Millwee Cemetery has new informaion added to it. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arsevier/index.htm > > Kathy