Court Was John Riggin md 1807 in the city of Franklin (Williamson Co) TN, or Franklin Co., TN which borders the AL line. If Henry was a brother b. 1806 Henry was likely born in Franklin (city or county?) TN. Jim Garrett

1800 Edgefield census lists Jesse Reagin (spelled however); 1800 Newberry census lists Jesse Reagin. 1810 Edgefield lists Jesse Reagin; 1810 Newberry lists Rachel Reagin 1820 Abbeville, SC census lists Jesse Reagin. Jesse Reagen married Jennie Harrison in Abbeville Jan. 1774. Jesse Reagin, son of John Reagin (1745-1800 & married to Elizabeth Edwards) born about 1769 married Rachel Jay. Which Jesse is the parent of Young, Mary, John, Bailey, Allen, Elizaeth,West, and Ed O.? Which Rachel is in the 1810 Newberry census? Any clue or help appreciated. L. Cousins Irmo, SC -------------------------------------------------- From: "Court Conkwright" <courtcurtis@usa.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:59 AM To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] John & Francis Riggan Sr of 1755 Granville Co., NC > Plese read my comments about half way down. This main text is from > posting in 2006 with fresh comments added.................Court > > At 12:21 AM 9/14/2006, you wrote: >>Court Conkwright >> >>According to a source, Wm Powell Riggin did have a son, William b. >>abt 1750. d. abt 1820 Adair Co., KY. >>Williams sons were: >>1)Powell Riggins b. 1775 d. 1845 SC. >>2)David Riggins b. 1791 d. 1838 Casey Co., KY >>3)Thomas Riggins b. 1793 d. Russell Co., KY >>4)Mark Riggins b. 1794 d. 1853 ILL >>5)George Washington b. 1799 d 1879 Casey Co., KY >>6)Wm Riggins b. 1802 SC >> >>Wm Powell Riggin had a son Powell Riggins b. 1753 d. 1806 Orange Co., NC. >>Powell Riggins sons were: >>1) Edward Riggins b. 1786 >>2) John Riggins b 1788 >>3) Wm b. 1793 >>4) James Riggins b. 1796 >>5) Joseph b. 1802 >> >>I don't know how accurate this info is. I only know that Wm Powell >>Riggin did have the sons you mentioned: >>William b. 1750 >>John b. 1764 >>James . 1755 >>Powell b. 1753 >>Charles b. aft 1760 >>Richard b. 1768 >> >>I noted that you mentioned tha their possible fther was a Wm Riggin. >> From the birth dates of the 4 brothers you mentioned, there father >>(William?) had t be born at least 1750s. >>This Wm could be the Wm, s/o Wm Powell Riggin of Bute, however, the >>children of this Wm does not match your 4 brothers according to >>source I mentioned above. > > 8/25/10 > > John: this was from a early posting in Sept 2006 and I have always > like the paragraph below this about the two William Riggans in Warren > Co., N.C. the two ladies that I worked with also before I saw this > posting like me, have always been interested in the Warren and Bute > Co, N.C. If the two Riggins, I have in MO and then my John Riggin > in ILL are 3 of those brothers then this could be a big clue. The > other brother(my Great Grandfather Henry was born in Tenn in 1806 > according to his tombstone. I believe that Henry may have been born > to another mother and was a 1/2 brother to John, but in Court records > John calls Henry his brother. With the date of 1806 and in Tenn > that means that the family was on the move from N.C. to Tenn and then > up to ILL. The two Riggins in MO are the sticking point in this > search. I just can't be 100% sure they are brothers to my Henry and > John, but they sure could be related and all headed up North. > > I do know for sure that John Riggin was married in Franklin Co. > Tenn in 1807 one year after Henry was born. John and Peggy Farris > Riggin are in Madison Co., ILL in ca. 1816/17. So it appears they > were in Tenn for a good 10 years based on the birth of Henry and John > marriage to Peggy. This is all fact on these dates and places. > > There will be more to come............. > > Court > > >>However, there is are two William Riggans of 1790 Warren Co., NC. >>You made mention that one brother John wasb. 1780/85 in Warren NC. >>There is one William with 4 sons under age 16, thus b. after 1774. >>three of your four brothers were b. bet 1776-1780/85. This could >>possibly be your Wm. >>Interestingly, I have been looking at this Wm Riggan of 1790 Warren >>as a possible s/o Charles Sr of Bute Co., NC. And I believe this >>Charles Sr is either brother or cousin to Wm Powell Riggin of Bute >>NC. It is possible this Wm is your Wm who has children with similar >>names that of Wm Powell Riggin! >> >>Let me add that there is a John Riggan age 11 (b. 1785), according >>to May Court 1796 Warren Co., NC, an orphan of John Riggan dec'd, >>bound to Peter Flemming. His father, John Riggan, dec'd bef 1790, >>was the husband of the widowed Mary of 1790 Warren Co., NC. >>I have been trying to identify this John Riggin and wife Mary as >>well. They had sons: >>James, John, and Matthew, familiar names. >> >> >>JW Garrett >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Court Conkwright >>Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:18 AM >>To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] John & Francis Riggan Sr of 1755 Granville Co., >>NC >> >>I have been following this information closely and it appears that I >>am seeing some posting of interest! I have been work on the >>Riggin/Riggins family that settled in Mo and ILL. I have tracked >>them from N.C. to Tenn then on into MO and ILL. There are 4 brothers >>that I am aware of. Note that 2 of the brothers who mainly stayed in >>MO spelled the name Riggins and the two brother who mainly lived in >>Madison co., Ill spelled the name Riggin. >> >>James Joseph Riggins b. March 4, 1776 in N.C. d. Oct 11, >>1846 married Barzillia Lawless 10 Nov 1810 Warren co., Ky. >> >>William Powell Riggins b. ca 1777 N. C. d. ca 1853 believed to be in >>Mexico, Audrain co., Mo. I have his will from this Co. His first >>wife is unknown, 2nd wife was Polly Wigginton 21 Oct 1828 and 3rd >>wife was Martha Patsy Brashear 16 Dec 1852. >> >>John Riggin ca 1780/1785 Warren, N.C. d. 13 May 1844 Gasonade co. >>Mo. I also have his will. He main lived mainly in Madison co., Ill, >>but due to a nasty divorce he moved into Gasonade co. Married >>Margaret "Peggy" Farris in Franklin co., Tn in 1807 and then Eva >>Copenberger 9 Mar 1840 in Madison co., Ill >> >>Henry Riggin born 26 Sep 1806 TN. d. 4 Aug 1848 Marine, Madison, >>Ill. Married to Lucinda Ferguson. Married in Madison co. Ill. >> >>We believe here Grandfather was William Powell. Rigan . The two >>ladies that I work with and myself believe that the William Powell >>Rigan listed in the Bute Co.N.C. Record Books page 23(Will) is the >>same, but we are not sure. This is one very hard family to >>research. We believe here father to be William Riggin who we find >>in Silver Creek Twp, Madison co., ILL and who was appointed Constable >>16 Sept 1819 and put up $500. bond. This on page 51 of the Madison >>History. We also find a Powell Riggin owning land in Audrain Co., >>Mo, the same place that we also find William P. Riggins, but it could >>be the one and same person as our W.P. Riggins. >> >>The children listed in the William Powell Rigan will were William >>Riggin, Powell Riggin, John Rigin, James Rigin, Charles Rigan, >>Richard Rigan(Riggan) and wife Priscilla Riggan(Rigan). >> >>Let me know if you recognize any of the these names. I have not >>worked on the line for years now, but it appear there maybe more >>information out there now and just maybe someone may know these >>folks. Maryellen has been of great help to me in the past. This >>line gave us so much trouble that I said I would never work on it >>again. Just so many with the same name and then the changing of >>spelling. My surname (Conkwright) is Siboutsen and I have seen 33 >>spelling of it back to 1642 and New Amsterdam. I have been chasing >>the Riggin/Riggins line for 26 years now. >> >>Happy Hunting! >> >>Court Conkwright >> >>At 10:50 PM 9/12/2006, you wrote: >> >I have been looking at both John Regan and Francis Regan of 1755 >> >Granville Co., NC. From what I understand they are brothers. >> >John b. abt 1725 md to Ann Bell and Francis Riggan Sr b. abt 1730 md >> >Mary Pegram. Is this correct? Anyone know the identity of their parents? >> > >> >There is also a John Ragon listed in 1755 Granville Co., NC as well. >> >Anyone know the identity of this John Ragon? Any connection with the >> >John and Francis Regan? >> > >> >I find in 1765 Bute Co., NC, a John BELL sold land to Henry FOOTE on >> >Hob Quarter Cr adj John Riggins to Little Cr. Is John Bell a >> >connection to Ann Bell, w/o John Riggin? >> > >> >Note that this transaction envolves a Henry FOOTE. I find in 1746 >> >Stafford Co., VA a Richard FOOTE who paid taxes, and apparently >> >connected to Wm Regan who dec'd 1744 in Stafford VA whose estate is >> >given to son, Wm Powell Regan. >> > >> >Could this John Regan 1755 Granville NC/ John Riggins of 1765 Bute >> >NC have any connection with the Stafford Co VA Regans? >> > >> >JW Garrett >> > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I meant to say, no more kids for William... Bridget , the daughter gives birth. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Maryellen Horrigan" <mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:51 AM To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] William sum up to date > No, she is listed as dead after the birth of her daughter Bridget and then > there are no more kids... > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:24 AM > To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] William sum up to date > >> >> Could Bridget Riggins, who md 1755 to John Flitter, be the wife of Wm >> Regan-2 b. 1690/d. 1744? >> >> JW Garrett >> >> >> >> >> for Ragan-Roots archives go to >> >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

One more possibility, James, son of William Powell Rgn who died in 1770, married Jane Dickson. They had four sons... ( this is an old file, so take with a grain of salt) the sons were James Joseph, Powell, Thomas, and Green. All born in Orange NC...which was from other co's. James had Rev War Bounty land in TN, but I am not sure he lived there. However, Jane, his widow died there. Which probably means she lived with a kid. She died at like 106 years old still trying to get the government to pay a pension. M'ellen -------------------------------------------------- From: "Court Conkwright" <courtcurtis@usa.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:59 AM To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] John & Francis Riggan Sr of 1755 Granville Co., NC > Plese read my comments about half way down. This main text is from > posting in 2006 with fresh comments added.................Court > > At 12:21 AM 9/14/2006, you wrote: >>Court Conkwright >> >>According to a source, Wm Powell Riggin did have a son, William b. >>abt 1750. d. abt 1820 Adair Co., KY. >>Williams sons were: >>1)Powell Riggins b. 1775 d. 1845 SC. >>2)David Riggins b. 1791 d. 1838 Casey Co., KY >>3)Thomas Riggins b. 1793 d. Russell Co., KY >>4)Mark Riggins b. 1794 d. 1853 ILL >>5)George Washington b. 1799 d 1879 Casey Co., KY >>6)Wm Riggins b. 1802 SC >> >>Wm Powell Riggin had a son Powell Riggins b. 1753 d. 1806 Orange Co., NC. >>Powell Riggins sons were: >>1) Edward Riggins b. 1786 >>2) John Riggins b 1788 >>3) Wm b. 1793 >>4) James Riggins b. 1796 >>5) Joseph b. 1802 >> >>I don't know how accurate this info is. I only know that Wm Powell >>Riggin did have the sons you mentioned: >>William b. 1750 >>John b. 1764 >>James . 1755 >>Powell b. 1753 >>Charles b. aft 1760 >>Richard b. 1768 >> >>I noted that you mentioned tha their possible fther was a Wm Riggin. >> From the birth dates of the 4 brothers you mentioned, there father >>(William?) had t be born at least 1750s. >>This Wm could be the Wm, s/o Wm Powell Riggin of Bute, however, the >>children of this Wm does not match your 4 brothers according to >>source I mentioned above. > > 8/25/10 > > John: this was from a early posting in Sept 2006 and I have always > like the paragraph below this about the two William Riggans in Warren > Co., N.C. the two ladies that I worked with also before I saw this > posting like me, have always been interested in the Warren and Bute > Co, N.C. If the two Riggins, I have in MO and then my John Riggin > in ILL are 3 of those brothers then this could be a big clue. The > other brother(my Great Grandfather Henry was born in Tenn in 1806 > according to his tombstone. I believe that Henry may have been born > to another mother and was a 1/2 brother to John, but in Court records > John calls Henry his brother. With the date of 1806 and in Tenn > that means that the family was on the move from N.C. to Tenn and then > up to ILL. The two Riggins in MO are the sticking point in this > search. I just can't be 100% sure they are brothers to my Henry and > John, but they sure could be related and all headed up North. > > I do know for sure that John Riggin was married in Franklin Co. > Tenn in 1807 one year after Henry was born. John and Peggy Farris > Riggin are in Madison Co., ILL in ca. 1816/17. So it appears they > were in Tenn for a good 10 years based on the birth of Henry and John > marriage to Peggy. This is all fact on these dates and places. > > There will be more to come............. > > Court > > >>However, there is are two William Riggans of 1790 Warren Co., NC. >>You made mention that one brother John wasb. 1780/85 in Warren NC. >>There is one William with 4 sons under age 16, thus b. after 1774. >>three of your four brothers were b. bet 1776-1780/85. This could >>possibly be your Wm. >>Interestingly, I have been looking at this Wm Riggan of 1790 Warren >>as a possible s/o Charles Sr of Bute Co., NC. And I believe this >>Charles Sr is either brother or cousin to Wm Powell Riggin of Bute >>NC. It is possible this Wm is your Wm who has children with similar >>names that of Wm Powell Riggin! >> >>Let me add that there is a John Riggan age 11 (b. 1785), according >>to May Court 1796 Warren Co., NC, an orphan of John Riggan dec'd, >>bound to Peter Flemming. His father, John Riggan, dec'd bef 1790, >>was the husband of the widowed Mary of 1790 Warren Co., NC. >>I have been trying to identify this John Riggin and wife Mary as >>well. They had sons: >>James, John, and Matthew, familiar names. >> >> >>JW Garrett >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Court Conkwright >>Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:18 AM >>To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] John & Francis Riggan Sr of 1755 Granville Co., >>NC >> >>I have been following this information closely and it appears that I >>am seeing some posting of interest! I have been work on the >>Riggin/Riggins family that settled in Mo and ILL. I have tracked >>them from N.C. to Tenn then on into MO and ILL. There are 4 brothers >>that I am aware of. Note that 2 of the brothers who mainly stayed in >>MO spelled the name Riggins and the two brother who mainly lived in >>Madison co., Ill spelled the name Riggin. >> >>James Joseph Riggins b. March 4, 1776 in N.C. d. Oct 11, >>1846 married Barzillia Lawless 10 Nov 1810 Warren co., Ky. >> >>William Powell Riggins b. ca 1777 N. C. d. ca 1853 believed to be in >>Mexico, Audrain co., Mo. I have his will from this Co. His first >>wife is unknown, 2nd wife was Polly Wigginton 21 Oct 1828 and 3rd >>wife was Martha Patsy Brashear 16 Dec 1852. >> >>John Riggin ca 1780/1785 Warren, N.C. d. 13 May 1844 Gasonade co. >>Mo. I also have his will. He main lived mainly in Madison co., Ill, >>but due to a nasty divorce he moved into Gasonade co. Married >>Margaret "Peggy" Farris in Franklin co., Tn in 1807 and then Eva >>Copenberger 9 Mar 1840 in Madison co., Ill >> >>Henry Riggin born 26 Sep 1806 TN. d. 4 Aug 1848 Marine, Madison, >>Ill. Married to Lucinda Ferguson. Married in Madison co. Ill. >> >>We believe here Grandfather was William Powell. Rigan . The two >>ladies that I work with and myself believe that the William Powell >>Rigan listed in the Bute Co.N.C. Record Books page 23(Will) is the >>same, but we are not sure. This is one very hard family to >>research. We believe here father to be William Riggin who we find >>in Silver Creek Twp, Madison co., ILL and who was appointed Constable >>16 Sept 1819 and put up $500. bond. This on page 51 of the Madison >>History. We also find a Powell Riggin owning land in Audrain Co., >>Mo, the same place that we also find William P. Riggins, but it could >>be the one and same person as our W.P. Riggins. >> >>The children listed in the William Powell Rigan will were William >>Riggin, Powell Riggin, John Rigin, James Rigin, Charles Rigan, >>Richard Rigan(Riggan) and wife Priscilla Riggan(Rigan). >> >>Let me know if you recognize any of the these names. I have not >>worked on the line for years now, but it appear there maybe more >>information out there now and just maybe someone may know these >>folks. Maryellen has been of great help to me in the past. This >>line gave us so much trouble that I said I would never work on it >>again. Just so many with the same name and then the changing of >>spelling. My surname (Conkwright) is Siboutsen and I have seen 33 >>spelling of it back to 1642 and New Amsterdam. I have been chasing >>the Riggin/Riggins line for 26 years now. >> >>Happy Hunting! >> >>Court Conkwright >> >>At 10:50 PM 9/12/2006, you wrote: >> >I have been looking at both John Regan and Francis Regan of 1755 >> >Granville Co., NC. From what I understand they are brothers. >> >John b. abt 1725 md to Ann Bell and Francis Riggan Sr b. abt 1730 md >> >Mary Pegram. Is this correct? Anyone know the identity of their parents? >> > >> >There is also a John Ragon listed in 1755 Granville Co., NC as well. >> >Anyone know the identity of this John Ragon? Any connection with the >> >John and Francis Regan? >> > >> >I find in 1765 Bute Co., NC, a John BELL sold land to Henry FOOTE on >> >Hob Quarter Cr adj John Riggins to Little Cr. Is John Bell a >> >connection to Ann Bell, w/o John Riggin? >> > >> >Note that this transaction envolves a Henry FOOTE. I find in 1746 >> >Stafford Co., VA a Richard FOOTE who paid taxes, and apparently >> >connected to Wm Regan who dec'd 1744 in Stafford VA whose estate is >> >given to son, Wm Powell Regan. >> > >> >Could this John Regan 1755 Granville NC/ John Riggins of 1765 Bute >> >NC have any connection with the Stafford Co VA Regans? >> > >> >JW Garrett >> > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

No, she is listed as dead after the birth of her daughter Bridget and then there are no more kids... -------------------------------------------------- From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:24 AM To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] William sum up to date > > Could Bridget Riggins, who md 1755 to John Flitter, be the wife of Wm > Regan-2 b. 1690/d. 1744? > > JW Garrett > > > > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Plese read my comments about half way down. This main text is from posting in 2006 with fresh comments added.................Court At 12:21 AM 9/14/2006, you wrote: >Court Conkwright > >According to a source, Wm Powell Riggin did have a son, William b. >abt 1750. d. abt 1820 Adair Co., KY. >Williams sons were: >1)Powell Riggins b. 1775 d. 1845 SC. >2)David Riggins b. 1791 d. 1838 Casey Co., KY >3)Thomas Riggins b. 1793 d. Russell Co., KY >4)Mark Riggins b. 1794 d. 1853 ILL >5)George Washington b. 1799 d 1879 Casey Co., KY >6)Wm Riggins b. 1802 SC > >Wm Powell Riggin had a son Powell Riggins b. 1753 d. 1806 Orange Co., NC. >Powell Riggins sons were: >1) Edward Riggins b. 1786 >2) John Riggins b 1788 >3) Wm b. 1793 >4) James Riggins b. 1796 >5) Joseph b. 1802 > >I don't know how accurate this info is. I only know that Wm Powell >Riggin did have the sons you mentioned: >William b. 1750 >John b. 1764 >James . 1755 >Powell b. 1753 >Charles b. aft 1760 >Richard b. 1768 > >I noted that you mentioned tha their possible fther was a Wm Riggin. > From the birth dates of the 4 brothers you mentioned, there father >(William?) had t be born at least 1750s. >This Wm could be the Wm, s/o Wm Powell Riggin of Bute, however, the >children of this Wm does not match your 4 brothers according to >source I mentioned above. 8/25/10 John: this was from a early posting in Sept 2006 and I have always like the paragraph below this about the two William Riggans in Warren Co., N.C. the two ladies that I worked with also before I saw this posting like me, have always been interested in the Warren and Bute Co, N.C. If the two Riggins, I have in MO and then my John Riggin in ILL are 3 of those brothers then this could be a big clue. The other brother(my Great Grandfather Henry was born in Tenn in 1806 according to his tombstone. I believe that Henry may have been born to another mother and was a 1/2 brother to John, but in Court records John calls Henry his brother. With the date of 1806 and in Tenn that means that the family was on the move from N.C. to Tenn and then up to ILL. The two Riggins in MO are the sticking point in this search. I just can't be 100% sure they are brothers to my Henry and John, but they sure could be related and all headed up North. I do know for sure that John Riggin was married in Franklin Co. Tenn in 1807 one year after Henry was born. John and Peggy Farris Riggin are in Madison Co., ILL in ca. 1816/17. So it appears they were in Tenn for a good 10 years based on the birth of Henry and John marriage to Peggy. This is all fact on these dates and places. There will be more to come............. Court >However, there is are two William Riggans of 1790 Warren Co., NC. >You made mention that one brother John wasb. 1780/85 in Warren NC. >There is one William with 4 sons under age 16, thus b. after 1774. >three of your four brothers were b. bet 1776-1780/85. This could >possibly be your Wm. >Interestingly, I have been looking at this Wm Riggan of 1790 Warren >as a possible s/o Charles Sr of Bute Co., NC. And I believe this >Charles Sr is either brother or cousin to Wm Powell Riggin of Bute >NC. It is possible this Wm is your Wm who has children with similar >names that of Wm Powell Riggin! > >Let me add that there is a John Riggan age 11 (b. 1785), according >to May Court 1796 Warren Co., NC, an orphan of John Riggan dec'd, >bound to Peter Flemming. His father, John Riggan, dec'd bef 1790, >was the husband of the widowed Mary of 1790 Warren Co., NC. >I have been trying to identify this John Riggin and wife Mary as >well. They had sons: >James, John, and Matthew, familiar names. > > >JW Garrett > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Court Conkwright >Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:18 AM >To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] John & Francis Riggan Sr of 1755 Granville Co., NC > >I have been following this information closely and it appears that I >am seeing some posting of interest! I have been work on the >Riggin/Riggins family that settled in Mo and ILL. I have tracked >them from N.C. to Tenn then on into MO and ILL. There are 4 brothers >that I am aware of. Note that 2 of the brothers who mainly stayed in >MO spelled the name Riggins and the two brother who mainly lived in >Madison co., Ill spelled the name Riggin. > >James Joseph Riggins b. March 4, 1776 in N.C. d. Oct 11, >1846 married Barzillia Lawless 10 Nov 1810 Warren co., Ky. > >William Powell Riggins b. ca 1777 N. C. d. ca 1853 believed to be in >Mexico, Audrain co., Mo. I have his will from this Co. His first >wife is unknown, 2nd wife was Polly Wigginton 21 Oct 1828 and 3rd >wife was Martha Patsy Brashear 16 Dec 1852. > >John Riggin ca 1780/1785 Warren, N.C. d. 13 May 1844 Gasonade co. >Mo. I also have his will. He main lived mainly in Madison co., Ill, >but due to a nasty divorce he moved into Gasonade co. Married >Margaret "Peggy" Farris in Franklin co., Tn in 1807 and then Eva >Copenberger 9 Mar 1840 in Madison co., Ill > >Henry Riggin born 26 Sep 1806 TN. d. 4 Aug 1848 Marine, Madison, >Ill. Married to Lucinda Ferguson. Married in Madison co. Ill. > >We believe here Grandfather was William Powell. Rigan . The two >ladies that I work with and myself believe that the William Powell >Rigan listed in the Bute Co.N.C. Record Books page 23(Will) is the >same, but we are not sure. This is one very hard family to >research. We believe here father to be William Riggin who we find >in Silver Creek Twp, Madison co., ILL and who was appointed Constable >16 Sept 1819 and put up $500. bond. This on page 51 of the Madison >History. We also find a Powell Riggin owning land in Audrain Co., >Mo, the same place that we also find William P. Riggins, but it could >be the one and same person as our W.P. Riggins. > >The children listed in the William Powell Rigan will were William >Riggin, Powell Riggin, John Rigin, James Rigin, Charles Rigan, >Richard Rigan(Riggan) and wife Priscilla Riggan(Rigan). > >Let me know if you recognize any of the these names. I have not >worked on the line for years now, but it appear there maybe more >information out there now and just maybe someone may know these >folks. Maryellen has been of great help to me in the past. This >line gave us so much trouble that I said I would never work on it >again. Just so many with the same name and then the changing of >spelling. My surname (Conkwright) is Siboutsen and I have seen 33 >spelling of it back to 1642 and New Amsterdam. I have been chasing >the Riggin/Riggins line for 26 years now. > >Happy Hunting! > >Court Conkwright > >At 10:50 PM 9/12/2006, you wrote: > >I have been looking at both John Regan and Francis Regan of 1755 > >Granville Co., NC. From what I understand they are brothers. > >John b. abt 1725 md to Ann Bell and Francis Riggan Sr b. abt 1730 md > >Mary Pegram. Is this correct? Anyone know the identity of their parents? > > > >There is also a John Ragon listed in 1755 Granville Co., NC as well. > >Anyone know the identity of this John Ragon? Any connection with the > >John and Francis Regan? > > > >I find in 1765 Bute Co., NC, a John BELL sold land to Henry FOOTE on > >Hob Quarter Cr adj John Riggins to Little Cr. Is John Bell a > >connection to Ann Bell, w/o John Riggin? > > > >Note that this transaction envolves a Henry FOOTE. I find in 1746 > >Stafford Co., VA a Richard FOOTE who paid taxes, and apparently > >connected to Wm Regan who dec'd 1744 in Stafford VA whose estate is > >given to son, Wm Powell Regan. > > > >Could this John Regan 1755 Granville NC/ John Riggins of 1765 Bute > >NC have any connection with the Stafford Co VA Regans? > > > >JW Garrett > >

Could Bridget Riggins, who md 1755 to John Flitter, be the wife of Wm Regan-2 b. 1690/d. 1744? JW Garrett

Back in the mid 90's, when I first tried internet genealogy, Court was one of the first folks I met. I was green with envy at the organized work team he and the two gals had. We didn't know a whole lot about NC, and couldn't connect. Court taught me a lot about running around those brick walls out there, and about picking up every odd bit you can find... one day I'll fit somewhere. I still save Farris and Brashear notes, even though they aren't mine. They are old friends. Court, question, what do you have for paper in either TN or KY, hints, good guesses...counties? M'ellen -------------------------------------------------- From: "Court Conkwright" <courtcurtis@usa.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:10 AM To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] William son of William P. Rgn > FOR THE RECORD THESE ARE MY NOTE ON 4 PEOPLE THAT I BELIEVE ARE > BROTHERS OR ELSE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. I WORKED WITH 2 OTHER > WOMEN FOR YEARS ON THIS MESS AND I AM STILL NOT SURE IF MY HENRY > RIGGIN AND HIS BROTHER FOR SURE JOHN RIGGIN OR RELATED TO JAMES > JOSEPH RIGGINS OR WILLIAM POWELL RIGGINS( I HAVE SEEN IT ALSO AS JUST > POWELL RIGGINS) . I AM NOT EVEN SURE THAT JAMES AND WILLIAM POWELL > OR POWELL ARE RELATED YET TO MY JOHN AND HENRY. NOW SEE MY NOTES ON > WILLIAM RIGGIN THAT I BELIEVE IS THE FATHER OF MY HENRY AND JOHN. > > NOTES ON WILLIAM RIGGIN: > > ELLEN GASKILL DAY GRANDDAUGHTER OF MAHALA RIGGIN WAS TOLD THAT THREE > BROTHERS WILL, JOE AND JOHN LIVED IN N.C. MOVED TO TENN, KY AND THEN > MOVED NORTH. JOHN SETTLED IN MADISON CO.,ILL, WILL AND JOE SETTLED > SOMEWHERE NEAR ST. LOUIS. THEIR FATHER WAS WILLIAM RIGGIN, A > REVOLUTINARY WAR VETERAN. > > INDEX OF RIGGIN FAMILIES, BY MRS DANIEL STONE KELTE, PAGE 10, > MENTIONS A LETTER WRITTEN BY MISS FRANCIS RIGGIN TO MRS. KELTE. SHE > WROTE THAT HER GREAT GRANDFATHER, THOMAS MAGNUS RIGGIN OF ST. LOUIS, > MO., SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THREE BROS. WILL, JOE AND JOHN > CAME FROM N.C. IN THE EARLY 1800'S. THE THREE BROTHERS WERE BORN IN > OR NEAR RALEIGH, N.C. > > NOTE THE 2 DIFFERENCE SOURCES. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE TWO KEY > STATEMENTS. WILLIAM POWELL RIGGINS, JAMES JOSEPH RIGGINS AND JOHN > RIGGIN FROM MO AND ILL WERE ALL 3 BORN IN NC. WILL, JOE AND > JOHN............MAKE GOOD SENSE TO ME. > > WILLIAM RIGGIN - FROM MADISON CO., ILL HISTORY PP. 51 SEPT 6, 1819 > APPOINTED CONESTABLE SILVER CREEK TWP, PUT UP BOND AND SECURITY OF > $500.00. > > > NOTES ON HENRY RIGGIN: > > HENRY RIGGIN BURIED AT MARINE CITY CEMETERY IN MADISON CO., ILL. WE > KNOW FROM HIS HEAD STONE THAT HE WAS A NATIVE OF TENN. AND IT IS SAID > THAT HIS FATHER WAS WILLIAM RIGGIN WHO WAS A REV. WAR SOLDIER. THERE > ARE MANY INTERESTING STORIES OF HENRY THAT WAS FOUND IN THE S.I.U. > LAW LIBRARY IN EDWARDVILLE, ILL. ALSO SEE MY BOOK FOR MORE DETAILS. > IT APPEARS THAT HENRY WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL FARMER AND HAD MONEY FOR > THESE DAYS. HE DIED VERY YOUNG AT AGE 42. HE WAS INVOLVED IN A LAW > SUIT BETWEEN HIS BROTHER JOHN AND WIFE MARGARET. OF COURSE HENRY > TAKING THE SIDE OF JOHN. > > NOTES ON JOHN RIGGIN: > > JOHN RIGGIN WAS ALSO MARRIED TO EVA COPENBERGER MARCH 9 1840 IN > MADISON CO. ILL. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN - SUSAN B. 1839 AND JOHN B. > 1843. JOHN WAS DIVORCED FROM MARGARET EITHER IN 1839 OR 1840 AFTER A > BITTER COURT BATTLES. RECORDS OF THIS ARE FOUND AT THE S.I.U. LAW > LIBRARY AT EDWARDSVILLE ILL. THESE RECORDS ARE ALSO HELD BY DOROTHY > BANGERT, C. C. CONKWRIGHT AND VIRGINIA DEWAN. THESE THREE PEOPLE HAVE > ONE OF THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF RIGGIN'S PAPER KNOW AT THIS TIME IN > MADISON CO., ILL. > > IN LEGAL COURT PAPER FROM MADISON CO., ILL IT STATES IN THE DIVORCE > PAPERS THAT JOHN AND PEGGY WERE MARRIED IN TENN IN 1807 AND MOVED TO > MADISON IN THE YEAR 1816 OR 1817. JOHN LEFT HIS WIFE ABOUT THE 28 OF > APRIL 1838 AND WAS LIVING WITH EVA COPENBRERGER IN THE STATE OF MO. > > ACCORDING TO DIV PAPERS ON JOHN AND MARGARET FARRIS RIGGIN. THEY > MOVE FROM TENN IN TO ILL IN EITHER 1816 OR 1817. JOHN AND MARGARET > "PEGGY" WERE MARRIED IN 1807 IN TENN IN THE SAME PAPERS. > > JOHN RIGGIN A PETITIONED TO BE A VIEWER OF A ROAD PP. 256 SEPT 4, 1821 > > NOTES ON POWELL OR WILLIAM POWELL RIGGINS: > > FROM THE WILL OF POWELL RIGGINS FROM THE MEXICO, AUDRAIN CO., MO. > COURTHOUSE: I, COURT CONKWRIGHT FOUND THIS ON 1 APR 1991 AND HAS A COPY OF > IT. > > I POWELL RIGGINS OF THE COUNTY OF AUDRAIN AND THE STATE OF MO, BEING > OLD BUT IN SOUND MIND AND DISPOSING MEMORY FOR WHICH I THANK GOD AND > CALLING TO MIND THE UNCERTAINLY OF HUMAN LIFE AND BEING DESIROUS TO > DISPOSE OF ALL SUCH WORLDLY ESTATE AS IT HAS PLEASE GOD TO BLESS ME > WITH, DO GIVE AND BEQUEATH THE SAME IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER TO WIT: > THAT IS TO SAY I DESIRE THAT ALL MY JUST DEBTS HE PAID. > > 2ND: I GIVE A BEQUEATH TO MY BELOVED WIFE PATSY RIGGINS ALL OF MY > ESTATE, REAL AND PERSONAL AND TO MIXED AND TO ALL INTEREST THEREIN TO > HAVE AND TO HOLD ABSOLUTELY TO DO WITH AND DISPOSE OF AS SHE SHALL > THINK FIT DURING HER NATURAL LIKE AND IF IN CARE MY SAID WIFE, PATSY > RIGGINS, SHOULD DIE WITHOUT ISSUE THEN THE BALANCE OF THERE SHOULD BE > ANY LEFT AT HER DEATH, TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN MY > GRANDCHILDREN, THAT IS TO SAY, THE CHILDREN OF JAMES RIGGINS AND JOHN > MINER AS I HAVE GIVEN IN MY LIFETIME TO MY SON JOHN RIGGIN THAT I > EVER INTEND HIM TO HAVE IN MY LIFE OR AFTER MY DEATH; ALSO I HAVE > GIVEN TO MY DAUGHTER NANCY BRASHEAR ALL I HAVE EVER INTENDED HER TO > HAVE IN MY LIFE OR AFTER MY DEATH. IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I POWELL > RIGGINS DO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 22 DAY OF FEB 1853. WITNESS BY > JOHN A PEARSON AND NANCY PERSON. I SUBSCRIBED THE TESTATORS NAME AT > HIS REQUEST JOHN A PERSON. > > POWELL WAS ALSO KNOWN AS WILLIAM POWELL RIGGINS, ONE OF THE 3 BROTHERS. > > HE ALSO HAD LAND IN THE FOLLOW AREAS OF MONROE CO., MO. > SECTION 10 TWP 52-53 RANGE 10 ALSO A PIECE AT SECTION 35. > > LAND RECORDS IN AUDRAIN CO., MO: > GRANTORS GRANTEES BOOK PAGE > > 18 OCT 1844 POWELL RIGGINS AND WIFE MARY JOHN > MINER 248/249 31 MAY 1851 POWELL RIGGINS AND WIFE POLLY > $400. JOHN BRASHEAR C 514 31 MAY 1851 POWELL RIGGINS AND WIFE > POLLY 300. JOHN RIGGINS C 517 24 APR 1852 POWELL RIGGINS AND > WIFE MARY 100. ELIZABETH FAIRR D 168-169 18 OCT 1844 POWELL > RIGGINS 150. JOHN MINER B 250 25 OCT 1853 > POWELL RIGGINS AND WIFE PATSY 1400. ENOCK DOLD D 413 31 MAY > 1851 POWELL RIGGINS 80 ACRES JOHN BRASHEAR C 516 17 > OCT 1854 PATSY RIGGINS $1800. GEORGE F BROWNING E 305.6 > > POWELL SIGNED WITH A "X" ON THE LAND RECORDS > > IT APPEARS THAT PATSY RIGGINS WAS WITH CHILD THE YEAR THAT POWELL > DIED. SHE REMARRIED TO A L. FISHER IN AUDRAIN CO. AND THE CHILD > WILLIAM RIGGINS IS SHOWN LIVING WITH HER AND NEW HUSBANDS > FAMILY. THIS IS IN THE 1860 AUDRAIN FEDERAL CENSUS. > > 9/22/2007 > > Maryellen take a look at this land plot record that I found in > Mexico, Audrain Co., MO in 1991. The more I look at it the more I > am now wondering if just maybe the William P. Riggins and Powell > Riggins are not the same person. I have always believe that it was > the one and the same William Powell Riggins. You will also > remember that a William P. Riggins witnessed the buying of land of my > Henry Riggin in Madison Co., ILL. Again I believe it was the one > and same from Audrain. A brother to Henry and John Riggin. In > the will of Powell Riggins that I have it is signed Powell and not > William. > > Now it could be the William Powell Riggins who was the son of James > Joseph Riggin of Cole Co., MO. This W.P.Riggins was born in 1813 > and the land records I see was bought in 1840, which mean he was > owing land next to his uncle Powell and is the right age to be buying > land. You will also see a John Brashear who is listed on one of the > records, who was the son in law to Powell Riggins. John Brashear > married Nancy Riggins Powell daughter. If this is correct then we > can see a connection for sure between the James Joseph Riggins son > William P. and my Henry Riggin in Madison Co., ILL. Do you follow > my line of thinking? > > Court > > p.s. If he was William Powell Riggins it appears that he only went by > Powell. > > > NOTES ON JAMES JOSEPH RIGGINS: > > FROM THE HISTORY OF BOONE CO., MO. BY WILLIAM F SWITZLER.: > > JOSEPH RIGGINS, WAS BORN IN N.C., BUT WHEN QUITE A YOUNG MAN > EMIGRATED TO KENTUCKY, WHERE HE MARRIED MISS BARZILLIA LAWLESS, THE > MOTHER OF THE DOCTOR(G W RIGGINS). THEY LIVED IN KENTUCKY FOR > SEVERAL YEARS AND IN 1816 CAME TO MO. AND LOCATED IN HOWARD COUNTY, > AND BUILT THE FIRST CABIN WHERE THE TOWN OF OLD FRANKLIN WA > AFTERWARDS BUILT. THE SITE OF THE PRESENT CITY OF BOONVILLE, > OPPOSITE THE TOWN OF OLD FRANKLIN, WA THEN A DENSE THICKET, AND THE > INDIANS ROAMED THE FOREST AND KILLED THE SETTLERS AT THEIR OWN SWEET > WILL. MR RIGGINS HAD NO NEIGHBORS NEARER THAN THE FORTS ABOVE AND > BELOW HIS BACIN, AT TOO GREAT A DISTANCE TO AFFORD HIS CONSTANT > PROTECTION. SEVERAL OF HIS NEIGHBORS WERE KILLED BY THE INDIANS, > AFTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD BECOME MORE THICKLY SETTLED. HE LIVED AT > OLD FRANKLIN ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND THEN BOUGHT THE FARM UPON WHICH > DOCTOR G W RIGGINS WAS BORN. HE SHORTLY AFTERWARDS MOVED TO COLE > CO., MO, WHERE HE DIED IN 1849 IN HIS SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR. HIS WIDOW > SURVIVED HIM SEVERAL YEARS AND DIED AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY YEARS. > > IT IS BELIEVED THAT HIS GIVEN NAME WAS JAMES JOSEPH RIGGINS AND HE > LATER DROPPED THE JAMES. > > IN THE 1819-1826 MO TAX PAYERS FROM CALLOWAY CO., MO THE NAMES OF > JAMES AND POWELL CAN BE FOUND. > FROM THE CEMETERIES IN COLE COUNTY, MO AS RECORDED IN THE 1930'S PART > I: BURYING FOUND ON THE FARM OF EDWARD DUENKEL TWP 43 NORTH - RANGE > 12 - SECTION 29. ON THE STONE IT READ "ERECTED BY HIS WIFE, BURZILLA > RIGGINS." 70 YRS 7 MO 7 DA. > > FROM THE CEMETERIES IN COLE COUNTY, MO. AS RECORDED IN THE 1930'S - > NOTES PAGE 203: PAGE 60 --JAMES RIGGINS HAD AN ADMINISTRATION DTED 8 > JAN 1848 (418A-12), WITH WILLIAM P. AND THOMAS B. RIGGINS AS THE > ADMINISTRATORS. JAMES WIFE, BURZILLA, BORN 1795, D AFTER THE 1850 CENSUS. > > NOTES ON SARAH PATTERSON RIGGIN: > > THIS NOTE WAS WRITTEN BY J.S. ROBERT THE 1ST COUSIN OF MY MOTHER > NELDA L. RIGGIN CONKWRIGHT. IT WAS WRITTEN ON JULY 5, 1974 IN GRESHAM, > OR. > > "THIS STORY WAS TOLD TO ME, J. S. ROBERT, BY HENRY RIGGIN, IN > GREENVILLE, ILL IN 1944 JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH. HENRY RIGGIN WAS A > BROTHER OF OUR GRANDFATHER, CHARLES E. RIGGIN, WHO PASSED AWAY IN THE > 1920'S. THE RIGGIN'S WERE DESECENDED FROM THE CHEROKEE INDIANS ON > THEIR MOTHER'S SIDE AND THERE MOTHER CAME FROM THE CAROLINAS AS AN > INFANT OVER WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS - THE TRAIL OF TEARS. THE > CHEROKEES WERE DRIVEN OUT OF THE CAROLINAS BY THE WHITE SETTLERS AND > WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE SO MUCH AS A BLANKET. MANY DIED ENROUTE, > HENCE THE NAME - TRAIL OF TEARS. WHO EVER HAD THE CARE OF CHARLES. > E. RIGGINS MOTHER SETTLED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF OF MEXICO, MO. WHERE > GREAT GRANDMOTHER RIGGIN WAS MARRIED AND HAD AT LEAST TWO OF HER > CHILDREN WHO WERE BORN THERE BEFORE AND DURINGTHE CIVIL WAR. WHEN > QUANTRILLS RAIDERS AND OTHER OUTLAW BANDS BEGAN RAIDING IN THE > NEIGHBORHOOD GREAT GRANDMOTHER RIGGIN BUNDLED UP HER TWO OLDEST > CHILDREN(ALL SHE HAD AT THE TIME)AND RODE HORSEBACK TO THE BOND > COUNTY, ILL., (THESE TWO WERE HENRY AND JAMES C RIGGIN) EITHER > SORRENTO OR OLD RIPLEY, ILL WHERE THEY SETTLED." > > NOW WHY I THINK THIS COULD BE IMPORTANT. HENRY RIGGIN FATHER WAS > JOHN RIGGIN AND HIS FATHER WAS HENRY RIGGIN. HENRY AND JOHN > RIGGIN'S ARE THE TWO IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS MESS..............NOTE > THAT OUR COUSIN J. S. ROBERT TALKS ABOUT A CHEROKEE INDIAN AND SHE > WAS MARRIED TO JOHN RIGGIN ABT 1860 IN DALLAS CO., MO. JOHN RIGGIN > FATHER WAS HENRY RIGGIN. NOW NOTE THAT ROBERT'S SAID THAT "WHO EVER > SETTLED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MEXICO MO." THE PERSON THAT WAS > SETTLED IN MEXICO, MO WAS POWELL RIGGINS OR WILLIAM POWELL RIGGINS. > > NOW I AM SURE YOU ARE CONFUSED AS YOU CAN BE RIGHT NOW BUT IF YOU > NEED ME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEN LET ME KNOW. I STILL HAVE MORE > THAT I CAN THROW OUT ON THE TABLE. THIS IS JUST FOR > STARTERS..............ENJOY! > > COURT > > > > > At 08:38 AM 8/24/2010, you wrote: >>We need a break from VA. Court, tell us about the Missouri bunch that >>tramped over from NC. Court comes from William Powell Rgn that died in >>1770 >>NC. 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FOR THE RECORD THESE ARE MY NOTE ON 4 PEOPLE THAT I BELIEVE ARE BROTHERS OR ELSE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. I WORKED WITH 2 OTHER WOMEN FOR YEARS ON THIS MESS AND I AM STILL NOT SURE IF MY HENRY RIGGIN AND HIS BROTHER FOR SURE JOHN RIGGIN OR RELATED TO JAMES JOSEPH RIGGINS OR WILLIAM POWELL RIGGINS( I HAVE SEEN IT ALSO AS JUST POWELL RIGGINS) . I AM NOT EVEN SURE THAT JAMES AND WILLIAM POWELL OR POWELL ARE RELATED YET TO MY JOHN AND HENRY. NOW SEE MY NOTES ON WILLIAM RIGGIN THAT I BELIEVE IS THE FATHER OF MY HENRY AND JOHN. NOTES ON WILLIAM RIGGIN: ELLEN GASKILL DAY GRANDDAUGHTER OF MAHALA RIGGIN WAS TOLD THAT THREE BROTHERS WILL, JOE AND JOHN LIVED IN N.C. MOVED TO TENN, KY AND THEN MOVED NORTH. JOHN SETTLED IN MADISON CO.,ILL, WILL AND JOE SETTLED SOMEWHERE NEAR ST. LOUIS. THEIR FATHER WAS WILLIAM RIGGIN, A REVOLUTINARY WAR VETERAN. INDEX OF RIGGIN FAMILIES, BY MRS DANIEL STONE KELTE, PAGE 10, MENTIONS A LETTER WRITTEN BY MISS FRANCIS RIGGIN TO MRS. KELTE. SHE WROTE THAT HER GREAT GRANDFATHER, THOMAS MAGNUS RIGGIN OF ST. LOUIS, MO., SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THREE BROS. WILL, JOE AND JOHN CAME FROM N.C. IN THE EARLY 1800'S. THE THREE BROTHERS WERE BORN IN OR NEAR RALEIGH, N.C. NOTE THE 2 DIFFERENCE SOURCES. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE TWO KEY STATEMENTS. WILLIAM POWELL RIGGINS, JAMES JOSEPH RIGGINS AND JOHN RIGGIN FROM MO AND ILL WERE ALL 3 BORN IN NC. WILL, JOE AND JOHN............MAKE GOOD SENSE TO ME. WILLIAM RIGGIN - FROM MADISON CO., ILL HISTORY PP. 51 SEPT 6, 1819 APPOINTED CONESTABLE SILVER CREEK TWP, PUT UP BOND AND SECURITY OF $500.00. NOTES ON HENRY RIGGIN: HENRY RIGGIN BURIED AT MARINE CITY CEMETERY IN MADISON CO., ILL. WE KNOW FROM HIS HEAD STONE THAT HE WAS A NATIVE OF TENN. AND IT IS SAID THAT HIS FATHER WAS WILLIAM RIGGIN WHO WAS A REV. WAR SOLDIER. THERE ARE MANY INTERESTING STORIES OF HENRY THAT WAS FOUND IN THE S.I.U. LAW LIBRARY IN EDWARDVILLE, ILL. ALSO SEE MY BOOK FOR MORE DETAILS. IT APPEARS THAT HENRY WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL FARMER AND HAD MONEY FOR THESE DAYS. HE DIED VERY YOUNG AT AGE 42. HE WAS INVOLVED IN A LAW SUIT BETWEEN HIS BROTHER JOHN AND WIFE MARGARET. OF COURSE HENRY TAKING THE SIDE OF JOHN. NOTES ON JOHN RIGGIN: JOHN RIGGIN WAS ALSO MARRIED TO EVA COPENBERGER MARCH 9 1840 IN MADISON CO. ILL. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN - SUSAN B. 1839 AND JOHN B. 1843. JOHN WAS DIVORCED FROM MARGARET EITHER IN 1839 OR 1840 AFTER A BITTER COURT BATTLES. RECORDS OF THIS ARE FOUND AT THE S.I.U. LAW LIBRARY AT EDWARDSVILLE ILL. THESE RECORDS ARE ALSO HELD BY DOROTHY BANGERT, C. C. CONKWRIGHT AND VIRGINIA DEWAN. THESE THREE PEOPLE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF RIGGIN'S PAPER KNOW AT THIS TIME IN MADISON CO., ILL. IN LEGAL COURT PAPER FROM MADISON CO., ILL IT STATES IN THE DIVORCE PAPERS THAT JOHN AND PEGGY WERE MARRIED IN TENN IN 1807 AND MOVED TO MADISON IN THE YEAR 1816 OR 1817. JOHN LEFT HIS WIFE ABOUT THE 28 OF APRIL 1838 AND WAS LIVING WITH EVA COPENBRERGER IN THE STATE OF MO. ACCORDING TO DIV PAPERS ON JOHN AND MARGARET FARRIS RIGGIN. THEY MOVE FROM TENN IN TO ILL IN EITHER 1816 OR 1817. JOHN AND MARGARET "PEGGY" WERE MARRIED IN 1807 IN TENN IN THE SAME PAPERS. JOHN RIGGIN A PETITIONED TO BE A VIEWER OF A ROAD PP. 256 SEPT 4, 1821 NOTES ON POWELL OR WILLIAM POWELL RIGGINS: FROM THE WILL OF POWELL RIGGINS FROM THE MEXICO, AUDRAIN CO., MO. COURTHOUSE: I, COURT CONKWRIGHT FOUND THIS ON 1 APR 1991 AND HAS A COPY OF IT. I POWELL RIGGINS OF THE COUNTY OF AUDRAIN AND THE STATE OF MO, BEING OLD BUT IN SOUND MIND AND DISPOSING MEMORY FOR WHICH I THANK GOD AND CALLING TO MIND THE UNCERTAINLY OF HUMAN LIFE AND BEING DESIROUS TO DISPOSE OF ALL SUCH WORLDLY ESTATE AS IT HAS PLEASE GOD TO BLESS ME WITH, DO GIVE AND BEQUEATH THE SAME IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER TO WIT: THAT IS TO SAY I DESIRE THAT ALL MY JUST DEBTS HE PAID. 2ND: I GIVE A BEQUEATH TO MY BELOVED WIFE PATSY RIGGINS ALL OF MY ESTATE, REAL AND PERSONAL AND TO MIXED AND TO ALL INTEREST THEREIN TO HAVE AND TO HOLD ABSOLUTELY TO DO WITH AND DISPOSE OF AS SHE SHALL THINK FIT DURING HER NATURAL LIKE AND IF IN CARE MY SAID WIFE, PATSY RIGGINS, SHOULD DIE WITHOUT ISSUE THEN THE BALANCE OF THERE SHOULD BE ANY LEFT AT HER DEATH, TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN MY GRANDCHILDREN, THAT IS TO SAY, THE CHILDREN OF JAMES RIGGINS AND JOHN MINER AS I HAVE GIVEN IN MY LIFETIME TO MY SON JOHN RIGGIN THAT I EVER INTEND HIM TO HAVE IN MY LIFE OR AFTER MY DEATH; ALSO I HAVE GIVEN TO MY DAUGHTER NANCY BRASHEAR ALL I HAVE EVER INTENDED HER TO HAVE IN MY LIFE OR AFTER MY DEATH. IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I POWELL RIGGINS DO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 22 DAY OF FEB 1853. WITNESS BY JOHN A PEARSON AND NANCY PERSON. I SUBSCRIBED THE TESTATORS NAME AT HIS REQUEST JOHN A PERSON. POWELL WAS ALSO KNOWN AS WILLIAM POWELL RIGGINS, ONE OF THE 3 BROTHERS. HE ALSO HAD LAND IN THE FOLLOW AREAS OF MONROE CO., MO. SECTION 10 TWP 52-53 RANGE 10 ALSO A PIECE AT SECTION 35. LAND RECORDS IN AUDRAIN CO., MO: GRANTORS GRANTEES BOOK PAGE 18 OCT 1844 POWELL RIGGINS AND WIFE MARY JOHN MINER 248/249 31 MAY 1851 POWELL RIGGINS AND WIFE POLLY $400. JOHN BRASHEAR C 514 31 MAY 1851 POWELL RIGGINS AND WIFE POLLY 300. JOHN RIGGINS C 517 24 APR 1852 POWELL RIGGINS AND WIFE MARY 100. ELIZABETH FAIRR D 168-169 18 OCT 1844 POWELL RIGGINS 150. JOHN MINER B 250 25 OCT 1853 POWELL RIGGINS AND WIFE PATSY 1400. ENOCK DOLD D 413 31 MAY 1851 POWELL RIGGINS 80 ACRES JOHN BRASHEAR C 516 17 OCT 1854 PATSY RIGGINS $1800. GEORGE F BROWNING E 305.6 POWELL SIGNED WITH A "X" ON THE LAND RECORDS IT APPEARS THAT PATSY RIGGINS WAS WITH CHILD THE YEAR THAT POWELL DIED. SHE REMARRIED TO A L. FISHER IN AUDRAIN CO. AND THE CHILD WILLIAM RIGGINS IS SHOWN LIVING WITH HER AND NEW HUSBANDS FAMILY. THIS IS IN THE 1860 AUDRAIN FEDERAL CENSUS. 9/22/2007 Maryellen take a look at this land plot record that I found in Mexico, Audrain Co., MO in 1991. The more I look at it the more I am now wondering if just maybe the William P. Riggins and Powell Riggins are not the same person. I have always believe that it was the one and the same William Powell Riggins. You will also remember that a William P. Riggins witnessed the buying of land of my Henry Riggin in Madison Co., ILL. Again I believe it was the one and same from Audrain. A brother to Henry and John Riggin. In the will of Powell Riggins that I have it is signed Powell and not William. Now it could be the William Powell Riggins who was the son of James Joseph Riggin of Cole Co., MO. This W.P.Riggins was born in 1813 and the land records I see was bought in 1840, which mean he was owing land next to his uncle Powell and is the right age to be buying land. You will also see a John Brashear who is listed on one of the records, who was the son in law to Powell Riggins. John Brashear married Nancy Riggins Powell daughter. If this is correct then we can see a connection for sure between the James Joseph Riggins son William P. and my Henry Riggin in Madison Co., ILL. Do you follow my line of thinking? Court p.s. If he was William Powell Riggins it appears that he only went by Powell. NOTES ON JAMES JOSEPH RIGGINS: FROM THE HISTORY OF BOONE CO., MO. BY WILLIAM F SWITZLER.: JOSEPH RIGGINS, WAS BORN IN N.C., BUT WHEN QUITE A YOUNG MAN EMIGRATED TO KENTUCKY, WHERE HE MARRIED MISS BARZILLIA LAWLESS, THE MOTHER OF THE DOCTOR(G W RIGGINS). THEY LIVED IN KENTUCKY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IN 1816 CAME TO MO. AND LOCATED IN HOWARD COUNTY, AND BUILT THE FIRST CABIN WHERE THE TOWN OF OLD FRANKLIN WA AFTERWARDS BUILT. THE SITE OF THE PRESENT CITY OF BOONVILLE, OPPOSITE THE TOWN OF OLD FRANKLIN, WA THEN A DENSE THICKET, AND THE INDIANS ROAMED THE FOREST AND KILLED THE SETTLERS AT THEIR OWN SWEET WILL. MR RIGGINS HAD NO NEIGHBORS NEARER THAN THE FORTS ABOVE AND BELOW HIS BACIN, AT TOO GREAT A DISTANCE TO AFFORD HIS CONSTANT PROTECTION. SEVERAL OF HIS NEIGHBORS WERE KILLED BY THE INDIANS, AFTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD BECOME MORE THICKLY SETTLED. HE LIVED AT OLD FRANKLIN ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND THEN BOUGHT THE FARM UPON WHICH DOCTOR G W RIGGINS WAS BORN. HE SHORTLY AFTERWARDS MOVED TO COLE CO., MO, WHERE HE DIED IN 1849 IN HIS SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR. HIS WIDOW SURVIVED HIM SEVERAL YEARS AND DIED AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY YEARS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT HIS GIVEN NAME WAS JAMES JOSEPH RIGGINS AND HE LATER DROPPED THE JAMES. IN THE 1819-1826 MO TAX PAYERS FROM CALLOWAY CO., MO THE NAMES OF JAMES AND POWELL CAN BE FOUND. FROM THE CEMETERIES IN COLE COUNTY, MO AS RECORDED IN THE 1930'S PART I: BURYING FOUND ON THE FARM OF EDWARD DUENKEL TWP 43 NORTH - RANGE 12 - SECTION 29. ON THE STONE IT READ "ERECTED BY HIS WIFE, BURZILLA RIGGINS." 70 YRS 7 MO 7 DA. FROM THE CEMETERIES IN COLE COUNTY, MO. AS RECORDED IN THE 1930'S - NOTES PAGE 203: PAGE 60 --JAMES RIGGINS HAD AN ADMINISTRATION DTED 8 JAN 1848 (418A-12), WITH WILLIAM P. AND THOMAS B. RIGGINS AS THE ADMINISTRATORS. JAMES WIFE, BURZILLA, BORN 1795, D AFTER THE 1850 CENSUS. NOTES ON SARAH PATTERSON RIGGIN: THIS NOTE WAS WRITTEN BY J.S. ROBERT THE 1ST COUSIN OF MY MOTHER NELDA L. RIGGIN CONKWRIGHT. IT WAS WRITTEN ON JULY 5, 1974 IN GRESHAM, OR. "THIS STORY WAS TOLD TO ME, J. S. ROBERT, BY HENRY RIGGIN, IN GREENVILLE, ILL IN 1944 JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH. HENRY RIGGIN WAS A BROTHER OF OUR GRANDFATHER, CHARLES E. RIGGIN, WHO PASSED AWAY IN THE 1920'S. THE RIGGIN'S WERE DESECENDED FROM THE CHEROKEE INDIANS ON THEIR MOTHER'S SIDE AND THERE MOTHER CAME FROM THE CAROLINAS AS AN INFANT OVER WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS - THE TRAIL OF TEARS. THE CHEROKEES WERE DRIVEN OUT OF THE CAROLINAS BY THE WHITE SETTLERS AND WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE SO MUCH AS A BLANKET. MANY DIED ENROUTE, HENCE THE NAME - TRAIL OF TEARS. WHO EVER HAD THE CARE OF CHARLES. E. RIGGINS MOTHER SETTLED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF OF MEXICO, MO. WHERE GREAT GRANDMOTHER RIGGIN WAS MARRIED AND HAD AT LEAST TWO OF HER CHILDREN WHO WERE BORN THERE BEFORE AND DURINGTHE CIVIL WAR. WHEN QUANTRILLS RAIDERS AND OTHER OUTLAW BANDS BEGAN RAIDING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GREAT GRANDMOTHER RIGGIN BUNDLED UP HER TWO OLDEST CHILDREN(ALL SHE HAD AT THE TIME)AND RODE HORSEBACK TO THE BOND COUNTY, ILL., (THESE TWO WERE HENRY AND JAMES C RIGGIN) EITHER SORRENTO OR OLD RIPLEY, ILL WHERE THEY SETTLED." NOW WHY I THINK THIS COULD BE IMPORTANT. HENRY RIGGIN FATHER WAS JOHN RIGGIN AND HIS FATHER WAS HENRY RIGGIN. HENRY AND JOHN RIGGIN'S ARE THE TWO IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS MESS..............NOTE THAT OUR COUSIN J. S. ROBERT TALKS ABOUT A CHEROKEE INDIAN AND SHE WAS MARRIED TO JOHN RIGGIN ABT 1860 IN DALLAS CO., MO. JOHN RIGGIN FATHER WAS HENRY RIGGIN. NOW NOTE THAT ROBERT'S SAID THAT "WHO EVER SETTLED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MEXICO MO." THE PERSON THAT WAS SETTLED IN MEXICO, MO WAS POWELL RIGGINS OR WILLIAM POWELL RIGGINS. NOW I AM SURE YOU ARE CONFUSED AS YOU CAN BE RIGHT NOW BUT IF YOU NEED ME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEN LET ME KNOW. I STILL HAVE MORE THAT I CAN THROW OUT ON THE TABLE. THIS IS JUST FOR STARTERS..............ENJOY! COURT At 08:38 AM 8/24/2010, you wrote: >We need a break from VA. Court, tell us about the Missouri bunch that >tramped over from NC. Court comes from William Powell Rgn that died in 1770 >NC. I know the net calls him William David.can anyone prove that? > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just got home from my B-Day dinner and will start working on something to post. I have all my notes that sources on the folks from MO and ILL. This is not a easy one to follow so I am sure there is going to be a lot of questions mainly due to all the same first names used over and over again. I still have some very good emails that I posted before that I should also dust of and resent for those who are new on this site. These will help you to understand who is who..............Court At 07:20 PM 8/24/2010, you wrote: >While Court open the field of taking a line of William Powell Rgns out of >NC, I am burying myself in Charles Co MD land records... it seems the Rgns >have about 69 of them,,,yeesh ! > > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

While Court open the field of taking a line of William Powell Rgns out of NC, I am burying myself in Charles Co MD land records... it seems the Rgns have about 69 of them,,,yeesh !

We need a break from VA. Court, tell us about the Missouri bunch that tramped over from NC. Court comes from William Powell Rgn that died in 1770 NC. I know the net calls him William David.can anyone prove that?

Charles County Circuit Court, Birth, Deaths & Marriage Records, Liber Q Regon, Mary, d/o James and Joan Regon of Nanjemy, bricklayer, b. 28 Aug 1683 Regon, Margarett, d/o James and Joan Regon of Nanjemy, bricklayer, b. 12 Feb 1684 Regon, John, s/o James Regon and Joan Regon of Nanjemy, bricklayer, b. 24 Mar 1685 Regon, Matthew, s/o James Regon and Joan Regon of Nanjemy, bricklayer, b. 24 Apr 1687 Regon, William s/o James Regon and Joan Regon of Nanjemy, bricklayer, b. 31 Jan 1690 Regon, Charles, s/o James Regon and Joan Regon of Nanjemy, bricklayer, b. 20 May 1692 Charles County Court Records, Liber M, page 122 28 Sep 1686; cattle mark; james Rigon === James Regon 15.119 I £3.6.0 Dec 10 1696 Appraisers: Patrick Anderson, Evan Jones, === James Regon 16.247 A CH £3.6.0 Apr 1 1698 Administratrix: Joan Regon, wife of John Wood, Please note that Joan marries John Wood. She is his second of three wives. I have issue as to how many of his later children are Joan's. Most, I think. She was only barely 30 when James Regan died. I care because these kids go on to Stafford and get involved with Rgn folk, and wills etc. If they were all half siblings it would shore up the idea that all Rgns with Woods in Stafford are probably James' instead of some Rgn kookoo bird laying a new Rgn egg in the Woods of Stafford nest. I do cluster... The John Wood is key. He is the first of three I care about. He keeps repeating how he owns 2900 ++ acres of land in Stafford VA...he sits in Charles Co MD, just a paddle away... Wood's will, his son's and his grandson's are key to the Rgns. He gifts land to his 3 oldest kids 400 acres each, then: Know ye therefore that I JOHN WOOD or Charles County in Province of Maryland being seized of 2960 acres of land as of fee lying in Stafford County in Colony of Virga. & between ye branches of Pooles Run & Neighapasco which land I formerly purchased of HENRY WALKER & afterwards renewed the said Walkers pattent in the Honble Proprietors office as will and may more largely appear by a pattent hearing date 13th day March anno 1695 for divers good causes but more especially in consideration that SAMUEL DURRAM (also written as DURHAM) married MARY RIGING {mm note: Regon} who was my daughter in law & for the natural affection I bear unto my daughter in law have given 200 acres of land it being part of the tract abovesd & in the county aforesd & bounded .. beginning at a corner tree of JOHN KILLINGSWORTH Standing in the lower line of the grand pattent & extending thence NNE=10O poles to a corner tree then WNW= 320 poles then SSW=100 poles then ESE=320 poles .. this 14th day Decr. 1705. Presence Nicho. Brent John Wood At a Court held ye 10th April 1706 This Deed of Gift was acknowledged in said county court by John Wood Senr. in person unto Samuel Durram & is ordered to be recorded & is recorded. (She was actually his step daughter). Rest of kids pick up remainder of land at time of will. Wood, Jno., Sr., Chas. County, 5th Jan., 1709; 6th Apr., 1716, To wife Margaret, extx., and hrs., 50 A., between Goose and Nanjemy Creeks, on N. side Rotterdam. To son John, daus. Mary Williams and Eliza: Killingsworth, I shilling each,, they having received their portions. To child. Eliah, Jane, Ann, Sarah and Hannah Wood and their hrs., residue of land in Stafford County, Virginia., also personal estate. Test: Mark Attkins, Jno. Ragon, Edward Chapman. 14.106, Bear with me. John Wood married a woman named Elizabeth XXX and has one child named John. This is the third John Wood. John Wood Junior, father of John III dies young. === John Wood, Jr. 34.236 I CH £52.6.6 Aug 19 1713 Creditors: John Allard, Evan Jones. Next of kin: John Wood. === John Wood, Jr. 36A.244 A CH £52.6.6 #4430 Oct 12 1714 The amount of the inventory is equivalent to #12558. This entry is torn. Payments to: Capt. Thomas Dent, Rev. Mr. William Machonchie, Rev. Scott, George -----, Mathew ----, Charles ----, Edward ----, William Jenkins. Administratrix: Elisabeth Wood. This Elizabeth then marries John Rgn, the son of James and Joan... then he dies. John Reagon 13.476 CH £82.10.6 Dec 11 1728 Feb 26 1728 Appraisers: Thomas Sanders, John Craxson. Creditors: William Griffith, Daniel McDaniel. Next of kin: James Rose, Peter Fernandie. Administratrix/Executrix: Elisabeth Reagon. === John Reagon 10.244 A CH £82.10.3 £91.16.4 Apr 6 1730 Sureties: Stephen Mankin, James Mankin. Payments to: John Howinson, John Smith, Dr. John Chalmers, William Griffen, Elisabeth Sennett, Barnaby Kelley, Samuel Ranson, Alee Mathews, John Suttly, James Mankin, Daniel McDaniel, Edward Brawner. Distribution to: accountant, children (unnamed, minors). Administratrix: Elisabeth Carroll, wife of James Carroll. === John Wood 18.129 A CH £35.10,0 £33.8.11 Feb 21 1740 Sureties: Richard Chapman, James Mankin. Payments to: Anne Ross, Dr. Brown, James Glascock, James Ross, Richard Chapman, Daniel Wright, George Flanakin, John Stephenson, Matthew Barnes, Daniel Dulany, Esq., Samuel Hanson, Walter Hanson. Representatives: mother, 2 half-sisters (unnamed), 2 half-brothers (unnamed). Administrators: James Carrol and his wife Elisabeth Carrol (mother of deceased) Elizabeth XXX Wood Regan Carroll has no children with Carroll. So when her only child with John Wood II dies and he has 4 half sibs present, they can only be Regans. James Rose/Ross married Ann, Dau of John Rgn and Elizabeth of the many names. So that is one of John Wood's half sibs.( If you care, the Fernandies have some connection to Durhams via Neales and the Brawners) Some MD Gen Bulletin of Feb 1985 is cited as having carried an article offering proof of 5 kids, not four...John, Mathew, Charles, Ann, Mary. That's my next task after all this company leaves. What does it offer as proof... Of the original 6 kids of James/Joan... I lose Margaret. There is an unidentified Margaret in Stafford that marries in 1748. James' Margaret would be long in the tooth for this, but.... who knows. Mary and Samuel Durham and their heirs I can take from Charles Co MD to Stafford VA to Bute/Warren Co NC dragging the Colcloughs, the Chapmans, Thompsons, Footes and others right to where they marry a bunch of Riggans named John, Francis, and Littleton. Trust me, I can paper town hall with these guys. Samuel died in Stafford in 1735 . Their son William married Margaret Colclough, who's grandmother is held by many to be a Chapman, and goes to NC. Mathew dies in 1716 Stafford Co VA. There is a later Mathew that in 1756 Charles Co, MD sells to John Chapman the land that John's father Richard left to Elizabeth Reggen dau of Mathew. ( granddaughter of this Richard Chapman) There is no sign this Eliz. dau of Mathew ever married. I suspect this Mathew is either a second marriage son of Mathew Sr., or the son of John who died in 1728, I don't know where he went. John II is still in MD in 1737 witnessing whatnot. I did not stay with him as I was headed out. ( there is a John and a William in nearby MD handling a Talliaferro will. Probably from this bunch as Talliaferro is mixed up with these Charles Co Rgns earlier. There is a William and a Charles in Stafford VA, in the Saint Paul's and the Overwharton Parish's Registers. The Overwharton, which I have not seen in original, seems to be a real piece of work to decipher... all the early records have question marks. This is where Wm Rassan is listed with a marriage to Priscilla Manzey... ( There are many Massey connections in this bunch, a possibility)( One of the first REDIVISIONS of Stafford involved cutting both long skinny tracts of Stafford and King George across the middle and making two short fat sort of squarish counties wherein people had a prayer of getting to the court to record their whatevers. Along with this division, Saint Paul's and Overwharton parishes reinvented themselves as the north and south Parishes for Stafford.) There are a ton of kids listed for William and Elizabeth Bridget Riggin beginning in 1717 and for Charles and Elizabeth Riggin beginning in 1731 in Saint Paul's.. Charles begins his family more than a decade behind William. Either he was younger, arrived later, or was socially challenged. That would mean, if I am correct and this is James' grandson, James1, John2, Charles3, that Charles of James is missing. Not my immediate problem. NC has lots of extra Charles'. I am working on William. I don't know where or when the Charles in Stafford, whomever he is, dies, not my immediate concern... I am working on William. In most databases, William, son of James/Joan married Elizabeth Bridget Powell, daughter of William Powell. Well she was a Powell okay, but she wasn't William Powell's daughter, I believe she was his brother Richard's daughter. In the Register, William Powell's daughter Elizabeth dies at 11. Richard Powell died intestate. His widow, Grace, left a will: STAFFORD COUNTY VA WILL BOOK M; 1729-1748; pp. 164-165 In the Name of God Amen This 1st day Of October 1734 I GRACE POWELL being viry sick but of perfect mind .. do make this my Lest Will and Testament. First I recommend my Soul to God and my Body to the Earth. Such worldly Estate .. I give in following manner .. Item I give to my Daughter MARY WILFORD my old negro than named comme - to her and heirs also nmy bed that I lie on with one old rug, 2 sheets and 2 blankets one bay horse called Grateers one cow and steer one pott 1 small chest. Item I give to my Daughter GRACE BERRY a young negro named Will as also one feather bed and rug and blanket a pair of new sheets one cow and steer 1 gray horse called Pumpy 1 chest one pot. Item I give unto my Daughter JEMIMA DERRICK 1 new feather bed 1 green rugg 1 blanket a pair of new sheets 1 cow and steer one trunk 1 black horse and 1 gun to her and her heirs for ever one putt. Item I give to WILLIAM RIGGIN {Regon} I cow and calf and 2 good hoggs to him and to his son POWELL a case of Pistols Sword Cain Item I give to JANE RIGGIN {Regon} 12 geese and 15 pounds of feathers and chest of Drors, 1 iron kettle. Item I give to CORNELIUS CHEESMAN my young unbroke hors to his son THOMAS I give a heffer but two years old. Item I give to MICKEL HALL heffer 2 years old. Item I give to RICHARD FOOT JUNIOR my Vialend. item I give 12 Barrels of Indian corn to ELIJAH WOOD'S children for thear years provs. Item 1 give to GRACE VINSON 1 old bed one blanket and one old quilt. Item I give my young negro named Ruff for the maintance of Elijah Woods children till the youngest comes to age of 14 then to return to my heirs again. item I give the remainder part of my Estate to be Equally divided between my three daughters with my corn and Tobacco Mary Wilford and Grace Berry and Jemlma Derrick, I appoint Capt. JOHN WASHINGTON', JAMES BERRY. my ExErs: Presence Edward Lawyer, Grace + Powel George Hucheson, Mary Delander At Court held for Stafford County 11th February 1734 Last Will .. presented by James: Berry who make oath .. and John Washington Gent the other Exr, therein also named came into Court and expressly refused to take upon him the burthen of the Execution of said Will .. being proved admitted to record Certificate granted James Berry for obttaining Probate .. === STAFFORD COUNTY VA WILL BOOK M; 1729-1748; THE ANTIENT PRESS pp. 166-168 In Obedience to Order of Worshipfull Court of Stafford County dated 18th ffehruary 1734 We the Subscribers being first sworn have inventoried and appraised all the Estate of GRACE POWEL decest which was offered to our view as folioweth Vizt. .. items listed and valued .. no total. ffeby. 27; 1734 The within appraisers sworn before me Henri At Court held for Stafford County Wm Powell John Buckner 11th March 1734 Inventory admitted to record. I believe Grace is tokening sons in law with the cattle .As a matter of interest, Grace Powell's daughter Jane married Elias Wood, a son of the John Wood that married Joan XXX Regan, widow of James...that lived in the house that Jack built....no that's another tale... Grace had to admin Elias's estate as everyone else was dead. We believe the William Riggin is the son of James married to a dead dau of Grace and Richard Powell( Elizabeth Bridget?). Jane Riggan is possibly Wm and XXX's daughter. We believe the Powell is William Powell, who was born in 1722 Stafford, and dies in 1770 Warren NC with six sons...William, James, Powell, Charles, John, Richard. (There is no birth record for Jane. But we have a gap between the records of Charles Co MD and those of Saint Paul's VA. We really don't know where she fits. A weakness here...sorta... There is also an unclaimed Jemima, and a Margaret. But, I am doing William. Elizabeth Bridget Riggin and a host of others die in this 1732/33 time period.( She is possibly childbirth or a combination of that and whatever was going around.) William Riggan himself dies in 1744 Stafford, and bequests daughters and one son, William. For fill in, Grace Powell has some connection to John Washington, gtg'father of Geo. as do others here. They later either get redistricted, or move from Westmorland VA to Stafford VA. Samuel and William Thompson ( part of cluster) I trace for years. They are bequested in Lawrence Washington's will. ( son of John above and grandfather of Geo)Their own wills ( Thompsons)and land records ( in Surry Co VA) are witnessed by various John, Francis, Jane, and Mary Riggan's ( and a Joseph)... Then almost the whole bunch shows up in Granville Co NC and then Bute/Warren. There's a lot of palaver from Surry VA to Warren NC with land sales etc. Then William Powell Riggins dies in 1770 Warren, NC, with a wife Priscilla and six sons named William, James, Powell, John, Charles, and Richard. ( Up until now, Richard was not a Riggin of this line name, but both Chapman and Powell were Richards)( There was a marriage for the Jane in Stafford VA, so this Jane Riggin isn't her. ) (Just an aside, John Riggan of Granville/Bute/Warren Cos in NC, who married William Thompson's granddaughter Anne Bell, is presumed to have been born about 1725. John and Elizabeth XXX Wood Regan Carroll's son John had to be born between 1715 and 1728) ... just building a house here...everything that fits, even loosely, is fair game. Aren't you glad this was the short version? I am trying to find one continuous Rgn string...and they aren't even mine!... but we have to sort out NC where at LEAST 3 Rgn lines collide. My guy is rumored to have walked through and picked up a wife. If I can eliminate one bunch of scalawags, I can see who's left. There is an elephant in the room. If I build a case of cluster genealogy for James and Joan Rgn, and claim that where the cluster goes, so go the men and women of James and Joan, then I must also deal with the problem of Daniel Riggin in Surry Co VA. If the presence of cluster names of Charles MD, Westmorland/Stafford/Surry VA, and Guillford/Bute/Warren NC are not acceptable as coincidence, then the concurrent presence of Daniel Riggin/Elizabeth of the mouth of Surry must be dealt with. Yuck! I believe William Powell, dead in Warren Co NC in 1770 is the grandson of James and Joan via son William and Elizabeth Bridget Powell Riggan. I believe John of Warren Co NC who dies in 1803 Warren Co NC may well be the grandson of James/Joan via son John, but I'm not yet doing Johns, I 'm doing Williams. I believe Francis of Warren Co NC who dies in 1818 Warren Co NC is still a wildcard, but closely related ( Francis is a Powell Name.) ... But I am doing Williams...

JAmes, I agree... I think the spelling kept us from finding him... her name is probably a mess also... I think, from what I have seen of the Overwharton Register reports, they must have had, for some years, a really difficult to read clerk... Anybody here have any connections to a good VA researcher that could eyeball the original for us... Sam? where are you ? M'ellen ----- Original Message ---- From: james garrett <jwgarrett@webtv.net> To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, August 18, 2010 10:52:55 AM Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] FW: stafford Co VA From: jwgarrett@webtv.net To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:57:10 -0500 Wm Rassan (Ragan?) & Pricsilla Manzey md 1743.  Wm born 1722 was old enough to md by 1743 (age abt 22) and began having children oldest son Wm BY 1850! He sure looks like the Wm of Granville/Bute with wife Priscilla. JW Garrett ------------------------------------------------------------ > From: mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:12:34 -0400 > Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA > > The Stafford Co VA line was played with... a lot... really a lot... at one > point VA ate a lot of NC and the western edge had no end except the > fierceness of the Indians... push, push... Stafford started in 1664 and King > George in 1721. Stafford was created from Westmorland... which is why it's > loaded with Washingtons and Powells. I am not star-struck... I think George > was an idiot, but both these families cross ours. However, we occasionally > have a reference to "Old Rappahannock" which became Richmond, which devolved > into King George. I mention this, because many of this RGN cluster have > records that mention King George. Hold that thought and bear with me... > > One of the first REDIVISIONS of Stafford involved cutting both long skinny > tracts of Stafford and Saint George across the middle and making two short > fat sort of squarish counties wherein people had a prayer of getting to the > court to record their whatevers. I'll look for the date... just let me > ramble here. Along with this division, Saint Paul's and Overwharton parishes > reinvented themselves as the north and south parishes for Stafford. Thus, > the Rgns records find themselves in the Saint Paul's Register... except... 2 > items of interest.... Overwharton Parish Register of 1720-1760 ed by the > unfortunately named Wm F. Boogher has the following: Bridget Riggins married > John Flitter March 16, 1755. That's a far remove from the 11 year old that > gave birth to Winnifred in 1744, and I could speculate why, but there it is. > There is also a William Rassan... a name I have never seen and as these > records are hands off, probably won't get to see, who on Oct 27, 1743 > married a Priscilla Manzey. would that marriage work for a man dead in 1770 > ? M'ellen > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:14 PM > To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] 1755 Orange NC > > > > > M'ellen > > I found in 1755 Orange tax list the following on pg 2 & 3 > > > > Patrick Rogan > > Wm Reves (a Reaves was associtated somehow with my Peter Regan of Wilkes & > > Ashe NC) > > John Powel > > Joseph Powel > > Wm Rogan > > > > JW Garrett > > > > > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message                         for Ragan-Roots archives go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

James, yes... from our various floors/decks...we overlook the Kentucky hills, hills, hills... over the river with 7 colorful and different geometric bridges to span it... This is house #10 for us and the journey wasn't easy... I am separated from who and what is dear to me in my Yankee homeland... except for my Jim... but oddly, this has been the highlight home of my life... I hate the architecture, the period of the décor, and a thousand picky things... I had to toss a lifetime collection of antiques meant for a home with 7 foot ceilings in this 12 foot behemoth. The house is on a big city hill both side to side and front to back. It is 15 feet by 75 feet and has been a hoot to set up... Sort of a big colorful eclectic bowling alley. Who knew aging could be this fun ? Ya wanna come see some fireworks? LOL M'ellen -------------------------------------------------- From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:26 AM To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] FW: stafford Co VA > > M'ellen > r u in Cincinnat or close to it by the River? > > JW Garrett > ------------------------------------------- > > > >> From: mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com >> To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com >> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:19:52 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] FW: stafford Co VA >> >> I could see Rassan as Raggan...who knows... I think the Wm and Charles in >> Stafford are from James... and I do feel that Charles is John's son, the >> plot thickens... Labor Day weekend is the social hot spot of our year. I >> am >> pretty much useless until it is over... 150 people for an enormous >> firework >> display on the Ohio River.Bigger than NY, Los Angeles, or Boston... a >> celebration of the River that still keeps this area flourishing. We are >> 900 >> feet above the River on the Ohio bank in a weird 1880 4 1/2 story >> shotgun... >> the front is historic, the back is glass... it's our pay back time for >> the >> year... not to mention house guests from out of state... I'm a cookin and >> a >> cleanin like a mad woman. I have a bunch of solo 1855 John refs and maybe >> 3 >> Richardson's... I forget if I decided he was Wm Pow's or Tim's... last >> night >> I was too tired to refind the refs.... will try again later... M'ellen >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:52 AM >> To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] FW: stafford Co VA >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > From: jwgarrett@webtv.net >> > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com >> > Subject: RE: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA >> > Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:57:10 -0500 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Wm Rassan (Ragan?) & Pricsilla Manzey md 1743. >> > Wm born 1722 was old enough to md by 1743 (age abt 22) and began having >> > children oldest son Wm BY 1850! >> > He sure looks like the Wm of Granville/Bute with wife Priscilla. >> > >> > JW Garrett >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > >> > >> >> From: mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com >> >> To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com >> >> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:12:34 -0400 >> >> Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA >> >> >> >> The Stafford Co VA line was played with... a lot... really a lot... at >> >> one >> >> point VA ate a lot of NC and the western edge had no end except the >> >> fierceness of the Indians... push, push... Stafford started in 1664 >> >> and >> >> King >> >> George in 1721. Stafford was created from Westmorland... which is why >> >> it's >> >> loaded with Washingtons and Powells. I am not star-struck... I think >> >> George >> >> was an idiot, but both these families cross ours. However, we >> >> occasionally >> >> have a reference to "Old Rappahannock" which became Richmond, which >> >> devolved >> >> into King George. I mention this, because many of this RGN cluster >> >> have >> >> records that mention King George. Hold that thought and bear with >> >> me... >> >> >> >> One of the first REDIVISIONS of Stafford involved cutting both long >> >> skinny >> >> tracts of Stafford and Saint George across the middle and making two >> >> short >> >> fat sort of squarish counties wherein people had a prayer of getting >> >> to >> >> the >> >> court to record their whatevers. I'll look for the date... just let me >> >> ramble here. Along with this division, Saint Paul's and Overwharton >> >> parishes >> >> reinvented themselves as the north and south parishes for Stafford. >> >> Thus, >> >> the Rgns records find themselves in the Saint Paul's Register... >> >> except... 2 >> >> items of interest.... Overwharton Parish Register of 1720-1760 ed by >> >> the >> >> unfortunately named Wm F. Boogher has the following: Bridget Riggins >> >> married >> >> John Flitter March 16, 1755. That's a far remove from the 11 year old >> >> that >> >> gave birth to Winnifred in 1744, and I could speculate why, but there >> >> it >> >> is. >> >> There is also a William Rassan... a name I have never seen and as >> >> these >> >> records are hands off, probably won't get to see, who on Oct 27, 1743 >> >> married a Priscilla Manzey. would that marriage work for a man dead in >> >> 1770 >> >> ? M'ellen >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:14 PM >> >> To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> >> >> Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] 1755 Orange NC >> >> >> >> > >> >> > M'ellen >> >> > I found in 1755 Orange tax list the following on pg 2 & 3 >> >> > >> >> > Patrick Rogan >> >> > Wm Reves (a Reaves was associtated somehow with my Peter Regan of >> >> > Wilkes & >> >> > Ashe NC) >> >> > John Powel >> >> > Joseph Powel >> >> > Wm Rogan >> >> > >> >> > JW Garrett >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > for Ragan-Roots archives go to >> >> > >> >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >> >> > ------------------------------- >> >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> >> > the >> >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > >> >> >> >> for Ragan-Roots archives go to >> >> >> >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> >> the >> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > for Ragan-Roots archives go to >> > >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> > the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> for Ragan-Roots archives go to >> >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

meant to say 1755...tired...tired... -------------------------------------------------- From: "Maryellen Horrigan" <mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:19 AM To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] FW: stafford Co VA > I could see Rassan as Raggan...who knows... I think the Wm and Charles in > Stafford are from James... and I do feel that Charles is John's son, the > plot thickens... Labor Day weekend is the social hot spot of our year. I > am > pretty much useless until it is over... 150 people for an enormous > firework > display on the Ohio River.Bigger than NY, Los Angeles, or Boston... a > celebration of the River that still keeps this area flourishing. We are > 900 > feet above the River on the Ohio bank in a weird 1880 4 1/2 story > shotgun... > the front is historic, the back is glass... it's our pay back time for the > year... not to mention house guests from out of state... I'm a cookin and > a > cleanin like a mad woman. I have a bunch of solo 1855 John refs and maybe > 3 > Richardson's... I forget if I decided he was Wm Pow's or Tim's... last > night > I was too tired to refind the refs.... will try again later... M'ellen > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:52 AM > To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] FW: stafford Co VA > >> >> >> >> >> From: jwgarrett@webtv.net >> To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com >> Subject: RE: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA >> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:57:10 -0500 >> >> >> >> >> Wm Rassan (Ragan?) & Pricsilla Manzey md 1743. >> Wm born 1722 was old enough to md by 1743 (age abt 22) and began having >> children oldest son Wm BY 1850! >> He sure looks like the Wm of Granville/Bute with wife Priscilla. >> >> JW Garrett >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >>> From: mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com >>> To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com >>> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:12:34 -0400 >>> Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA >>> >>> The Stafford Co VA line was played with... a lot... really a lot... at >>> one >>> point VA ate a lot of NC and the western edge had no end except the >>> fierceness of the Indians... push, push... Stafford started in 1664 and >>> King >>> George in 1721. Stafford was created from Westmorland... which is why >>> it's >>> loaded with Washingtons and Powells. I am not star-struck... I think >>> George >>> was an idiot, but both these families cross ours. However, we >>> occasionally >>> have a reference to "Old Rappahannock" which became Richmond, which >>> devolved >>> into King George. I mention this, because many of this RGN cluster have >>> records that mention King George. Hold that thought and bear with me... >>> >>> One of the first REDIVISIONS of Stafford involved cutting both long >>> skinny >>> tracts of Stafford and Saint George across the middle and making two >>> short >>> fat sort of squarish counties wherein people had a prayer of getting to >>> the >>> court to record their whatevers. I'll look for the date... just let me >>> ramble here. Along with this division, Saint Paul's and Overwharton >>> parishes >>> reinvented themselves as the north and south parishes for Stafford. >>> Thus, >>> the Rgns records find themselves in the Saint Paul's Register... >>> except... 2 >>> items of interest.... Overwharton Parish Register of 1720-1760 ed by the >>> unfortunately named Wm F. Boogher has the following: Bridget Riggins >>> married >>> John Flitter March 16, 1755. That's a far remove from the 11 year old >>> that >>> gave birth to Winnifred in 1744, and I could speculate why, but there it >>> is. >>> There is also a William Rassan... a name I have never seen and as these >>> records are hands off, probably won't get to see, who on Oct 27, 1743 >>> married a Priscilla Manzey. would that marriage work for a man dead in >>> 1770 >>> ? M'ellen >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:14 PM >>> To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> >>> Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] 1755 Orange NC >>> >>> > >>> > M'ellen >>> > I found in 1755 Orange tax list the following on pg 2 & 3 >>> > >>> > Patrick Rogan >>> > Wm Reves (a Reaves was associtated somehow with my Peter Regan of >>> > Wilkes & >>> > Ashe NC) >>> > John Powel >>> > Joseph Powel >>> > Wm Rogan >>> > >>> > JW Garrett >>> > >>> > >>> > for Ragan-Roots archives go to >>> > >>> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >>> > ------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> > the >>> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> > >>> >>> for Ragan-Roots archives go to >>> >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> for Ragan-Roots archives go to >> >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I could see Rassan as Raggan...who knows... I think the Wm and Charles in Stafford are from James... and I do feel that Charles is John's son, the plot thickens... Labor Day weekend is the social hot spot of our year. I am pretty much useless until it is over... 150 people for an enormous firework display on the Ohio River.Bigger than NY, Los Angeles, or Boston... a celebration of the River that still keeps this area flourishing. We are 900 feet above the River on the Ohio bank in a weird 1880 4 1/2 story shotgun... the front is historic, the back is glass... it's our pay back time for the year... not to mention house guests from out of state... I'm a cookin and a cleanin like a mad woman. I have a bunch of solo 1855 John refs and maybe 3 Richardson's... I forget if I decided he was Wm Pow's or Tim's... last night I was too tired to refind the refs.... will try again later... M'ellen -------------------------------------------------- From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:52 AM To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] FW: stafford Co VA > > > > > From: jwgarrett@webtv.net > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA > Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:57:10 -0500 > > > > > Wm Rassan (Ragan?) & Pricsilla Manzey md 1743. > Wm born 1722 was old enough to md by 1743 (age abt 22) and began having > children oldest son Wm BY 1850! > He sure looks like the Wm of Granville/Bute with wife Priscilla. > > JW Garrett > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >> From: mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com >> To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com >> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:12:34 -0400 >> Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA >> >> The Stafford Co VA line was played with... a lot... really a lot... at >> one >> point VA ate a lot of NC and the western edge had no end except the >> fierceness of the Indians... push, push... Stafford started in 1664 and >> King >> George in 1721. Stafford was created from Westmorland... which is why >> it's >> loaded with Washingtons and Powells. I am not star-struck... I think >> George >> was an idiot, but both these families cross ours. However, we >> occasionally >> have a reference to "Old Rappahannock" which became Richmond, which >> devolved >> into King George. I mention this, because many of this RGN cluster have >> records that mention King George. Hold that thought and bear with me... >> >> One of the first REDIVISIONS of Stafford involved cutting both long >> skinny >> tracts of Stafford and Saint George across the middle and making two >> short >> fat sort of squarish counties wherein people had a prayer of getting to >> the >> court to record their whatevers. I'll look for the date... just let me >> ramble here. Along with this division, Saint Paul's and Overwharton >> parishes >> reinvented themselves as the north and south parishes for Stafford. Thus, >> the Rgns records find themselves in the Saint Paul's Register... >> except... 2 >> items of interest.... Overwharton Parish Register of 1720-1760 ed by the >> unfortunately named Wm F. Boogher has the following: Bridget Riggins >> married >> John Flitter March 16, 1755. That's a far remove from the 11 year old >> that >> gave birth to Winnifred in 1744, and I could speculate why, but there it >> is. >> There is also a William Rassan... a name I have never seen and as these >> records are hands off, probably won't get to see, who on Oct 27, 1743 >> married a Priscilla Manzey. would that marriage work for a man dead in >> 1770 >> ? M'ellen >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:14 PM >> To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] 1755 Orange NC >> >> > >> > M'ellen >> > I found in 1755 Orange tax list the following on pg 2 & 3 >> > >> > Patrick Rogan >> > Wm Reves (a Reaves was associtated somehow with my Peter Regan of >> > Wilkes & >> > Ashe NC) >> > John Powel >> > Joseph Powel >> > Wm Rogan >> > >> > JW Garrett >> > >> > >> > for Ragan-Roots archives go to >> > >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> > the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> for Ragan-Roots archives go to >> >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

M'ellen r u in Cincinnat or close to it by the River? JW Garrett ------------------------------------------- > From: mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:19:52 -0400 > Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] FW: stafford Co VA > > I could see Rassan as Raggan...who knows... I think the Wm and Charles in > Stafford are from James... and I do feel that Charles is John's son, the > plot thickens... Labor Day weekend is the social hot spot of our year. I am > pretty much useless until it is over... 150 people for an enormous firework > display on the Ohio River.Bigger than NY, Los Angeles, or Boston... a > celebration of the River that still keeps this area flourishing. We are 900 > feet above the River on the Ohio bank in a weird 1880 4 1/2 story shotgun... > the front is historic, the back is glass... it's our pay back time for the > year... not to mention house guests from out of state... I'm a cookin and a > cleanin like a mad woman. I have a bunch of solo 1855 John refs and maybe 3 > Richardson's... I forget if I decided he was Wm Pow's or Tim's... last night > I was too tired to refind the refs.... will try again later... M'ellen > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:52 AM > To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] FW: stafford Co VA > > > > > > > > > > > From: jwgarrett@webtv.net > > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > > Subject: RE: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA > > Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:57:10 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > Wm Rassan (Ragan?) & Pricsilla Manzey md 1743. > > Wm born 1722 was old enough to md by 1743 (age abt 22) and began having > > children oldest son Wm BY 1850! > > He sure looks like the Wm of Granville/Bute with wife Priscilla. > > > > JW Garrett > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > >> From: mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com > >> To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > >> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:12:34 -0400 > >> Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA > >> > >> The Stafford Co VA line was played with... a lot... really a lot... at > >> one > >> point VA ate a lot of NC and the western edge had no end except the > >> fierceness of the Indians... push, push... Stafford started in 1664 and > >> King > >> George in 1721. Stafford was created from Westmorland... which is why > >> it's > >> loaded with Washingtons and Powells. I am not star-struck... I think > >> George > >> was an idiot, but both these families cross ours. However, we > >> occasionally > >> have a reference to "Old Rappahannock" which became Richmond, which > >> devolved > >> into King George. I mention this, because many of this RGN cluster have > >> records that mention King George. Hold that thought and bear with me... > >> > >> One of the first REDIVISIONS of Stafford involved cutting both long > >> skinny > >> tracts of Stafford and Saint George across the middle and making two > >> short > >> fat sort of squarish counties wherein people had a prayer of getting to > >> the > >> court to record their whatevers. I'll look for the date... just let me > >> ramble here. Along with this division, Saint Paul's and Overwharton > >> parishes > >> reinvented themselves as the north and south parishes for Stafford. Thus, > >> the Rgns records find themselves in the Saint Paul's Register... > >> except... 2 > >> items of interest.... Overwharton Parish Register of 1720-1760 ed by the > >> unfortunately named Wm F. Boogher has the following: Bridget Riggins > >> married > >> John Flitter March 16, 1755. That's a far remove from the 11 year old > >> that > >> gave birth to Winnifred in 1744, and I could speculate why, but there it > >> is. > >> There is also a William Rassan... a name I have never seen and as these > >> records are hands off, probably won't get to see, who on Oct 27, 1743 > >> married a Priscilla Manzey. would that marriage work for a man dead in > >> 1770 > >> ? M'ellen > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:14 PM > >> To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> > >> Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] 1755 Orange NC > >> > >> > > >> > M'ellen > >> > I found in 1755 Orange tax list the following on pg 2 & 3 > >> > > >> > Patrick Rogan > >> > Wm Reves (a Reaves was associtated somehow with my Peter Regan of > >> > Wilkes & > >> > Ashe NC) > >> > John Powel > >> > Joseph Powel > >> > Wm Rogan > >> > > >> > JW Garrett > >> > > >> > > >> > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > >> > > >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> > the > >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > >> > >> for Ragan-Roots archives go to > >> > >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

From: jwgarrett@webtv.net To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:57:10 -0500 Wm Rassan (Ragan?) & Pricsilla Manzey md 1743. Wm born 1722 was old enough to md by 1743 (age abt 22) and began having children oldest son Wm BY 1850! He sure looks like the Wm of Granville/Bute with wife Priscilla. JW Garrett ------------------------------------------------------------ > From: mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:12:34 -0400 > Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] stafford Co VA > > The Stafford Co VA line was played with... a lot... really a lot... at one > point VA ate a lot of NC and the western edge had no end except the > fierceness of the Indians... push, push... Stafford started in 1664 and King > George in 1721. Stafford was created from Westmorland... which is why it's > loaded with Washingtons and Powells. I am not star-struck... I think George > was an idiot, but both these families cross ours. However, we occasionally > have a reference to "Old Rappahannock" which became Richmond, which devolved > into King George. I mention this, because many of this RGN cluster have > records that mention King George. Hold that thought and bear with me... > > One of the first REDIVISIONS of Stafford involved cutting both long skinny > tracts of Stafford and Saint George across the middle and making two short > fat sort of squarish counties wherein people had a prayer of getting to the > court to record their whatevers. I'll look for the date... just let me > ramble here. Along with this division, Saint Paul's and Overwharton parishes > reinvented themselves as the north and south parishes for Stafford. Thus, > the Rgns records find themselves in the Saint Paul's Register... except... 2 > items of interest.... Overwharton Parish Register of 1720-1760 ed by the > unfortunately named Wm F. Boogher has the following: Bridget Riggins married > John Flitter March 16, 1755. That's a far remove from the 11 year old that > gave birth to Winnifred in 1744, and I could speculate why, but there it is. > There is also a William Rassan... a name I have never seen and as these > records are hands off, probably won't get to see, who on Oct 27, 1743 > married a Priscilla Manzey. would that marriage work for a man dead in 1770 > ? M'ellen > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:14 PM > To: <ragan-roots@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] 1755 Orange NC > > > > > M'ellen > > I found in 1755 Orange tax list the following on pg 2 & 3 > > > > Patrick Rogan > > Wm Reves (a Reaves was associtated somehow with my Peter Regan of Wilkes & > > Ashe NC) > > John Powel > > Joseph Powel > > Wm Rogan > > > > JW Garrett > > > > > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > for Ragan-Roots archives go to > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Stafford boundaries were reset in 1721, 1731, 1751, 1777, and 1779.