OK I am finally caught up with my e-mail. Here is my 2 cents. Much of the below descendantcy is not well documented. So I am looking for documents to support or refute 1. Ira REGAN (b.Abt 1606-Cork County,Ireland) sp: UNKNOWN 2. Daniel RIGGAN (b.1626-County Cork,Ireland;d.Abt 1687-Surry County,Virginia) sp: Elizabeth WILSON 3. Francis RIGGAN (b.1661-Surry County,Virginia;d.1727-Surry County,Virginia) sp: Jane GROSS 4. John RIGGAN (b.1705-Surry County,Virginia;d.1767-Surry County,Virginia) sp: UNKNOWN 5. John RAGAN (b.Abt 1725;d.1776-Orange County,North Carolina) sp: UNKNOWN 6. Nathan RAGAN (b.Abt 1750-North Carolina;d.1834-Dickson County,Tennessee) sp: Elizabeth RAY (b.Abt 1760;m.1772;d.Abt 1821-Dickson County,Tennessee) 7. Willaim RAGAN (b.Abt 1773-Person (Caswell) County,North Carolina;d.Aft 1850-DC,Tennessee) sp: Elizabeth (b.1780-Virginia;m.Abt 1802;d.Abt 1850-Dickson County,Tennessee) 8. Hosea Mackintosh W. RAGAN (b.1803-CC,North Carolina;d.27 May 1879-Crockett,Tennessee) sp: Eunice ROSE (b.27 Oct 1810-Dickson County,Tennessee;m.Abt 1835;d.Aft 1879) 9. Alexander Washington RAGAN (b.19 May 1837-Madison County,Tennessee;d.7 May 1898-) sp: Anna Robinson McCRORY (b.2 May 1846-Tennessee;m.5 Sep 1861;d.6 May 1919-) 10. Sara Frances Ragan (b.10 Sep 1862-GC,Tennessee;d.10 Mar 1876-GC,Tennessee) 10. Thomas Nathan Ragan (b.9 Sep 1864-Gibson County,Tennessee;d.22 Apr 1865-) 10. Mary Helen Ragan (b.31 Aug 1866-Gibson County,Tennessee;d.Aft 1870) 10. Elen Eunice Ragan (b.28 Dec 1868-Gibson County,Tennessee;d.Aft 1870) 10. Hosea Ragan Ragan (b.28 Dec 1868-GC,Tennessee;d.21 Feb 1880-GC,Tennessee) 10. Elizabeth hariett Ragan (b.15 Feb 1871;d.1876) 10. Wiley Morgan Ragan (b.31 Mar 1873;d.28 Aug 1877) 10. Nancy Anna Alexander Ragan (b.19 Dec 1875;d.23 Sep 1876) 10. Wilous William Ragan (b.21 Feb 1878;d.8 Oct 1881) 10. John Robert Ragan (b.14 Nov 1880;d.12 Sep 1882) 10. Lucy Fredona Ragan (b.30 Nov 1884-Arkansas;d.2 Feb 1978-Bolivar,HC,Tennessee) sp: Oscar B Coats (b.Abt Sep 1881-Tennessee;m.5 May 1924) 10. Baby Ragan (b.11 Oct 1886;d.11 Oct 1886) 10. Arizona Ragan (b.16 Oct 1887;d.16 Oct 1887) 10. Artela Augusta RAGAN (b.6 Jun 1888-Fenshaw,IT,Oklahoma;d.12 Sep 1949-S,,,Arkansas) sp: Hershal Elonzo PASS (b.21 Oct 1886-,Mississipp;m.18 Apr 1913(Div);d.25 Jan 1974-) sp: John Robert Vinsant (b.27 Feb 1863-Texas;m.24 Mar 1926) sp: Hughs 9. Minerva Ragan (b.1836) 9. Mary C Ragan (b.1839-Tennessee) sp: A.G. Stallings (m.5 Dec 1859) 9. Emeline J. Ragan (b.1841-Tennessee) 9. Joseph Wesley Ragan (b.1842-Tennessee;d.Abt 1900-Natchitoches Parish,Louisiana) sp: Margaret E Williams (m.7 Feb 1884) 10. Ravenna Paris Ragan (b.31 Jul 1865-Humbolt,Gibson County,Tennessee) 10. James W Ragan (b.Abt 1869) 10. Georgia Ragan (b.Abt 1875) 10. Narcissus Earnest Ragan (b.25 Feb 1878-Mineral Wells,Palo Pinto County,Texas) 9. Hosea Moreant Ragan (b.18 Dec 1843-Tennessee;d.Abt 1915-Louisiana) 9. Elmira Ragan (b.1846-Tennessee) 9. Elizabeth Ragan (b.1848) 9. Martha Ragan (b.1849;d.Abt 1940-Russellville,Arkansas) 9. Lucinda Ragan (b.1852) sp: William T. Hall (m.25 Jul 1872) sp: Elemy Van Hook (b.1808;m.25 Sep 1827;d.1835-Madison County,Tennessee) 9. Aaron Van Hook Ragan (b.30 Jun 1828;d.12 Dec 1889) 9. William W Ragan (b.1830) 9. Thomas Ragan (b.1833) 8. Elizabeth Ragan (b.Abt 1802) 7. Isaac Ragan 7. James Ragan 7. Nathan Ragan (b.Abt 1787-Pearson County,North Carolina;d.Abt 1845-Hardeman County,Tennessee) sp: Catherine Young (m.Abt 1810) 8. Samual Young Ragan (b.25 Jul 1814-Hickman County,Tennessee) 8. William Ragan (b.18 Apr 1815-Hickman County,Tennessee) 8. Nathan Simpson Ragan (b.19 May 1820-Hickman County,Tennessee) 7. Nancy Ragan sp: Barnhill 7. Elizabeth Ragan 7. Jesse Ragan (b.Abt 1775-Pearson County,North Carolina) sp: Nellie Parish 8. William B Ragan (d.1849-Hardeman County,Tennessee) sp: UNKNOWN 9. Ellen Elizabeth Ragan sp: Dr Theodore Alexander Smith (m.1 Oct 1856) 10. Sarah Lilliam Smith ____________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html

You have me digging. I have run across a series of odd items I put away after the last time I assaulted NC R's. One item to remember... The Francis Riggans family becomes Ragan in TN/KY/LA. I cannot vouch for the spelling beyond that. I also don't think it matters. I think a lot of R's are here in 1700's NC as Riggin, Regin, Riggans, and go on to other versions. (MCH) #1 I have a copy of an apprenticeship paper written in the 2nd year of the reign of Queen Anne. ( sometime between 1702 and 1706 as that is the file it is in and I'm too frazzled to google)( York Co Deeds, Orders, Wills 12, 1702-1706, p. 165) The papers are a contract between Daniel Pegram of York County, VA and Thomas Whity of James City County to learn carpentry. As we are looking at John Riggins, son of old Daniel/Elizabeth of I-of-W/Surry VA as a possible father of John/Anne Bell Riggans, and Francis Sr/Mary Pegram Riggans, and as John is "in the neighborhood" of the Surry, York, New Kent VA, in the late 1690's, this looks promising. Propinquity! #2 On the 1687 census of Barbados is listed an Owen and a William Regan in the St Lucy's Parish where a Robert Gent was also listed. When the Gents get to NC the spelling varies from Gent to Gant to Gaunt. Somewhere in Orange Co NC in the mid 1790's, my Riggins marries a Gant. These Gants we tract from I-of-W and Surry VA to Granville and Orange NC. #3 I have a request from someone 7 years ago looking for a John James Rxxx who lived in Nothern Granville and wa buried in Enon Church...no date given. I get nervouse when fist names are doubled. I think a lot of people get smushed together that way. #4I have 3 notes from various R folk suggesting that the father of Chas Washington Rxx born circa 1775 is one of the 4 Richards in Warren at that time. The 4 Richards of Warren are the sons of: Joseph b. 1712, John b. 1730,( I can refute that one), William Powell 1722,and Timothy b. bef 1714. Any comments? Because folks in this old Granville, Bute areas of NC got involved in Orange Co NC's Regulators, and then fled elsewhere I am including the following: ( personally, I think my guy was in SC for the Rev War and then left, so this is too late for me) #5 SC 1790 Census Abbeville, Jona ( Jonathan) Ragan ( NOT Iona, for Pete's sake!)1 M 16+ and 4 F Beaufort, Ann Riggins 1 M -16, 3 F Ebenezer Riggins 1 M 16+, 2 M -16, 2 F Camden, Morgan Regan 1 16+ John Ragin Newberry Darby Raygin 1 M 16+, 3 M -16, 1 F David Raygin 1 16+, 3 M -16, 2 F John Regin 1 M 16+, 3 M -16, 3 F Joseph Ragen 1 M 16+, 1 -16, 4 F Reason Raygan 3 M 16+, 1 M -16, 7 F York Morgan Regan 1 M 16+