This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riggs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1338 Message Board Post: I am looking for information about my great-grandfather Frederick Riggs. I believe he was born in the Detroit area. He married Cora Seeger and they had 2 children Vernard and Helen. I believe his father's name was Levi. He owned a grocery store in Detroit. He died in 1935.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RIGGS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1337 Message Board Post: I photographed this gravestone in the Moore Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use the picture for your records. This is one of the 35,948 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riggs, Burns Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1336 Message Board Post: The Cheney Free Press, Cheney, Washington, Jan. 31, 1919 MRS. E. C. BURNS BURIED AT CHICO, CAL. C. A. Burns received a telegram from his son, E. C. Burns, Friday afternoon informing him of the death of Mrs. E. C. Burns. Mrs. Burns died Thursday night at Pomona, Cal., from the influenza. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom R. Riggs. She had been a member of the Christian church in Cheney and sang in the choir. She attended high school here and was well known for her cheerful and pleasant disposition and her willingness to help in any undertaking. The funeal was held at Chico, Cal. under the direction of the Rebekah lodge of which she was a member in good standing. She is survived by her husband, who is ranching at Pomona, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom R. Riggs; eight sisters and one brother. I'm not related to this family.

I am looking for info on Riggs from NC. My ggrandmother, Maggie Riggs married my ggrandfather, Joel Dayberry in about 1880 or so. She was from New Bern, NC. I found her sister's grave in New Bern. Her name was Rillie Riggs. She was buried beside Mourning D. Riggs. If you recognize any of these please let me know. Phil Sasser Cary, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: HHAN2@aol.com To: RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 5:48 PM Subject: [RIGGS-L] Re: John Riggs-b. 1740-1750 in MD, died 1833 Jefferson County, Tn This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1329.1 Message Board Post: Could the Isaiah Riggs you are searching for be Isaac Riggs, Sr. who ended up in NC. He was married to a Ruth. He had a brother named Abraham and also a brother/or father John. I will be happy to send you the information that I have. Hazel- HHAN2@aol.com ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== Check out the RIGGS Resource Page located at the following URL: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/r/i/RIGGS/

The following URL's may be of some interest to anyone researching John RIGGS born MD died 1833 in Jefferson Co, TN. <A HREF="http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:g7uCsQnSpUsC:ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/jefferson/deeds/riggs01.txt+Jesse+Riggs+%22Jesse+Riggs%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8"> John RIGGS MD/TN 1837 Estate Settlement Jefferson Co, TN</A> <A HREF="http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/RIGGS/2001-01/0979136444">John RIGGS MD/TN 10 Children Information</A>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1329.2 Message Board Post: I am interested in exchanging information on this line. Please email me at clarkyl@kc.rr.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1329.1 Message Board Post: Could the Isaiah Riggs you are searching for be Isaac Riggs, Sr. who ended up in NC. He was married to a Ruth. He had a brother named Abraham and also a brother/or father John. I will be happy to send you the information that I have. Hazel- HHAN2@aol.com

SAMUEL RIGGS & MARY RIGGS TO WILLIAM HENDERSON RIGGS Registered 11th March 1844 This indenture made this eighth day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred & Forty Four between Samuel RIGGS & Mary RIGGS, his wife, both of the County of Hawkins & State of Tennessee of the one part & William Henderson RIGGS, grandson of the said Samuel RIGGSS of the County of Grainger & State aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that the said Samuel RIGGS & Mary RIGGS, his wife, for & in consideration of the sum of eleven hundred & ninety five dollars to them in hand paid by the said William Henderson RIGGS that is to say a portion of the above named sum is paid in consideration of the conveyance of the Real Estate of the said Samuel RIGGS & Mary RIGGS, his wife, to the said William Henderson RIGGS in an article bearing date this day and another portion of the above named sum in consideration of the personal Estate herein after mentioned for and in consideration of the above named payments & for the love & natural affection that we Samuel RIGGS & Mary, his wife bear to the said William Henderson grandson of the said Samuel RIGGS, do Sell & convey unto said William Henderson RIGGS the following described property, that is to say (the following appear to be slaves) Elias, Terry, Matthew, Willis, Reuben, Major, Clisbee, Tabitha, Celia, Jane, Frances and one boy child of Tabitha name believed to be George, Margarell, Susan, Mary, Preston, Tammy and her two children together with all the personal property of the said Samuel RIGGS & his wife Mary, of all and every description that has come by the said Samuel RIGGS, including bonds, notes & book accounts, stock of every description, household & kitchen furniture in any way belonging to the said Samuel RIGGS or in any way descend lawfully to the said Mary, his wife, from her intermarriage with the said Samuel RIGGS to the said William Henderson his heirs and assigns forever but subject never the less to the following Trusts & conditions, that is to say in trust that the said William Henderson RIGGS is to convey the whatever any part of the above named Personal Property according to the appointment of his father Jesse RIGGS is to have the disposing of said property in as fee simple a manner as he could have during the lifetime of the said William Henderson. In Testimony whereof we the said Samuel RIGGS & Mary RIGGS have hereunto set our hands and affixed our Seals the day & date above written, the word portion interlined before assigned. In Presence of Samuel ( X ) RIGGS {Seal} His mark Thomas T. LEE A. H. FARRISS Mary RIGGS {Seal} State of Tennessee Hawkins County Personally appeared before me, Campbell SMITH, Clerk, Court of Hawkins County, Samuel RIGGS & Mary RIGGS the bargainers & acknowledged that they executed this Deed of Conveyance for the purposes herein expressed. Given under my hand at office in Rogersville, this the 8th day of March 1844. C. SMITH, Clerk

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1206.2 Message Board Post: Has anyone found any information on the parents of Benjamin A. Riggs, b. 04 Feb 1805 VA, d. 31 May 1871 Weakley Co. TN?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1206.1 Message Board Post: Does anyone have any further information on the parents of Benjamin A Riggs, b. 04 Feb 1805 VA, d. 31 May 1871 Weakley Co. TN?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1335 Message Board Post: I have a wedding certificate "William R. Brannon of Butler County, Pennsylvania and Maggie Riggs of Ritchie County, West Virginia wed in Harrisville, West Virginia on June 12, 1897". Witnesses were: "A. Riggs and Jennie Riggs". "C. Warman, Pastor of M. E. Church".

According to a packet of information sent to me by the late Leo RIGGS on the descendants of Captain Edward RIGGS [1720--1820] who died in Jefferson Co, TN. My information and that of Leo is that Clisby RIGGS was born ca 1765 in either NJ or NC to Edward RIGGS and Jane BUCKLEY. Clisby RIGGS had a son named Samuel Moses RIGGS [1803--4 Aug 1859] who married Elizabeth CHANEY on 24 Dec 1824 in Jefferson Co, TN. Samuel Moses RIGGS is buried in Morristown, Hamblen Co, TN. The SIXTH child of Samuel Moses RIGGS and Elizabeth CHANEY was Walter Clisby RIGGS born about 1832 in Washington Co, TN. He married Barbara Malvina RUBLE 20 Nov 1850 in Tennessee. She was born 22 Sep 1833 in Washington Co, TN and died in Steelville, Crawford Co, MO 21 Jul 1891 at age 57. According to research of Leo RIGGS; Walter was counted as a student in the household of Samuel (Moses) RIGGS on the 30 Jun 1842 District No. 7 School Census in Jefferson Co, TN, and again he was listed in the household of Samuel Moses RIGGS in the 1850 Census of Jefferson Co, TN. Nelson V. RIGGS was born ca 1843 to Jesse W(yley) RIGGS [28 Sep 1805--29 Jun 1886] (son of Captain Clisby RIGGS) and Celiah CHILTON or Shelton [1808--2 Jul 1890] whom Jesse W. had married 25 Mar 1828 in Jefferson Co, TN. Jesse W. RIGGS and wife are buried in Ebenezer Cemetery in Hamblen Co, TN according to Leo RIGGS research. Nelson V. RIGGS married Sarah E. PALMER 10 Dec 1862 in Jefferson Co, TN. He was listed in the household of Jesse Wyley RIGGS in Bradley Co, TN in the 1850 Census and in household of Jesse W(yley) RIGGS again in 1860 Census of Jefferson Co, TN. I have email from 1999 that shows Clisby as father of Syrus and Elias BUT I have NO OTHER info that points to these two being children of Clisby. I have a deed of a John RIGGS from MD who died in Jefferson Co, TN in 1834 that shows a son Elias. Leo RIGGS research does not show EITHER Syrus of Elias as son of Clisby as far as I know. I have seen RIGGS researchers who were confusing Elias with Ellis RIGGS... I hope this information is useful to someone researching Clisby RIGGS. Bobby G. Carwile

Hello! First of all, I want you to know I doubt if any of this research will help you, because the Riggs family was really full of duplicate names from one generation to the next. Anyway, I thought the coincidence was strong enough that I would at least give it a shot. My Clisby ancestor is Captain Clisby Riggs, b. 1764 in Rowan County, NC. At least that's what my record says. I suspect he might have come from Morristown, TN. Some of my information shows that the Riggs and Morrises founded that town and it was by a vote of probably one or two that they named it Morristown instead of Riggville. :-) Capt. Clisby named one of his sons Walter Clisby. He is my g g g grandfather and was born in Jefferson County, TN. Another of his sons was Nelson V. Riggs, also born in Jefferson County, TN. I do not have a Cyrus or Syrus in my data base of Riggs. I hope that one of these facts is helpful to you. Maybe some of the locations will give you an idea where to look for more information. Happy Hunting, Velma Case, bcase@fullnet.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <nriggs1055@charter.net> To: <RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 8:59 PM Subject: [RIGGS-L] Re: Riggses > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Riggs > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/396.606.644.653.1013 > > Message Board Post: > > Leo, > I'm impressed with the information on the family you have at your fingertips---especially about Clisby. > > I'm presently trying to fill in a gap in the tree between Clisby b.3 MAR 1765 who lived in Morristown, TN (made whisky) > and Nelson R. Riggs b. 1828 in NC. > > I have been told that Nelson's father was Cyrus (or Syrus) and that his father was Clisby, but do not have verification. > > Would you happen to have any information about the family > during this time period ? I would love to find out about their children, spouses and the dates of their significant events. > > Please e-mail at nriggs1055@charter.net. > > Thank you for your attention to this inquiry, > > Gary > > > ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > Check out the RIGGS Resource Page located at the following URL: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/r/i/RIGGS/ >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riggs Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/396.606.644.653.1013 Message Board Post: Leo, I'm impressed with the information on the family you have at your fingertips---especially about Clisby. I'm presently trying to fill in a gap in the tree between Clisby b.3 MAR 1765 who lived in Morristown, TN (made whisky) and Nelson R. Riggs b. 1828 in NC. I have been told that Nelson's father was Cyrus (or Syrus) and that his father was Clisby, but do not have verification. Would you happen to have any information about the family during this time period ? I would love to find out about their children, spouses and the dates of their significant events. Please e-mail at nriggs1055@charter.net. Thank you for your attention to this inquiry, Gary

Don't have them in my data base [at least I don't THINK I do]. Went to Google.com and did a search on John Washington RIGGS. I found a site that lists various names being researched in Missouri. There is one researcher who stated they were researching Melvin Claud RIGGS, born 1879 Decatur Co TN - d 1931 Hayti, Pemiscot Co MO - son of Isiah Calvin RIGGS - grandson of John Washington RIGGS. The url for the site is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mosurnames/R.html Hope it helps ----- Original Message ----- From: <artnpeg@epix.net> To: <RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 8:13 AM Subject: [RIGGS-L] John Ulysses RIGGS > On the Lawrence Co., AL site there is a listing of people buried in the Mountain > Springs Cemetery. No. 158 is a J. U. RIGGS (John Ulysses RIGGS) s/o John > Washington RIGGS Sept. 26, 1871 - Jan. 5, 1894: --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 25-Feb-03

On the Lawrence Co., AL site there is a listing of people buried in the Mountain Springs Cemetery. No. 158 is a J. U. RIGGS (John Ulysses RIGGS) s/o John Washington RIGGS Sept. 26, 1871 - Jan. 5, 1894: http://www.rootsweb.com/~allawren/cemeteries/mountainsprings.htm Does anyone have either of these individuals in their data base? If so, any information on either would be greatly appreciate. Peggy Riggs Kop

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1334 Message Board Post: Does anyone know the names of the parents of the following RIGGS children? Many of them migrated to TN. They appear on the 1850 Census, Tishomingo Co., MS, with a Melinda RIGGS, who may not have been their mother: 1. Henry RIGGS, b. abt 1826, AL 2. William George RIGGS, b. 11 Mar. 1828, Birmingham, AL 3. Thomas J. RIGGS, b. abt 1829, AL 4. Isaah Calvin RIGGS. b. Feb. 1834, AL 5. Mary J RIGGS, b. abt 1836, AL 6. Samuel W. RIGGS, b. abt 1838, AL 7. Sarah A. RIGGS, b. abt 1840, AL. Any help is greatly appreciated. Peggy Riggs Kopp

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RIGGS, WILEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1286.1 Message Board Post: Eva RIGGS WILEY (m James WILEY) lived in Newtown, Clermont County, Ohio. I have found James listed in the 1806 Clermont County Tax List. There were also three RIGGS listings: Amos, Avory/Avery, and Beniah/Benniah. Can anyone help me with further info about any of these people?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1187.2 Message Board Post: hi- all of my relatives were from ky and va. My ggrandmother was alice belle rigs-her brother and sisters were sheerman,jordan,lence,elijah tom,george, jane,dosha. They were from rockhaven,brandenberg,battletown area. mostly meade county.Her mother was hannah sanders and married george riggs. I was told we r indian from seveeral sides of the family-If we r related I will share all of the info I have. Judy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1314.2.1 Message Board Post: correction on email address: rphill4@bellsouth.net