Hi, Bobby and fellow searchers, Has anyone ever looked into the possibility that Rachel might have been a Tipton, since they named one of their daughters Lavina Tipton Riggs? I did a little bit of checking awhile back, and found an Aquilla Tipton from NJ who had one or two children who moved to TN. He did have a daughter Rachel, but as I recall the dates were too far off. It's a possibility, anyway--- Ginny North ginnynorth@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: BGCarwile@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 3:38 PM To: RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RIGGS-L] Wife of Jesse RIGGS [1758--1832] Was she Rachel EVANS?...... Seeking information on Wife of Jesse RIGGS [1758--1832] who died in Lincoln County, TN. The information on her tombstone is as follows: "Here lies Rachel RIGGS the wife of Jesse RIGGS was born April the 6 day 1771 & was married February the 10 1791 Decs'd September the 25 Day 1816 Was the mother of 6 suns and 8 daughters." I recently found info in an EVANS page that states she was an EVANS but gives wrong birth date on her. It states her date of birth at 1797 which was 6 years after she married if this is the right Rachel EVANS and right Jesse RIGGS. Jesse RIGGS brother Clisby RIGGS married a Jane EVANS so there could be a connection there. No Jane EVANS is listed as a child of Loverance EVANS; the person who was father of Rachel EVANS who married a Jesse RIGGS. Loverance EVANS; ca 174?--1820 married Sarah? Children born in Burke Co, NC Children: Catherine: 1767--1852 m. 1783 Charles BAKER Henry: 1769--1849 m. Polly? Ezekiel m. 1799 Nancy SCOTT Hannah 1776--? m. 1801 William PADGETT David m. 1801 Leah MOOREHEAD John m. 1804 Elizabeth BRASSFIELD Moses ?--1820 m. 1802 Sarah "Sally" GREEN Loverance 178?-1834 m1 1892 Lucy GREEN m2 Elizabeth Evans GOINS Sally m1 1807 Henry HARDESTY m2 1814 Drury WILLIS ? Rachel 1797? m. Jesse RIGGS Rachels birth information could have been wrong.......she could have been born in 1771 to this family. This info sheet says Catherine and Charles BAKER were in Lincoln Co, TN in 1786. This is doubtful because Lincoln Co, TN was INDIAN LAND until year ca 1800....... Can anyone shed any light on this information. IS this the Rachel who married Jesse RIGGS [1758--1832]? Bobby G. Carwile ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== **************************RIGGS WEB PAGE************************* http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/riggs.htmlGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

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/1223.1 Message Board Post: My great-grandfather, Samuel Riggs (or William Samuel?) was born June 1862 in Kentucky. Are we related?

Thanks for jumping in on my behalf, Rodney I've registered my own domain name which will take you automatically to my space on RootsWeb your address refers to - and is a little easier to remember. ;-)) It's www.riggs.org.uk Best wishes to all Geoff Riggs Chepstow, South Wales riggs@one-name.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <dcothren@centurytel.net> To: <RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 5:43 AM Subject: [RIGGS-L] 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/rw/HSDBAIB/1281 Message Board Post: There was a web site where you could search for Riggs family.The last time I tried to search on it I couldn't make it work.Does someone know if the address has changed.I am searching for my Riggs family Jean ______________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney C. Murrow" <rod@murrow.com> To: <RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 3:27 PM Subject: RE: [RIGGS-L] Riggs I believe the URL for the RIGGS SURNAME STUDY is http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~riggs/

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/446.521.522.806.809.813.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, Wendy. I don't connect with your names, but thanks for inquiring. Good luck in your search.

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/1281.1 Message Board Post: The full RootsWeb address is <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~riggs/> but I've registered my own domain name which will take you there automatically - and is a little easier to remember. ;-)) It's www.riggs.org.uk

I believe the URL for the RIGGS SURNAME STUDY is http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~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/rw/HSDBAIB/1281 Message Board Post: There was a web site where you could search for Riggs family.The last time I tried to search on it I couldn't make it work.Does someone know if the address has changed.I am searching for my Riggs family Jean

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/446.521.522.806.809.813.1 Message Board Post: DO these names and dates look familiar? looking for information on the following Riggs: I belive the came from MD and travelled to elkhart County Indiana where they died. Elias was a early pioneer of Elkhart County. Elias Riggs b. 22 Feb. 1773 in MD. and died 2 Jan. 1858 in Elkhart Co. Ind. Wife Chloe (don't know last name) b. June 1774 in Md. and died 17 Aug. 1853 in Elkhart Co. Ind. Their daughter Elizabeth b. abt. 1810 in Ind. (1850, 1860 US census for Elkhart Co. Ind.)and died 14 Sept. 1835 in Elkhart Co

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/442.951.1 Message Board Post: looking for information on the following Riggs: I belive the came from MD and travelled to elkhart County Indiana where they died. Elias was a early pioneer of Elkhart County. Elias Riggs b. 22 Feb. 1773 in MD. and died 2 Jan. 1858 in Elkhart Co. Ind. Wife Chloe (don't know last name) b. June 1774 in Md. and died 17 Aug. 1853 in Elkhart Co. Ind. Their daughter Elizabeth b. abt. 1810 in Ind. (1850, 1860 US census for Elkhart Co. Ind.)and died 14 Sept. 1835 in Elkhart Co

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/876.888.889.890.1008.1009.1010.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: ive been looking for the riggs family raised in ala.hoping you can help me. there were 3 boys= donald, tommy & jackie& a sister carloyn.do you no if any of these would be a part of your family? donald would be about 60 yrs now. thanks barbiebeauty57@aol.com we went to school at west jefferson barbara forester

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RIGGS Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1280 Message Board Post: LOOKING FOR DONALD,CARLOYN.,TOMMY.,JACKIE WOULD LIKE TO NO THEIR WHEREABOUTS. WE WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER AT WEST JEFFERSON HIGH, IN WEST JEFFERSON AL. PLEASE CONTACT ME @ barbiebeauty57@aol.comBARBARA FORESTER

For the father of Elizabeth Jackson, you should look for her and her husband as grantees of the deed indexes in the county in which they lived. The father's name would be listed as grantor. Deeds are some of my very favorite records to search as they reveal so much information. Good luck! Harriette Harris Riggs

this sounds interesting. which Riggs branch is this? Steade Craigo

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/786.795.798.802.804 Message Board Post: My great grandfather was Thomas James Riggs Born 1870 or 1871 died 1918 in flu epidemic. Wife Elizabeth Jackson died 1894 or 95. She was given 40 acres of land by her father when she married, do not know his name. They had a daughter Mary Elizabeth Riggs born 8/29/1893 died 10-29-1953 from T.B. who married Willie H "Bud" Halfacre. Do you have anything on any of these Riggs? Thanks, Sharon

Hi Teresa, I understand there is a limit on the length of messages that RootsWeb will accept as postings to Mailing Lists, and it looks as though your message below exceeded it, I'm afraid. You'll have noticed that the message has been cut immediately after "+11 i. Adam Springs RIGGS Rev. (born on June 6, 1816). ------=_NextPart_000_00EE_01C2326A.54E4D400--" Is it possible please for you to resubmit it but without including Bobby Carwile's original posting, which came across intact. That way you should be able to post the 'Descendants of David RIGGS' in their entirety Regards Geoff Riggs Chepstow, South Wales riggs@one-name.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taramasso" <califia@cybernet1.com> To: <RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [RIGGS-L] Re: James M. RIGGS [1808-?] Corsicana, TX This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00EE_01C2326A.54E4D400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bobby, I realize that this may be a late response, BUT to your question on the below information you submitted to the list I have attached what could be the parentage of Joel Riggs father of the James M. Riggs you found. Teresa Riggs Taramasso -----Original Message----- From: BGCarwile@aol.com <BGCarwile@aol.com> To: RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com <RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 1:54 AM Subject: [RIGGS-L] Re: James M. RIGGS [1808-?] Corsicana, TX <edited out> ------=_NextPart_000_00EE_01C2326A.54E4D400 Content-Type: text/plain; name="Joel Riggs.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Joel Riggs.TXT" Descendants of David RIGGS - 23 Jul 2002 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------= ------ FIRST GENERATION 1. David RIGGS was born on November 8, 1749 in Morris Co., New Jersey. He died in 1837 in Shelbyville, TN. !David Riggs, son of Timothy, = came with his father to N. C. and settled in Stokes Co. Married Miriam = Wright and had 9 children. Moved to Williamson Co., TN and took his family = with=20 him. Doris Eickman shows a second marriage for David. #2. Sophia Dempsey. David RIGGS and Miriam WRIGHT had the following children: +2 i. Rebecca RIGGS (born about 1772). +3 ii. Zaddock RIGGS (born about 1774). +4 iii. Joel RIGGS (born about 1776). +5 iv. Elizabeth RIGGS (born about 1778). +6 v. Sarah RIGGS (born about 1781). 7 vi. David RIGGS was born about 1784. =20 He died about 1844. David Riggs died a=20 bachelor according to the Riggs Genealogy by John Wallace. 8 vii. Edward RIGGS was born about 1786. =20 He died about 1824. +9 viii. Miriam RIGGS (born about 1788). +10 ix. Gideon RIGGS (born on March 8, 1790). He was married to Sophia DEMPSY about 1815. David RIGGS and Sophia = DEMPSY=20 had the following children: +11 i. Adam Springs RIGGS Rev. (born on June 6, 1816). ------=_NextPart_000_00EE_01C2326A.54E4D400-- ______________________________

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/1279 Message Board Post: The familys are Riggs, Adams, Sturm or Sturms, Greathouse, Slider, Kerby or Kirby, Wrights, Gainers, Polings, Woodford, McCune, Tanner, Proudfoot, Carpenter, Starcher, Hughes, and Morman . All family and friends are welcome, Dinner will be at 12:30, Gospel Singing all day long, For more information you can call me at 304-354-7394 or Email me at bcbrown26151@yahoo.com HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE !!!!!!!!!! Basil C, Brown

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00EE_01C2326A.54E4D400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bobby, I realize that this may be a late response, BUT to your question on the below information you submitted to the list I have attached what could be the parentage of Joel Riggs father of the James M. Riggs you found. Teresa Riggs Taramasso -----Original Message----- From: BGCarwile@aol.com <BGCarwile@aol.com> To: RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com <RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 1:54 AM Subject: [RIGGS-L] Re: James M. RIGGS [1808-?] Corsicana, TX >The following information is from info sent to me recently. It is from an >1881 printing of "The Encyclopedia of THE NEW WEST", pages 411-412!!! > >I hope it is of use to some RIGGS researchers. > > >James M. RIGGS >Corsicana, Texas > > In the winter of 1845-46, at the first session of the Texas Legislature, Mr. >RIGGS was appointed one of the five commissioners to locate the county seat of >Navarro County, and to survey off and sell the lots, the land having been >donated by David R. MITCHELL, of Tennessee, then living in Texas. For the >first ten years after the organization of the county, he was district clerk. >He served four years as Justice of the Peace, and was thrice a delegate to >Democratic State Conventions. He became a Mason the night on which the >Corsicana Lodge, No. 48, was organized, and has taken part in every change >that has brought Corsicana to its present prosperous and beautiful >proportions. > Mr. RIGGS was born on Mill Creek, eight miles from Franklin, Williamson >County, Tennessee, December 15, 1808, worked on his father's farm until, at >the age of seventeen, he began a mercantile career, clerking in stores in >various places in Tennessee and Alabama. From 1835 to 1844 he conducted a >mercantile business of his own at Chapel Hill, Williamson County, Tennesssee. >>From there he moved to Green County, Missouri, bought a farm and cultivated it >three years, sold out and moved to what is now Ellis County, Texas, remaining >there on a farm until he went to Corsicana. > Mr. RIGGS was educated in the country schools of his day, but has supplied >any educational defect by careful and diligent reading, and by practice he >became a good business man---was always worthy of trust, always in his place, >never indulged in any excesses, and was never, under any provocation, profane. >He has two brothers: Zed, a bachelor and farmer, sixty-six years of age, in >Marshall County, Tennessee, and Joel, a physician and land-holder in Hill >County, Texas, and one living sister, Elizabeth, widow of Mr. ELLIS, a lawyer >of Kosciusko, Mississippi, who now lives near Bremond, Texas. This RIGGS >family came originally from England. Joel RIGGS, the father of James, was >born in Surry County, North Carolina. At the age of thirty he married Miss >Elizabeth DAVIS, near the Hermitage, in 1806, moved to Nashville, thence to >Williamson County and from there to Bedford, where he died in 1835, aged >sixty. He was a sportsman of the old school, fond of a foot race, and was a >slaveholder and planter. His father died near Shelbyville, Tennessee. > Elizabeth DAVIS was the daughter of Harvey DAVIS, a planter, near the >Hermitage. He raised four sons: Thomas, Samuel, James and Joel, (who all >became rich planters) and two daughters, Sarah, who married John EVERETT and >Elizabeth, who became the wife of Joel RIGGS; lived to the age of eighty-nine, >and died in Marshall County, Tennessee, which place had been her home for >sixty years. > James RIGGS was married in Williamson County, Tennessee, December 3, 1835, to >Miss Margaret, the daughter of George HANCOCK. She was born July 15, 1815, >in Maury County, and educated in Maury and Williamson Counties. Of her four >brothers, Richard was a doctor, Thomas a planter, who once represented >Williamson County in the Legislature, and William, a merchant at Chapel Hill, >where he died. Stephen was a planter. These were all rich men. Her >sister, Lucinda, married Joseph T. MORTON, and lives near Springfield, >Missouri. Jane, the widow of Alexander YOUNGER, is living fourteen miles >west of Corsicana. > Mr. and Mrs. RIGGS have three children living: Adelaide, born June 13, 1837, >at Chapel Hill, Tennessee, educated in Texas, and in 1853, married to Dr. W. >S. ROBINSON, of Dresden, Texas; Lou, born March 10, 1845, near Springfield, >Missouri, educated in Corsicana, and in February, 1866, married W. F. KENNER, >one of the best farmers of Navarro County; Ruth, born in Corsicana, March 10, >1850, was educated in Corsicana, and married, in 1868, to T. A. PEASE, now a >merchant at Luling, Caldwell County, Texas. Five of Mr. RIGGS children have >died. Thomas O.; Joseph T.; Laura; and a little one not named died quite >young. Stephen M., after two years' service in Hood's Brigade, was wounded >in the knee at the Battle of Chickamauga, and died after the amputation of the >limb. Mr. RIGGS has seven grandchildren. He has enjoyed remarkable >exemption from sickness. In forty years, a part of that time owning slaves, >he has not expended a hundred and fifty dollars in doctor's bills. He has >the appearance of being much younger than seventy-two, does not seem to have >yielded to the wear and tear of life, is not negligent of dress, and bids fair >to continue many years yet to bless his friends with the geniel smile that >seems always to play upon his countenance. > Mr. and Mrs. RIGGS have been for twenty-five years members of the Cumberland >Presbyterian Church. She is still living, at the age of sixty-six. Born >during the administration of Thomas JEFFERSON, he has always been a Democrat, >voted for secession, and was, during the war, "receiver in kind" for the >Confederate Government. He has several times engaged in merchandising, part >of the time has done a miscelaneous trading business, and is now Land Agent. >He has not always been free from the bane of security debts, but >notwithstanding all, has an abundance of this world's goods to make old age >comfortable when it does come, and when the silver cord shall be broken and >treasures of that better country wait for him to enter in and take possession. > >Again, I hope this info is of some help to a RIGGS family researcher. Does >anyone know who was the FATHER of Joel RIGGS; the father of James M. RIGGS? >Bobby G. Carwile > > > >==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== >**************************RIGGS WEB PAGE************************* > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/4192/Rigindx.html ------=_NextPart_000_00EE_01C2326A.54E4D400 Content-Type: text/plain; name="Joel Riggs.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Joel Riggs.TXT" Descendants of David RIGGS - 23 Jul 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------ FIRST GENERATION 1. David RIGGS was born on November 8, 1749 in Morris Co., New Jersey. He died in 1837 in Shelbyville, TN. !David Riggs, son of Timothy, = came with his father to N. C. and settled in Stokes Co. Married Miriam = Wright and had 9 children. Moved to Williamson Co., TN and took his family = with=20 him. Doris Eickman shows a second marriage for David. #2. Sophia Dempsey. David RIGGS and Miriam WRIGHT had the following children: +2 i. Rebecca RIGGS (born about 1772). +3 ii. Zaddock RIGGS (born about 1774). +4 iii. Joel RIGGS (born about 1776). +5 iv. Elizabeth RIGGS (born about 1778). +6 v. Sarah RIGGS (born about 1781). 7 vi. David RIGGS was born about 1784. =20 He died about 1844. David Riggs died a=20 bachelor according to the Riggs Genealogy by John Wallace. 8 vii. Edward RIGGS was born about 1786. =20 He died about 1824. +9 viii. Miriam RIGGS (born about 1788). +10 ix. Gideon RIGGS (born on March 8, 1790). He was married to Sophia DEMPSY about 1815. David RIGGS and Sophia = DEMPSY=20 had the following children: +11 i. Adam Springs RIGGS Rev. (born on June 6, 1816). ------=_NextPart_000_00EE_01C2326A.54E4D400--

Hi everyone New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey, published by GenPubCo 1995, reports the wife of Edward Riggs III to be "Mary (Munn)?" The use of brackets and question mark implies that it cannot be proved from the sources Torrey used but that he believed it might be correct (possibly using the same evidence that Evan has quoted - Mary Riggs being the daughter of Daniel Munne is the most likely reason for Daniel to leave her all his estate). Geoff Riggs Chepstow, South Wales riggs@one-name.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan R. Thompson" <evanthompson21@earthlink.net> To: <RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:27 PM Subject: [RIGGS-L] Edward Riggs III & Mary Munn Greetings, Interested as to possible primary source for BROWNE as maiden surname of Mary, wife of Edward Riggs III, or is this from an on-line tree? Based on my own research, there is no proof to support the statement that Edward Riggs III was married to Mary Browne. Edward III was almost certainly married to Mary Munn; the following is from my e-mail about Mary Munn from January 2002:

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/848.873 Message Board Post: My Abraham Riggs, b 1757 in Ac. Co Va settled in 1800 in Iberia Parish, La. He m Elizabeth Byrd of Cumberland Co, Va in 1781, moved to Edenton District Camden Co. NC. Son Eli Hilarie Riggs b in NC 1812. I am descendant of his daughter Mary F. H. who m Granville C Laughlin, who was my g grandfather. Abraham Riggs d Aug 9, 1843. Would like to compare info. Betty Laughlin Dean

I don't think you can put an attachment on this website. I would however like to see the photo so would you send it to my personal e-mail address? Thanks, Sarah (Riggs) de Bree scdebree@aol.com