Bobby, I am thinking I have found the will of William Riggs born about 1785 and who died in 1828 Ray County, MO. I think this William is the same William as the one who is said to have died in 1833 in his father's house. (?) Unless I am mistaken, and I will double check the names of the children of the two Williams, but I think a lot of them are the same names. Witnesses to this will: John Splawn, Jr, John Splawn, Sr, Samuel Riggs, and Reuben Clark. A Martha Barnes is connected to this William somehow, first wife maybe? His child by his first wife is Reuben Riggs, Sr. Then he has a wife listed as Eleanor Riggs, who inherited land for as long as she remained a widow. Names of minor children: Sally, Kisiah, Enoch and Uel. And a Patsey Barnes is listed as one of William's heirs. Other names connected to this family are Stollings, Fields, Drake, and Brown, and Odell. A Thomas Riggs was appointed guardian to Nancy Riggs, orphan of the above William, who tried to have her declared insane; but the court found her sane and appointe Benjamin Fields as her guardian. I wondered why it took nearly twenty years to settle the estate. But I suspect now that it was because of the minor children, who would inherit land when they matured. Any of these names connect to your wife's family of Riggs? Sue ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

Bobby or Sue, What is you line of ancestry with names, surnames, dates and localities they lived in? That would help to search my file cabinets for connections to your RIGGS. I believe your line of RIGGS is related to my son-in-law's mothers's line. We believe her ancestry line is (Dates & Localities etc. are on our homepage.) http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html Berna GRASSHAM mother California SMITH (GRASSHAM) grandmother Sarah Elizabeth (WEBB) & Josiah Henry SMITH; greats William Henry WEBB & Jemima SPEARMAN; 2nd greats Sarah Bell RIGGS & Statia WEBB; 3r greats Bethuel RIGGS Baptist MG & Nancy LEE; 4th greats Isaac RIGGS & Mary PIERCE; 5th greats John L. RIGGS II & Frances COLBURN; 6th greats John RIGGS I & Frances ?____; 7th greats Edward RIGGS IV & Mary MUNN; 8th greats-Edward RIGGS III & Elizabeth ROOSA; 9th greats Edward Thomas RIGGS II & Elizabeth HOLMES; 10th greats Edward RIGGS I & Joan PUDSAY; 11th greats Thomas RIGGS & Jane RICHARDSON; Berna's line going back to earlier ancestors by generations, with names, surnames, dates and localities they lived in is on our homepage. Scroll down to Berna GRASSHAM and on down her generations. http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html Thank you for your time. Beverly (HIMES) BARGER ----- Original Message ----- From: <genehound@juno.com> To: <RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [RIGGS-L] Re: RIGGS Surname Brickwalls............ > Bobby, > > I am thinking I have found the will of William Riggs born about 1785 and > who died in 1828 Ray County, MO. I think this William is the same > William as the one who is said to have died in 1833 in his father's > house. (?) Unless I am mistaken, and I will double check the names of the > children of the two Williams, but I think a lot of them are the same > names. Witnesses to this will: John Splawn, Jr, John Splawn, Sr, Samuel > Riggs, and Reuben Clark. A Martha Barnes is connected to this William > somehow, first wife maybe? His child by his first wife is Reuben Riggs, > Sr. Then he has a wife listed as Eleanor Riggs, who inherited land for > as long as she remained a widow. Names of minor children: Sally, > Kisiah, Enoch and Uel. And a Patsey Barnes is listed as one of > William's heirs. Other names connected to this family are Stollings, > Fields, Drake, and Brown, and Odell. A Thomas Riggs was appointed > guardian to Nancy Riggs, orphan of the above William, who tried to have > her declared insane; but the court found her sane and appointe Benjamin > Fields as her guardian. I wondered why it took nearly twenty years to > settle the estate. But I suspect now that it was because of the minor > children, who would inherit land when they matured. Any of these names > connect to your wife's family of Riggs? > > Sue > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > > > ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > **************************RIGGS WEB PAGE************************* > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/riggs.html > >