Annella, I left off my message on my last reply to you. I don't have any idea that the following information applies to your "Captain Riggs." Cyrus and Aaron were in the war of 1812. Dick Webber Edmond, OK dwebber@rdsadvantage.com According to Elsa L. Riggs, granddaughter of Cyrus Riggs, the town of Three Sisters, West Virginia, was named for the three daughters of this Riggs, Rhoda, Phoebe and Betty. It was built on land they owned. These were the sisters of Cyrus Riggs. Elsa Riggs says the Riggs came from England, and settled in Northern Virginia. This later became West Virginia. According to Ted Matthews (1999) Simeon Riggs was the father of Cyrus and Aaron Riggs. Cyrus and Simeon fought in the War of 1812 together and were discharged in August of 1814. By December both were dead. The will of Simeon Riggs includes the name of a sister (could this have been a daughter? or sister-in-law? granddaughter?), Nancy, listed as Nancy Thomas. According to Ted Matthew of Santa Barbara, CA, 'The Thomas and Riggs families seem very close. John Riggs' mother was a 'Thomas.' Simeon was on the tax rolls in Menallen County, Pennsylvania in 1785,6,8,9. He sold land in Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1798. He died there , will dated 1808. -- according to Ted& Eileen matthew (tematthew@earthlink.net) in 1999. There is a problem with the birth dates of Alexander Riggs, his son, Simeon Riggs, and Simeon's son, Cyrus Riggs. Need research to verify dates of birth. If this Simeon Riggs was born around 1750, then he must not be the son of the Alexander listed -- maybe a brother? Original Message: ----------------- From: baumann baumann@netwitz.net Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:52:50 -0500 To: RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RIGGS-L] Captain Riggs List Members I have a book "The Making of Illinois" by Mather, published by Flanagan Co. of Chicago in 1922. On Pgs 126-128 there is information about a Capt. Riggs, who rescued men at Prairie du Chien, The place where the attack occurred was called Campbell's Island in 1814. He was the commandor of the Illinois Rangers. My question is---what is his first name ? Is anyone out there familiar with this Indian attack ? My history is poor---need some help ! Thanks Annella --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Netwitz. Are your virus definitions up to date?] ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== **************************RIGGS WEB PAGE************************* http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/riggs.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .