Christen, Thanks for all the help you have provided. This is great. I will keep this county formation information in my records. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: garnett hook Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 5:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RIGGS-L] Carter-Riggs --- C Rosamilia <[email protected]> wrote: > The Louisiana Territory was created in 1805. By > 1820 Howard was a well > established county in the North Western portion of > MO. Ray County was > formed from the central and greatest portion of > Howard County, by 1830. > The County book I have covers the changes by > decades, and doesn't list > exact dates. In 1830, Ray county included all of > what today is > Harrison, Daviess, Caldwell, Ray, Carroll, > Livingston, Grundy and Mercer > Counties. > > If Nancy was born in 1805 she may have shown up on > the extant federal > census of 1830, when Ray County was recorded. > > Wish I could help more- > Christen > > > Catherine Hodnett wrote: > > >I posted a query on a Nancy Riggs born about 1805 > Ray County, MO. That may be entirely wrong, as I was > kindly informed that there was no Ray County, MO in > 1805 It wasn't even Missouri Territory yet. Does > anyone have a Nancy Riggs of about that time born > elsewhere, who married a Spalwn? > > > >Sue > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Catherine S Hodnett > >Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:53 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [RIGGS-L] Carter-Riggs > > > >Also, I have another Riggs I cannot place: > > > >Nancy Riggs born about 1805 Ray County, MO. She > married Mayberry Splawn > >born 1801 TN. Does anyone know who this Nancy > Riggs belongs to? > > > >Sue > >Do you have a Caleb and Hannah Riggs listed in Ray Co.Mo.?Or Thurston H. Riggs born in 1864 in Ray Coc Mo. > garnett>________________________________________________________________ > >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for > less! > >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > > > >==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > >Check out the RIGGS Resource Page located at the > following URL: > >http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/r/i/RIGGS/ > > > > > >==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > >Check out the RIGGS Resource Page located at the > following URL: > >http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/r/i/RIGGS/ > > > > > > > > > > ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== > *************************RIGGS ARCHIVE > SEARCH************************** > To search the archives: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== Check out the RIGGS Resource Page located at the following URL: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/r/i/RIGGS/