Brian, I have Riggs I believed lived in Tn, and Mo. In Mo they were in Daviess, Ray and grundy counties. mid 1800's. Samuel Riggs was born in 1796. Most of his children were born in the time frame of your Thomas. I don't know where Samuel was born yet. If you come across anything on this family that might connect to your Thomas let me know, please, and I will try to do vice versa. Samuel married Sebrina Splawn who was born in TN, I believe, but the Splawns are strong in MO, too. Sue ________________________________________________________________ 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/.