The only Riggins family I ever heard of in the area was at Tompkinsville, Monroe County. Hermit in the Woods ----- Original Message ----- From: <morcor@comcast.net> To: <SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 8:44 PM Subject: [SCKY] Regan, Reagan, Regin, Riggins families > > > Does anyone have records of a family named Regin, Reagan, Rigin, Riggins > or some logical variant in Barren County about 1808? I am trying to > identify the Betsy Regin and William Morrel whose marriage bond is dated > 13 June 1808. The bond is clearly signed Wm. Morrel -- not Murrel -- > though I am careful about drawing hard conclusions from spellings. Betsy's > last name looks to me to be spelled Regin, though it could also be Rigin > in this document. Jessee Harrison was a bondsman. > > I have a William Morrel who moved to Jackson County, Tennessee about this > time. He would have been a widow about 55-60 years old in 1808 so if he > is the William Morrel of the bond, it was most likely a second marriage > for both people. Betsy might be the widow of a Regin. > > ( I have seen a printed record of the marriage of Wm. Morrel to Patsy > Riggin on Jan 4, 1807 but I have not found documentation of that date or > first name.) As to William Morrel, I am aware of the family of Samuel and > Susannah Murrel in Barren County that includes a William Murrell whose > marriage bond to Nancy Nunnally is dated 5 November 1832. For the record, > the signatures on the two bonds are completely different. > > I would very much appreciate help with these families. > John Newton Morrel morcor@comcast.net > > > ==== SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY Mailing List ==== > >