This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3778.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your reply to my posting. The Appalachian Quarterly published an article on the Riggs family in their June 2002 issue. The research appears to be very thorough and the place of birth for William Riggs is given as New Jersey - the source for this information is Jessee Gilly (b. 1844), son-in-law of Hiram Riggs. Rita Kennedy Sutton wrote the article and she is now deceased. Hiram Riggs' 1880 census record states his father's place of birth as New Jersey. Sarah Shepherd (Hiram's sister) states her father's pob as Connecticut. So, they have both placed William in the same area. One thing I have noticed in researching the various Richmonds, is there is usually a Riggs family nearby. In 1767/1768 John Richmond and John Riggs are both issued separate land grants in Mecklenburg County, NC. Joel Riggs has been listed as the father of William Riggs and he appears in Rutherford County NC in 1779 as a witness on a land grant. Has anyone else tried to connect the Mecklenburg Riggs to the Riggs in SW VA?