Individual Details

Peter RIGG

(2 June 1760 - January 1831)

Events

Note1653possible ancestor - , Lower Norfolk, Virginia
Note1687possible relative - , Accomack, Virginia
Note25 December 1743possible relative - Peter Rigg - , Charles, Maryland
Note11 September 1744possible connection - Peter Rigg - , Charles, Maryland
Note9 March 1756possible connection - Peter Rigg - , Charles, Maryland
Birth2 June 1760England
Note29 March 1774possible match - Peter Rigg - Maryland
Census1776possible connections - Maryland
Land Grant-shared12 March 1777(Christopher WEAVER Sr.) to William Chapman, names Richard Rigg - , Berkeley, Virginia
Note1779possible relative - Richard Rigg - , Berkeley, Virginia
Tax List1782Peter Rigg - personal property - , Pittsylvania, Virginia
MarriageAbt 1784Virginia -
Tax List1784Peter Rigg - personal property - , Pittsylvania, Virginia
Census1785, Pittsylvania, Virginia
Census1785Federal, Heads of Families - , Pittsylvania, Virginia
Land PatentDecember 1785Peter is taxed 1785 through 1800 on 183 acres - , Henry, Virginia
Land Grant2 December 1785Peter Rigg Land Grant - , Henry, Virginia
Virginia20 December 1785land grant - , Henry, Virginia
Tax List1787not listed -- only Thomas and Charles Rigg - , Henry, Virginia
Note9 April 1787possible connection - Charles Rigg - , Henry, Virginia
Virginia4 October 1788Peter Rigg - surety - , Pittsylvania, Virginia
Virginia1789tax list - , Henry, Virginia
Census1790
Census1790, Henry, Virginia
Virginia1791tax list - , Patrick, Virginia
Land1792tax list - , Henry, Virginia
Virginia19 January 1792Rachel Rigg; Peter Rigg - brother - , Pittsylvania, Virginia
Note28 March 1792possible connection - , Bourbon, Kentucky
Land1793tax list - , Henry, Virginia
Land16 November 1793possible connection - Thomas & Charles Rigg - , Stokes, North Carolina
Note25 November 1793possible connection - Charles Rigg - , Henry, Virginia
Land1794tax list - , Henry, Virginia
Land1795tax list - , Henry, Virginia
Will1796, Stokes, North Carolina
Virginia1796tax list - , Henry, Virginia
NoteSeptember 1796possible connection - Thomas Riggs - , Stokes, North Carolina
Residence26 October 1796Peter Rugg - witness - , Henry, Virginia
Land Grant1798possible connection - Richard Rigg - Big Timber Ridge, Berkeley, Virginia
Land1798tax list - , Henry, Virginia
Land1799tax list - , Henry, Virginia
Census1800
ResidenceAbt 1800, Bourbon, Kentucky
Census1800, Henry, Virginia
Note30 November 1804Peter Riggs - witness to sale - , Henry, Virginia
Census1810Lawrenceburg Township, Franklin, Kentucky
Census1820Lawrenceburg Township, Franklin, Kentucky
Marriage6 December 1823, Franklin, Kentucky - Nancy BENNETT
Deed28 September 1824, Shelby, Kentucky
Note15 November 1827possible daughter/grandaughter - , Shelby, Kentucky
Note15 July 1829Joshua Richardson, George Hankins/Hawkins (age 82), and Peter Rigg sworn as knowing each other for 40 years. This may indicate they were all acquainted in Virginia and moved to Kentucky together. - , Shelby, Kentucky
Census1830S E District, Shelby, Kentucky
DeathJanuary 1831, Shelby, Kentucky
Estate AppraisementJanuary 1831, Shelby, Kentucky
Inventory17 January 1831, Shelby, Kentucky
Deed11 October 1832heirs of Peter Rigg - sold to Samuel Horine - , Shelby, Kentucky
NoteAbt 1838Glenn Bosley notes give this death info. - Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky
Correspondence14 April 2007David Rigg
Correspondence16 April 2007with David Rigg - regarding Potomac area
Correspondence23 May 2007DNA comments -- David Rigg
Correspondence24 May 2007Peter, Thomas, Charles comments by David Rigg
Correspondence24 May 2007Peter Rigg family
Note6 June 2007no Peter Rigg in any book on Pittsylvania Co., VA in Library of VA - , Pittsylvania, Virginia
DNA
Residence
MilitaryRevolutionary War, received pension
Notehad 6 children
Residence, Bourbon, Kentucky
Residence20 years in Anderson Co., KY
Residence
Children
Noteby David Rigg
NoteThomas Riggs - , Stokes, North Carolina
Notepossible connection - , Stokes, North Carolina
Militarynot listed in DAR
Census
CorrespondenceThomas & Charles Rigg -- from David Rigg
MilitaryRevolutionary War - not listed anywhere in Virginia (including Militia and State units)
Notepossible relatives; wills and deeds - , Accomack, Virginia
NotePeter may be child of Charles Rigg (RIN 26161) and Mary Townley (RIN 26162) according to some web pages. Though others claim this relationship is a myth.
ResidencePossible Louisville, and Crab Orchard - Glen Bosley
NoteThe Riggs Family of Maryland - possible connections

Families

ChildJohn RIGG (1785 - 1860)
ChildRichard Watson RIGG (1789 - 1869)
ChildJames RIGG (1790 - 1832)
ChildElizabeth RIGG (1794 - 1860)
ChildDavid RIGG (1795 - 1866)
ChildConstantine RIGG (1802 - 1840)
SpouseNancy BENNETT (1776 - 1845)
FatherRIGG (1735 - 1792)
SiblingRachel RIGG (1774 - )

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