Individual Details
Peter RIGG
(2 June 1760 - January 1831)
Events
Families
| Child | John RIGG (1785 - 1860) |
| Child | Richard Watson RIGG (1789 - 1869) |
| Child | James RIGG (1790 - 1832) |
| Child | Elizabeth RIGG (1794 - 1860) |
| Child | David RIGG (1795 - 1866) |
| Child | Constantine RIGG (1802 - 1840) |
| Spouse | Nancy BENNETT (1776 - 1845) |
| Father | RIGG (1735 - 1792) |
| Sibling | Rachel RIGG (1774 - ) |
Notes
Note
p. 56Certificate for 100 acres to JOhn Rigge for transporting:
Mary Shurlocke
John Rigge Junr.
Note
Rigg, Abrm ser/o Edwd Kellam 13*, Jun 1687, A 7: 103Rigg, Isaac ser/o Simon Foscue Jr., 15*, Mar 1686/7 A 7: 103
Note
p. 143Lease and assignment from Richard Molyneux of St. Thomas' Manor... to Elizabeth Goley...bounded by a sycamore tree near Potomack River side, Peter Riggs line, Robert Sinnet's line...
Note
p. 29from Peter Rigge of Charles Co., planter to Richard Tubman of Prince Georges Co... the place known as Nonsuch...87 acres...Violetta Rigg, wife to the said Peter Rigg, released her dower.
Note
p. 46Dreghon & Scott vs. James Carroll & Peter Rigg, late of Charles Co., planters...
Birth
also of Maryland; also of EnglandNote
p. 111Received from .... Peter Rigg ...
Distribution to widow of William Beck estate.
Census
p. 68 - Lower Potomack HundredSarah Riggs, 50
p. 76 - Sugar Land Hundred
Riggs, Thomas, 31
Azariah, 22
John, 7
Ophea, 6
Rachel, 25
Nansey, 4
Ruth, 1
p. 77 Riggs, John, 12
p. 78 - Frederick Co. Hundred, now included in Montgomery Co.
Riggs, Charles, 5
Ann, 33
Mary, 8
Colliar, Elizabeth, 24
2 Negroes
p. 83
Rigg, Benjamin, 45
Charles, 11
Benjamin, 4
Rebeca, 13
Ann, 8
Hennaritta, 2
Land Grant-shared
The Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britain called Scotland Proprietor of The Northern Neck of Virginia:To all to whom this present writing shall come sends Greeting:
Know ye that for good for & in consideration of the Compensation to me paid & for the annual rent herein after reserved, I have given, granted & confirm unto William
Chapman of Berkeley County apignee* of Geo. Chapman, a certain tract of waste & ungranted Land on each side of Sleepy Creek in the said County bounded as by a ( )
thereof made by Richard Rigg. Beginning at a chestnut stake about 2 poles beyond the East bank of Sleepy Creek at the butt of a tree said to be a corner oak to Wm Paul's 218 acres patent, extending thence along a course of a line of the same S 44oE 34 poles to the said Creek & the course continued in the waters down the creek 47 poles to the opposite bank of a great bend of the same & the course continued 119 poles to the place where Paul's supposed corner(?) pine should have been & the course further continues 50 poles to 2 large chesnuts & a chesnut oak on a ridge on the north side of Sleepy Creek Mountain, then S 46o E 42 poles to a double bodied white oak at the head of a small hollow in a line supposed to be Mathias Swyon's 159 Acre patent, then along it S89o W 80 poles to a white oak, a black oak & a pine on the high end of a ridge in the line then leaving the said patent & along the high hills of the creek NoWt 78 poles to 2 black oaks & a white oak, then N29o E 29 poles to a Pine, then N 43o W 80 poles to 2 white oaks & a oak on the East side of the bank of the Creek, then along the several courses & meanders of the same down the creek joining the bank thereof N38o E 82 poles, N47o W 80 poles, N85o E 96 poles & crossing the creek & the course continued four poles to the Beginning- containing 147 acres - Together with all Rights, Members & appurtenances thereto belonging. Royal mines Excepted, and a full third part of all Lead, copper, Tin, coals, Iron mine & Iron ore that shall be found therein. To have and to hold the said 147 acres of Land, together with rights, profits & benefits to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining Except before Excepted to him the said Wm Chapman his heirs & apagne forever he(?) the said Wm Chapman his heirs & apigns therefore yielding & paying to me, my heirs or apigns, or to my certain attorney or attornies, agent or agents of my heirs or apigns Proprietors of the said Northern Neck, yearly & every year on the Feast Day of St. Michael the Archangel, the fee rent of one shilling sterling money for every 50 acres of land hereby granted & so proportionably for a greater or lesser quantity. Provided that if the said Wm Chapman his heirs and apigns1 shall not pay the said reserved annual rent as aforesaid, so that the same or any parts thereof shall be behind & unpaid by the space of 2 whole years after the same shall become due. If legally demanded that then it shall & may be lawful for me, my heirs or apigns1 - Proprietors as aforesaid, may or their certain attorney or attornies agent or agents unto the above Granted premises to reenter & hold the same so as if this Grant had never passed."
Given at my office in Frederick County under my hand & seal
stated the 12 day of March 1777.
/s/Fairfax
*Notation: "Fairfax, Thomas, 6th Baron Fairfax of Cameron (1693-1781), Scottish peer and Virginia landowner, born in Kent, England, and educated at the University of Oxford. He inherited from his mother, the daughter of Baron Thomas Culpeper (1635-89), governor of Virginia, estates in Virginia constituting one-fourth of the entire colony. In 1735, when the possibility arose that the grant would be revoked
by the Crown, Fairfax visited America, had the lands surveyed, and defended his claims, in which he was confirmed in 1745. He settled in Virginia in 1747 and built a home in the Shenandoah Valley on lands surveyed by George Washington. During the American Revolution, Fairfax remained a firm Loyalist.
Note
p. 33R-182
Martin Houseman of Berkeley Co. asne. of Robert Paul Atty. in fact for Andrew Finley 130 A. on Tidleys's Br. of Potowmack in said Co. Surv. Richard Rigg. On N. Mt., adj. John Parker, Robert Mercer, Robet Paul. 24 Apr 1779
p. 74
T-92
Richard Wood dvse. of Richard Rigg dec'd 250 A. (25 Nov 1765) in Berkeley Co. on Sleepy Cr. adj. heirs of Mauzy. 4 Dec 1788. [plus 5 additional properties of Richard Rigg dec'd]
Census
Peter Rigg - 3 white soulsJohn Briscoe - 6 white souls, 1 dwelling, 8 other buildings
Census
Rigg (pg. number):Benedictus, 18, Fairfax Co, 4 white
Benjamin, 18, Fairfax Co, 5 white
Benjamin, 86, Fairfax Co, 6 white
John, 17, Fairfax Co, 7 white
John, 86, Fairfax Co, 8 white
Peter, 99, Pittsylvania Co, 3 white, no dwellings, no other buidings [probaby includes wife and son, John]
Richard, 20
Riggs:
Greenberry, 21
James, 60
James, 102
John, 60, Princess Anne Co.
Jno, 95, Norfolk Co,
Land Patent
Peter Rigg patented land in Henry County in December 1785.Peter first appears in the tax records in the 1786 Land Book, having purchased 183 acres @ 3/ (18 pounds, 6 shillings 8 pence). The 1787 tax records were similar, but omit the pence. The records for 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, and 1796 are the same. In 1797 the property was revalued at 11-9-3, but is otherwise the same. 1798, 1799 and 1800 are the same as 1797. The records for 1801 are very difficult to read, but Peter does not appear to be listed. He was not listed in 1802 or later years.
Land Grant
Peter Rigg Land Grant - Henry Co., VA - 2 Dec 1785Patrick Henry, Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting, know ye, that in consideration of the ancient Composition of one pound Sterling paid by Peter Rigg into the Treasury of this Commonwealth there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto the said Peter Rigg assignee of John Burns a certain tract or parcel of land, containing one hundred and eighty three acres, by survey bearing date the twenty fourth Day of May one thousand seven hundred and eighty Lying and being in the County of Henry, on the head of South Marrowbone Creek and bounded as followeth (to wit): Beginning at Thomas Webb's corner black oak thence new Sine South Sixth five degrees West Sixty two poles to a Small black oak South thirty three degrees West one hundred and forty two poles to a white oak South forty seven Degrees East one hundred and twenty poles crossing three small Branches to a Crooked red oak North fifty nine Degrees East one hundred and thirty six poles crossing a small branch to a black oak North fourteen degrees East seventy pols to said Webbs Corner white oak and pointers North forty five degrees and thirty minutes West one hundred & thirty pols crossing a Branch to the first Station with its appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land, with its appurtenances, to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of Land with its appurtenances, to the said Peter Rigg, and his heirs forever. In witness whereof, the said Patrick Henry, Esquire, Gover nor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond, on the Second day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, and of the Commonwealth the tenth. P. Henry
Emailed 4/27/2003 by:
Dave Rigg
Sweet Briar, VA
David L. Rigg [rigg@number-one.org]
Virginia
183 acres on the head of S. Marrowbone Cr. adjoining Thomas WebbNote
A Poll kept for John Marr at an election held for Henry Co., VA, 9 April 178795. William Taylor
173. Charles Rigg
Virginia
Gene Sparks (bride) md. Turelove Sparks (groom); Mathay Sparks - father of brideVirginia
Peter RiggCensus
In all of the USA (no Kentucky or Virginia) there are only Rigg/s in Pennsylvania.Census
Thomas RiggVirginia
Peter Rigg - 183 acresPatrick Co. was created from Henry Co. June 1, 1791
Land
Peter and Charles RiggVirginia
Samuel Beens md. Rachel RiggJames Gammon - surety
Bride's brother, Peter Rigg, consented as both her parents are dead
Note
p. 229Silas Riggs, 400 acres on Buck Lick Cr., Bourbon Co., 3/28/1792
Jno. Riggs, Sr. 103 acres, Mason Co., 8/25/1796
Land
Peter and Charles RiggLand
also a William TaylorNote
p. 12Pages 83-84. 25 Nov 1793. Charles Rigg of Henry Co. to John Dillard of the same for the consideration of one certain gray mare conveys land on the north side of the north fork of the Mayo River being 154 acres. No wit. Signed: Charles Rigg
Land
Peter Rigg - 183 acresLand
Peter Rigg - 183 acresWill
The loose estate papers are at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh, stored in folders labeled with the name of the decedent and the earliest year for which papers exist. The folders are filed alphabetically in fibredex boxes -- 58 for Rockingham Co. and 118 for Stokes So.C.R. 090.508.089
Rigg, Thomas 1796
C.R. 090.508.105
Taylor, William 1803
Virginia
Peter Rigg - 183 acresNote
Inventory of Thomas Riggs, dec'd. [need to look at original and see if there are any Peter Riggs listed.]Residence
Deed of William Mills to Elijah Sams.Land Grant
Richard Rigg250 acres
Big Timber Ridge (now in West Virginia)
1780
Book 2, Page 569
Land
Peter Rigg - 183 acresCensus
listed in indexNote
p.133Page 561. 30 Nov. 1804 John Verrell of Dinwiddie Co., Virginia to James Oakes of Henry Co. for the sum of one hundred twenty pounds sells one negro boy Dilly.
Wit. Peter Riggs, James Hopper, Elias Norman. Signed: John Verell. Proved: 30 Jan. 1805
[Could Verrell be the same as Wierl or Worrell?]
Census
Males:2 under 10 [James, Constantine]
1 10 - 16 [David]
1 16 - 26 [Richard] - (John was evidently out of the house, his 1st child born 1811)
1 45 and over
Females:
1 16 - 26 [Elizabeth]
1 45 and over
Census
7 Aug 1820p. 130
Peter Rigg
Males:
1 16 - 18
2 16 - 26
1 45 and over
Females:
1 45 and over
Deed
Book 7, page 450In 2nd book, Deed Peter Rigg given from Richard Graves dated Sept. 28, 1824.
According to Glenn Bosley, no Rigg after 1824 in , Shelby Co. He says it may be they were in Spencer Co. which was cut out from Shelby Co. in 1824.
Note
Catherine A. Rigg md. Pleasant MattoxCensus
p. 226 (next door to Constantine Rigg)Males:
1 60 - 70
Females:
1 50 - 60
Slaves:
1
Death
also Shelby Co., KentuckyNote: Lincoln Co. was part of Virginia until 1780
Estate Appraisement
On the motion of John Rigg and Constantine Rigg administrators --Cash for estate or rather value - 989.28 1/2
Includes:
1 negro boy -- 430.50 -- to David Rigg
1 gray horse -- 31.62 -- to Constantine Rigg
Names listed include:
Constantine Rigg
David Rigg
Nancy Rigg
John Rigg
Creth Rigg
J. C. Bennett
Jesse Bennett
Isaac Hedden
Henry Tilly
John Cummins
Zebulon Collings
Jeremiah Daniel
and many others
Deed
John Rigg and Mary his wife of Shelby Co., KYConstantine Rigg and Martha his wife of Anderson Co., KY
David Rigg and Sally his wife of Anderson Co., KY
Elizabeth Cardwell of Anderson Co., KY
Richard W. Rigg and Margaret his wife of Schyler Co., IL
All heirs of Peter Rigg, deceased.
194 3/4 acres on Beech Creek
Sold to Samuel Horine of Shelby Co., KY
Correspondence
Hi Jill,I am so glad your dad submitted the DNA sample. I am really anxious to see how it turns out. I am guessing that it will be close to mine http://www.number-one.org/~rigg/dlr0177.htm
and if it is, I am particularly interested in DYS# 385b. So far I am the only one in Alvy's DNA study with a 17 Allele in that location.
I wish I could get some of my distant cousins to participate... I have a 5th cousin who is into genealogy and it would help to sort out when any particular variation occured. Some of my closer relatives (e.g., 1st cousin) have volunteered, but that is so close I don't think it would show anything.
Your dad should hear back from them quckly, but results can take several weeks. He may get interim results at 12 and 25 markers. The 25 and 37 marker results for me arrived almost simultaneously.
I had them extend that to 67 markers and as I recall extending that took about 6 weeks (no new samples were required).
What part of Virginia will you be in? If you will be in the DC area, the top places would be the DAR library, and then if time permits the Library of Congress. If you will be in the Richmond area, the top place would be the Library of Virginia
There was a Peter Rigg who lived in Henry Co. VA from 1785 (Henry County Commonwealth's Grants or Patents, Book X, Page 633) and who disappeared from there roughly the time your ancestor turned up in Kentucky. Whether that is the same person or not is anybody's guess. If you are in that area (it's probably a 6-hour drive from DC) the place to start would be the Bassett Branch Historical Center.
http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~vataxlists/Henry/1800Personal/13.jpg
(There is more to be found in the land records & year-by-year real estate tax lists. Those have been microfilmed, so you don't necessarily have to go there to see the information. I viewed the microfilm in Lynchburg.)
If it turns out that your Peter is connected to the Charles County Maryland group (a longer shot than the Henry Co., VA long shot) there is also the Southern Maryland Studies Center at the College of Southern Maryland in LaPlata (about 1 hour from DC). There was a Peter Rigg in Charles Co., MD a few years before Peter Rigg turned up in Henry Co., VA in 1785. I have no idea if it is the same person or not, but the other two Rigg families in Henry Co. (who turned up in 1784) were both from Charles Co., MD. There were more than a few other Charles Co., MD families that migrated to Henry Co. after the Rev. War. I am sure people moved there from elsewhere too, though.
Dave
Correspondence
Regarding the Potomac (if there is anything to that), there were Riggs (no "s") living in Fairfax Co. (near what is now Ft. Belvoir) about the time of the Rev. War. John, Benjamin, Townley (his widow, Benedicta appears on several records) were all originally from Charles Co., MD, which is just across the river (conveniently, a cousin operated the ferry). There were two Charles Co., MD groups (Thomas, Charles, James in one group Matthew and Peter in another), and an unrelated family in St. Mary's Co., MD (changed their name from Trigg to Rigg when they moved to MD from VA). There were also some Riggs (with the "s") who lived a bit further north...Anne Arundel Co., Calvert Co., Prince George's Co. One Riggs from Calvert Co. (Francis) can trace ancestry to England. Tracing descent from Francis is another matter. The others are more problematic to trace.
Regarding the Charles Co., MD groups, John, Benjamin, Townley, Thomas, Charles and James were brothers, son of Thomas Rigg (d. 1761). I am "pretty sure" that Thomas Rigg (d. 1761) was the son of John Rigg (d. 1711).
John left a widow, Susannah, and Thomas Rigg's mother was Susannah (Posey) Rigg. John Rigg (d. 1711) was not
the only Rigg living in Charles Co., MD at the time. There was also a Thomas Rigg (d. 1740) who left issue. I am "relatively sure" that Matthew Rigg and Peter Rigg of Charles Co., MD descend from Thomas Rigg (d. 1740) and I am "pretty sure" that Thomas Rigg (d. 1740) descended (son or grandson) from Thomas Rigg (d. 1688, Charles Co., MD) based on land records. My "guess" is that John Rigg (d. 1711) also descended (son or grandson) from Thomas Rigg (d. 1688). John Rigg (d. 1711) was so young when he died (20s) he didn't leave much of a paper trail. If he was in his late 20s (his widow was in her teens) he "could" have been the youngest son of Thomas Rigg (d. 1688). If he was in his early 20s, he could either have been a grandson or unrelated. Prior to that I have nothing. I am hoping that the DNA studies will help point the direction for further research.
Dave
Correspondence
Hi Jill,I wish I knew exactly what that means, but for starters your Dad and I are more closely related to each other than to anyone else in the study. He is the ONLY exact match I have had on the 12 marker test. Of course, generalizing from two examples there are many ways to go wrong.
Since you know your Dad's ancestry back another 7 generations and I know mine back another 7 generations, the common ancestor must be a bit before that... maybe 9 to 11 generations back.
Testing other (distantly related or unrelated) Riggs with known ancestry might help.
Tracing Peter Rigg back to a specific location in Virginia might help.
If it turns out to be Henry Co., VA, then I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it was not a cooincidence that two other Rigg families arrived there about the same time.
Dave
Here is a link regarding STRs (short tandem repeats) on the Y-chromosome:
http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/y_strs.htm
There is additional information on the familytreedna web site.
Correspondence
Hi Jill,The Shelby County deed is a GREAT find for Peter Rigg.
I've been trying to think of what I know about Peter Rigg... I am guessing he would have been born about 1760. If so, he would have been the same age to a just a few years younger than the Thomas Rigg and Charles Rigg who were in Henry Co., VA in 1784. Thomas and Charles were brothers, sons of Thomas Rigg who d. 1761 in Charles Co., MD. There were 6 other children and Peter was NOT one of them. Their oldest brother, John, would have been old enough to be Peter's father, but I don't show John marrying until 1770, which would be much too recent.
So I think the connection is before Thomas Rigg d. 1761. I THINK Thomas Rigg's father was the John RIgg who d. 1711 in Charles Co., MD leaving a widow Susannah and from the paper trail am pretty sure that Thomas was an only child, so most likely the connection was before John Rigg. There was a Thomas Rigg (d. 1740, Charles Co.,
MD) that MAY have been a brother of the John Rigg who d. 1711. There were people named Peter Rigg in Charles Co., MD and my impression is that they all descend from Thomas Rigg (d. 1740, Charles Co., MD). I am pretty sure that Thomas Rigg descends from Thomas Rigg (d. 1688, Charles Co., MD) based on descendents of the former selling
land patented by the latter. There are a LOT of unknowns in that and nailing it down
through paper trails/DNA testing is going to take a lot of work (and at least a little luck).
I think I can find living male Rigg descendents from 5 of Thomas Rigg's (d. 1761) sons. If I can get one from each line to participate in DNA testing, that should provide a very solid basis for Thomas Rigg's DNA. Repeating that with Thomas Rigg (d. 1740) is more of an unknown for me since I have not researched that as thoroughly. I also don't know if the testing is sensitive enough to distinguish brothers based on their Y-DNA. It seems doubtful.
>Thanks for your input. What does it mean as far as the Edwardian or
>Williamian groups? And how about if it someone is -1 from you?
I've asked Alvy about that several times. He is trying to group people by DNA and started working with descendents of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, so everyone looked Edwardian when he started. It is close enough to suggest that there was a common ancestor back a few more generations.
At this point it doesn't help because (1) we DON'T descend from Edward Riggs of Roxbury and (2) we don't know anything more about his ancestry than we do about our own. I'm a closer match to his "Thomasian modal"
-1 on a 67 marker test, but (1) I DON'T descend from that Thomas Riggs and (2) I don't know anything more about his ancestry than I do about my own.
I'll see if I can dig out some information on what the DNA testing means. Mostly they are looking at "junk"
DNA (segments that do not produce a protein), looking at areas that vary over a few generations in the number of copies of a particular segment that appears. There are also more major changes where one of the building blocks substitutes for another. Those are much more rare... maybe one change per 1000 years, so more useful for anthropologists than for genealogists.
Dave
Correspondence
Jill,Did you get the .ged I sent earlier today? I got e-mail back saying that the delivery failed.
Sometimes it keeps trying after that.
Also, I am not sure what .ged I sent you earlier. Was it one on the Peter Rigg family or on my lines? If this goes back to 2003 it could have been either.
I hadn't done anything with the Peter Rigg family for a few years, but started in on it again this week.
It looks like Elixabeth Rigg m. John R. Cardwell 04 Nov 1817 in Franklin Co., KY and had children Jackson Cardwell (married Ellen ____) and Emily J. (married James G. MacCaun - spelled dozens of different ways 08 Feb 1846 in Anderson Co., KY)
I think David Rigg was born 1797-1798 in VA and married Sally Cardwell 20 Dec 1817 in Franklin Co., KY. He may be the David Rigg who shows up in California in 1850.
I have John, RIchard, Elizabeth and David born in VA. I am not sure about Constantine. He married in 1824, so perhaps he was born there too. I haven't found much on him other than the 1830 census.
Dave
Note
I browsed through every book on shelf, and no Peter Rigg (nor Rigg) is listed, other than the Peter Rigg listed as head of family in 1785, Pittsylvania Co.Neither is Peter Rigg listed in any book in these counties:
Princess Anne
Westmoreland
Accomack
DNA
Robert Williams Rigg, Sr. participated in a Y-DNA study in about 2005 and found a close match to David Rigg of Sweet Briar, VA, who is a descendant of Thomas Rig (d. 1761).From David:
Y-DNA testing suggests a close relationship with a descendant of the Peter Rigg [Robert Williams Rigg, Sr.] who died in Shelby County, Kentucky by January 1831. There is an exact match on the 12-marker test and a genetic distance of 1 on the 37-marker test. Peter Rigg does not descend from Thomas Rigg (d. 1761) (or his father, for that matter).
Residence
Peter, came from England and settled in Virginia when it was yet a colony of Great Britain, serving in the Revolutionary war. He resided on the banks of the Potomac river for many years, but finally removed, at an early period, to Bourbon county, Kentucky, and later resided twenty years in Anderson county, Kentucky. From there he removed to Shelby county, Kentucky, where he died.Residence
p. 176 William Travis Rigg listed as grandson of Peter Rigg who b. England, moved to Va., Bourbon, Anderson, and Shelby Cos., Ky.Children
p. 53 Probably children listed in inquiry:RIGG: Need any information concerning Peter Rigg who emigrated from Va. to Ky. around 1800; first to Bourbon Co.; lived about 20 years in Anderson Co., then bought land in Shelby Co., where he died probably winter of 1830.
Had 5 sons namely Richard Watson, b. 1789; David; Alfred; John b. 1799, and Constantine; and probably a dau. name unknown.
In 1970, from Mrs. Tom Potter, P.O. Box 451, LaConner, Washington, 98257
Note
[list of accounts of a Peter Rigg in Maryland and Virginia]Peter Rigg, Charles Co., Maryland
http://www.number-one.org/~rigg/dlr0069.htm
Considering the passage of time, the following records may involve 2 or 3 people named Peter Rigg. The first, an adult in 1735, but not listed in the 1733 tax list, may have been born ca 1713. The 1768 and later records may refer to a later generation. The Henry County, Virginia records from 1785 to 1800 may be unrelated, but the two other Rigg families in Henry County moved there from Charles County, Maryland in 1784.
Nov 1735.
James Gow vs Peter Rigg. Tresspass upon the case (action to recover damages for some injury resulting to a party from the wrongful act of another). nar: - Cepi. Agreed.
Charles County, Maryland Court Record, Liber T No. 2, page 131.
15 Aug 1740
Lease recorded 15 Aug 1740, from Richard Molyneux of Charles County, Gent, to Robert Sinnet of Charles County. This lease was for the life of Robert Sinnet, his wife Hannah, and his daughter, Benedicta. It was bounded by the Potomack River, a marsh north of Goose Cr., the head of a green marsh, containing about 230 acres.
1743.
John Terril's final account mentions an amount recd of Peter Rigg.
Charles County Register of Wills Administration accounts 1738-1759, page 99
25 Dec 1743.
Lease from Richard Molyneux of St. Thomas Manor in Charles County, Gentleman, to Elizabeth Goley of Charles County, spinstress. The lease was for the life of Elizabeth, Thomas Goley, her son, and Sarah, her daughter. It was bounded by a sycamore tree near Potomack River side, Peter Riggs line, Robert Sinnet's line, thence with sd River, containing about 123 acres. There were several later assignments of rights within this lease and the lease with all assignments was recorded 4 Sep 1771.
21 Jun 1744
At the request of Richard Tubman of Prince George's County, the following deed was recorded on Sep 6, 1744.
Jun 21, 1744 from Peter Rigge of Charles County, planter, to Rich:d Tubman of Prince George's County, Gentleman, for 2000 lbs tovacco, all his right in all that tract of land in Charles County on the south side of Mattiwoma. the place known by the name of Nonsuch, bounded by the land of Francis Adams, containing and now laid out for about 87 acres. Signed - P Rigge. Wit - Will Eilbeck, Walter Hanson. Violetta Rigg, wife to the said Peter Rigg released her dower.
Charles County Land Record Book X No. 2, pages 151-152
(undated)
Survey and Plat for Peter Rigg
Archives, Maryland Province, Society of Jesus Folder Listing, Box: 26 Fold: 6 St. Thomas Manor-Indentures/Plats [99 P11-23]
Note: although the title is "St. Thomas Manor" the folder includes Indentures and Plats related to Cedar Point Neck.
1752
Peter Rigg was released from his lease agreement.
Archives, Maryland Province, Society of Jesus Folder Listing, Box: 26 Fold: 4 Lease Agreements/Bonds [99 M1-Q2]
Note: this folder relates primarily to Cedar Point Neck.
14 Feb 1752
The will of John Butt of Charles County, dated 14 Feb. 1752, proved 4 April 1752, bequeathed furniture to Peter Rigg. All goods and chattels, John (a slave?), and plantation "I leave to my son Clem Butts." Wintesses: William Goodrick, John Elliott. He appointed his wife executrix (not named).
Maryland Provincial Wills 28:298
Mar 1759
Dreghon & Scott vs James Carroll & Peter Rigg. James Carroll and Peter Rigg, late of Charles County, planters, were summoned to answer unto Messrs Allen Dreghon & James Scott, merchants in Glasgow, of a plea that they render unto them the just sum of 750 lbs of crop tobacco, which to them he owes and unjustly detains, and whereupon sd Allen Dreghon & James Scott by George Johnson, their atty, says that whereas sd James and Peter, on Mar 9, 1756, at Charles County afd, by their writing obligatory, obliged themselves to pay Messrs Allan Dreghon and James Scott, merchants in Glasgow, the just sum of 750 lbs of crop tobacco, to be paid to the sd Allan Dreghon & James Scott by next Jan 1, 1757, for value received. But sd James Carroll and Peter Rigg, although often requested, to wit, on Jun 1, 1758, the sd sum of 750 lbs of crop tobacco to the sd Allan Dreghon & James Scott, have not paid, but the same to them to pay have refused and still refuse, wherefore they say they are the worse and have damages to the value of 1500 lbs of crop tobacco, and therefore suit is brought.
We oblige ourselves to pay to Messrs Allan Dreghon & James Scott, merchants in Glasgow, the just sum of 750 lbs of crop tobacco by Jan 1, 1757, value received.
Signed Mar 9, 1756 - James (his mark) Carroll. Wit - Igs Sims.
Whereupon into Court here, in his proper person comes James Ashby of Charels County, planter, and becomes Pleds and Security for the afd Peter, in case he is convicted. And sd Peter, in his proper person, says that he cannot deny the action afd of sd Allen and James, nor but that he owes them the afd sum of 750 lbs of crop tobacco. Ordered that sd Allan & James do recover against the sd Peter the debt afd and his damages, by occasion of detaining the debt to 1 shilling and 242 lbs of tobacco to sd Allen & James, of their assent by the Court here adjudged.
Charles County Court, Mar 1759, pages 100-101
06 Jul 1768
John Adderton's account shows money received of Peter Rigg 1 shilling, 6 pence.
Maryland State Archives, Charles County Register of Wills, CM366 - (Administration Accounts), 1759-1777, Reel #CR39587, page 329
This particular account goes on for many pages with names listed in two columns.
It isn't clear that this is the same Peter Rigg.
10 Oct 1770
Wednesday Morning 10.th of October 1770.
The House met again according to Adjournment.
Present as yesterday except Col.o Hammond.
Read, and referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of Assembly, The Petition of sundry Inhabitants of Baltimore County, The Petition of the Inspectors of Rock Creek Warehouse in Frederick County, The Petition of Thomas Harrison of Baltimore Town, and the Petition of sundry Inhabitants of Frederick County, These Petitions were severally Endorsed, and sent to the Lower House by William Hayward Esquire.
Read the Petition of James Guffey James Henderson William Potters Thomas Treadway Levi Pottle, Francis Casey, Joshua Allender Basil Francis and William Walsh Languishing Prisoners in Baltimore County Goal, the Petitions of Philip Tanner, William Cargill, James White, John Chamberlaine, James Kennedy, Abraham Weagly, Frederick Deplanto, Henry Sickles Valentine Shreiner Frederick Beckerer and John Balser Languishing prisoners in Frederick County Goal, the Petition of Justice Hoshell a Languishing prisoner in Ann Arundel County Goal, the Petitions of Thomas Cooke, jun.r, Elias Smith John Driskell, Luke Mattingly, Barbara Richardson Jeremiah Kennelly William Corquain Henry Carey William Mitchell and Zachariah Bond Languishing Prisoners in Saint Marys County Goal, The Petitions of William Green Allen Davis John Mankin and Peter Rigg Languishing prisoners in Charles County Goal, the Petition of Robert Spickemall a Languishing Prisoner in Calvert County Goal, the Petition of Fenton Catlin, John Gornwell, Mark Hilchinson Jesse Anderson James Moms George Benson Thomas Jones Edward Pettit and Thomas Wingate Languishing Prisoners in Worcester County Goal, The Petitions of James Butler Isaac Parsons and John Benney Languishing Prisoners in Kent County Goal, the Petition of John Harrison a Languishing Prisoner in Dorchester County Goal, the Petitions of James White, Henry Thompson, Aaron Yoe, Charles Clymer, Peter Green, William Sylvester, and Matthew Errickson Languishing Prisoners in Queen Anns County Goal, which said Petitions are referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of Assembly, and Sent by Walter Dulany Esq.r
Read, and referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of Assembly, the Petition of James Hutchings of Queen Anns County, so Endorsed and Sent by Walter Dulany Esquire
Read, and referred to the Consideration of the Lower House of Assembly the Petition of the Rector Vestrymen and Church Wardens of Saint Pauls Parish in Talbot and Queen Anns Counties, so Endorsed, and Sent by Benedict Calvert Esq.r
Adjourned until to Morrow Morning 10 of the Clock.
Archhives of Maryland, volume 62, page 179
Archhives of Maryland, volume 62, page 180
19 Nov 1770
No. 9 An Act for the relief of certain Prisoners in the Several Jails therein mentioned
Whereas James Gill and Elizabeth Phillips of Prince Georges County, Allen Davis, John Mankin, William Green Peter Rigg of Charles County Phillip Tanner, William Cargill James White John Chamberlaine James Kennedy, Abraham Weagly, Frederick Deplants Henry Sickles Valentine Shriner, John Balser, Frederick Becherer William Hilleary of Frederick County Robert Spickernal of Calvert County Thomas Cooke Jun.r John Bailey Elias Smith John Driskell Luke Mattingly Barbara Richardson, Henry Cary William Mitchell of Saint Marys County Justice Hoshell and Samuel Smith of Ann Arundel County John Ward son of Henry John Haddaburch Borden Wilcox of Cecil County James Guffy William Potter Thomas Treadway Levi Pottle Francis Casey Joshua Allender Basil Francis William Walsh James Henderson Joseph Miller John Brown William Lock Moses Barney and Mayberry Holmes Jun.r of Baltimore County James Butler Isaac Parsons John Benny of Kent County John Harrison Dorchester County Fenton Catten John Gornwell Mark Hitchens Jesse Anderson James Moms George Benson Thomas Jones Edward Pettit Thomas Wingate of Worcester County James White Mathew Errickson Aaron Yoe Peter Green Henry Thompson William Sylvester Charles Clymer of Queen Anns County appear to this General Assembly to have respectively continued Prisoners for Debt in the Custody of the Sheriffs of the respective Counties aforesaid for a Considerable time past and Still continue in the like Deplorable Circumstances not being able to redeem their Bodies with all the Estate or Interest they have in the World which they would readily surrender up and part with to their Several and respective Creditors if they would accept of the same and Grant the said Petitioners their Liberty which seems so unlikely for them to obtain that (unless relieved by a Particular Act to be passed in their favour) they must inevitably continue Prisoners for Life.
Be it therefore Enacted by the right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Gov ernor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the same, That in case the said Prisoners shall Deliver up and Surrender or Cause to be Delivered up and Surrendered to the Sheriffs of the Respective Countys aforesaid in the Presence of two Justices of the Peace of the Counties aforesaid whom the said are hereby required to summon at the request of the said Prisoners at some Convenient time after the end of this session of Assembly all their Real and Personal Estate either in Possession Reversion Remainder or in trust or in or unto Which they have any Claim or interest whatsoever and likewise convey Assign Transfer and make over unto the Sheriffs respectively for the use of the said Creditors all such their Estate Interest or claim as aforesaid after such manner as by the said Sheriffs and by the Major part of such Creditors or such of them as shall think fitt to direct therein or their Council Learned in the Law shall reasonably devise or require at the Costs and Charges of the Persons who shall claim Benefit thereof so that the said Prisoners be not burthened with any Warrantees thereby other than against themselves or those claiming by from or under them and that the said Prisoners at the time of such their Surrender and transfering their Estate as aforesaid shall take their Solemn Oaths (or Affirmation if Quakers) before the said two Justices aforesaid to the effect following viz.t "I AB do Affirm or Solemnly Swear that the Goods Debts & Effects which I have delivered assigned and made over to the Sheriff of County in trust for the use of my Creditors is the whole Estate both Real and Personal of my own in Possession or that I have any title to in the world and that I have not any Estate Goods or Effects of any kind whatsoever left either in Possession Reversion or Remainder (the necessary wearing apparel of my self Wife and Children and Working Tools Excepted) and that I have not directly or indirectly sold Leased or otherwise conveyed disposed of or intrusted all or any part of my Estate thereby to defraud my Creditors or to secure the same to receive or expect any Profit or Advantage thereof so help me God" it shall and may be Lawful for the Sheriffs of the Counties aforesaid to discharge the said Prisoners and Suffer them to go at Large And be it further Enacted that if the said Prisoners or any of them shall be arrested or imprisoned on any process sued out on any Judgment or decree obtained against any of them for any Debt Damages Appearance, or Costs contracted owing or growing due before the End of this Session of Assembly the Court out of which such Process issued shall and may discharge such Prisoner on Motion And if the said Prisoners or any of them shall be arrested or imprisoned on any process for the Recovery of any Debt Damages or Costs contracted owing or growing due before the end of this Session of Assembly the Court or Justice before whom such Process shall be returned shall and May discharge the Party arrested out of Custody on his or her Common appearance being entered without any Special Bail Provided that the discharge of the said Prisoners or any of them shall not acquit any other person from such Debt Damages or Cost or any part thereof but that all such persons shall be answerable for the same in such manner as they were before the Passing this Act- Provided always and be it Enacted that Notwithstanding the discharge of the said Prisoners or any of them all and every Debt or Debts due and owing from him her or them and all and every Judgment had or Decree obtained against him her or them shall stand and be good and Effectual in Law to all intents and purposes against the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Goods and Chattels of him her or them and which he she or they or any other Person in trust for the use of him her or them had at the time of the Discharge of the said Prisoners or any of them or which he she or they at any time hereafter shall or may be any ways seized or Possessed of or in terested in to his her or their own use or in his her or their own proper right either in Law or equity (except the Wearing Apparel Bedding and Working Tools of him her or them not exceeding the sum of Ten Pounds Current Money) And it shall and may be Lawful for any of their Creditors their Executors Administrators or Assigns to take out new Execution or Executions without any Scire facias Previous thereto against the Lands Tenements or other Hereditaments Goods and Chattels of the said Prisoners or any of them (except as before Excepted) for the Satisfaction of his her or their Debts in such sort manner and form as he she or they might have done if the said Prisoners or any of them had not been taken in Execution or discharged by Virtue of this Act And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that if any Action of Escape be brought against any sheriff or any suit or Action against any Justice or Justices for their Performing their Duty in Pursuance of this Act he or they may Plead the General issue and give this Act and the Special Matter in Evidence and if the Plantiff be Nonsuit or Discontinue his Action or Verdict pass against such Plantiff or Judgment upon Demurer the Defendant shall have and Recover double Costs Provided also that nothing in this Act shall Extend or be construed to extend to bar any Creditor or Creditors of the Before mentioned Prisoners from having and maintaining any Action of Escape against any Sheriff who hath Permitted any Escape before the making this Act Provided Nevertheless that in case any of the said Prisoners shall at any time after making such Oath or Affirmation as aforesaid be convict of wilful and corrupt Purjury thereupon or of a Wilful Breach or Noncompliance with the Tenor of such Oath or Affirmation as aforesaid that then the said Prisoner shall upon such Conviction as aforesaid be Wholy deprived of any Benefit intended to him her or them by this Act and shall from thence forth be Liable to be prosecuted for any Debt or Demands whatsoever in the same Manner as if this Act had never been made anything to the Contrary Notwithstanding. Provided also that the respective Sheriffs of the Counties afore said shall be first paid and Satisfied for their Imprisonment Fees be fore any Creditor or Creditors shall have or receive any share or part of the Estates of the said Prisoners respectively or of the Produce thereof And be it further Enacted that after Public Notice given by Advertisements set up at the Court House-Door of the County thirty Days at the least of the Sale of any of the said Prisoners Lands and five Days at the Least of any of the said Prisoners other Estate the said Sheriff to whom any of the said Estates Real or personal shall be Surrendered and delivered up in pursuance of this Act shall set up and expose such Estates to sale by way of Public Vendue in the Presence of one Justice of the Peace and the Produce arising by such sale shall be by the said Sheriffs in manner following paid and Satisfied that is to say after Satisfaction of the aforesaid Imprisonment Fees that the Estate and Interest of the aforesaid Prisoners respectively upon which their Judgment Creditors or any Claiming or that shall claim under them by Assignment or otherwise have or shall have any lien or the Produce thereof shall be in the first place after Satisfaction of the Sheriffs as aforesaid applied to the Discharge of the said Creditors according to the Order and Priority of their Judgments and the Lien arising therefrom and that the Residue of the Estate and interest of the said Prisoners respectively or the Produce thereof shall be distributed among all their Creditors that shall apply therefor within thirty Days after the aforesaid Sale in equal Portion to their Demands.
And be it further Enacted that all the Accounts Bonds Notes and other Demands which any of the said Prisoners have against any person or persons whatsoever shall be by the said Prisoner or Prison ers assigned to the Sheriff in whose Custody such Prisoner or Prison ers shall be at the time of their discharge and that such Sheriff or Sheriffs shall and may maintain an Action or Actions on such Demands as Assignee of such Prisoner or Prisoners in his Own Name Provided always that such Creditor or Creditors require and Demand such Sheriff to sue and give to such Sheriff a Bond to indemnify him against any Charge that may Accrue to him by means of any such Suit and in Case of Recovery that then the Sheriff make distribution of what shall be recovered to the Person or Persons giving him such Security as aforesaid. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that if any of the Persons intended to be Relieved by this Act and who shall Choose to take the Benefit thereof are and shall in the Opinion of two Justices of the Peace of the County where the Party is a Prisoner be of Sufficient ability of Body to Labour such Person or Persons not having a Wife or Child or Children under twelve Years of Age shall be and are hereby Obliged to serve for a time not exceeding five Years to any person or persons who are or shall be inclined to Purchase the time of Servitude of such Debtor or Debtors and that the respective sheriffs in whose Custody the aforesaid Debtors or any of them are be and are hereby Authorized and Obliged to summon two Justices of the Peace in the respective Counties at the request of the said Prisoners as soon as Conveniently may be after the end of this Session of Assembly and after giving five Days Notice at the Court House of the Respective Counties of the intended Sale of such Debtor or Debtors expose to sale in the Presence of the said Justices Such Debtor or Debtors and the time of his or their Servitude to the Highest Bidder and the Money arising from such Sale shall be as Effects of such Debtor or Debtors in the hands of the respective sheriffs subject as aforesaid to a distribution in manner aforesaid and the sale and service of such Debtor or Debtors as aforesaid is hereby Directed to be taken as full and sufficient acquittal and discharge against all Debts and from such Debtor or Debtors before such sale Provided that in case it shall appear to the Satisfaction of the said Justices that any of the said Debtors have Offered since their Confinement to make satisfaction to their Creditors by Servitude and that their Creditors have refused to accept the same that the time such Debtors have been confined in Prison shall be deemed and Taken as part of the aforesaid five Years and that they shall be Obliged to serve only for such time as will compleat five Years from the Day of such Offer of Servitude and that in case any such Single Persons as aforesaid have been confined in Prison for five Years or any Longer time that the said Persons so Confined shall be Discharged upon the same Terms and in the same manner that Persons having Families are by this Act Directed to be discharged
By the Lower House of Assembly
17.th Novr 1770 Read and Assented to
Signed by Order Jno Duckett Cl. Lo. Ho
By the Upper House of Assembly
19.th November 1770 Read and Assented to
Signed by Order U Scott. Cl. Up. Ho
On Behalf of the right Honourable the Lord Proprietary of this Province I Will this be a Law
Rob.t Eden.
the great seal in wax appendant
Archhives of Maryland, volume 62, page 179
Archhives of Maryland, volume 62, page 445
Archhives of Maryland, volume 62, page 446
Archhives of Maryland, volume 62, page 447
Archhives of Maryland, volume 62, page 448
Archhives of Maryland, volume 62, page 449
Peter Rigg should have been released very late in 1770 and may have had to serve up to five years of servitude, following release, depending on his family circumstances.
02 Dec 1785
Peter Rigg patented land in Henry County, Virginia on the head of South Marrowbone Creek, adjoining Thomas Webb.
Henry County Commonwealth's Grants or Patents, Book X, Page 633
It isn't clear that this is the same Peter Rigg.
1786
Peter Rigg first appears in the tax records, having purchased 183 acres @ 3/ (18 pounds, 6 shillings 8 pence).
Henry County, Virginia Land Book for 1786
1787
Peter Rigg appears in the tax records, owning 183 acres valued at 18 pounds, 6 shillings.
Henry County, Virginia Land Book for 1787
1787-1796
Peter Rigg appears in the tax records, owning 183 acres valued at 18 pounds, 6 shillings.
Henry County, Virginia Land Book for 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1796, 1796
1797-1800
Peter Rigg appears in the tax records, owning 183 acres valued at 11 pounds, 9 shillings, 3 pence.
Henry County, Virginia Land Book for 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800
David Rigg
PO Box R
Sweet Briar, VA 24595
Note
possible connectionNote
Index -- several Riggs (Charles, Robert, Stephen, Thomas)Census
Hi Jill,The 1830 Census of Shelby Co., KY gives Peter Rigg's age as "of 60 and under 70 years of age". The female in that household is counted as "of 50 and under 60 years of age". That is supposedly as of the Census Date (1 June 1830).
That would put his date of birth between 2 June 1760 and 1 June 1770.
His wife's date of birth would be between 2 June 1770 and 1 June 1780.
The 1820 Census of Franklin Co., KY gives his age as 45 and up, which doesn't add anything new. The count of other members in the household may be helpful, though. His wife is also listed as 45 and up as of the the Census Date (7 Aug 1820) which helps to narrow the range shown in the 1830 census (she would have been born between 2 June 1770 and 7 Aug 1775)
The 1810 Census of Franklin Co., KY gives his age as 45 and up, which helps to narrow the range shown in the 1830 census. The Census Date was 6 Aug 1810. That would put his date of birth between 2 June 1760 and 6 Aug 1765. His wife was also listed as 45 and up, which is not consistent with later census information. That might indicate a second marriage occuring between 1810 and 1820 with his first wife being about the same age as Peter and his second wife about 10 years younger.
Correspondence
Thomas and Charles moved from Henry Co., VA to Stokes Co., NC in 1793. Thomas died there.See http://www.number-one.org/~rigg/dlr0076.htm for Thomas and http://www.number-one.org/~rigg/dlr0079.htm for Charles
In broad brush strokes, Thomas married the widow of Alexander Hannah and raised a number of Hannah and Rigg children as well as his sister's (Susannah) son, Townley. That is the Townley Rigg(s) that you'll find in neighboring Patrick Co., VA and whose signature appears on a number of documents.
Stephen was the eldest son of Thomas and Sarah, widow of Alexander Hannah. I don't know where Robert fits. Charles had a son, Robert, but too young for what you're looking at. There is also a Samuel Rigg who appears a bit later that must fit, but I don't know where. Both Charles and Thomas had sons named Samuel and the one in Stokes is in exactly the right part of the county, but I don't think can belong to either of them.
There are microfilmed copies of real estate and personal property taxes from that time in Henry Co. and Patrick Co., and the deed books as I recall. You can track these folks pretty much year by year that way. There were also some voter lists. In Stokes there are lots of court records (jury duty and surveys, mostly) and you can track those folks almost week by week.
Dave
Note
p. 61Riggs, Abraham
5 Oct 1726
to son Joseph, son Joshua, son Moses, wife, Rosanna
p. 91
McComb, John
26 Mar 1738
to Abraham, son of Joseph Rigs
to sister Naomi Rigs, wife of Joseph Rigs
p. 96
Riggs, Isaac
11 Sep 1742
to dau Margaret Riggs
no heirs
to bros. Watson & Benjamin Riggs
Naomi Riggs widow of testator
p. 104
Riggs, Watson
27 Mar 1750
Adm. his est. to Mary Custis, wid.
p. 212
Riggs, Sarah
19 May 1771
dau. Betty Riggs sole legatee
dau. Betty & Joshua Riggs, Sr. Exrs.
p. 229
Riggs, Isaac
17 Feb 1777
to dau. Nancy Riggs
for want of heirs to unborn child, & should my wife not be with child to descend to my cousin Sally Bandy & and for want of heirs to my bro. Joshua Riggs, to John Riggs.
Wife Susana & dau. Nancy Riggs resid. legatees.
p. 274
Riggs, Abraham
24 Sep 1783
to wife Mary
to son George
to 4 children William, Abraham, Esther, Leah Riggs equally divided
Wife Mary exec.
William Riggs heir at law to the testator
p. 290
Riggs, John
29 Dec 1787
to wife Sarah Riggs
to son George, son Joseph
to wife Salady Riggs,
Residence
Rigg Family History (gathered by Glenn Bosley) -- says to have Irish and Norwegian ancestry.In 1810 Peter Rigg went from Virginia to Louisville, Ky. acquired land and bred and trained race horses. Owned a lot of slaves which were passed on to the next generation.
He died at Crab Orchard, Kentucky in 1838 or 1839. he had 5 sons and 2 daughters, one of the sons was John. the 2 daughters were Constance and Elizabeth.
http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/ky-crab-orchard.html
Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Crab Orchard is an eastern Lincoln county town about ten miles southeast of Stanford. It was probably named for a stand of crab apple trees. Crab Orchard was at the end of Logan's Trace of the Wilderness Road and was an early pioneer station. There are several mineral springs in the area and from 1827 until 1922 taverns and hotels were located at Crab Orchard Springs. The post office opened in 1815. The population in 1990 was 825.
Lincoln was one of the original counties in the Kentucky territory of Virginia. Lincoln county was formed in 1780. It is located in the Southern Knobs region of the state.
Note
pg. 508 Thomas Rigg of Charles Co. MDhttps://www.ancestry.com/interactive/22627/dvm_GenMono005384-00287-1?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return#?imageId=dvm_GenMono005384-00001-0
Endnotes
1. Beverly Fleet.
2. William R. M. Houston and Jean M. Mihalyka.
3. TLC Genealogy, Charles Co., MD, Land Records, 1765-1775.
4. Charles Co., MD, Land Record Book X No. 2, 1743-1752.
5. TLC Genealogy, Charles Co., MD, Court Records, 1758-1759.
6. Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois - 1892 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/cass/1892bios/riggpeter.html (Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago, 21 Apr 2003, Original Date, 1892), page 309.
7. .
8. Some Kentucky Families in Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois.
9. V. L. Skinner, Jr., Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland (Libers 67 through 74, 1771-1777).
10. Census, 1776, Maryland.
12. compiled by Gertrude E. Gray.
13. Austin, Gayle, Pittsylvania, VA, Land Tax Lists, 1782-1802.
14. Austin, Gayle, Pittsylvania, VA, Land Tax Lists, 1782-1802.
15. Census, 1785, Virginia, Heads of Families, p. 99, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
16. (David Rigg, Sweet Briar, VA; rigg@number-one.org).
17. (David Rigg, Sweet Briar, VA; rigg@number-one.org).
18. Henry Co., VA, Commonwealth Land Office: Grants or Patents, 1779 - 1883.
19. Schriener-Yantis, Love, Census, 1787, VA, Henry Co.
20. Adams, Lela C., Henry Co., VA, Abstracts of Deed Books III & IV, 1784 - 1792.
21. transcribed by Anne Vestal-Miller, Pittsylvania, VA Marriage Records, 1767 - 1819.
22. Vestal-Miller, Anne.
23. .
24. compiled by Lee Adams, Henry Co., VA, Tax List, 1792-1799.
25. transcribed by Anne Vestal-Miller, Pittsylvania, VA Marriage Records, 1767 - 1819.
26. Jillson, Willard, Kentucky Land Grants, 1782-1924.
27. compiled by Lee Adams, Henry Co., VA, Tax List, 1792-1799.
28. Pruitt, Dr. A.B..
29. Adams, Lela, Henry Co., VA, Abstracts of Deed Books V&VI, 1792 to Dec 1805.
30. compiled by Lee Adams, Henry Co., VA, Tax List, 1792-1799.
31. compiled by Lee Adams, Henry Co., VA, Tax List, 1792-1799.
32. NC, Stokes and Rockingham - listing of estates papers (NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC).
33. compiled by Lee Adams, Henry Co., VA, Tax List, 1792-1799.
34. Absher, Mrs. W. O..
35. Adams, Lela, Henry Co., VA, Abstracts of Deed Books V&VI, 1792 to Dec 1805.
36. database (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvmorgan/sims/Sims.htm : 2017), )..
37. compiled by Lee Adams, Henry Co., VA, Tax List, 1792-1799.
38. compiled by Lee Adams, Henry Co., VA, Tax List, 1792-1799.
39. Queries, Kentucky Ancestors, Volume 6, No. 1.
40. Vestal-Miller, Anne.
41. Adams, Lela, Henry Co., VA, Abstracts of Deed Books V&VI, 1792 to Dec 1805.
42. Census, 1810, KY, Franklin.
43. .
44. KYGenWeb, Kentucky, Franklin County - Marriage Bonds 1811 - 1831 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyfrankl/mar-1811-1830-RZ.htm).
45. .
46. Copied by Eula Richardson Hasskarl, 1983.
47. Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters.
48. .
49. .
50. Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois - 1892 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/cass/1892bios/riggpeter.html (Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago, 21 Apr 2003, Original Date, 1892), page 309.
51. Rigg Peter - Deed of heirs, Oct. 11, 1832, Shelby Co., KY.
52. .
53. Shelby County, KY, Clerk of the Court - Peter Rigg estate appraisement (Film 259252, Bundle 9, p. 129-130).
54. Kentucky Bonds, 1816-1854.
55. Rigg Peter - Deed of heirs, Oct. 11, 1832, Shelby Co., KY.
56. .
57. Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois - 1892 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/cass/1892bios/riggpeter.html (Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago, 21 Apr 2003, Original Date, 1892).
58. .
59. Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois - 1892 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/cass/1892bios/riggpeter.html (Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago, 21 Apr 2003, Original Date, 1892).
60. Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois - 1892 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/cass/1892bios/riggpeter.html (Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago, 21 Apr 2003, Original Date, 1892).
61. Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois - 1892 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/cass/1892bios/riggpeter.html (Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago, 21 Apr 2003, Original Date, 1892).
62. Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois - 1892 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/cass/1892bios/riggpeter.html (Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago, 21 Apr 2003, Original Date, 1892).
63. Some Kentucky Families in Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois.
64. Queries, Kentucky Ancestors, Volume 6, No. 1.
65. (David Rigg, Sweet Briar, VA; rigg@number-one.org).
66. Absher, Mrs. W. O..
67. Absher, Mrs. W. O..
68. .
69. compiled by Stratton Nottingham.
70. Rigg correspondence - Bosley, Glenn, 1974.

