Robert Rigsby Genealogy
Record modified: 2022-11-20
Born: about 1800-00-00 Virginia USA
Died: (unknown)
Marriages:
1. 1826-06-15 Lydia Kirkendoll
Children of Robert Rigsby and Lydia Kirkendoll:
Notes:
[R13.2.1]
I suspect he was not really a son of William II Rigsby + Lucy Adams. Alternatively, William + Lucy may have had a son Robert who was not the one who married Lydia Kirkendoll.
Note that Robert was born before William + Lucy were married, and in the wrong state. Census entries for William + Lucy do not show a child born before 1800. This family needs more investigation.
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I now suspect his father was another Robert.
There was a Robert Rigsby born 1765-02-14 Louisa Co VA who moved to Rockcastle Co KY. That
Robert appears on a document in Rockcastle on 1850-02-16 and is said to be 86. There is no Rigsby of
that age on the 1850 census for Rockcastle, implying he died soon after the document.
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married in Garrard Co KY
Did he have another marriage previous to Lydia, by which he had Mary c1819, David c1823, and William c1825? I currently have those three as siblings of Robert, but census entries suggest he was their father.
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Did he have a son Edward c1829 who moved to CA?
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1860 census Rockcastle Co KY p66
Robert Rigsby 60 VA
Lydia 55 KY
Mary 30 KY
Sarah 26 KY
Lydia 24 KY
Vira (f) 20 KY
Hiram 14 KY
George? Spoonamore 18
1860 agricultural census Rockcastle Co KY p13
Robert Rigsby no land, implements $3; 1 horse, 1 milk cow, 1 other cow, 14 swine, value $60; 300 bushels Indian corn, 3 bushels peas and beans, 3 bushels Irish potatoes, 5 bushels sweet potatoes, 25 lbs butter, 50 lbs flaxseed, 3 lbs silk cocoons, 5 lbs maple sugar, $30 animals slaughtered
[That might be his son, but it would be a lot for a 25-year-old married only 1 year. But why does he have no land?]
1850 census Rockcastle Co KY p208b
Robert Rigsby 53 VA
Lydia 50 KY
Mary Jane 18 KY
Sarah Ann 15 KY
Thomas 12 KY
Lydia 10 KY
Elvirga 9 KY
Richard 3 KY
1840 census Rockcastle Co KY p7
Robert Rigsby 1 M 0-5, 2 M 10-15, 3 M 15-20, 1 M 40-50, 2 F 0-5, 1 F 5-10, 1 F 40-50
[Thomas 2, James 11, x, x, x, x, Robert 40, Lydia <1, Sarah 5, x, x, Lydia 40]
[Is this R13.2.1? It doesn't fit very well, but there aren't any other Roberts even close. ]
1830 census Garrard Co KY p231
Robert Rigsby 3M <5, 1 M 20-30, 1 F 10-15, 1 F 20-30
[James 1, x, x, Robert 30, x, Lydia 30]
[Are all of those his children?]
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 10671
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