Robert Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2021-04-29

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Robert T Rigsby |
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 \ Sally Young |
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Born: 1837-04-28 Tennessee USA
Died: 1905-04-20 Cannon Co, Tennessee USA
Marriages:
1. 1860-09-15 Rachel Jones
Children of Robert Rigsby and Rachel Jones:
Mary Elizabeth Rigsby b. 1861-07-29
Sarah B S Rigsby b. 1863-02-00
Frances Helen Rigsby b. 1866-11-14
Joseph Andrew Rigsby b. 1871-12-22
George A Rigsby b. 1873-06-00
Baalam Andrew Rigsby b. 1875-09-23

Notes:

[R14.11.4]

married in Cannon Co TN
buried in Sugar Tree Knob cemetery, Cannon Co TN

He was a farmer.

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He served in the Civil War (Confederate), Co H 10th TN Infantry.
He enlisted 1863-05-21.
He filed for a pension on 1870-07-13.
I think he also served in 35th TN infantry, Co E, with his brother Thomas.

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1900 census Cannon Co TN p78b
George Rigsby household
father Robert 63 1837-04 TN/TN/TN
mother Rachel 61 1839-xx AL/AL/AL [birth month not given]

1880 agricultural census Cannon Co TN
Robert Rigsby (sharecropper); 16 acres tilled, value of implements $6, livestock $50; total production $100; 1 horse; 1 milch cow (1 purchased); 11 swine; 17 barnyard fowl, 33 other fowl, 39 doz eggs; 8 acres Indian corn, 300 bushels; 8 acres wheat, 60 bushels; 7 acres sorghum, 30 gals molasses; Irish potatoes (amounts obscured)

1880 census Cannon Co TN p532d
Robert Rigsby 42 TN/TN/TN
wife Rachel 41 AL/VA/TN
dau Mary E 18 TN
dau Sarah B 16 TN
dau Frances H 11 TN
son Joseph 10 TN
son George A 6 TN
son Balam A 4 TN

1870 agricultural census Cannon Co TN
Robert T Rigsby; 10 acres improved, value of implements $5; 1 horse, 1 milch cow, 1 sheep, 4 swine, value $150; 30 bushels winter wheat, 200 bushels Indian corn, 20 bushels oats, 100 lbs butter, 45 gals molasses, $10 home manufacture, $80 animals slaughtered; total production $430

1870 census Cannon Co TN p226/7
Robert T 33 TN
Rachel 30 TN
Mary L 9 TN
Sarah B S 7 TN
Frances H 1 TN

1860 census Cannon Co TN p138
Thomas Rigsby 33 TN
Margaret 23 TN
Adline 4 TN
Martha 1 TN
William 8 TN
Robert 22 TN

[Thomas is his brother.]
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