Thomas Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2024-06-15

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Born: 1821-07-00 Wake Co, North Carolina USA
Died: 1919-07-16 North Carolina USA
Marriages:
1. 1838-03-24 Matilda Maria Stanley
Children of Thomas Rigsby and Matilda Stanley:
Gaston E Riggsbee b. about 1839-00-00
Martha Ann Rigsby b. 1842-03-29
Wright Rigsby b. about 1843-00-00
Warren Rigsby b. about 1845-00-00
Thomas Wesley Rigsby b. about 1847-00-00
Stanwick Young Richard Rigsbee b. about 1851-00-00
Alvis T Rigsby b. about 1851-00-00
Peleg Rigsby b. about 1856-00-00
Elizabeth Rigsby b. 1858-01-00
William Calvin Riggsbee b. about 1861-00-00
Sterling Price Riggsbee b. about 1863-00-00

Notes:

[R33.4]

married in Wake Co NC
buried in Raleigh Riggsbee family cemetery, Chatham Co NC [I think that's this Thomas.]

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He was a farmer.

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I think he served in the Civil War (Confederate), 14th NC infantry Co E.

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Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878
Wake Co NC

Rations issued to destitute Whites
(no volume) 1867-08-05 (no end date); Thomas Rigsbee (count and amount not given)

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Wake Co NC Deeds 1871-1872

p130-131
1860-09-12 Peleg Rogers et al to Thomas Riggsbee; 17 acres in Wake Co; $15

p607-608
1867-03-01 Thomas Riggsbee to J J Ferrell; 6 acres+ in Wake Co; $33

p647-648
1867-03-01 J J Ferrell to Thomas Riggsbee; 2 tracts on Chuky Pope Creek; 6 6/10 acres of land and $31

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Wake Co NC Deeds 1876

p315-316
1876-05-13 Thomas Riggsbee to A M Riggsbee; 150 acres where I now live; $1

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Wake Co NC Deeds 1876-1877

p718
1876-12-12 Thomas Riggsbee & wife Matilda to Standwick? Riggsbee; 97 acres in Wake Co; $300

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Wake Co NC Deeds 1880-1881

p630-632
1880-10-18 Thomas Riggsbee & Wife to Jesse F Glunes?; 17 1/2 acres in Wake Co; $250

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1910 census Durham Co NC p55a
Thomas Riggsbee 77 NC/NC/NC
[lives alone]

1900 census Durham Co NC p249a
Thomas Riggsbee 78 1821-07 NC/NC/NC
wife Matilda 80 1820-05 12/5 NC/NC/NC
dau Bettie Mayton 42 1858-01 NC

1880 census Wake Co NC p189d
Thomas Riggsbee 60 NC/NC/NC
wife Matilda 67 NC/NC/NC
son William C 19 NC
dau Elizabeth 19 NC
son Starling C 17 NC

1870 census Wake Co NC p167
Thomas Riggsby 55 NC
Matilda 54 NC
Martha Ann 32 NC
Alvis 19 NC
Young 18 NC
Peleg 14 NC
William 9 NC
Elizabeth 9 NC
Sterling 7 NC

1860 census Wake Co NC p100
Thomas Rigsbee 44 NC
Matilda 45 NC
Gaston 21 NC
Wright 17 NC
Ann 19 NC
Warren 15? NC
Thomas 13 NC
Alvis 12 NC
Young 9 NC
Peleg 4 NC

1850 census Wake Co NC p235b
Thomas Jr Rigsby 27 NC
Matilda 29 NC
Gaston (m) 11 NC
Martha 8 NC
Wright 7 NC
Warren 5 NC
Wesley 1 NC

1840 census Wake Co NC p276
Thomas Rigsby 1 M <5, 1 M 5-10, 1 M 20-30, 2 F <5, 1 F 20-30
[Gaston 1, x, Thomas 19, x, x, Matilda Stanly 20]
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