Isaiah Rigsby Genealogy
Record modified: 2024-08-15
Born: 1778-00-00 North Carolina USA
Died: 1860-00-00 Chatham Co, North Carolina USA
Marriages:
1. 1800-03-04 Nancy Pendergrass
Children of Isaiah Rigsby and Nancy Pendergrass:
Notes:
[R06.3]
married in Orange Co NC
He probably died in 1860, after the census.
Did he have another daughter?
He was a farmer.
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from a web site I forgot to copy down
1801-11-24: bought land in Orange County from Titus
Atwater of SC. This land on county line and beside Buckner Caudles land.
Witnessed by John and Job Pendergrass and William Brewer.
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List of the Taxable Property in Chatham Co. for the year 1815 as per return of the Justices Appointed to
Receive them.
Capt. Flowers District:
Rigsby, Isaiah 1 poll, 137 3/4 acres, adjoining Luke Rigsby, value $200.00
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His son George O was administrator of his estate.
Among other things, he owned a tract of land worth $803, 11 hogs, 3 sheep, 3 horses, a clock, and 14 3/4 gallons of brandy.
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Chatham Co NC Deeds 1885-1886
p290-291
George O Riggsbee administrator of Isah Riggsbee to Bennett Partin; 137 3/4 acres on Cub Creek; $803
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1860 census Chatham Co NC p18b
Isaiah Riggsbee 85
Maranda S 50
[Maranda is his daughter.]
1850 Chatham Co NC p485a
Isaiah Riggsbee 72 NC
Nancy 72 NC
Sarrah 42 NC
Lucien 18 NC
1840 Chatham Co NC p196
Isaiah Rigsbee 1 M 5-10, 1 M 15-20, 1 M 60-70, 1 F 10-15, 1 F 30-40, 1 F 60-70
[Lucien 8, Thomas 20, Isaiah 62, Martha 10 , Sarah 32, Nancy 62]
[I'm pretty sure Lucien and Martha are children of Sarah. Nancy would have been over 50 when they were born, so can't be their mother. All Isaiah's sons are otherwise accounted for.]
1830 census Chatham Co NC p441
Isaiah Rigsby 1 M 5-10, 1 M 15-20, 1 M 20-30, 1 M 50-60, 1 F 10-15, 1 F 20-30, 1 F 50-60
[Thomas 10, George 18, Mitchum 28, Isaiah 52, Mary 15, Sarah 22, Nancy 52]
[Sure looks like it says "Josiah".]
1820 census Chatham Co NC p209
Isaiah Rigsby 1 M <10, 1 M 16-18, 1 M 16-26, 1 M 45+, 1 F <10, 1 F 10-16, 1 F 26-45
[George 8, Mitchum 18, Isaiah 42, Mary 5, Sarah 12, Nancy 42]
[Why is he not on any earlier census?]
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 12674
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