James Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2021-04-28

			/	James Rigsby
	/	William Rigsby	\|
	\|		\	Rebecca Moore
James Edward Rigsby	\|
	\|		/
	\	Martha King	\|
			\

Born: 1826-05-23 North Carolina USA
Died: 1883-07-22

Marriages:
1. 1856-11-13 Harriet Lucretia Cole

Children of James Rigsby and Harriet Cole:

Everett Olin Rigsbee	b. 1859-12-27
Emma Octave Rigsbee	b. 1862-01-23
Dora Allen Rigsbee	b. 1864-07-08
James Horace Rigsbee	b. 1866-04-25
Lula Dale Rigsbee	b. 1868-08-09
Edward Clarence Rigsbee	b. 1871-07-26
John Buchanan Rigsbee	b. 1873-06-20
Mattie Dolly Lou Rigsbee	b. 1875-10-20 d. 1967-02-27

Notes:

[R02.2.6]

He used the "ee" spelling.
married in Gibson Co TN
buried in Rutherford cemetery, Gibson Co TN

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Also buried in Rutherford cemetery are three Rigsbee children, with no dates given:
Myrtle age 3 months
Wilsey age 15 months
Curtis age 3 years
Presumably these are children of James + Harriet.

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1880 agricultural census Gibson Co TN p10
J E Rigsbee (sharecropper); value of implements $60, livestock $100; total production $25; 1 horse; 1 milch cow, 1 other cow (1 calf), 25 lbs butter; 16 swine; 11 other fowl, 25 doz eggs; 2 acres Indian corn, 10 bushels; 5 bushels Irish potatoes, 5 bushels sweet potatoes; 25 cords wood, $40

1880 census Gibson Co TN p349b
J E Rigsbee 54 NC/NC/NC [James]
wife H L 39 TN/NC/NC [Harriet Cole]
son E O 20 TN [Everett]
dau E O 18 NC [Emma]
dau D A 15 NC [Dora]
son J H 13 TN [James Horace]
dau L D 11 TN [Lula D]
son C C 8 TN [Ned]
son J B 6 TN [John Buchanan]
dau M D L 4 TN [Mattie]
son W C 2 TN [Curtis]
son Wilson 3m TN

1870 census Gibson Co TN p376
James Risbee 44 NC
Harriet 33 TN
Everett 10 TN
Emma 8 TN
Dora 6 TN
Horace 4 TN
Loulia 2 TN
Jack Hicky 35 B TN
Mary Baludja? 35 B TN

1860 census Gibson Co TN p216a
J E Rigsby 35 NC
Harriet 20 TN
Everett 2/3 (?) TN

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 13358

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