John Rigsby Genealogy
Record modified: 2016-01-16
Born: 1810-08-02 North Carolina USA
Died: 1880-11-02 Schuyler Co, Illinois USA
Marriages:
1. 1836-05-15 Martha Teaney
Children of John Rigsby and Martha Teaney:
Notes:
[R58]
Apparently his mother was Leann or Leannah c1780 NC.
Family stories among his descendants hint that his mother may not have been married.
DNA tests show that John E doesn't match any Rigsby family, so the family stories are true.
Interestingly, his DNA is fairly close to R84 Henry.
My best guess is that she was a daughter of R06 Luke, or possibly a sister.
married in Schuyler Co IL
both buried in Scotts cemetery, McDonough Co IL
He was a farmer.
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"Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Schuyler County"
p695
He arrived in Schuyler Co IL in 1832, and about 1835 settled on the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of section 17.
He referred to his claim as "Guinea Prairie", and the neighborhood is, to this day, known by that name.
Also settling in the same quarter as John were William Manlove and his brother-in-law William Huff, both from NC.
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Apparently he and his family started spelling their name Rigsbee about 1860.
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see The Rushville [Schuyler Co IL] Times, Wednesday, July 6, 2005, page 8A, column 4
or email me for a copy of the article
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Schuyler Co IL Will Book B p112/113
The last will and testament of John E Rigsbee of the town
of Brooklyn in the county of Schuyler and state of Illinois, made and
published the 26th day of August in the year One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Eighty.
I, John E Rigsbee of the town of Brooklyn
in the county of Schuyler and state of Illinois of the age of 70 years, and
being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this
my Last Will and Testament in the manner following, that is to say:
First it is my will that my funeral expenses and all my just debts be fully
paid.
Second I give and devise bequeath to my children & heris at law all my pers-
onal estate, after the payment of my debts & funeral expenses, in equal share
among them, my grand daughter Laura Shuler to represent her deceased mother.
Third I give devise & bequeath to my son Lamech T Rigsbee & to his heirs &
assigns forever the South East quarter of the North East quarter of section seven
(7) in township three (3) North of range three (3) West and the North half
of the North East quarter of the South East quarter of said section seven (7) in
same township & range, subject to the payment of one fourth of all my just
debts & funeral expenses as well as the sum of twenty five dollars to my grand
daughter Laura A Shuler, the same to be paid to her within two years after my death.
Fourth I give devise & bequeath to my daughter Ann L Scott wife of James
M Scott and to her heirs and assigns forever the North half of the North East
quarter of the North East quarter of section seven (7) also the South West quarter
of the South East quarter of the South East quarter of said section seven (7) all
in township three (3) north of range three (3) west of the fourth principal mer-
idian in said county subject to the payment of one fourth of my just debts
& funeral expenses and the payment to my grand daughter Laura A Shuler the
sum of twenty five dollars within two years after my death.
Fifth I give devise & bequeath to my daughter Eliza M Burton & to her heirs
& assigns forever the the [sic] South half of the North East quarter of the South
East quarter of section seven (7) also the North half of the South East quarter
of the South East quarter of section seven (7) all in township three (3)
north of range three (3) west of the fourth principal meridian in said county
of Schuyler subect to the payment of one fourth of my just debts & funeral
expenses and to the paymenbt of the sum of twenty five dollars to my grand
daughter Laura A Shuler within two years after my death.
Sixth I give devise & bequeath to my daughter Cornelia J Purdum and to
her heirs and assigns forever the South half (S 1/2) of the North East quarter
of the North East quarter of said section seven (7) and the South East quarter
of the South East quarter of the South East quarter of of [sic] said section seven (7)
all in township three (3) north of range three (3) west in said
county of Schuyler, subject to the payment of one fourth of my debts & funeral
expenses & the payment of the sum of twenty five dollars to my grand daughter
Laura A Shuler within two years after my death.
Seventh All the foregoing devises a made subject to a lease of the foregoing
land made by me to my said son Lamech T Rigsbee six years to run from
March 1st 1880.
Now it is my will that if I should die before the expiration of said lease,
that after the payment of my debts & funeral expenses out the rents, that the
balance of said rents shall go to my said children (devisees herein named)
according to the number of acres devised to each.
Lastly I hereby nominate and appoint my friend Robert S Blackburn
of Brooklyn to be the Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, hereby
revoking all former wills by me made.
In witness thereof I have herewith set my hand and seal this 26th day
of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty.
John E Rigsbee
Witness John C Bagby, Geo H Bagby, John S Bagby
[proved 1880-11-23]
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1880 census Schuyler Co IL p332d
James Scott family
wife Ann L 35 IL/NC/VA
f-l John E Rigsbee 69 NC/NC/NC
1870 census Schuyler Co IL p39
John E Rigsby 59 NC
Martha 60 VA
Eliza 21 IL
Lamech? T (m) 19 IL
1865 IL state census, Schuyler Co p52
John E Riggsbee 3 M, 4 F
[Lemach, George or Marion, John, Eliza, Ann, Cornelia, Martha]
1860 census Schuyler Co IL p248
John E Rigsby 50 NC
Martha 50 VA
Cornelia 21 IL
Marion C 19 IL
George W 17 IL
Ann 15 IL
Eliza 11 IL
Theodore 9 IL
1855 IL state census, Schuyler Co p26 (water-damaged)
John Rigsby 1 M <10, 2 M 10-20, 1 M 40-50, 1 F <10, 3? F 10-20, 1 F 40-50
[Theodore 4, George 12, Calvin 14, John 45, Eliza 7, Ann 10, Cornelia 16, Martha 45]
1850 Agricultural Census Schuyler Co IL
John Rigsby -- 40 acres improved, 85 acres unimproved; farm value $1000, implements $25;
1 horse, 2 milch cows, 7 other cows, 16 sheep, 40 swine; 60 bushels wheat, 300
bushels Indian corn, 125 bushels oats; 43 lbs wool, 130 lbs butter, 6 tons hay
1850 census Schuyler Co IL p355
John Rigsby 40 NC
Martha 40 VA
Sarah 13 IL
Caroline? 11 IL
Calvin 9 IL
George W 7 IL
Ann 5 IL
Eliza 2 IL
Leann? 70 NC
1840 census Schuyler Co IL p91
John E Rigslee 1 M 20-30, 2 F 0-5, 1 F 20-30
[John 30, Caroline? 1, Sarah 3, Martha 30]
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 13388
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