Joseph Riggsbee Genealogy

Record modified: 2024-05-06

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	/	Warren Rigsby	\|
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Joseph McKinley Riggsbee	\|
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	\	Elizabeth Chisenhall	\|
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Born: 1824-01-00 North Carolina USA
Died: 1904-04-25 Durham Co, North Carolina USA

Marriages:
1. 1856-12-16 Nancy Jane Mayton

Children of Joseph Riggsbee and Nancy Mayton:

John William Dawson Riggsbee	b. 1857-12-00
James Young Walter Riggsbee	b. 1859-12-05
Margaret Riggsbee	b. 1862-03-20
George Washington Riggsbee	b. 1864-05-03
Lucy Ann Riggsbee	b. 1876-10-10
Mahala Peggy Riggsbee	b. 1876-10-10

Notes:

[R33.5]

married in Wake Co NC
both buried in Roycroft-Summerlin family cemetery, Durham Co NC (with incorrect birth dates on their stones)

A transcription of the cemetery with added information says that Joseph's father was Warren.

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He was a farmer.

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Wake Co NC Deeds 1845-1850

p119
1846-05-12 Joseph Rigsby to William Laws and Mark A Tate & Co; 125 acres in Wake Co; $226.27

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1900 census Durham Co NC p250a
(unreadable) [Young] Riggsbee household
father Joseph 76 1824-01 NC/NC/NC
mother Nancy 67 1833-01 NC/NC/NC

1880 census Wake Co NC p192b
Joseph Riggsbee 56 NC/NC/NC
wife Nancy 42 NC/NC/NC
son James Y W 18 NC
dau Maggie 16 NC
son George W 14 NC
dau Lucy A 4 NC

1870 census Wake Co NC p165
Tenin? Rigsby 40 NC
Nancy 40 NC
John 12 NC
Young 11 NC
Margaret 9 NC
George 7 NC

[I don't know why he is listed as "Tenin".]

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 14850

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