Miles Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2022-11-28

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Miles Rigsby |
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 \ Elizabeth Deboard |
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Born: about 1837-00-00 Lawrence Co, Kentucky USA
Died: 1880-00-00
Marriages:
1. 1856-03-27 Martha Sagraves
Children of Miles Rigsby and Martha Sagraves:
Julia Anna Rigsby b. 1857-07-23
John W Rigsby b. about 1861-00-00 d. 1878-03-12
Fancy Miranda Rigsby b. 1862-04-17
Mary Elizabeth Rigsby b. 1864-07-20
Caroline Susan Rigsby b. 1867-03-00
Joel T Rigsby b. 1869-10-21
Nancy Jane Rigsby b. 1871-04-25

Notes:

[R17.1.3.5]

married in Johnson Co KY
buried in George Kelly cemetery, Johnson Co KY

They also had a daughter Sarah L 1875-06-25 d 1876-08-21.

Apparently he first married in Lawrence Co 1853-07-28 Polly Skaggs.

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He served in the Civil War (Confederate).
He enlisted 1862-09-20.

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1880 census Lawrence Co KY p380d
Miles Rigsbey 42 KY/NC/NC
wife Martha 43 KY/NC/NC
dau Anna J 22 KY
dau Elizabeth M 16 KY
dau Caroline S 12 KY
son Joel 10 KY
dau Jane N 8 KY

1880 agricultural census Lawrence Co KY p20
Miles Rigsby 30 acres tilled, 15 acres meadow, 30 acres woodland, value $200, implements $5, livestock $98, production $120; 1 mule, (1 calf, 2 sold); 6 sheep (2 lambs), 5 fleece, 15lbs; 6 swine, 10 barnyard fowl, 60 doz eggs; 12 acres Indian corn, 200 bushels; 40 apple trees (1 acre), 100 bushels, $15; 30 lbs honey

1860 census Lawrence Co KY p93
Miles Riggsby 23 KY
Martha 24 KY
Lucinda 9 KY
Julia A 3 KY

[Lucinda is his aunt, from his grandfather's second marriage]

1860 agricultural census Lawrence Co KY p23
Miles Riggsby 15 acres improved, 40 acres unimproved, value $150, implements $2; 1 horse, 1 milch cow, 4 sheep, 8 swine, value $51; 11 bushels rye, 75 bushels Indian corn, 20 lbs tobacco, 1 lb wool, 8 bushels sweet potatoes, orchard products $4, 50 lbs butter, 10 lbs flax, 1 lb flaxseed, 10 gals molasses, manufacture $5, animals slaughtered $10
[His line is crossed out.]
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