Willis Rigsby Genealogy
Record modified: 2022-11-20
Born: 1830-01-00 Lawrence Co, Kentucky USA
Died: 1904-08-30 Johnson Co, Kentucky USA
Marriages:
1. 1853-07-28 Mary Jane Skaggs
Children of Willis Rigsby and Mary Skaggs:
Notes:
[R17.1.3.1]
married in Lawrence Co KY
Did he also have a daughter Alma?
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He was a farmer.
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He served in the Civil War (Union).
He enlisted 1864-05-21.
He filed for a pension on 1892-05-06. (I may have the year wrong.)
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This page has:
births Lawrence Co KY
Rigsby, Manda J May 3, 1855 F A Miller [sb Willis] Rigsby and Mary Skaggs Laurel
Rigsby, Jeremiah March 26, 1859 M A Willis Rigsby and Mary Scaggs Upper Laurel
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KY Secretary of State web site
Johnson Co
Grant book 60 p339, patent 33593
Jeremiah Scaggs and Willis E Rigsby
60 acres, Upper Laurel fork of Blaine Creek
survey 1860-07-30, grant 1860-11-27
Lawrence Co
Grant book 62 p354, patent 34666
Willis Rigsby
16 acres, Upper Laurel fork, Big Blaine Creek
survey 1861-07-26, grant 1861-12-24
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US IRS Tax Assessment Lists 1862 - 1918
KY district 9, 1865?
Willis Rigsby, distiller; tax $10.46
KY district 6, 1865-09-xx
Willis Rigsby, distiller; tax $8.33
KY district 9, 1866?
Willis Rigsby, distilled spirits; tax $84
Willis Rigsby, 100 percent penalty; tax $84
Willis Rigsby, distilled spirits; tax $44
Willis Rigsby, 100 percent penalty; tax $44
[I think that's this Willis.]
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1880 census Johnson Co KY p151d
Willis Riggsby 50 KY/KY/KY
wife Mary Jane 48 KY/KY/KY
son Jeremiah 22 KY
son Lucas M 20 KY
dau Catharine A 18 KY
dau Jincy E 15 KY
servant Mary A Mora? 20
1880 agricultural census Johnson Co KY p22
Willis Riggsby (owns) 60 acres improved, 20 acres meadow, 20 acres woodland, value $400, implements $10, livestock $140, production $150; 18 acres grassland not mown; 2 horses, 1 milch cow, 75 lbs butter; 9 sheep (5 lambs, 1 killed), 6 fleece, 18 lbs; 10 swine, 5 barnyard fowl, 11 other fowl, 55 doz eggs; 18 acres Indian corn, 250 bushels; 1 acre rye, 10 bushels; 3 acres wheat, 25 bushels; 8 bushels dry beans; 28 lbs broom corn; 1/8 acre Irish potatoes, 11 bushels; 1/4 acre sweet potatoes, 20? bushels; 25 lbs tobacco; 15 cords wood, $15
1870 census Johnson Co KY p125
Willis Rigsby 40 KY
Polly 39 KY
Amanda J 15 KY
Jeremiah 12 KY
Lewis 9 KY
Catharine 7 KY
Elizabeth 4 KY
1860 census Lawrence Co KY p93
Willis Riggsby 30 KY
Mary 28 KY
Thomas 20 KY
Amanda J 5 KY
Jeremiah 2 KY
1860 agricultural census Lawrence Co KY p23
Willis E Riggsby 40 acres improved, 50 acres unimproved, value $400, implements $5; 1 horse, 1 milch cow, 2 oxen, 2 other cattle, 10 sheep, 18 swine, value $250; 23 bushels wheat, 16 bushels rye, 250 bushels Indian corn, 100 lbs tobacco, 15 lbs wool; 4 bushels Irish potatoes, 4 bushels sweet potatoes, orchard products $3, 50 lbs butter, 20 lbs flax, 3 lbs flaxseed, 20 gals molasses, manufacture $35, animals slaughtered $75
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