Wiley Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2023-08-10

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Wiley Taylor Rigsby |
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 \ Margaret Johnson |
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Born: 1809-01-07 Georgia USA
Died: 1895-03-20 Cairo, Grady Co, Georgia USA
Marriages:
1. 1830-00-00 Jane R Blair
Children of Wiley Rigsby and Jane Blair:
Mary Ann Margaret Rigsby b. 1832-06-11
Lewis Johnson Rigsby b. 1834-01-09
James Roberson Rigsby b. 1835-05-02
Andrew Jackson Rigsby b. 1837-07-15 d. 1862-02-23
Eliza Jane Rigsby b. 1839-03-29
Amos Vatin Rigsby b. 1841-04-07 d. 1851-00-00
Samuel David Rigsby b. 1843-11-01
Thomas Wiley Rigsby b. 1845-08-15
John Allen Rigsby b. 1847-08-20
William Jefferson Rigsby b. 1851-11-29

Notes:

[R35.7]

He also married 1868-03-10 Mary Ann (unknown, widow of Draffin) 1820-08-04 Mecklenburg NC d 1869-11-01 Decatur Co GA.
He also married in Thomas Co GA 1870-10-19 Sarah A P Ramsey c1820 GA.
buried in Long Branch cemetery, Grady Co GA

He was a farmer.

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Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1893

1848
Randolph Co, Randolph
Wiley T Rigsby 1 poll, tax 77 cents

1849
Randolph Co, Randolph
Wiley T Rigsby 1 poll, pine 202 1/2 acres, tax 58 1/10 cents

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Thomas Co GA Grantees Index to Deeds 1826-1910

Grantee, Grantor, Inst type, Book, Page, inst date, acres, lot, dist, description
W J Rigsby, E J Dunlap, Wd, Z, 405, 1879-11-12, 4, 21, 18, blank
W J Rigsby, John W Pearce, WD, S, 239, 1882-01-23, 1/2, blank, blank, Cairo
W T Rigsby, D M Griffin, WD, X, 569, 1883-11-02, blank, 21, 18, blank
W T Rigsby, Alexander M Godwin, WD, W, 44, 1885-11-16, 3/4, 22, 18, blank
W T & Sarah A P Rigsby, M B J Maddox, WD, Z, 694, 1886-12-07, 5, 382, 17, blank
S A P Rigsby, W T Rigsby, FS, X, 468, 1888-11-13, blank, 22, 18, Cairo
Sarah A P Rigsby, Mary H & C English, WD, V, 301, 1885-12-14, 5, 22, 18, Cairo

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1880 census Thomas Co GA p383a
Wiley T Rigsby 71 GA/NC/NC
wife Sarah A P 60 GA/GA/GA
gnie Lula Whitfield 11 GA/GA/GA

1870 agricultural census Decatur Co GA p7
Willey T Rigsby; 60 acres improved, 65 acres unimproved, value $1000, implements $50; 1 horse, 4 milch cows, 6 other cows, 15 swine, value $225; 150 bushels Indian corn, 50 bushels oats, 3 bales cotton, 10 bushels peas and beans, 25 bushels sweet potatoes, 25 lbs butter, 1/10 hogshead cane sugar, 50 gals molasses, $100 animals slaughtered; total production $681

1870 census Decatur Co GA p69
Willey T Rigsby 52 GA [should be 61]
Samuel D 27 GA
Josephine 21 GA
William J 18 GA
John A 23 GA
Thomas W 25 GA

[Josephine is Samuel's wife.]

1860 agricultural census Decatur Co GA
Willey Rigsby; 40 acres improved, 50 unimproved, value $500, implements $100; 2 horses, 1 mule; 5 milch cows, 2 oxen, 2 other cows, 28 swine, value $450; 350 bushels Indian corn

1860 census Decatur Co GA p149
Wiley Rigsby 50
Jane 45
James 24
Andrew 22
Samuel 16
Thomas 14
John 12
Jefferson 10

1850 Randolph Co GA p376b/377a
Wiley Rigsby 40 GA
Jane 38 SC
M A (f) 17 GA [Mary Ann]
L J (m) 15 GA [Lewis Johnson]
J R (m) 14 GA [James Roberson]
Allen J 13 GA [Andrew Jackson]
Eliza 11 GA [Eliza Jane]
Ave? 9 GA [Amos Vatin]
S D (m) 7 GA [Samuel David]
T W (m) 5 GA [Thomas Wiley]
J A (m) 3 GA [John Allen]

1840 census Randolph Co AL p208
William T Rigsby 2 M <5, 1 M 5-10, 1 M 40-50, 1 F <5, 1 F 5-10, 1 F 30-40
[Andrew 3, James 5, Lewis 6, Wiley 31, Eliza 1, Mary 7, Jane c28]
[This has to be Wiley. His age must be marked wrong.]
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