James Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2021-04-20

 / Thomas Rigsby
 / Paul Rigsby|
|  \ (unknown) (unknown)
James Allen Rigsby |
|  /
 \ Elizabeth Lett |
 \

Born: about 1827-00-00 Tennessee USA
Died: (unknown)
Marriages:
1. 1854-08-09 Mary Elizabeth Parker

Children of James Rigsby and Mary Parker:
John Wesley Rigsby b. 1855-07-29
William Wiley Rigsby b. 1858-02-15
Martha Jane Rigsby b. 1860-11-22
James Turner Rigsby b. about 1869-00-00
Elijah Lee Rigsby b. 1871-12-26


Notes:

[R14.8.1]

married in Carroll Co TN

He was a farmer.

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1880 agricultural census Carroll Co TN (page in bad shape)
James A Rigsby (sharecropper); 14? acres improved, 20 acres woodland, 12 acres old fields, value $100?, implements $10?, livestock $100?; 2? milch cows, (2 calves), 100 lbs butter; 2 bushels wool; 19? barnyard fowl, 11? other fowl, 150? doz eggs; 18? acres Indian corn, 200? bushels; 2 acres oats, 15 bushels, xxx; 2? acres sorghum, 25? gals molasses; 12 bushels cow peas; 4? acres Irish potatoes, 23? bushels; 1? acre tobacco, 41? lbs

1880 census Carroll Co TN p82b
James A Rigsby 54 TN/TN/TN
wife Mary E 45 TN/NC/SC
dau Martha J 19 TN
son James T 12 TN
son Elijah Lee 9 TN

1870 agricultural census Carroll Co TN
James Rigsby; 27 acres improved, value $300, implements $15; 1 horse, 2 milch cows, 2 other cows, 6 swine, value $200; 125 bushels Indian corn, 1 bale cotton, 150 lbs butter, $40 home manufacture, $60 animals slaughtered; total production $365

1870 census Carroll Co TN p427
James Rigsby 44 TN
Mary 36 TN
John 15 TN
William 12 TN
Martha 9 TN
Turner 1 TN

1860 census Carroll Co TN p70
James A Rigsby 32 TN
Elizabeth 26 TN
John W 5 TN
William 2 TN

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