William Rigsby Genealogy

Record modified: 2014-08-09

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William Thomas Rigsby	\|
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Born: about 1818-00-00 Bertie Co, North Carolina USA
Died: (unknown)

Marriages:
1. Elizabeth (unknown)

Children of William Rigsby and Elizabeth (unknown):

James Frank Rigsby	b. about 1845-00-00 d. 1862-04-18
Katharine Rigsby	b. about 1848-00-00
Nelly Virginia Rigsby	b. about 1849-00-00
William Thomas II Rigsby	b. about 1851-00-00
Joseph B Rigsby	b. 1857-04-10

Notes:

[R15.x]

married in Bertie Co NC

Ancestry.com's NC marriage collection gives their marriage date as 1863-09-22, citing court records of Windsor, Bertie Co NC on Family History Microfilm 0255260.
If that date is correct, she was a second marriage and not the mother of the children listed.
I would suspect a mis-transcription of an 1836 date, but William was single and living with his father in 1840.
A descendant sends that son Joseph's death certificate gives his mother as Elizabeth Parker. Could William have been married twice, first to Elizabeth Parker and then to Elizabeth Futtrell? Note that there were Parker families in Bertie Co on the 1840 census with daughters the right age. Two of the families are even near Josiah.

He was a farmer.

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1860 Bertie County NC p6/7
William Rigsby 41 NC
Elizabeth 36 NC
James 15 NC
Virginia 11 NC
Wm Thomas 9 NC
Jos 3 NC
Aaron Cobb 5 NC

[Aaron's death cert gives his last name as Cobb, but says his parents are unknown.
Next door is Saml Cobb 29 and Sarah [Measles] 40 with a daughter 2/12 who married in 1852.]

1850 Bertie County NC p70
William Rigsby 32 NC
Elizabeth 30 NC
James F. 5 NC
Katharine 2 NC
Nelly 1 NC

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 27166

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