James Rigsby Genealogy
Record modified: 2022-12-03
Born: about 1806-00-00 South Carolina USA
Died: 1854-02-16 Allen Co, Kentucky USA
Marriages:
1. 1826-05-05 Parker Michel Brooks
Children of James Rigsby and Parker Brooks:
Notes:
[R05.2.1]
I'm not positive his son James is the one who married Savannah Marcrum, but it seems likely.
I'm not positive he was the father of Garlin and John T, but it seems most likely.
died of typhoid fever
He was a farmer.
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He and his brother Henry briefly moved to Sumner Co TN, where they married women named Brooks. I suspect their wives were sisters, but don't know for certain.
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Bondsman at James' wedding was Thomas Brooks. That may have been Parker's brother or father.
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Early TN Tax List Records
Sumner Co, 1838
James Rigsby 1 white poll, tax 12 1/2 c
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This page has:
Allen Co deaths 1852 - 1861
Rigsby, James 47/m/md 2/16/54 typhoid fever John & Elizabeth Rigsby farmer
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1850 census Allen Co KY p161a
James Rigsby 45 SC
P M Rigsby age 45 VA [Parker Brooks]
J T (m) Rigsby 15 TN [James]
C S? (f) Rigsby 12 TN [Caroline]
E F (f) Rigsby 9 KY [Emily]
A S (f) Rigsby 7 KY [Adaline]
C F (m) Rigsby 6 KY [Charles Theophalus; should be with Lemuel Atwood]
[Charles is a son of James' brother Rial, who died in 1847.]
1840 census Allen Co KY p75
Jas Rigsby 2 M 5-10, 1 M 30 - 39, 1 F <5, 1 F 10-15, 1 F 30 - 39
[James 6, Garlin c10, James c34, Caroline 2, Mary 13, Parker c35]
[son John T is with James' brother John]
1830 census Sumner Co TN p208
James Rigsby 1 M <5, 1 M 20-30, 1 F <5, 1 F 20-30
[John T 4, James 25, Mary E 3, Parker 25]
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 32350
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