James Rigsby Genealogy
Record modified: 2024-07-13
Born: about 1735-00-00
Died: (unknown)
Marriages:
1. Elizabeth Partin
Children of James Rigsby and Elizabeth Partin:
Notes:
[R06]
Warning: I don't have proof about this James.
From other researchers I have heard that James Rigsby + Elizabeth Partin were the parents of Luke and Isaiah. I haven't found anything to confirm this, but it does seem likely.
Jesse Rigsby married a Partin, and I think Thomas Rigsby did too. Thomas appears to be a brother or close relative of Frederick, and Frederick is supposed to have had brothers James and Jesse. This would appear to be the James, and it's believable he married a Partin.
There definitely were Partin families in Orange and Chatham counties, and they seem to have intermarried with several families who also married Rigsbys.
I suspect the four brothers were sons of James Rigsby + Wilmot Oldham.
I am also guessing at his birth date. If he was the father of Luke, he would have to be born no later than 1744. If he was the father of Isaiah he most likely was born after 1720. To fit in with Jesse, Thomas, and Frederick, he probably was born in the late 1730s. So I'm putting him at about 1735, but that could be off by 5 years or even more.
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Orange Co / Chatham Co records
25 July 1772 - James Riggsby to Jon Morgin, Gent. - 20 pds. - 300 a. - land whereon I now dwell -
part of a tract of land granted from Earl Granville to Mark Morgin, Gent., and from the said Mark
Morgin to the above said James Riggsby.
Wit: Enoch Lewis James Riggsby
Gwen Massey
[Note: Drury proved by oath a deed from Morgan in 1790.]
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North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960
Chatham Co NC
1780-02-14 James Rigsby; grant #641; 200 acres; book 55 p72; on the head waters of Jokeberry Creek
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[Note: The above two records might instead be James Rigsby who married Wilmot Oldham.]
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Are these him?
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (1790-1794)
8 May 1790
James Rigsbee & Ruth his wife be sighted to make their appearance at the next court to Accept or
Refuse Administration of the Estate of the late John Morton deceased.
Chatham Co NC Deeds 1794-1798
p149-150
1793-08-13 James Rigsby and wife Ruth to Davie Poe and William Murton; 100 acres on Haw River; L500
Note that Luke and Travis lived near Haw River.
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 3428
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