Samuel Rigsby Genealogy
Record modified: 2021-04-26
Born: 1832-07-08 Georgia USA
Died: 1904-06-09 Marshall Co, Alabama USA
Marriages:
1. 1855-03-22 Nancy E Camp
Children of Samuel Rigsby and Nancy Camp:
Notes:
[R35.2.5]
married in Newton Co GA
buried in Old Arab city cemetery, Marshall Co AL
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He was a farmer.
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He served in the Civil War (Confederate), 7th Confederate cavalry Co B.
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BLM General Land Office records, Mardisville AL land office
Cleburne and Randolph Cos, serial no AL3080_.178
1844-08-01 Samuel Rigsby 40 acres
SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of section 5, Township 18 Range 13
[Is that this Samuel? He would have been only 12 years old, surely not old enough to buy land. There doesn't seem to be another Samuel in AL, though.]
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1900 census Marshall Co AL p211a
Sam J Rigsby 67 1832-07 GA/GA/GA
wife Nancy 66 1833-09 5/4 GA/GA/GA
1880 agricultural census Randolph Co GA p2
Samuel Rigsby (owns); 90 acres improved, 100 acres woodland, 30 acres old fields, value $500, implements $50, livestock $200; fertilizer $28; total production $600; 2 mules; 2 milch cows, 4 other cows (2 calves), 50 lbs butter; 20 sheep (7 lambs, 1 slaughtered, 2 died disease, 2 died stress), 16 fleeces, 25 lbs; 10 swine; 15 barnyard fowl, 4 other fowl, 30 doz eggs; 40 acres Indian corn, 400 bushels; 3 acres oats, 47 bushels; 12 acres wheat, 105 bushels; 13 acres cotton, 7 bales; 2 acres sorghum, 50 gals molasses; 1 acre sweet potatoes, 70 bushels; 40 cords wood, $40
1880 census Randolph Co AL p223b
Samuel Rigsby 49 GA/GA/GA
wife Nancy 47 GA/GA/GA
son John 21 AL
son Joshua 20 AL
fath John Rigsby 81 GA/SC/SC
moth Polly Rigsby 79 GA/SC/SC
1870 census Cleburne Co AL p334
Sam Rigsby 38 GA
Nancy E 37 GA
Lewis 15 AL
Frances 14 AL
John 11 AL
Josh 10 AL
Mary 8 AL
1860 agricultural census Randolph Co AL p29
S Rigsby; 30 acres improved, 150 acres unimproved, value $750, implements $10; 2 horses, 1 milch cow, 20 swine, value $150; 100 bushels Indian corn, 10 bushels oats, 2 bales cotton, 3 bushels Irish potatoes, 50 bushels sweet potatoes, 50 lbs butter, $100 home manufacture, $100 animals slaughtered
1860 census Randolph Co AL p453
Samuel Rigsby 27 GA
Nancy 27 GA
Frances 4 AL
T T (m) 3 AL
W L (m) 2 AL
John 8/12 AL
[T T should be Lewis J, but those are definitely T's.]
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 4258
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