Richard Rigsby Genealogy
Record modified: 2022-11-20
Born: 1846-08-28 Kentucky USA
Died: 1927-07-03 Rockcastle Co, Kentucky USA
Marriages:
1. Mary Virginia Jane Murray
Children of Richard Rigsby and Mary Murray:
Notes:
[R13.2.1.7]
They also had a daughter Mary c1878 d 1880-02-xx.
also married in Rockcastle Co KY 1901-12-31 Fannie M Burton c1875 KY d 1929-01-28 Rockcastle Co KY d/o Ruben Burton + Lucy Owens
buried in William Hysinger cemetery, Rockcastle Co KY
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He was a farmer.
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On the 1880 census mortality schedule for Rockcastle Co is Mary Rigsby age 2.
The population schedule shows only 3 Rigsby families in Rockcastle Co: this Richard and his brothers James and Thomas. James had a daughter Mary 1848, and Thomas had a daughter Mary 1877. Thus the Mary who died must be from Richard.
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1920 census Rockcastle Co KY p278a
Richard Rigsby 78 KY/KY/KY
wife Fannie 45 KY/KY/KY
1910 census Rockcastle Co KY p220b
Richard Rigsby 64 KY/KY/KY
wife Fannie 35 KY/KY/KY
1900 census Rockcastle Co KY p153a
Orus Bowers household
boarder Richard Rigsby 53 1846-08 KY/OH/KY
[Orus married Richard's daughter Summers.]
1880 census Rockcastle Co KY p335a
Richard Rigsby 33 KY/KY/KY
wife Mary V 46 KY/KY/KY
dau Ucatan 18 KY
son Charles 13 KY
dau Somers 10 KY
son Perander 8 KY
[Ucatan and Charles are not Rigsby, but Lewis.]
1880 agricultural census Rockcastle Co KY p21
Richard Rigsby (owns) 100 acres tilled, 75 acres meadow, 100 acres woodland, value $1000, implements $25, livestock $700, fences $75, labor paid $15, production $350; 12 acres grassland mown, 63 acres grassland not mown, 5 tons hay; 7 horses, 2 oxen, 3 milch cows, 11 other cattle (3 calves, 1 purchased, 8 sold), 365 lbs butter; 8 sheep slaughtered; 18 swine, 50 barnyard fowl, 62 other fowl, 400 doz eggs; 20 acres Indian corn, 185 bushels; 4 acres oats, 10 bushels; 12 acres wheat, 65 bushels; 1/2 acre sorghum, 15 gals molasses; 6 bushels dry beans; 1/2 acre Irish potatoes, 17 bushels, 1/2 acre sweet potatoes, 35 bushels; 75 apple trees (4 acres), 300 bushels, $25; 25 cords wood, $25
1870 census Rockcastle Co KY p49
Richard Rigsby 24 KY
Jane 37 KY
Thomas J Lewis 13 KY
Lucy A Lewis 11 KY
J Lewis (f) 8 KY [must be Ucatan]
Charles K Lewis 3 KY
1870 agricultural census Rockcastle Co KY p9
Richard Rigsby 40 acres improved, 25 acres woodland, 90 acres unimproved, value $500, implements $50; 3 horses, 2 mules, 2 milch cows, 4 oxen, 1 other cow, 20 sheep, 14 swine, value $800; 14 bushels winter wheat, 250 bushels Indian corn, 75 bushels oats, 50 lbs tobacco, 50 lbs wool, 53 bushels peas and beans, 10 bushels Irish potatoes, orchard products $20, 100 lbs butter, 10 gals molasses, manufacture $85, animals slaughtered $185, production $454
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 9630
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