John Rigsby Genealogy
Record modified: 2010-12-31
Born: about 1815-00-00 Smith Co, Tennessee USA
Died: (unknown)
Marriages:
1. (unknown) (unknown)
2. 1845-11-04 Margaret Adams
Children of John Rigsby and (unknown) (unknown):
Children of John Rigsby and Margaret Adams:
Notes:
[R05.1.4]
I am not positive he was a son of Daniel, but he seems to be related to Harris Lawson, who I have decided was a son of Daniel. There is a chance that one or both were children of Daniel's brother Wright.
married Margaret in White Co TN
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A query on this page says that John and/or his wife may have been American Indians.
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He was a farmer.
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I'm pretty sure he served in the Civil War (Confederate), 7th TN cavalry Co G.
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Caron's Directory of the City of Louisville (KY) 1884, p622
John W Rigsby, carpenter Jackson & Spencer, boards 1102 12th
[I think that's him. His brother is also in Louisville.]
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1870 census Breckinridge Co KY p17
John Rigsby 54 KY
Margaret 40? TN
Larson 22 TN
John 1 KY
Sarah Board
[It looks like the younger John is son of Larson. (See notes for wife of this John.) But where is Larson's wife? Did she die soon after childbirth?]
1860 census Macon Co TN p65
J Rigsby 44 KY
Margaret 33 TN
Celia 22 TN [Sally]
H L (m) 12 TN
1850 census White Co TN p120/121
John Rigsby 35 TN
Margaret Rigsby 25 TN
James R 10 TN
Sally 8 TN
Lawson 3 TN
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 20581
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