1850: Alabama to Mississippi
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Annotated Rigsby Census
Ken Hinds 8/06/06
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1850
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Alabama
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Barbour Co
p111a
[R35.10] Thomas Rigsby 32 GA
Mary 29 NC
John T 10 AL
Thomas 9 AL
Allen 7 AL
Wiley 5 AL
William 4 AL
James 2 AL
[He dies; she moves to Randolph Co AL.]
[she is in Henry Co AL for the 1855 state census]
[son Thomas moves to Davidson Co TN]
--
Jefferson Co
p188
[R75] George O Rigsby 34 NC
Mary A 24 SC
John 5 AL
William 3 AL
Rebecca 2 AL
[moves to Attala Co MS]
--
Randolph Co
p327b
[R35.2] John Rigsby 50 NC
Mary 50 NC
Mary 16 GA
Allan 14 GA
Margaret 12 GA
John 10 GA
Wiley 8 AL
Nancy 6 AL
p352b
[R35.2.2] William Rigsby 23 AL
Sarah 22 GA[Sarah Saxon]
Nancy 1 GA
Charles Saxon 20 AL
[I'm pretty sure Charles is Sarah's brother.]
--
Shelby Co
p226
Miles J Horton Jr household
[R11.6.1] Hillsmore Rigsby 17 AL[Hillman]
[moves to Talladega Co AL]
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Arkansas
--
Hot Springs
p310
[R14.10] John Rigsby 51 VA
Benjamin 16 TN
George 14 TN
James 12 TN
Keziah 10 TN
John 18 TN
Nancy Tippet 16 TN
[This family is also listed in DeKalb Co TN.]
[apparently John Sr dies before 1860]
[John Jr returns to (or remains in) DeKalb Co]
[George moves to Dallas Co AR]
p311
[R14.10.1] William H Rigsby 28 TN[William Hiram]
Jane 28 TN
Elizabeth 7 TN
Sally 6 TN
Lucinda 2 TN
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California
--
El Dorado Co
p469
[R76] Edward Rigsby 21 KY[miner for gold]
[He pretty much has to be a son of R05.2 John or R13.2.1
Robert.]
[I don't see him after this, unless he is the George E
Rigsby age 30 in El Dorado Co in 1870.]
--
Sacramento Co
p193
[R23.5] George Rigsby 21 VA
Charles Thompson 35 OH
George W Campbell 20 MO
[The only Rigsby with a son <5 in VA in 1830 was
R23 David.]
[I don't see him after this.]
------------------------------
District of Columbia
--
Washington DC
p36
[R57.1] Stanslaw Rigsby 60 MD
Mary 30 DC
Malinda 25 DC
Archabel 23 DC
[He died in 1850. I don't see Archibald after this.]
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Georgia
--
Cobb Co
p98
[R35.4] Allen Rigsby 45 GA
Mary 49 NC
Bethina? 22 GA[Bethany]
William 20 GA
John W 18 GA
Mary C 15 GA
Martha 13 GA
[Bethany was not with him in 1840.]
[John moves to Richmond Co GA, I think]
[I don't see William in 1860, but in 1870 he is in Freestone
Co TX]
--
Coffee Co
p275a
Lydia Kimmey 77 GA
John W Rigby 25 GA
[Is this the John W Rigsby in Schley Co GA in 1860?]
--
Crawford Co
p409b
Jesse Rigsby 62 NC[I think his age must be wrong.]
Ann 53 NC
S A (f) 22 GA
Martha 18 GA
Green 14 GA
[moves to Monroe Co AL?]
[really Rigby]
--
Dade Co
p25b
Isaiah Lowe household
Mary Riggsby 25 AL
James Riggsby 6 GA
John Riggsby 5 GA
[Could she be Isaiah's daughter?]
[I don't see them after this. Did she remarry and change
the children's names?]
--
Houston Co
p305b
[R35.2.1] Lawson Rigby 24 GA
Elizabeth 20 GA[Elizabeth Henderson]
slave (m) 18
slave (m) 17
[moves to Choctaw Co AL]
p313
Irwin Rigby 32 GA
Epsy 31 GA
William A Barker 13 GA
John Barker 12 GA
William J 10 GA
Nancy 4 GA
Arza (m) 1 GA
[probably really Rigby]
--
Meriwether Co
p333b
Billington Leverette household
[R11.5.4] Vicy Rigsby (f) 17 GA
p348a
Noah Roe household
[R11.5] William Rigsby 50 GA
[moves back to Troup Co GA]
John Williams household
[R11.5.3] John Rigsby 18 GA
[moves to Marion Co GA, I think]
p373b
John Philips household
[R11.5.6] Martha Rigsby 14 GA
[Presumably these are children of William. Mary Patterson
seems to have died.]
--
1850 Randolph Co
p347b
[R35.1] Samuel Rigsby 52 GA
Rachael 48 SC
T A (f) 26 GA[Tabitha]
A J (m) 22 GA[Allen Jefferson]
Samuel L 20 GA
Louiza 18 GA
J C (m) 8 GA
S H (m) 6 GA
T S (f) 4 GA
[Son Samuel marries in 1851, but I don't see him in 1860
or later.]
[The three youngest children do not appear in 1860.]
p356b
Samuel Thompson household
(unk) Rigsby
[This is a strange entry. Samuel is the last line on 356a.
356b has only one entry, with the name Rigsby and sex F.
357a starts with a Wright family.]
p362
Nancy Rigsby 30 GA[Nancy Measles, widow of R34.1 Enoch]
Enoch 9 GA
Martha 7 GA
Meremy 4 GA
Nancy 2 GA
[I don't see her or the children after this. Presumably she
re-married, and the children changed their names.]
p376b/377a
[R35.7] Wiley Rigsby 40 GA
Jane 38 SC[Jane R Blair]
M A (f) 17 GA[Mary Ann]
L J (m) 15 GA[Lewis Johnson]
J R (m) 14 GA[James Roberson]
Allen J 13 GA[Andrew Jackson]
Eliza 11 GA[Eliza Jane]
Ave? 9 GA[Amos Vatin]
S D (m) 7 GA[Samuel David]
T W (m) 5 GA[Thomas Wiley]
J A (m) 3 GA[John Allen]
[moves to Decatur Co GA]
p377
[R35] Allen Rigsby 80 NC
Margaret 79 NC
[moves to Decatur Co GA]
p400
[R77] Thomas Rigby 54 SC
Mary 48 SC
Thomas 13 GA
L Ellen (m) 10 GA
Margaret 8 GA
Ann M Burnett 28 SC
[could he be R22? R47?]
[He doesn't appear before or after this. It looks like he's
really Rigby.]
p409
D B Kirkland household
Benj F Bigby 13 GA[I'm pretty sure it's Bigby.]
--
Troup Co
p145a
Mary Rigsby 76 NC[widow of R11]
Mary Jr 28 GA
William Patterson 5 GA
--
Union Co
p210a
[R78] Wiley Rigsby 44 NC
Elizabeth 29 NC
Nancy 11 GA
Caroline 8 GA
Mary 6 GA
Emeline 5 GA
Joseph 1 GA
[moves to Polk Co TN]
--
Upson Co
p322b
[R79] Augustus Rigsby 26 GA
Mary 18 GA
Nancy 3 GA
James 2 GA
Hanny? (f) 34 GA
[s/o R35.2 John?]
[moves to Crawford Co GA]
[Rigby family on p324]
--
Walker Co
p385b
[R14.5.1] William Rigsby 35 NC
Lucinda 35 TN
James L 16 TN
John M 14 TN
William G 13 TN
Sarah I/J 11 TN
Mary A 10 TN
Benj F 9 TN
Rachel 7 TN
Martha 5 TN
Lucinda 3 TN
Frances E 7/12 GA
[moves to Bledsoe Co TN]
[I don't see son James in 1860, but he is in Bledsoe Co TN
in 1870]
--
Wilkinson Co
p346
[R80] James J Rigsby 28 GA
Harriet M 21 GA[Harriet Freeman]
Peter Williams 25 GA
Iverson Cannon 19 GA
Franklin [Cannon?] 11 GA
slave (f) 7
[I don't see him after this.]
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Illinois
--
Coles Co
p15
[R57.3] William S Rigesby 51 MD
Catherine 37 PA
Mary J 12 OH[Mary Jane]
Stanislaus 9 IL
Archibald 7 IL
Sophia 1 IL[Sophia Catherine]
Peter Maxey 21 KY
[Archibald moves to Des Moines Co IA]
[I don't see Stanley in 1860, but he is in Elko Co NV in
1870]
[Sophia adopted by H C Hawkins]
--
Jefferson Co
p390
[R05.3.5] William Rigsby 35 TN
Rebecca 27 TN[Rebecca Vann]
John W 12 TN
Nathan 11 TN
James 9 TN
Mary J 7 TN
Franklin 2 IL
[He had only one son in 1840.]
[I don't see Nathan after this]
[moves to St Louis Co MO]
--
Pike Co
p187
Inda Rigsby 44 GA[widow of R81]
William 13 IL
Wiley 10 IL
Nathaniel Rigsby or Bigsby 54 MA
Susanna 46 KY
Nancy 16 IL
Hiram 14 IL
Nathaniel 13 IL
John 9 IL
Elizabeth 7 IL
George 4 IL
[They probably are Bigsby. The Rigsbys weren't in MA.]
mortality schedule
[R81] Martin Rigsby 37 SC died November
--
Schuyler Co
p355
[R58] John Rigsby 40 NC[John E]
Martha 40 VA[Martha Teaney]
Sarah 13 IL
Caroline? 11 IL
Calvin 9 IL[Marion Calvin]
George W 7 IL
Ann 5 IL
Eliza 2 IL
Leann? 70 NC
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Indiana
--
Fayette Co
p285
[R16.3] William Riggsbee 59 NC
Mary 57 NC
Lydia 21 IN
Mary A 18 IN
Pamelia Wilson 30 OH
William Murphy 15 IN
[moves to Decatur Co IN]
--
Jefferson Co
p175
[R57.2] James L Rigsby 56 MD?
Cynthia 49 KY
Clementine 19 IN
Sarah E 16 IN
Thomas D 11 IN
Cynesky? (f) 9 IN
Martha J 5 IN
p181
Elizabeth Reed household
Clementine Rigsby 17 IN
[It looks like Clementine was counted twice.]
--
Randolph Co
p123/124
[R13.3.3] Charles Rigsby 37 VA
Ellen? 35 OH
James W 10 OH
John 9 OH
Mary M 7 OH
Isabell? 5 OH
Quincy 3 OH
Martha J 2 OH
Susanna E 2/12 IN[Amanda?]
[he is not in OH in 1840]
[I don't see them after this.]
--
Rush Co
p372
[R16.4.1] Martin Riggsbee 31 NC
Lucinda 25 NC[Lucinda Barnard]
[R16.4] John A Riggsbee 56 NC
Lydia 49 NC[Lydia Worth]
Madison 26 NC
Zimri 13 NC
[John dies in 1851]
[I don't see the rest of them in 1860, except Madison.
In 1870 they are back.]
--
Shelby Co
p378
[R16.5] Jaker Rigsby 53 NC[Jehu]
Rachel 47 NC[Rachel Worth]
Eunice 10 IN
Lydia 4 IN
Mary 1 IN
[where is Andrew?]
--
Union Co
p323
[R24.9] John Rigsby 24 NC
Louisa 16 IN[Louisa Pritchard]
[Is this R16.5.1? probably not]
[Louisa dies in 1852]
p324
[R24.6] Revel Rigsby 28 NC
Sarah 25 IN
Margaret 54 SC[Sarah Margaret Clark, widow of R24]
p333
[R24.4] George Rigsby 33 NC
Hester J 28 IN[Esther Kingery]
Martin 8 IN
Mary J 5 IN
Sarah E 4 IN
Lydia B 2 IN
John Wright 23 VA
[R24.2] Drusilla Rigsby 34 NC
[Drusilla is his sister.]
[Living next to them is Martin Kingery.]
p356
[R59] Josiah Rigsby 55 ENG
Nancy 50 KY
Mary 12 IN
[I don't see him after this. Presumably he died.]
--
Wayne Co
p91
[R49] William Rigsby 40 NC
Elizabeth 41 NC
John F 17 NC
James 15 NC
Henry 13 NC
Emma L 10 TN
William 6 TN
Leonard 5 IN
Calvin 4 IN
Mariah 2 IN
Olinda 2 IN
Millard F 3/12 IN
[moves to Madison Co IN]
[Where is he in 1840? There is a William in Johnson Co TN
who matches this one, but I have him as moving to GA in
1850. Maybe this one was in transition from NC and was
counted in another household.]
[I don't see son John in 1860, but in 1870 he is in Madison
Co IN]
[Son James vanishes after this.]
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Iowa
--
Appanoose Co
p37
Thomas Stretch household
[R05.5.4] Festus Riggsby 26 MO
Phebe 22 ENG
[I don't see him after this.]
--
Davis Co
p307
[R05.5] James Rigsby 56 NC
Sarah 50 KY
Walter 18 MO
Thomas 16 MO?
Tolbert 15 MO?
Sarah J 12 MO
Nancy 9IA
[moves to Taylor Co IA]
[Where are James and John? They are supposed to have gone
west in 1852. James is in Canada in 1860.]
[Walter moves to Jackson Co OR]
[I don't see Talbert in 1860. He died in the Civil War.]
--
Lee Co
p414
Valencourt Vonasdale? household
Wesley Rigsby 20 unk
p436
James Cotting household
John Rigsby 22 OH
[I don't know of any Rigsbys in OH before 1850.]
--
Van Buren Co
p263
Catherine Rigsby 36 KY[widow of R90 Isaac]
Benjamin 18 KY
Henry 14 x[can't tell; IA?]
Eliza 11 x[can't tell; IA?]
Laurinda 9 IA
Isaac 6 IA
Nazarin (f) 4 IA
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Kentucky
--
Allen Co
p123a
Aaron Perry household
A F Rigsby (f) 15 KY[Ann, d/o Rial]
[marries in 1854]
p123b
J M Tinsley household
[R05.2.4.1] E Rigsby (f) age 15 KY[Eliza]
[marries in 1852]
p148a
J Cushenberry household
[R05.2.4.4] J V Rigsby age 8 KY
[Jefferson Vembrow, s/o Rial]
p151a
[R05.2.1.1] J T Rigsby age 24 TN[John T]
P Rigsby age 22 KY[Phebe Tabor]
S A Rigsby (f) 4 KY[who is this?]
W T Rigsby (m) 3 KY[William]
p159a
[R05.2.5] J W Rigsby age 38 SC[my John W]
A age 37KY[Ann Miller]
W P (m) age 18KY[William Perry]
W L (m) age 14KY[Wilson Lee]
J S (m) age 12 KY[John Samuel]
J (f) age 9 KY[my Jane Ellen]
C B (m) age 7 KY[Cuthbert]
J E (m) age 5KY[James]
A E (f) age 3KY[Amanda]
Samuel Miller age 69 SC [Ann's father]
p160b
[R05.2.2] H J Rigsby age 46 VA?[Henry J]
J Rigsby age 51 VA[Judy Brooks]
E A (f) Rigsby 18 TN
M J (f) Rigsby 16 KY
W W (m) Rigsby 11 KY[sb 8]
Bethany Rigsby (f) 32 KY[widow of R05.2.4 Rial]
J E (m) Rigsby 4 KY[should be George Edward]
p161a
[R05.2.2.1] J W Rigsby age 20 TN
E Rigsby age 16 KY
[I don't see him after this. It would help if I knew his
first name.]
[Is he the William J in Howell Co MO in 1880? If so, where
is he in 1860 and 1870?]
[R05.2.1] James Rigsby 45 SC[James s/o John]
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]
[James dies before 1850]
[Charles is supposed to be with Lemuel Atwood]
--
Anderson Co
p203
[R82] George Rigsby 52 ENG
Mary A 38 KY
Mary M 14 KY
John W 12 KY
Josephine 5 KY
Sarah C 3 KY
Elizabeth J 1 KY
[moves to Oldham Co KY]
--
Clark Co
p10
Henry Arnold household(wife Jane 49 KY)
Betsey Rigsby 70 NC
[who is this?]
[She was with Henry on the 1840 census too.]
--
Floyd Co
[Henry Rigsby married here in 1854, but I don't see him
anywhere on the census.]
--
Franklin Co
p68
Anne Hicks household
Thomas Rigsby 9 KY
[who is this?]
--
Garrard Co
p269/270
Lucy Rigsby 43 VA[widow of R13.2.2]
Elizabeth S 8 KY
William 7 KY
Mary J 5 KY
James H? 2 KY
slave (f) 80
[I don't see her after this]
p270
[R13.2] Will Rigsby 67 VA
Lucy 71 VA[Lucy Adams]
Susan 40 KY
Martha Adams 44 VA[d/o William]
Will Adams 16 KY
p271
[R13.2.7] Will Rigsby 27 KY
Margaret 23 KY[Margaret Kennedy]
Mary E 2 KY
Eliza J 1 KY
[R13.2.8] David Rigsby 26 KY
Mary 30 KY[Mary Kennedy]
Margaret Doolin 12KY
[I don't see him after this]
--
Lawrence Co
p60
[R17.1.1] Drury Rigsby 48 NC
Nancy 30 NC[Nancy J Rose]
Sarah 15 KY
Rhoda 13 KY
William 11 KY
Thomas 9 KY
Larkin 13? KY[really 6]
John 1 KY
[William dies in 1860, right before the census.]
p95
[R17.1.3] Lewis Rigsby 40 NC
Elizabeth 40 NC[Elizabeth Deboard]
Willis 20 KY
Lucinda 18 KY
Henry 16 KY
Nancy 14 KY
Miles 11 KY
Sernetta 9 KY
Wilbourn 7 KY
Martha 7 KY
Meredith 3 KY
[R17.1] Thomas Rigsby 73 NC
Liney 28 NC
Thomas II 10 KY
Sarah 7 KY
Lucinda 3/12 KY
[Surely Thomas is not the father of the children. Is Liney
his daughter?]
--
Morgan Co
p123
[R83] Travis Rigsby 47 NC
Ave 49 NC
Cala 16 KY
Susan 13 KY
Rebecca 11 KY
John 10 KY
Mary 8 KY
Thomas 6 KY
Tabitha 1 KY
[s/o R22? R06.1? R12? R28?]
[I don't see him in KY in 1840.]
[moves to Johnson Co KY]
--
Rockcastle Co
p207
[R13.2.1.1] James Rigsby 21 KY
Sarah 24 KY[Sarah Starnes]
Mary Ann 2 KY
Eliza Jane 7/12 KY
p208b
[R13.2.1] Robert Rigsby 53 VA
Lydia 50 KY
Mary Jane 18 KY
Sarah Ann 15 KY
Thomas 12 KY
Lydia 10 KY
Elvirga 9 KY
Richard 3 KY
[I don't see Thomas in 1860, but in 1870 he is back]
--
Union Co
p482
Alexander Cowen household
Amanday Riggsby 7 KY
Who is Amanday? Is she from Allen Co KY?
--
Warren Co
p70
William P Neal household
[R05.2.4.2] John Rigsby 12 KY
[moves back to Allen Co KY]
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Maryland
--
Baltimore Co
p143
Thomas Rigsby 42 DC[living in a boarding house]
[s/o R57.1 Stanislaus?]
p146
Thomas Rigsby 23 DC[living in a boarding house]
[I can't find either one of them after this.]
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Mississippi
--
Kemper Co
p147/148
Russel Rigby 52 SC
Mary 23 MS
John O 18 SC
Robert E 16 SC
Sidney 10 MS
Malissa L 7 MS
Stephen 3 MS
Joseph 1 MS
[and 9 slaves]
[moves to Scott Co MS]
p148
William Rigby 25 SC
Mary 25 MS
Martha 7 MS
Russell 6 MS
Nancy 4 MS
Needham 2 MS
slave (m) 13
[moves to Leon Co TX?]
--
Lauderdale Co
p393
Lydia Rigsby 49 AL
James O 26 MS
Mary E Kidd 30 SC
[widow of Bryant Rigby]
Jane Rigsby 20 MI
Marth J 18 MS
John R 16 MS
Susan 13 MS
Lydia 10 MS
Susan 17 AL
[They are listed as two families in one household.]
[Why are there two Susans?]
--
Lowndes Co
p109
Absolem Riggsby 40 SC
Mary 42 SC
Thomas C 17 MS
William A 15 MS
Mary C 13 MS
Araminta A 12 MS
Mary J 8 MS
Martha A 8 MS
James F 6 MS
Samuel Oliver 33
[really Rigby]
[Absolem dies before 1860]
[Apparently James moves to St Francis Co AR]
--
Warren Co
p200
Thomas Rigby 46 ENG
Mary A 32 MO
George 3 MS
Elizabeth Stovall 9
Mary A Green 38
[and 23 slaves]
p204
John Rigby 38 ENG
Emily 30 ENG
Martha E 13 MO
Frances 4? MO
David 30 ENG
Martha Willis 42 ENG
p208
Benjamin Cook household
John Rigby 19 IRE
They are Rigby in 1860 too.
[Thomas Rigsby bought land here in 1841.]