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John Riggs (abt. 1757 - aft. 1830)

John Riggs
Born about in Frederick, Frederick, Province of Marylandmap
Son of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 12 Dec 1782 in Frederick, Marylandmap
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 73 in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, USAmap
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Biography

John was born about 1757. He married Mary Elligan on 12 Dec 1782 at Frederick, Maryland.[1]

Name: John Riggs. Given Name: John. Surname: Riggs. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Died 1822 Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA. [6]

Residence 1790 Frederick, Maryland, United States. [7] 1830 Jefferson, Tennessee, USA. [4] Relation To Head: Soldier. Pennsylvania, USA. [2]

Military Service: Tennessee [9] Service: USA [8]

File @M742@. @M443@. @M453@.

Marriage Husband @I312027026088@. Wife @I312027026089@. Child: @I312027026100@. Child: @I312027026090@. Child: @I312029255723@. Child: @I312027026095@. Child: @I312027026097@. Child: @I312027026096@. Child: @I312027026098@. Child: @I312027026099@. Child: @I312027026102@. Child: @I312026530586@. Child: @I312027026103@. Child: @I312027026104@. Child: @I312027026107@. Child: @I312027026105@. Child: @I312027026091@. Child: @I312027026094@. Child: @I312029255725@. Marriage 12 Dec 1782. Frederick, MD. [10] [11]

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  • File M453 File: Format: story MTYPE story. STYPE x-inline. SIZE 8963. WDTH HGHT Heirs of John Riggs listed in Jefferson County book of deeds. RIN 9179e263-138a-4b1f-8c9b-7e40aa1bb6f5 META <metadataxml><content><line><p><span style="font-size: medium;">JEFFERSON COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - Jesse Riggs, Thomas Eckles and others<span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to Peter Harrison</span><br><br><span style="font-size: medium;">Jefferson County Tennessee Deeds - Book V (or U)</span><br><br><span style="font-size: medium;">JESSE RIGGS and THOMAS ECKLES and others - Deed to PETER HARRISON&nbsp; </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">Registered&nbsp; August 4, 1837</span><br><br><span style="font-size: medium;">Know all men by these presents that whereas heretofore (to wit) about the 10th </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">or 12th of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">JOHN RIGGS of Jefferson County in the state of Tennessee departed this life in </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">said county seized and possessed of one certain tract or parcel of land lying </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">and being in said county on the north side of the French Broad river adjoining </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">the lands of William Graham Elias Hickman and others bounded as herein after </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">described and whereas at his decease he the said JOHN RIGGS&nbsp; left the </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">following children and heirs at law to wit ELIAS RIGGS,&nbsp; ISAIAH RIGGS,&nbsp; RHODA </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">WESTER, NINIAN RIGGS,&nbsp; JESSE RIGGS,&nbsp; CASANDER GRAVES,&nbsp; ACHSAH THOMAS,&nbsp; NANCY </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">KEEN,&nbsp; ASARIAH RIGGS,&nbsp; CLOE PEARMAN AND ARABELLA ECKLES and a surviving widow </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">to inherit said tract of land.</span><br><br><span style="font-size: medium;">Now know ye that we of the heirs last before named (to wit) POLLY RIGGS, the </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">widow,&nbsp; of the county of Jefferson and state aforesaid and NINIAN RIGGS of </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">Grainger County, JESSE RIGGS&nbsp; and&nbsp; NANCY KEEN and ELI KEEN her husband of the </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">said county of Grainger and all of the state of Tennessee and ASARIAH RIGGS </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">and ARABELLA ECKLES and THOMAS G. ECKLES her husband all three of the county </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">of Jefferson and state of Tennessee for and in consideration of the sum of one </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">hundred and thirty five dollars to us in hand paid by PETER HARRISON&nbsp; the </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained and sold and </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">by these presents doth grant bargain sell and confirm unto PETER HARRISON of </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">the county of Jefferson and state of Tennessee his heirs executors and </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">administrators forever all that tract or messuage of land of which JOHN RIGGS&nbsp; </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">late of said county of Jefferson was seized and possessed at the time of his </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">decease lying and being in the county of Jefferson and state of Tennessee </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">situate on the north side of French Broad river adjoining the lands of William </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">Graham and others beginning at two white oaks on the north bank of said river </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">then south eighty four degrees west one hundred and forty poles to two black </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">oaks then north thirty one poles to a poplar then north forty six degrees east </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">one hundred and eight poles to a black oak and chesnut then south sixty seven </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">degrees east fifty four poles to a hickory at the mouth of a branch on the </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">bank of said river then down the river with its meanders to the beginning </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">containing fifty acres of land be the same more or less with the appurtenances </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">and all the estate right title interest property and claim of them the said </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">POLLY RIGGS (widow) and NINIAN RIGGS,&nbsp; NANCY KEEN and ELI KEEN her husband and </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">JESSE RIGGS and ASARIAH RIGGS and ARABELLA ECKLES and THOMAS G. ECKLES her </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">husband of in to upon the same to have and to hold the land hereby conveyed </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">with all and singular the premises and every part thereof with the </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">appurtenances unto the said Peter Harrison his heirs and assigns forever and </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">the said&nbsp; POLLY RIGGS,&nbsp; NINIAN RIGGS,&nbsp; JESSE RIGGS,&nbsp; NANCY KEEN and ELI KEEN </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">her husband, ASARIAH RIGGS and ARABELLA ECKLES and THOMAS G. ECKLES her </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">husband for themselves their heirs executors and administrators doth convenant </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">promise and agree to and with the said PETER HARRISON&nbsp; his heirs and assigns </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">by them presents that the premises before mentioned now and forever hereafter </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">shall remain free from all former and other gifts grants bargains sales </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">charges incumberances whatsoever done or suffered to be done by the said POLLY </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">RIGS,&nbsp; NINIAN RIGGS,&nbsp; JESSE RIGGS,&nbsp; NANCY KEEN and ELI KEEN her husband, </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">ASARIAH RIGGS,&nbsp; ARABELLA ECKLES and THOMAS G. ECKLES her husband and their </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">heirs and all and every other person or persons whatsoever doth and will </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">warrant and forever defend by these presents.&nbsp; In witness whereof the said </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">POLLY RIGGS,&nbsp; NINIAN RIGGS,&nbsp; JESSE RIGGS, NANCY KEEN and ELI KEEN her husband </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">and ASARIAH RIGGS, ARABELLA ECKLES and THOMAS G. ECKLES her husband hath set </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">their hands and affixed their seals this 4th day of November 1834....Signed by </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">Ninian Riggs, Jesse Riggs, Eli Keen, Azariah Riggs, Thomas Eckles with Polly </span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">Riggs, Nancy Keen and Arabella Eckles making their mark.</span><br><br><span style="font-size: medium;">Signed, dated and delivered</span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">in presence of us</span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">William Graham</span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">Elias Hickman</span><br><br><span style="font-size: medium;">State of Tennessee</span><br><span style="font-size: medium;">Jefferson County</span></p></line></content><metadataxml> CLON TID 82075162. PID 34451927578. OID 9d11ce7e-687e-4410-b1af-98fffff174ea. Origin: u
  • File M742 File: Format: jpg. photo MTYPE document. STYPE jpeg. SIZE 9720. WDTH 174. HGHT 400. Page 2 - Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. RIN f97450f9-69c4-4d36-ac03-8f7c630dd9ea 1775-1785 Maryland Physical Description: These are compiled service records for the regular soldiers of the Continental Army, and for the militia, volunteers, and others who served with them. The records are arranged under the designation "Continental Troops" or a state name, then by organization, and then alphabetically by a soldier's surname. Records consist of card abstracts of entries relating to each soldier from original records. Also included are regimental lists including muster rolls, pay lists, and caption cards. CLON TID 3013169. PID 29381873. OID 8a9013c6-2407-4ff5-ab7b-8a8544586b9a. Origin: fold3 URL: https:/www.fold3.com/image17149006?xid=2030.

Sources

  1. "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JQ-N2P : 16 January 2020), Mary Elligan in entry for John Riggs, 1782.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Source: #S1077068004 The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Se Ancestry Record 4654 #1194904
  3. Source: #S1077772489 Ancestry Record 7846 #190840
  4. 4.0 4.1 Source: #S1077772451 1830; Census Place: Jefferson, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 180; Page: 304; Family History Library Film: 0024538 Ancestry Record 8058 #749042
  5. Source: #S1077771989 Ancestry Record 4729 #41826
  6. 6.0 6.1 Source: #S1077067400 Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 141 : 1918 Ancestry Record 61157 #3590560
  7. 7.0 7.1 Source: #S1077923172 Year: 1790; Census Place: Frederick, Maryland; Series: M637; Roll: 3; Page: 231; Image: 500; Family History Library Film: 0568143 Ancestry Record 5058 #119202
  8. 8.0 8.1 Source: #S1078085899 Ancestry Record 4282 #324083
  9. 9.0 9.1 Source: #S1078085947 Ancestry Record 1133 #35215
  10. Source: #S1077772489 Ancestry Record 7846 #190840
  11. Source: #S1077771989 Ancestry Record 4729 #41826
  • Source: S1077067400 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2016 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 61157
  • Source: S1077068004 U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 National Archives and Records Administration Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2000 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 4654
  • Source: S1077771989 Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899 Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2000 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 4729
  • Source: S1077772451 1830 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 8058
  • Source: S1077772489 Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2004 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 7846
  • Source: S1077923172 1790 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 5058
  • Source: S1078085899 U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2007 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 4282
  • Source: S1078085947 War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2010 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 1133




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