William G Briggs (abt. 1837)

Born about 1837 in North Carolina

Husband of Rebecca Adline Lovell — married 21 Nov 1858 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Ohio [uncertain]

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Biography

William was a Friend (Quaker)

There is some question as to William's middle name. Records held by the Dover Monthly Meeting in Ohio have his middle initial as L but some records appear with middle initial G. Although William and family appear in the Quaker records, he served during the Civil War, contrary to Quaker belief in pacifism and there should be mention of it, including discipline or expulsion, yet it hasn't been found.

William and children Thomas Franklin and Wm J were received by request August 16, 1866. Rebecca requested membership among the Friends in the Dover Monthly Meeting in Guilford, North Carolina January 1866 and received a certificate from Dover MM in NC that was dated August 30, 1866, which she submitted to the Friends at the Dover MM in Ohio on October 18, 1866. The family is recorded in the Dover Monthly Meeting Minutes after they settled in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio.^[1][2] It appears the family migrated to Ohio between January and July, 1866. The 1870 census records them living in Wilson Township, Clinton County, Ohio^[3]

Born 1837 . Stokes County, ^[4]North Carolina. ^[5]

William Briggs served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 22nd Infantry

Military Service: 22nd Infantry Confederate Soldier. 1862 North Carolina. ^[6]

Marriage Husband William Briggs. Wife Rebecca Lovell. Banns of Marriage: Elihu Starbuck bondsman: ^[7][8] 20 NOV 1858. Guilford County, NC. Marriage Jesse Benbow, JP officiating. 21 NOV 1858. Guilford County, NC. ^[9]

Child: Thomas Franklin b. 1859, 12, 21^[10]

Child: William J. b 1861, 9, 15^[11]

Child: Oresia Caroline b. 1867, 2, 1^[12]

Child: Uriah Pearson b. 1869, 1, 20^[13]

Child: Lewis Yancy b. 1871, 9, 5^[14]

Notes

Another Briggs family consisting of John (b. 1828, 9, 7), his wife Emily M (b. 1830, 6, 17, d. 1869, 10, 27), and their children Charles M. (b. 1860, 2, 23), Sarah O (b. 1862, 7, 20) and Mary E (b. 1864, 4, 11), are recorded in the same meeting book. Emily was recorded as a member in May of 1863 and they received her certificate from NC December of 1865. Relationship may be assumed but not known.

Research Notes

The grooms with the Briggs name marrying in Guilford County, NC around the same time are^[15][16]:

B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Briggs and Phebe Ledbetter, Bond 20, Nov. 1856 posted by R.D. McCuiston, Marriage Dec. 1856 by c.F. Harris with P.N. Wheeler bearing witness.

George K Briggs and Minerva Ann Buchanan Bond 14 Nov. 1865 posted by W.K. Buchanan, L. Swain bearing witness.

George W Briggs and Melicia Shaw bond posted 18 April 1856 by John M. Starbuck, married 20 April 1856, Jesse Benbow J.P as officiator and witness.

Henry M Brigs and Eliza A. Potter bond posted 14 Oct. 1856 by B. F. Briggs, married 14 October 1856 by J.P. N. M. Gardner acting also as witness.

John W. Briggs and Emily M. Pidgeon bond posted 4 Dec 1856 by George W. Briggs, married 4 Dec 1856 by J.P. Jesse Benbow also acting as witness.

William Briggs and Lucia A. Pegg bond posted 5 May 1856 by George W. Briggs, married 7 May 1856 by J.P. Jesse Benbow also acting as witness.

William Briggs and Rebecca Lovel, bond 20 Nov. 1858 by Elihu Starbuck, married 21 Nov. 1858 by J.P. J.P. Jesse Benbow also acting as witness.

There were members of the Briggs family in the vicinity of the Deep River Friends that asked to be accepted as members, most likely thanks to their maternal heritage, the Ledbetter family. At the Deep River Friends Monthly Meeting held February 1890 Henry C, Iola A H, Alpheus W and Mary Briggs asked to be accepted as Members of the Society of Friends.^[17] Phebe C Leadbetter (24 Sep 1835-26 Dec 1883)^[18], daughter of Henry Clay Ledbetter and Ruth Iddings, married Benjamin Franklin Briggs (27 June 1829-12 Apr 1864)^[19]. Their children were Alpheus Martin Briggs (8 Oct 1857-2 Apr 1936)^[20], who married Mary Richardson, Henry Clay Briggs (14 Dec 1858-19 Mar 1947)^[21], who married Isla A. Horney, John Rufus Briggs (19 Oct 1860-17 Oct 1917),^[22] who married Laura Alice Ledbetter, and Willis Eugene Briggs who died at only 10 months.^[23] All are buried in the Deep Rivers Friends Cemetery in High Point, Guilford County, NC. An Historical account of the Deep River Friends names the 3 Briggs brothers that lived to adulthood, as being an influential family. They were all born in Jamestown and grew up in Florence, not far from the Meeting House. Their father, Benjamin Franklin Briggs, with an uncle, built a buggy and carriage manufacturing business in Jamestown until his health failed. He died of Tuberculosis in October 1864. Henry Clay, the middle son, wrote about his newly widowed mother, Phebe, her sister and an aunt drove 2 wagons pulled by horses and a mule, through the Confederate lines during the civil war, over the mountains to Indiana, to escape the ravages of the war. Phebe returned to North Carolina with her 3 sons a year later. The 3 brothers built their homes near the buggy shop on what is now Penny Road. They moved the business from Florence to High Point 6 miles a way and Alpheus in 1902 and Clay in 1922 moved their homes there too. John left the business about 1910 when he moved to Greensoboro for his daughter’s education. Alpheus joined the Deep River Friends Meeting in 1890, was appointed elder and trusting in 1892. He moved their membership to Hight Point Meeting when they moved the business there. Clay remained involved at Deep River.^[24]

Sources

1. ↑ Vol. 5, Pgs 613-14.
2. ↑ Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. I, Pg 592: (North Carolina Yearly Meeting) Dover Monthly Meeting Colfax, Guilford County, NC. [database on-line]. Hinshaw, William Wade (1867-1947). 1936- Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards brothers, inc. Vol. V Pg 613-614, Dover Monthly Meeting, Wilmington, Clinton Co., OH.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6KJ-S9C : 29 May 2021), William Brigs, 1870. Rebecca's widowed 65 year old mother lived with them, her name recorded as Anna Lover. Thomas and William were born in North Carolina before the move, while Caroline and Uriah were born in Ohio.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BH-Y4N : 12 April 2016), Thomas Briggs, Guilford county, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing family 266, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHN-3RK : 9 December 2014, Uriah Pierson Briggs, 22 Jan 1944; citing Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, reference Kalamazoo rn 47; FHL microfilm 2,075,055.
6. ↑ Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKXM-5CG : 7 December 2014, William S Briggs, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com)
7. ↑ http:/ncgenweb.us/nc/guilford/marriages-b
8. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSS-V3RX : 28 November 2018), William Briggs and Rebecca Lovel, 20 Nov 1858; citing Guilford, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
9. ↑ Source: (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZTL-MBD : 22 December 2016), William Briggs and Rebecca Lovel, 21 Nov 1858; citing , Guilford, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Arc
10. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5P9-J1B : 10 December 2017), William Briggs in entry for Thomas Briggs and Josephine Clawsin, 16 Aug 1882; citing Randolph, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005014488. The Dover minutes Pg 613 leads us to believe that Thomas has middle name Franklin but Pg 614 records "Thos., Franklin & Wm. J." The later must be an error because his marriage and death certificate show his middle initial is F.
11. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCTM-TJR : 10 February 2018), William Briggs in entry for William J Briggs and Mary L Langdon, 19 Apr 1905; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 2,342,671.
12. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF8J-88H : 10 February 2018), William Briggs in entry for David Calhoun and Caroline Briggs, 06 Sep 1883; citing reference it 2 p 38 rn 453; FHL microfilm 1,655,017.
13. ↑ Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6KJ-S9X : 17 October 2014, Uriah Brigs in household of William Brigs, Ohio, United States; citing p. 10, family 72, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration
14. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X626-6RM : 9 March 2018), W. S. Briggs in entry for Lewis Y. Briggs, 07 Sep 1871; citing Birth, , Greene Co., Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 534,095.
15. ↑ [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T2-P9ZJ-9?i=54&cc=1726957&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ2QF-B969 atabase with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T2-P92D-3?cc=1726957&wc=QD8P-6PC%3A1588772998%2C1588773198 : 22 December 2016), Guilford > Marriage bond abstracts, 1770-1868, vol A-Z, A-B > image 56 of 3383; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History. Images 55-56.
16. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4F-89JV-6?cc=1726957 : 28 November 2018), > North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History. Images 1790 Bf Briggs, 1792 George K, 1796 George W, 1800 Henry M, 1802 John W, 1805 & 1807 Geoge W, 1809 William, & images 1811-1813 William & Rebecca Lovell.
17. ↑ Mem’s Minutes 1876-1890, Deep River MM, Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina. Page 182-3, Image 98 of 106.
18. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #55106979
19. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #9672081
20. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #90984068
21. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #90959602
22. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #9611239
23. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #9672100
24. ↑ Haworth, Cecil E, Deep River Friends : a valiant people, Deep River Friends Meeting (High Point, N.C.), 1985 Greensboro, N.C. (P.O. Box 8502, Greensboro 27419) : North Carolina Friends Historical Society. Pg. 74, The Briggs Brothers, sons of Benjamin Franklin Briggs. Beginning Pg. 74.

• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. V Pg 613-614, Hinshaw, William Wade (1867-1947). 1936- Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards brothers, inc. Dover Monthly Meeting, Wilmington, Clinton Co., OH.
• Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995 Publication: FamilySearch 8 MAY 2017 Time: 16:49:57
• North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1864 Publication: NARA Washington, DC, Family Search LDS 24 FEB 2017 Time: 11:52:11
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6S-55Y : 18 February 2021), Rebecca Briggs in entry for Wm Briggs, 1860.