Guilford Diggs (abt. 1801 - 1868)

Born about 1801 in North Carolina

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Guilford was born about 1801 in North Carolina.

In the 1850 Census of Scott Co. MS, Gilferd Diggs, age 49, b. in NC and his wife, Martha, age 37, b. in NC were listed with their 6 children: Dickson M. age 19, b. in NC; Susanna E. , age 11, b. in NC; Benjamin B., age 9, b. in NC; Suazaet, age 7, b. in NC; Mary J., age 4, b. in MS and William M., age 6/12, b. in MS. Gilferd Diggs was listed as a farmer.

in the 1860 Census of Scott Co. MS, Gilford Diggs, age 58, b. in NC was listed as hh with 4 children: Benjamin, age 16, b. in NC; Louiza, age 15, b. in MS; Mary J., age 13, b. in MS; and William age 10, b. in MS. Gilford was listed as a farmer with $1236 of real estate and $250 personal estate.

In 1860, Guilford Deggs, purchased from BLM, 39.91 acres in Sec 29, T5N R7E.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-142 : 12 April 2016), Gilferd Diggs, Scott county, Scott, Mississippi, United States; citing family 356, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GJ-L3N : 14 December 2017), Gilford Diggs, 1860.
• US Burea of Land Management: https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MS0880__.087&docClass=STA&sid=zf5zd4ka.eos#patentDetailsTabIndex=1

• The Varner Family of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi 389 pp. by Kevin W. Davis 2005
• See also: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/diggs/433/