LUCRECTIA RIGGAN was born in 1795 in Warren County, NC. She died in Aug 1865. She married Henry N. Harris on 14 Dec 1819.[1]
Lucrecia (Lucretia) Riggan (Francis B.-3, Mary Pegram-2, Daniel-1) was born in 1795 in Warren Co., North Carolina. She died in Aug 1865 in Warren Co., North Carolina. Lucretia is identified as Lucretia Riggan in the Will of her father, Francis B. Riggan, Jr.
Lucrecia (Lucretia) Riggan and Henry N. Harris were married on 14 Dec 1819 in Warren Co., North Carolina. Henry N. Harris (son of Edmond Harris and Unknown) was born about 1768 in Granville Co., North Carolina. He died in 1838 in Warren Co., North Carolina. Henry N. Harris was the son of Edmond Harris. At this time we have no documentation for his first wife but the only marriage record in Warren Co. that appears to apply is the marriage in 1798 between Henry Harris and Nancy Nichols. After the death of his first wife, he married Lucretia Riggan, the sister of his son-in-law. His Will, dated 15 February 1838 and probated at May Court 1838 in Warren County, North Carolina names wife, Lucretia who is given the use of Negroes Lucy, Jackson, James, Carlin,Fillip, William and Chine, with the rest to be hired out until John Willbon Riggan is twenty-one. After the death of his wife, Lucretia, he leaves his estate to his two grandsons, Christopher Nicholas Riggan and John Wiilbon Riggan.
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