Husband: James RIGGINS
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Birthplace: Maryland
Death date: June 1842
Place of death: Pike Co., Georgia
Burial: Neal Baptist Cemetery, Pike Co., Georgia
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Wife: Polly (help)
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mary RIGGINS
Birthdate: 1822 - Georgia
Spouses' names: Joseph WILLIAMSON
Marriage date: December 23, 1841 - Pike Co., Georgia
Death date: Aft. 1880 - Pike Co., Georgia
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Child No. 2: Nancy RIGGINS
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Spouses' names: Blakely BAGWELL
Marriage date: January 22, 1835 - Pike Co., Georgia
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Child No. 3: Elizabeth RIGGINS
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Spouses' names: Joseph Spear
Marriage date: Bef. 1842 - Georgia
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Child No. 4: Matilda RIGGINS
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Spouses' names: James Justice
Marriage date: Bef. 1842
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Child No. 5: Theresa C. 'Terisy' RIGGINS
Birthdate: Georgia
Spouses' names: Thomas BARKER
Marriage date: January 12, 1834 - Pike Co., Georgia
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Child No. 6:Bethsheba RIGGINS
Birthdate: Georgia
Spouses' names: [1] David DOMINQUE [2] Robert PILKINTON
Marriage date: [1] Bef. 1842 Georgia [2] November 7, 1844 - Pike Co., Georgia p 146
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Child No. 7: Sarah RIGGINS
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Child No. 8: James Jefferson RIGGINS
Birthdate:Abt. 1822 - Georgia
Spouses' names: [1] Nancy Ann ALFORD [2] Queen ALFORD
Marriage date: [1] January 13,1842 Pike Co., Georgia p 46 [2] November 15, 1874 Pike Co., Georgia p 115
Death date: Bef: 1900 - Pike Co., Georgia
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Child No. 9: William A. RIGGINS
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Spouses' names: Sarah Ann BROWN
Marriage date: September 16, 1847 - Pike Co., Gerogia # 225
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Child No. 10: Joshua RIGGINS
Birthdate: 1811
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Death date: 1858 - Georgia
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Child No. 11: Milton RIGGINS
Birthdate: Abt. 1818
Spouses' names: Mary DANIEL
Marriage date: December 4, 1837 - Pike Co., Georgia p 154
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Documentation:
* 1830 Pike Co., Georgia Census: Riggins, James 109.

Notes:
* James Riggins came from Maryland to South Carolina with only a cart, ox and a Negro. They were in Putnam Co., Georgia as early as 1815. James made his first land purchase in Pike Co., Georgia in January 1829. Their first cabin was two miles south of Flat Shoals, the first cabin was blown away by a storm but rebuilt and was still standing in the late 1850's. The first census he shows up on is 1830.
* WILL: JAMES RIGGINS Pike Co., Georgia 7-4-1842 Bk B 71-75 Georgia) I, James Riggins of this state and county in accordanance to my own firm will and wish Pike Co.) wish being of sound mind and disposing memory devise and ordain this to be my last will and testament herby revoking all other wills heretofore made by me. Moved by a filial love and regard for my affectionate wife and beloved children and having a Christian home my earthly estate shall after my demise be disposed of and herein will, grant, and bequeath as follows (to wit) unto my beloved wife Polly Riggins for her own exclusive use and benefit. Four Negros (to wit) Maria an aged woman, Lydia a woman, Simon a (?town) man and Sam a man. The lot of land wherein I now live with all the improvements thereon, being lot # 261, lot # 252, and fractional # 279. All in the 9th district of originally Monroe now Pike Co. one thousand dollars in Specie, two work horses & Gear and all necessasry farming utensils to correspond, one Black yoke of oxen & one wagon, 5 cows & calves, 20 head of stock hogs. Two beds, steads & furniture and all necessary household furniture she may want, the (?sillar) as well as the stock to be of her own choosing and after her death the land & Negros to revert to my beloved children equally subject Negro children to such conditions as will herein after follow (to wit) whe, my beloved wife Polly will be expected to take in charge and support until they shall have arrived of age or marry free of expense to these my minor children. it is my will & desire that my beloved dauthter Bethsheba Dominique have & I do hereby give unto her a certain Negro girl. -72- Hannah for her own exclusive use and benefit not subject to the use or control of her husband in any wise and after her death to go to her CHILDREN born or to be born;
  It is my will and desire that my beloved daughter Mary Williamson have & I do hereby give & bequeath unto her for her own exclusive use & benefit, subject to no other control whatever, a certain Negro girl named Dill or Delilah and after her death to go to her children (if any).
  It is my will and desire that my beloved daughter Sarah Riggins have & I do hereby give & bequeath unto her for her own exclusive use and benefit a certain Negro girl by the name of Rachael, one horse & saddle to be worth $100.00, 3 cows & calves, one bed & bedstead & furniture. The above to be subject to the use & control of none else & after her death to revert to her children, if she has any.
  It is my will and desire that my son James Jefferson Riggins have & I do hereby give unto him a Negro boy by the name Charles, 3 cows & calves one bed, bedstead & furniture one lot of land # 224 in the 9th district of originally Monroe Now Pike Co. It is my wish & desire that my son William Riggins have & I do hereby give unto him a Negro boy by the name of Elliot or Alexander,1 horse & saddle to be worth $100. 3 cows & calves one bed bedstead & furniture. Lot of land # 261 & fraction #279 in the 9th district of once Monroe now Pike Co. This land not to be inherited until after the death of his mother & of course -73- proved for the disposition of that part of her estate after her death. I do hereby declare & make known that his foregoing bequests to Bethsheba Dominique, Mary Williamson, Sarah Riggins & Sons James Jefferson & William Riggins and intended to make up to them a portion of my estate equal to that which I have already give to all my other children and are not to be counted against them in the general distribution of my Estate. It is also my will & desire & I do hereby desire that after the distribution of my Estate herein before directed and after the payment of my just debts that all the remaining part of my estate whether real, personal or Negro be equally divided by sale among all my CHILDREN to be given to my daughters particularly for their own exclusive use & benefit, not subject to the use a& control of their husbands and after their deaths to go to their children, both born & to be born & that portion of my estate herein given to my beloved wife Polly (the land excepted) after her death to be equally divided among all my children, to my daughters for their own exclusive use & benefit as aforesaid and at their death to go to their children then born & to be born.
  It is my will and desire and I do hereby declare that all my estate herin before division to my beloved daughters viz( Elizabeth Spear, Matilda Justice, Terisy Barker, Nancy Bagwell, Bethsheba Dominique, Mary Williamson & Sarah Riggins is be enjoyed & held by them as a separate Estate for their own exclusive use & benefit subject in no wise to the control -74- of their husbands: And after their death to decend to their children: it is my wish and desire and I accordingly appoint my beloved son Joshua Riggins, (Milton or Minton) Riggins, James J. Riggins, Joseph Spear, Jas. Justice, Thos. Barker, Blakely Bagwell, David Dominick, Joseph Williamson my executors to carry into effect this my last will and testament. It is further my wish and I do hereby declare that if any of my children on ligature shall raise a disturbance with grand cause - then such one shall have one dollar for his portion & that past heretofore assigned such ligature shall be equally divided among the other ligatures under the precise system or plan afore name. Having in this my last will and testament undivided to equally provide for all my beloved CHILDREN & wife, I now commend them to the superintending witness of a divine providence. In testimony of all which I herewith subscribe & seal this my last will & testament this the 12th day of January 1842. his
  In presence of James X Riggins
  Chas McDonald mark
  Moses D. White
  Aron Johnson
  -75- Georgia) We Charles McDonald & Aaron Johnson swear that we saw James Riggens sign, seal, Pike Co.) publish & declare this writing to be & contain his will, that at this time thought he was of sound disposing mind & memory & that herein he did it freely without compulsion to the best of our knowledge & that we saw Moses D. White sign this same as a witness this 4th JUly 1842 Chas McDonald Test.
  Wiley E. Mangham C. C. Georgia ) Mr. James Justice, Joshua H. Riggins, Thomas Barker, Blakely Bagwell, David Dominick Pike County) & Joseph Williamson do solemnly swear that this writing contains the last true will & testament of James Riggins deceased so far as we know or believe & that we will well & truly execute this same by paying first the debts & then the bequest contained in this said will as far as his goods & chattels will thereunto extend & the law charges & that we will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods & chattels sworn to & subscribed in open court.
  This 4th day of July 1842.
  Test. James Justice, Joshua H. Riggins Thomas Barker, Blakely (hisXmark) Bagwell, David (hisXmark), & Joseph Williamson Wiley E. Mangham C. C.