Re: Silas and Sarah Riggs of Boone County Missouri
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Silas and Sarah Riggs of Boone County Missouri
Pat Rogers Hall 10/18/12
I thought you would like to see these postings. Perhaps one of these researchers could be of help.
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Riggs-scott-baker
Laura Riggs(View posts)
Posted: 9 Jan 2004 8:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: riggs, scott, baker, turner, silver, denham,
I am trying to determine the father of James Scott Riggs who left Kentucky to homestead in Iowa and later settled in Boone County, Missouri (+/- 1830s) I believe he might have been related to Zadock Riggs or Samuel Riggs who came from North Carolina, lived in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1810 and later owned land in Boone County adjacent to James Riggs. I am interested to know the names of any children born to either Zadoc(k) or Samuel while in Kentucky. I think Zadoc may have married a woman whose father was James Scott....I am trying to establish this connection.
My James Scott Riggs was married to Miss Perlina Baker, whose father was Moses Baker. She probably came from Kentucky as well.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Laura Riggs
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Re: riggs-scott-baker
Sandi Jagger(View posts)
Posted: 22 Feb 2004 9:45PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Riggs, Scott, Berry, Wright
I have the wife of Zadock/Zadok T. RIGGS as Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" SCOTT, dau of James Scott and Keziah Terry.
I have the children of Zadock/Zadok RIGGS and Betty SCOTT as:
Scott Riggs b. 26 Mar 1779, died 24 Feb 1872
Mary Polly Riggs b. 2 Nov 1781, died 8 Aug 1871
Hannah Riggs b. abt 1783
Samuel Riggs b. 23 Apr, died 17 Apr 1850
Zadok Riggs b. 25 Sep 1790, died 23 Jul 1875
James Riggs b. 14 Nov 1793, died 1876
Silas A. Riggs b. 6 Jul 1797, died 8 Oct 1844
Per the Genealogy of the Riggs Family, by John Hankins Wallace, 1901, p 53-54: "Scott Riggs accompanied his father from NC to Kentucky when he emigrated thither about 1798, and in 1801 he married Hannah Berry. After his marriage, he removed to Tennessee and remained there until 1815, when he emigrated to the Terrirory of Illinois and settled in what is now Lawrence County. He was a member of the first Legislature after the admission of Illinois as a state. In October 1825, he removed and setted in what is now Scott Co., IL., where he resided until his death Feb 24, 1872.
James Riggs, son of Zadock Riggs, married Lavena (Lavinia E.) WRIGHT 4 Sep 1853 in Boone County, Missouri.
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Re: riggs-scott-baker
Laura Riggs(View posts)
Posted: 23 Feb 2004 9:55PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks for replying to my post.
In order to determine the parents of James Scott Riggs, I have tracked four Zadock Riggs in the 19th century. I have found some original sources, but so many reseachers use the same Zadock, born in Morris Co., NJ, marry him off to various women in various locations, and have him deceased in Boone Co., MO.
It does look likely to me that Sarah Scott was Jame's grandmother, since her father's name was James Scott, according to reseachers. So, rather than Zadock Riggs, I'm looking seriously at Silas Riggs. I know he was in Missouri at the right time, I believe he was the son of Zadock Riggs (b. Morris Co. NJ) and the brother of Zadock Rigggs Jr., and James Scott Riggs had a son names Silas, although no sons named Samuel or Zadock.
So all this agrees with your research.
Do you know who Silas Riggs married (probably in Lincoln Co., KY, although maybe in Boone Co., MO) Do you know the names of his children? Do you have an original source to know Silas was Zadock Riggs' son? Do you know anything about Moses Baker, also originally from Surry Co., NC?
How are you related to the Riggs family?
Laura
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I found him!
Sandi(View posts)
Posted: 23 Feb 2004 10:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: RIGGS HICKS SCOTT BAKER
Thanks for replying to my post.
In order to determine the parents of James Scott Riggs, I have tracked four Zadock Riggs in the 19th century. I have found some original sources, but so many reseachers use the same Zadock, born in Morris Co., NJ, marry him off to various women in various locations, and have him deceased in Boone Co., MO.
It does look likely to me that Sarah Scott was Jame's grandmother, since her father's name was James Scott, according to reseachers. So, rather than Zadock Riggs, I'm looking seriously at Silas Riggs. I know he was in Missouri at the right time, I believe he was the son of Zadock Riggs (b. Morris Co. NJ) and the brother of
Silas A. RIGGS (born 6 Jul 1797 Lincoln Co, KY or NC, and died 8 Oct 1844 Memphis, Shelby Co., TN while on a mule drive to Memphis from Boone Co., MO - he is buried in Riggs Cemetery, Boone Co MO) is the son of Zadok T. Riggs and Sarah Elizabeth Scott.
Silas married Sarah (Sally) HICKS on 18 Mar 1819 in Howard County, MO (Boone County was later carved out of Howard County). Sarah Hicks was born 16 Mar 1800 in Kentucky and died 30 Jan 1884 in Boone Co, MO. She was widowed at age 44 - after having 16 children. When her husband died, her oldest child, James Scott Riggs, was 25 and her youngest child was 9 months old.
Children of Silas A. Riggs and Sarah Hicks are:
James Scott Riggs 19Nov 1819-30 Aug 1884;
Absalom Hicks Riggs 1 Feb 1821-15 May 1894;
William Warren Riggs 1822 - 21 Jun 1899;
Zadok Tomkins Riggs 29 Feb 1824 - 11 Jan 1901;
Sarah S. Riggs 31 Aug 1825- 27 Feb 1840;
Elizabeth Davis Riggs 1 Jan 1827 - 10 Jun 1857;
John William (or Wesley) Riggs 7 Mar 1828 - 5 Apr 1906;
Eliza A. Riggs 17 Dec 1829 - 25 Apr 1859;
Hannah Givens Riggs 22 Jun 1831 - 27 Jun 1907;
Mary Warren (Polly) Riggs 31 Jan 1833 - 19 Mar 1912;
Sials Ewin Hicks Riggs - aka Young E. Riggs (my 2G Grandfather) 11 Oct 1834 - 2 Mar 1883;
Samuel A. (or Samuel C. S.?) Riggs 29 Apr 1836 - aft 1910;
Susan Riggs b. 11 Feb 1838;
Alexander C. Riggs 29 Jan 1840 - 20 May 1840;
Sarah S. Riggs b. 30 Sep 1842;
Laura B. Riggs b. 11 Mar 1844.
Source: History of Boone County, MO, published 1882, p. 1106: "Old Zadok Riggs had three sons, viz. Zadok, Silas and Samuel who came to Rocky Fork [Township in Boone Co., MO] from Kentucky in 1816, living to be old men. Silas Riggs was a Justice of the Peace for twenty years, and one of the most prominent citizens of the county. He was the father of James Riggs of Randolph County [this is your James Scott Riggs]. Samuel Riggs was bitten by a rabid wolf while sleeping in a cave on the Perche Creek in 1817. He immediately returned to Kentucky for a madstone, which he applied with success and which he brought back with him to Missouri."
James Scott RIGGS is my 3G Uncle. I have him married to Pauline BAKER (born 1826 in Kentucky) on 16 Feb 1840 in Boone Co., MO - and 9 children born to them: Silas; Katherine; Dink; Caroline; Eliza; Nannie; Gabrella; Eugene; and Green.
I have a second wife listed for James Scott Riggs as Lavinia E. WRIGHT, married 4 Sep 1853 in Boone Co MO.
How do you fit into the RIGGS line of Boone County?
I would appreciate any feedback you can provide re my data.
Best wishes,
Sandi
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Re: I found him!
Laura Riggs(View posts)
Posted: 27 Feb 2004 1:34AM GMT
Classification: Query
Wow! This is so exciting for me!
I went through the information on Silas Riggs. It corresponds with what I knew about him. I believe he was born in North Carolina because in 1804 John Riggs was born in Surry, NC "son of Zedock Riggs" (sic). There is a Zadoc Riggs, Jr. in a public record in Surry, NC, so we know there are two men, a father and a son. Zadock shows on 1790 tax list in Surry, NC and then in 1810 census in Lincoln Co., KY. I believe that the 1810 census finds Zadock Jr. since a "Zadack Riggs" remained in Surry in 1810. This man is the one who was born in Morris Co., NJ I believe. (I don't have original sources, but alot of reseachers had established this birth date and claim he was one of the Riggs who emmigrated to Surry, NC. What do you think?)
James Scott Riggs' marriage to PERLINA Baker (not Pauline) was 6 Feb 1840, according to marriage records I found on-line. I am sure about her name, it came to me through family records. I am also sure she had children after 1853 (my great grandfather, Eugene Riggs was born1865), so James could not have died then. Our family records give 1883 and I found an on-line death record which gives 30 Aug 1883 (Saling, Audrain Co., MO, as I recall).
James and Perlina had 13 children. If you e-mail to me your address, I can send you a copy of our type-writtten family info with all their children's b-dates, and some d-dates. (I am also interested in your last name just for my personal computer records, but I know some folks prefer not to use their name...)
I have no information on a second wife for James Scott Riggs. My elderly second cousin Martha seems to remember Perlina as an old widow, so I believe the second wife is in error.
Family stories say that after James died, Perlina sold the farm. As a widow she owned a hotel in Sturgeon, Boone Co., MO where Eugene worked until the hotel caught on fire from a passing locomotive on the nearby railroad tracks. After that, he worked for the Missouri Pacific, there being, apparently, not enough insurance (if any) to rebuild the hotel. Perlina spent her days in that area, dying in Wellsville, Montgomery Co., MO in Eugene's home.
This connection to Silas now ties my family into the documented Edward Riggs geneology, so I'm pretty excited to establish it. Do you have a purchased copy of the Riggs geneology?
Got to get going. Thanks for your help! "Talk" to you later.
Best,
Laura
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Re: I found him!
melissa hohler(View posts)
Posted: 28 Feb 2004 12:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: FLETCHER/ESTES/TILFREY/KING/ROBERTS
Laura--
I'm really happy for you!!! I know how it feels to finally find that elusive ancestor. A big "high 5"!
mel
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Re: riggs-scott-baker
Jan Knox(View posts)
Posted: 8 Mar 2004 10:34PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Riggs, Scott, Terry
Since Sarah Scott Riggs had a sister named Elizabeth who married David Austin and also moved to Boone co MO, I do not believe Sarah had the middle name of Elizabeth or was known as Betty. There is nothing in the Riggs nor Terry data I have collected for 20 years indicating her name was anything other than Sarah.
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Re: I found him!
Jan Knox(View posts)
Posted: 8 Mar 2004 10:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Riggs, Scott, Terry, Baker
Zadock Riggs who married Sarah Scott in Surry co NC, was the son of Samuel Riggs and Elizabeth Tompkins. He was born in Morris co NJ. Not every Zadock Riggs is a descendant of Zadock and Sarah's, as his siblings named sons Zadock also and in the 1700s and early 1800s a Jr by someone's name only meant they were younger than another person in the same area with the same name, not that they were a son. The James Scott Riggs you enquired about was the son of Silas Riggs and Sarah Hicks and the grandson of Zadock and Sarah Scott Riggs. The Riggs descendants of Zadock and Sarah are all collateral cousins of my direct Terry line. I've been researching Keziah Terry Scott Murphy's descendants for 20 years so have a great deal of data including Riggs probate packets from Boone county, every page, including that of Silas.
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Re: I found him!
Jan Knox(View posts)
Posted: 8 Mar 2004 10:47PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Riggs, Scott, Terry
The Edward Riggs book has a lot of errors in it, particularly about the parents of Zadok/Zadock Riggs who married Sarah Scott. Zadok/Zadock's sister, Chloe Riggs, married Sarah's brother, John Scott. They stayed in KY until after John died about 1810. Chloe moved to Tazewell co IL with her son, James Scott. She died after the 1850 census at I believe about 93 years of age, off the top of my head.
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Re: I found him!
Laura(View posts)
Posted: 11 Mar 2004 9:07PM GMT
Classification: Query
Yes, the lineage you describe in your posting is what I had deduced from the various family trees and original sources I found on-line (mainly Surry County, NC census and court records and Lincoln Co, KY census).
Are the Riggs probate records available on-line (maybe I'm searching in the wrong county, I should try an earlier name for Lincoln Co., KY?)? If not, are you willing to share your information? I'd love to find some source material since I don't have much proof of this lineage at this point, just logical conjecture and collaborating researchers, which can go afoul.
I am really enjoying my geneology research. I've only been doing it for five months and I have traced several lines back to Europe in the 17th or 18th century. Fortunately, I seem to be descended from some folks who have been pretty well documented by earlier researchers!
Best to you,
Laura