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From: "Brenda Whitfield" <>
Subject: [MSITAWAM] Fw: [MSTISHOM] Location in 1850 Census (Riggs)
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:02:59 -0600


Hello, Itawamba county folks! Thought somebody on this list might be able to
help since the Riggs family lived so close to your county back in 1850.

Thanks for any help,
Brenda
Administrator for Tishomingo County List (Rootsweb)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brenda Whitfield" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MSTISHOM] Location in 1850 Census (Riggs)


> Ok, let's review what we have:
> 1850 Tishomingo County Census
> RIGGS, Malinda 46 TN
> Henry 24 AL
> Thomas J. 21 AL
> Isah C. 16 AL
> Mary J. 14 AL
> Samuel W. 12 AL
> Sarah A. 10 AL
>
> Malinda was born in TN and all the children were born in Alabama, ranging
> in years from 1826 - 1840, Both AL and TN border our Tishomingo County,
> MS; therefore, even tho it looks like three states involved, the actual
> distance could be less than 20 miles apart.
>
> Which line of the children do you descend? If you want to get into detail
> and contact me personally, my home email address is ;
> from my notes, we have corresponded back in 2000.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you,
> Brenda
>
> PS I have searched our county family history book, census records, and
> marriages to no avail. But - they came from somewhere and went to
> somewhere!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peggy Riggs Kopp" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 1:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [MSTISHOM] Location in 1850 Census (Riggs)
>
>
>> Margaret, family legend has it that the father of the children listed in
>> Melinda's household was a Jesse RIGGS, but no documentation of this has
>> ever been found. Thomas might have been a sibling.
>>
>> I thank you so much for the land purchase clues and will get busy and
>> check it out.
>>
>> Peggy
>>
>> Margaret L Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Peggy, if your Melinda's husband's name was Thomas, then he might be the
>>> man who obtained federal land in 1841 from the Columbus Land Office. The
>>> various parcels were in Monroe Co. in Township 13S, Range 19W, sections
>>> 28 and 33. You can get more information at
>>>
>>> http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
>>>
>>> Click on "Search Land Patents", then follow the directions.
>>>
>>> Other Riggs's who bought Federal land before 1850 were Joel D in
>>> Marshall Co., a Thomas in Montgomery Co. and William L in Franklin Co.
>>> There were other Riggs purchasers, but all after 1850, some as late as
>>> 1899.
>>>
>>> Margaret Lindsey Smith
>>
>>
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