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From: "Jim Burgess" <>
Subject: [WVLOGAN] RE: Cass Co. Michigan
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:35:30 -0700
In-Reply-To: <dc.29068ca.2d529a71@aol.com>

Cathy,
Here are my notes on my Thomas Riggins who went to Berrien and Cass County,
Michigan'

Jim Burgess
History of Logan County by Henry Clay Ragland copied by George T

Swain page 64-65.

Thomas Riggins was another old settler. He had several sons and

daughters, but all of them went West, except one daughter, Jane, who

married Hiram Mullins.

!Family Bible copy in possession of Mrs. Howard Childers

Santa Ana, California Jim Burgess has a photostated copy.

!Monroe County, Virginia Marriage Records

!CENSUS 1810 Monroe County, Virginia

0-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45 up

Thomas Riggins Male 2 0 0 1 0

Female 2 0 0 1 0

Philip Rigen Male 3 0 0 1 0

Female 3 0 0 1 0

!CENSUS 1820 Giles County, Virginia

0-10 10-16 16-18 18-26 26-45 45 up

Thomas Riggins Male 4 1 0 0 1 0

Female 2 3 0 1 0 0

Philip Rigen Male 3 0 0 1 0 0

Female 3 0 0 1 0 0

!TAX LIST 1824 Logan County, Virginia

Thomas RIGGINS 2 0 0 2

!LAND WARRANTS Kentucky

20 July 1825 Adair County Kentucky Warrant to Thomas Riggins on Little Lilly

Creek 100 acres. (Not sure if this is our Thomas.)

!CENSUS 1830 Logan County, Virginia Census

0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Thomas Riggins 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0

0 0 2 0 1 0 1 00

! Monroe County, Virginia Deed Book K page 29

Indenture 5 Apr 1830 between Thomas Robinson and Precila and Thomas Riggin

$500. paid to Robinson 140 acres that was purchased 2 Apr 1802 from William

Rice on Little Mountain.

Attest David Biggin - Rhody Hunt - Mary D Pyrce

!Monroe County, Virginia Deed Book K page 542

Indenture 18 Jun 1834 Augustus A Chapman appointed by court for Thomas
Riggin

and Thomas Robinson fo land in valley between Peters and the Little Mountain

for 140 acres.

!TAX LIST 1837 Logan County, Virginia

Thomas Riggins is not listed.

!CENSUS 1840 Berien County, Michigan

0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Thomas Riggins 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10

David Riggins 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00

!CENSUS 1850 Berien County, Michigan

#1691 Thomas Biggins 71 White Male Farmer $650. Delaware

Mary Biggins 69 White Female Virginia

Mary Riggins 31 White Female Virginia

John Clark 25 White Male Virginia

#1732 David Riggins 44 White Male Virginia

Mahalda Riggins 27 White Female Virginia

Thomas Riggins 8 White Male Michigan

Rebecca Riggins 6 White Female Michigan

Lewis C Riggins 3 White Male Michigan

!CENSUS 1860 Cass County, Michigan page 140

Howard Township

John Clark 36 White Male Virginia

Margaret Clark 25 White Female Michigan

Rodney Clark 6 White Male Michigan

Elvira Clark 4 White Female Michigan

Frank Clark 2 White Male Michigan

Thomas Riggin 82 White Male "Gardener" Delaware

Mary Riggin 78 White Female Virginia

!Twentieth Century History of Berien County, Michigan by Judge Orville

W Coolidge Lewis Publishing Company 1906.

"In 1834, David Riggin, a young man, came from Virginia and located

land on Section 14 in Berien, North of Riggin Lake, but did not settle upon

it until two years later, working meanwhile for other settlers. In 1861

David moved to the farm now occupied by his widow. He died in 1873 aged

68. His father, Thomas came to Berien in 1834 with his family, and for a

year or two lived with his daughter wife of Hugh Marrs. He then settled

with his family upon Section 23, on Polagon Road. He remained there until

1861, and trading his farm for one in Cass County, moved to the latter

place, where he died."

!American Revolution Magazine Volume 70, April 1936 page 356.

Riggin-Oden. Wanted parentage and all possible information of

David Riggin and also his wife, Priscilla Oden. They lived in Delaware

during the Revolution and he served in that state. Had two children

Thomas and Eleanor who married _________Cook.ss Mrs. Edna Smith Lewellen

2882 Humbolt Avenune, South Minneapolis, Minnesota.

!The History of Cass County Michigan by Alfred Mathews Waterman by Watkins
and

Company 1882 page 238.

". . . . the first school house in the township of Wayne usually called

the Higgins schoolhouse, was built in the fall of 1835 by the voluntary

and united efforst of the early settlers living on and was located on or
near

the northeast corner of Section 24. Mr. William Riggins was the third
teacher,

in the winter of 1837-1838."

!DAR Magazine Nov 1917 Volume 51 page 301. RIGGIN, David of Delaware served
in

the American Revolutionary War. Had a daughter, Priscilla, who married
Ephraim

MOORE, had a son, Issac C. RIGGIN, who owned land in Broad Creek Hundred,

Sussex County early 1800, wanted the maiden name of David Riggins wife, date

and place of his marriage (2) date of the marriage to Priscilla LDM.

Comment - The above should have been "Had a sister."

!CENSUS 1800 Delaware (Sussex County)

0-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45up 0-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45 up

Benjamin RIGGEN 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0

William RIGGEN 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 0

!Early Virginia Immigrants

RIGGONS, John 1656 Lancaster County, Virginia.

!CENSUS 1790 Reconstructed 1790 Census of Delaware

Little Hundred Creek

RIGGEN Major

RIGGEN W(illia)m

Broad Creek Hundred

RIGEN Isaac

!Census 1787 Virginia Tax List

RIGGAN Benjamin Self 0 1 1 1 4 Surry

RIGGAN Jesse Self 0 0 0 1 0 Surry

RIGGAN Thomas Self 0 0 0 0 0 Surry

RIGGAN William Self 1 0 0 3 1

RIGGIN John with Zadock Nock Accomack County, Virginia

RIGGIN Stephen with Robert Small Accomack County, Virginia

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Subject: Cass Co. Michigan


In a message dated 2/4/2004 11:06:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
Thomas Riggins went to Cass County, Michigan from Logan County.
Wonder why they went to Cass County?
Any other members of the list have someone who went to Cass County
I know some of the Hinchman family went!
Jim Burgess


Hi Jim,

Your query was sent to me by another researcher. I am not currently on the
Logan Co. mailing list so I'll just answer to you. Many of the Hinchman's
went to Cass Co. in the mid to late 1840s. It seems that they enticed at
least one member from each family in Logan/Boone Co. to follow. My
ancestors, the Robert A. Clendenen family, also migrated there in 1848.
Robert A. Clendenen's wife was Amanda Hinchman.

In my research, both in VA/WV and in southwestern Michigan, I have found
many of the same surnames from Virginia showing up in Michigan the 1840s &
1850s. It could just be the surnames and areas of my research, but now
that I think about it, it seems that the majority of the people in Cass Co.
in 1850 were either born in PA or VA.

I can only speculate here but my guess would be that it was very good farm
land that took them all there.

Cathy O'Hare

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