Russell Thomas RIGBY

Male 1798 - Abt 1863  (65 years)


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  • Name Russell Thomas RIGBY  [1, 2, 3
    Born 1798  , Duplin, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1817  , , North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1820  , Darlington, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1830  , Darlington, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1837  , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1839  , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1840  , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1842  , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1846  , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Property 1 Dec 1846  , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1848  , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Land Roll 

    • Name Section Township/Range
      Rigby, Russell 28 10-17
      Rigby, Russell 27 10-17
    Census 1850  , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 2 Sep 1850  , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Property 5 Dec 1850  , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1854  , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Land Roll 

    • Name Section Township Range Taxable Acres
      Rigby, Russell 27 10 17 120
      Rigby, Russell 27 10 17 320
      Rigby, Russell 28 10 17 120
      Rigby, Russell 28 10 17 160
      Rigby, Russell 28 10 17 20
      Rigby, Russel 33 10 17 200
      Rigby, Russel 33 10 17 40
      Rigby, Russel 34 10 17 160
      Rigby, Russell 3 9 17 80
    Census 3 Jul 1860  , Scott, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Abt 1863  , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10723  An Armstrong & A Heffernan
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2016 

    Father William RIGBY,   b. Est 1747,   d. Bef 1806, , Duplin, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth RUSSELL,   b. Est 1776,   d. Nov 1844, , Simpson, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married Est 1794 
    Family ID F2262  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia SULLIVAN,   b. Between 1801 and 1804, , Scott, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1846, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Married Abt 1819  , , South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • If they did marry in 1819, there are probably more children but I believe they married a little later.
    Children 
     1. William B RIGBY,   b. 1825, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
     2. Mary F RIGBY,   b. 1830, , Darlington, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jul 1870, , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     3. John Owen RIGBY,   b. 2 Mar 1832, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1923, Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     4. Robert E RIGBY,   b. 1834, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
     5. Sidney RIGBY,   b. 1840, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
     6. Malissa Lydia RIGBY,   b. 1843, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F2426  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ann PAGE,   b. 22 Mar 1827, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1908, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married Abt 1846  , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Stephen RIGBY,   b. 1847, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
     2. Joseph Andrew RIGBY,   b. Nov 1848, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1932, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
     3. Margaret C RIGBY,   b. 22 Jan 1851, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1917, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     4. Charles RIGBY,   b. 1855, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1886, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     5. Miranda RIGBY,   b. 1858, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
     6. L Martha RIGBY,   b. 1860, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
     7. Arch RIGBY,   b. 1863, , , Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The 1850 Census shows Mary, age 23, born in Mississippi. This is his wife rather than his daughter. This family is difficult to trace because of the repetitive naming and the fact that so many different families resided together. I've seen a lot of sources that list 7 children for Russell and Lydia - William B, Emily Ann, Mary F, Sidney F, John Owen, Martha, and Melissa Lydia - and 8 children for Russell and Mary - Joseph A, Margaret, Russell, Charles, Louvinia, Stephen, Benjamin, and Archie. However, I have found no sources online that prove any of these children. I've also found sources that show most of these children to be nieces and nephews, again I find no sources that prove any parentage. If we go strictly with the 1850 and 1860 census records, assuming that all the children are with the correct parents, we find John O, Robert E, Sidney, Melissa, and Stephen who are all older than the supposed marriage date for Mary, and Joseph, Charles, Margaret and Miranda who would be Mary's children.
      On the other hand, if brother Bryant died in 1850, Stephen, Sidney, and Malissa may be his instead of Russell's. This is the problem we deal with when a family uses the same names over and over.

  • Sources 
    1. [S406] Mask, Herberta, Russell Thomas Rigby.

    2. [S1103] 1850 Kemper, MS, pg 293-4 (147B-148A), hh #119.
      Russell Rigby

    3. [S887] Will, William Rigby, 8 Feb 1805, Duplin, NC.
      Russel Rigby

    4. [S298] Evans, Donna, Russel Rigby.
      ... Our Russel Rigby, b. 1798 Duplin Co NC, was in Darlington Co SC in 1817 ...

    5. [S1103] 1850 Kemper, MS, pg 293-4 (147B-148A), hh #119.
      age 52, South Carolina

    6. [S917] Kelly, Susan A, Lydia Russell.
      abt 1819

    7. [S917] Kelly, Susan A, Russel Rigby to Mary Page.
      1849


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