Russell Thomas RIGBY

1798 - Abt 1863  (65 years)

• Name	Russell Thomas RIGBY  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	1798	, Duplin, North Carolina, USA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1817	, , North Carolina, USA
  Census	1820	, Darlington, South Carolina, USA
  pg 229a
  there is 1 M age under 10, 1 M age 16-25, 1 F age 16-25, total 3 people, no slaves
  Census	1830	, Darlington, South Carolina, USA
  1 M under 5, 1 M 10-14, 1 M 30-39, 2 F under 5, 1 F 5-9, 2 F 20-29, 1 F 60-69, total 9 free people, 1 slave F 55-99
  Tax List	1837	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
  Tax List	1839	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
  Census	1840	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
  pg 24
  2 M 5-9, 1 M 10-14, 1 M 20-29, 1 M 40-49, 1 F under 5, 1 F 5-9, 2 F 10-14, 1 F 15-19, 1 F 40-49, total 11 free people, no slaves
  Tax List	1842	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
  Tax List	1846	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
  Property	1 Dec 1846	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
  RIGBY RUSSELL 28 10N 17E CHOCTAW 161.42 1846/12/01
  Tax List	1848	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
  	Land Roll
  	Name Section Township/Range Rigby, Russell 28 10-17 Rigby, Russell 27 10-17
  Census	1850	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
  Slave Schedule
  SLAVE OWNER # OF PG# LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES DESC AGE COLOR STATE (FREED) BLIND REMARKS Right side 3 38 Rigby Russel 1 32 M B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119 3 39 Rigby Russel 1 22 M B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119 3 40 Rigby Russel 1 21 M B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119 3 41 Rigby Russel 1 30 F B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119 3 42 Rigby Russel 1 22 F B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119 4 1 Rigby Russel 1 19 F B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119 4 2 Rigby Russel 1 1 M B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119 4 3 Rigby Russel 1 6/12 M B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119 4 4 Rigby Russel 1 10 F B 0 0 0 FS HH #0119
  Census	2 Sep 1850	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
  pg 293-4 (147B-148A), hh #119
  Rigby, Russell 52 M Farmer 3000 SC Mary 23 F Miss John O 18 M Laborer SC Robert E 16 M Laborer SC pg 148A Sidney 10 M Miss Malissa L 7 F Miss Stephen 3 M Miss Joseph 1 M Miss fam 121 Rigby, William B 25 M Farmer 340 SC Mary 25 F Miss Martha 7 F Miss Russle 6 M Miss Nancy 4 F Miss Needham 2 M Miss
  Property	5 Dec 1850	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
  RIGBY RUSSELL 33 10N 17E CHOCTAW 42.33 1850/12/05
  Tax List	1854	, Kemper, Mississippi, USA
  	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
  pg 60, hh #378
  District 1, Hillsboro PO Rigby, Russell 62 M NC Mary 33 F Miss Sidney 24 M Miss Lidia 17 F Miss Stephen 13 M MS Andrew, Joseph 11 M MS Margaret 8 F MS Rigby, Charles 5 M MS Marenda 2 F MS Jones, Henry 3? M VA Lilly, W W 25 M NC
  Died	Abt 1863	, , Mississippi, USA
  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  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth RUSSELL,   b. Est 1776,   d. Nov 1844, , Simpson, Mississippi, USA  (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 ,   d. Bef 1846, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Married	Abt 1819	, , South Carolina, USA   [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 ,   d. Deceased   2. Mary F RIGBY,   b. 1830, , Darlington, South Carolina, USA ,   d. Bef Jul 1870, , , Texas, USA  (Age 40 years)   3. John Owen RIGBY,   b. 2 Mar 1832, , Kemper, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 19 Aug 1923, Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA  (Age 91 years)   4. Robert E RIGBY,   b. 1834, , , Mississippi, USA ,   d. Deceased   5. Sidney RIGBY,   b. 1840, , , Mississippi, USA ,   d. Deceased   6. Malissa Lydia RIGBY,   b. 1843, , , Mississippi, USA ,   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 ,   d. 17 Feb 1908, , , Mississippi, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Abt 1846	, , Mississippi, USA   [7]
  Children	1. Stephen RIGBY,   b. 1847, , , Mississippi, USA ,   d. Deceased   2. Joseph Andrew RIGBY,   b. Nov 1848, , , Mississippi, USA ,   d. 1932, , , Mississippi, USA  (Age ~ 83 years)   3. Margaret C RIGBY,   b. 22 Jan 1851, , , Mississippi, USA ,   d. 27 Feb 1917, , , Mississippi, USA  (Age 66 years)   4. Charles RIGBY,   b. 1855, , , Mississippi, USA ,   d. 24 Mar 1886, , , Mississippi, USA  (Age 31 years)   5. Miranda RIGBY,   b. 1858, , , Mississippi, USA ,   d. Deceased   6. L Martha RIGBY,   b. 1860, , , Mississippi, USA ,   d. Deceased   7. Arch RIGBY,   b. 1863, , , Mississippi, USA ,   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

  [S406] Mask, Herberta, Russell Thomas Rigby. [S1103] 1850 Kemper, MS, pg 293-4 (147B-148A), hh #119. Russell Rigby [S887] Will, William Rigby, 8 Feb 1805, Duplin, NC. Russel Rigby [S298] Evans, Donna, Russel Rigby. ... Our Russel Rigby, b. 1798 Duplin Co NC, was in Darlington Co SC in 1817 ... [S1103] 1850 Kemper, MS, pg 293-4 (147B-148A), hh #119. age 52, South Carolina [S917] Kelly, Susan A, Lydia Russell. abt 1819 [S917] Kelly, Susan A, Russel Rigby to Mary Page. 1849