Display Patriot - P-279210 - James RIGGS

James RIGGS

SAR Patriot #: P-279210

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A096635

Birth: 15 Sep 1742 / Prince Georges / MD
Death: 27 Feb 1815 / Washington / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Private in the Company of CAPT Solomon Adams, in the 2nd Battalion of Bedford County, commanded by LTC Hugh Davidson
  2. Within this company, he was part of a group of Rangers under LT Edward Rose

Additional References:
  1. Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives;
    • 3rd Series, Vol 25, September 28, 1792
    • 5th Series
      • Volume 5, pg 89, 113
      • Volume 11, pg 113
  2. DAR, Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Part 3, pg 2469
  3. Riggs, H.E, Our Pioneer Ancestors, 2nd Edition, 1942, pg 9-10
  4. Pennsylvania State Digital Archives, Rev War Military Abstract Card File Indexes

Spouse: Mary Johnson
Children: Basil; John; Axius Maxie; Edmond; Bazeal; Mary Ann; Samuel;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1956-01-31 FL Unassigned Clyde Danforth Marlow (80437) Bazel   
1963-02-11 AK Unassigned William Hibbs Currin (82062) Basil   
1973-03-08 IN Unassigned William Thomas Carroll (104653) Maxey   
1973-08-08 WV Unassigned John Edward Ambler (104324) Basil   
1976-05-28 AZ Unassigned Nikola M Riggs (109589) Basil/Bazil   
1983-11-03 MD Unassigned Howard Daniel Boon (122905) Basil   
1983-11-07 KS Unassigned James Samuel Graham (122932) Mary Ann   
1984-02-22 OK Unassigned David Carl Graham (123453) Mary   
1984-02-22 OK Unassigned James Morgan Graham (123454) Mary   
1987-03-31 DE 225312 Thomas Doyle Runnels (129284) Axius   
1991-07-18 VA 214756 Donald Elbridge Dye Jr (135144) Mary Ann   
1992-12-09 OR 211832 Jeffrey Heim Barker (139853) Basil   
1993-02-02 PA 211747 Hiram Ambler Carpenter Jr. (140177) Maxie   
1995-02-21 MS 206820 Timothy Scott McCarthy (144083) Mary Ann   
1998-03-25 IN 628 Russell Franklin Flint (150056) Bazel   
2011-11-06 AZ 44659 Michael Don Riggs (181282) Bazil   
2018-07-06 TX 82439 Russell Charles Ridgway (208138) Mary Ann   
2021-05-07 OH 96494 Charles Thomas McDowell (219109) Mary Ann   
2023-03-03 OH 105812 Layne Phillip Weston (225464) Mary   
2023-05-19 NJ 107378 Thomas Kevin Riggs (226623) Bazel   
Location:
New Matamoras / Washington / OH / USA
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Comments:
  • vertical stone with horizontal VA
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From the small town of New Matamoras take Main Street west (away from the river) and go north (right) onto County Road 33. Take that to Township Road 431 and turn right. The cemetery will be on the right (south) side of the road




Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
Born on September 15, 1742 in Rock Creek, Prince George County, Maryland to parents Edmund Riggs and Mary Brooke.  He served in the Pennsylvania Militia
as a Private in the Lt. Rose's Ranger Company, Bedford County Militia. He married Mary Johnson (1748-1818); children: Robert b. 1764, Thomas b. 1767, Maxemella b. 1768, Mary Ann b. 1772, Polly b. 1773,  Basil b. 1774, Ruth b. 1776, Hezekiah b. 1777, Priscilla b. 1778, John b. 1781, Edmund b. 1783,  Jane b. 1785, Samuel b. 1786 and Malinda b. 1796.  In 1776 he resided in Frederick County, Maryland. Shortly after this he moved to Bedford County, Pennsylvania, then In 1799 James Riggs and his family moved to the Ohio River Valley to what is now New Matamoras, Washington, Ohio. He died at 73 yers of age on February 27, 1815 in Grandview Township, Washington County, Ohio and buried at New Matamoras Cemetery, Washington County, Ohio. DAR, Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Part 3, p. 2469.  Pennsylvania State Digital Archives, Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File Indexes. 56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004. Has an original tombstone and a newer VA stone.
SAR Ancestor # P-279210. 
 

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Additional Information:
  • DAR NOTES
    • EL- JOHN WHO MARR MARY HUEY WAS NOT THE SON OF THIS ANCESTOR  -  Jun 2002
    • CHILD MAXEY APPEARS AS AXIOUS MAXEY IN RECORDS. GRANDDAU WHO MARR WARREN WELLS ALSO APPEARS AS MAXIE AND AXIOUS RIGGS  -  Apr 2014


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