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The Riggins surname

The Riggins name in Orange County Indexed: 16 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1791 to 1901 most named in the 1810s
  • Court minutes 1791–1811
  • Deeds 1799–1816
  • Wills 1801–1814
  • Marriages 1819–1901
In the chronology
1991 1 person in 1 entry
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (4), Crooked Creek (1), Haw River (1)
Married into
Carrol 1, Durham 1, Farrar 1, Gates 1, Walker 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Barbee 3, Trice 2
Spellings to try
Riggains, Riggans, Riggin, Rigins, Riggians, Riggens
Search beyond these records

Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.

In the chronology 1 person

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

In the historical records 16 records

4 deeds, 5 marriages, 5 court minutes and 2 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Riggins marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

1790s

1800s

1810s

1860s

1900s

Undated

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