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The Riggs surname

The Riggs name in Orange County Indexed: 206 historical records and 5 people in the chronology.

In the records
1764 to 1874 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1764–1873
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1782–1818
  • Wills 1782–1865
  • Marriages 1783–1874
In the chronology
1811 to 1990 5 people in 8 entries, most in the 1810s
Places in its deeds and wills
Little River (14), Flat River (4), Mill Road (1), Homes Spring Branch (1), Stags Creek (1), Durham (1)
Married into
Nichols 3, Guess 2, Hall 2, Laws 2, Ray 2, Woods 2, Anderson 1, Ball 1, Day 1, Duke 1, Hannah 1, Hargiss 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Walker 9, Woods 7, Ray 7, Latta 6, Jamison 5, Hall 5, Jameson 5, Laws 5, Bullock 5, Wood 3, Nichols 3, Brown 3
Spellings to try
Rigs
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 5 people

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 206 records

41 deeds, 39 marriages, 103 court minutes, 8 tax list entries and 15 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. Riggs marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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