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The Rigsbee surname

The Rigsbee name in Orange County Indexed: 87 historical records and 7 people in the chronology.

In the records
1785 to 1909 most named in the 1870s
  • Deeds 1785–1874
  • Court minutes 1787
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Records of enslaved people 1817–1820
  • Marriages 1820–1909
  • Wills 1881
In the chronology
1879 to 1986 7 people in 11 entries, most in the 1920s
Places in its deeds and wills
Durham (13), New Hope Creek (9), Second Creek (7), Main Street (4), Pratt Street (4), New Hope (3), Bolin Creek (2), Raleigh (2)
Married into
Pickett 3, Barbee 2, Lee 2, Anderson 1, Boggs 1, Brassfield 1, Carlton 1, Cates 1, Cheek 1, Clements 1, Copley 1, Gilbert 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Pickett 7, Turner 4, Atwater 3, Barbee 3, House 2, Moring 2, Copley 2, Booth 2, Chisenhall 2, Styron 2
Spellings to try
Riggsbee, Rigsbey
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 7 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 87 records

51 deeds, 4 records of enslaved people, 27 marriages, 2 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 1 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. Rigsbee marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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