Orange County Indexed
The Rigsby surname
The Rigsby name in Orange County Indexed: 36 historical records.
- In the records
- 1761 to 1850
most named in the 1800s
- Court minutes 1761–1818
- Deeds 1768
- Tax lists 1779
- Marriages 1800–1850
- Wills 1804–1834
- Married into
- Glenn 2, Chizenhall 1, Copley 1, Coulter 1, Herndon 1, Pendergrass 1, Perry 1, Picket 1, Smith 1, Watson 1, Vickers 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Brewer 2, Campbell 2
- Spellings to try
- Rigsbey, Riggsby, Rigsbay
- Search beyond these records
- Rigsby in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Rigsby there)
- Rigsby in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
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 historical records 36 records
1 deeds, 12 marriages, 18 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 4 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. Rigsby marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Rigsby Isse
1780s
1790s
1800s
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: Isaiah Rigsby and Nancy Pendergrass
- 1800Court minutesThe court exempted Jesse Rigsby from poll taxation.
- 1801MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse Rigsby and Elizabeth Picket
- 1801MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Rigsby and Aggy Smith
- 1802MarriagesMarriage bond: Goodwin Watson and Holly Rigsby
- 1804WillsWill of William (x) Partin
- 1806MarriagesMarriage bond: Isaac Perry and Peggy Rigsby
- 1807WillsWill of William (x) Picket
- 1808Court minutesDeed, Sarah Rigsby to Bryant Kittrell, proved by William Pritchard.
1810s
1820s
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: Chesley Herndon and Tempe Rigsby
- 1827WillsWill of Jesse (x) Rigsby
- 1829MarriagesMarriage bond: Woody Rigsby and Nancy M Glenn
1830s
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse Rigsby and Mary Vickers
- 1834WillsWill of Joseph Dickson
1850s
- 1850MarriagesMarriage bond: Jefferson Rigsby and Louisey Copley
Undated
- Court minutesThe court judged Philemon Edwards the father of Tabitha Rigsby’s daughter; John Edwards and Henry Brewer provided security.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Charity Rigsby to William Stroud until age 18.
- Court minutesGeorge Rigsby, John Shaddy, Ludwick Albright and Charles Johnston recorded cattle marks.
- Court minutesJames Rigsby replaced James Cellars as road overseer.
- Court minutesThirteen jurors were appointed to lay out a road from Red Fields ford to the Western Road at Little River.
- Court minutesFifteen men were appointed to lay out a road from Redfields ford on Haw River to New Hope Chapel.
- Court minutesMary Rigsby, aged eight, was apprenticed to John Campbell and his wife Mary until age eighteen.
- Court minutesJames Kirby replaced James Rigsby as road overseer.
- Court minutesHamilton and company brought an action on the case against James Rigsby.
- Court minutesGarnishees Comer and Ansley disclosed bonds owed to the Abercrombies; Comer questioned land-title security, while Ansley could not alloca…
- Court minutesDeed, Alexander Strain & Jesse Rigsby to Samuel Love, proved by John Daniel.
- Court minutesDeed, Titus Atwater to Isaiah Rigsby, proved by William Brewer.
