James R.B. Riggs

(LAND ENTRY BOOK 1839-1874 ONSLOW)
NO 703
WARRENT ISSUED  OCT 18, 1848
JAMES RIGGS ENTERS 50 ACRES OF LAND IN ONSLOW LYING IN THE LANDS ADJOINING THE LANDS OF MICAJAH F. BURNAP AND THE LANE POCOSON 2ND DAY OF JULY 1847.
(LAND ENTRY BOOK 1839-1874 ONSLOW)
NO 711
WARRENT ISSUED 20 SEPT1847
JAMES RIGGS ENTERS 100 ACRES OF LAND IN ONSLOW COUNTY LYING ON MYRA BRANCH ADJOINING THE LANDS OF G.W. SANDERS THE LANDS OF JOHN RIGGS DECEASED AND HIS OWN LANDS THE 8TH OF SEPT 1847.
1OCT1845 MARRIAGE RECORDS RIGGS, JAMES AND RUTHY TROTT ASA-X-RIGGS AND (W) JASPER ETHERIDGE.
1850, WHITE OAK, ONSLOW COUNTY, JAMES RIGGS, 29, FARMER, VALUE OF REAL ESTATE IS 30, CANNOT READ AND WRITE. LIVING BESIDE HESTER RIGGS.
(LAND ENTRY BOOK 1839-1874 ONSLOW)
NO 1156
WARRENT ISSUED 12OCT1854
JAMES RIGGS ENTERS 100 ACRES LYING ON HEAD OF MYRA BRANCH ADJOINING THE LANDS OF ASA RIGGS THE LANDS BELONGING TO THE HEIRS OF CARTERET JONES DECEASED AND THE POCOSON.  28TH DAY OF JULY 1854.
1860, WHITE OAK, ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. JAMES RIGGS, 38, FARMER, VALUE OF REAL ESTATE, 300, VALUE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, 300. CANNOT READ AND WRITE.

CIVIL WAR
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DIED DURING THE WAR.  HIS WIFE SAYS HE WAS A MEMBER OF COMPANY H., 19 REGIMENT NC TROOPS(CAVALRY) . 2ND NC CALVARY.

RIGGS, JAMES R.B., PRIVATE
RESIDED IN ONSLOW COUNTY WHERE HE ENLISTED JAN. 28, 1862 FOR THE WAR.  DIED NEAR NEW BERN, NC. FEBRUARY 27, 1862 OF DISEASE.

Widow Request for Bounty