Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Rigsby, John March 22, 1887
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"The Jacksonville Republican"
Jacksonville, Calhoun Co., Alabama

NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, APRIL 9, 1887

ALABAMA State News

RANDOLPH County News

One of Andrew Jackson's veterans, John Rigsby, died at his home on the 22nd 
of March in Randolph county. The Wedowee Observer says: Mr. John Rigsby, one 
of our oldest and best citizens, passed from the stage of action at his home 
in this county on the 23rd inst. He joined the U.S. Army as a drummer boy at 
the age of nine years and was with the illustrious Andrew Jackson at the 
battle of New Orleans on the 8th day of January 1815. His was one of the 
drums to the sound of which those gallant heroes marched forth with 
patriotic pride to meet and conquer the forces of Edward Packenham, the 
British General then invading our shores. Mr. Rigsby has for several years 
drawn a pension from the United States for his services during that time.

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