BIO: RIGGS, Jonathan, Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in US GenWeb Archives: Submitted by E-mail Registry Submitter: James R. B a k e r, Jr. Date: Saturday, 23 October 1999 Subject: BIO: RIGGS, Jonathan, Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ******************************************************************************* PIONEER FAMILIES OF MISSOURI By Wm. S. Bryan and Robert Rose Bryan, Brand and Co., St. Louis, Mo., 1876 St. Charles County, Page 182 Riggs - Gen. Jonathan Riggs, who name has frequently been mentioned in this work, and particularly as Lieutenant under Capt. Callaway at the time of his death, was the son of Rev. Bethel Riggs, a Baptist Preacher, of Campbell County, Kentucky. In 1812 he removed to Missouri, and settled within the present limits of Lincoln County; and in 1813, he organized the Sulphur Springs Baptist Church. His son Jonathan married Jane Shaw of Campbell County, Ky., and they had ten children - Samuel, Franklin, Tucker, Clinton, Nancy, Epsy, Lucinda, Matilda, Eliza, and Sally. Samuel was killed in Texas, by a runaway team. Franklin died in Wisconsin. Tucker lives in California. Clinton lived in Louisiana Missouri. Nancy married James Shaw. Epsy married Eli H. Perkins. Lucinda married a lawyer, named Raymond. Matilda married John Massey. Eliza married John Mitchell. Sally married Daniel Draper. General Riggs settled in Lincoln County, three miles north of Troy, on the Auburn Road, where he died, in 1835. His widow died in 1873, and was buried at Louisiana, Mo. The remains of several of his children, who had died and were buried in Lincoln County, were removed in 1874, and re-interred by the side of their mother's grave. *******************************************************************************