REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION AFFIDAVIT - BENJAMIN RIGG Copyright (c) 2002 by Janet Putt Neville. [jandneville@yahoo.com] *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection Rigg, Benjamin (Riggs, Regg) Pen. 348 1788-1800 Soldier-5th Virginia Regiment King George County Daughter: Betsey Also See: Burk, Armstrong-Boush, Goodrich At a Court held for King George County the 4th day of September 1788: Ordered that it be certified that Betsey Rigg an orphan of Benjamin Rigg dec'd who died while a soldier in the 5th Regiment of the Continental is now a resident of this County, and that she is indigant circumstances. A Copy Teste: Lau(rence)? Berry, Clk. I do with the advice of Council certify that Betsey Rigg, an orphan of Benjamin Rigg, who was a private in the 5th Virginia Regiment and who died in the service of the United States is allowed the sum eight pounds yearly, commencing on the first day of January 1788. Given under my hand as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, at Richmond, this 24th day of October 1788. T. Meriwether Signed: Edm: Randolph Betsey's guardian was John Armstrong, her grandfather.