Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Briggs, William W., 1886 

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              PETERSBURG. 

[...] 
                          November 19, 1886. 
[...] 
  Southampton county has lost one of its best citizens by the death of 
Mr. W. W. Briggs, who was for many years sheriff of the county.  He was 
a brother-in-law of General Mahone.          ROBIN ADAIR. 


William W. BRIGGS, former Sheriff of Southampton Co., Confederate veteran, 
d. 16 Nov 1886, age 52, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 39B*), Franklin, 
"The Richmond (VA) Dispatch," Nov. 20, 1886 (Whole No. 11,041), 
   p. 4, col. 2 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 


Additional information: 

He appears in the 1850 Census (Nottaway P'sh, p. 296a, household 205), 
   age 21, Deputy Sheriff. 

License issued on the 10th day of February 1851 for the solemnification of 
   marriage between Wm W. Briggs & Susanna Mahone of Southampton county. 
   (Southampton Co. MB1:2) 

They were married at the courthouse on Tuesday evening, 11 Feb 1851. 
   Story, Elliott Lemuel.  Diary, 1838-1876. 
   Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA. (Cat.No. Mss5:1  St762: 1-6). 
   Vol. V (1851 Jan 1 - 1857 Jun 30), p. 9,  entry for Tues., Feb. 11, 1851. 

While mentioned in the text, he does not appear on the Confederate rosters: 
   Balfour, Daniel T.  "Franklin and Southampton in the Civil War" (1st ed). 
   Appomattox: H.E. Howard, 2002. 


For further information, see the following source: 

Crofts, Daniel W.  "Old Southampton: Politics and Society in a Virginia 
   County, 1834-1869." Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b620w3ob.txt