Genealogy for
Martha A. Rigsby
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Martha A. Rigsby
1844 - 1/12/1938
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Martha A. Rigsby was born about 1844 in Calhoun Co., Georgia and died on January 12, 1938 in Bibb Co., Georgia. Actual date of birth is unknown. She lived to be about 94 years old.
Her parents were Enoch and Nancy C. Measles Rigsby. Her father died when she was young and her mother remarried in 1854 to a man named Benjamin Williams.
Martha had three children, who's father was James R. Knight.
- Alice Virgina Rigsby (1867)
- Mark R. Rigsby (6/1870) and
- James Edward Rigsby (7/1887).
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 | Census | 9/30/1850 | District 4 GA (Randolph County) | 6 yrs old | | Listed as family 81: Nancy Rigsby (age 30),
Enoch Rigsby (age 9),
Martha Rigsby (age 7),
Meremy Rigsby (age 4), and
Nancy Rigsby (age 2). All were born in GA. Their estate is valued at $2,500.
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| Census | 6/28/1860 | GA (Randolph County) | 16 yrs old | | Listed as family 509: Benjamin William (age 72),
Nancy William (age 35),
James William (age 4),
Robert William (age 2),
Martha Rigsby (age 15),
Maneven Rigsby (age 13), and
Catharine Rigsby (age 11). All were born in NC. Benjamin is a Grocer.
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| Census | 8/1/1870 | Subdivision 146 GA (Randolph County) | 26 yrs old | Listed as family #784: James Knight (age 30), Mary Ann Kinght (age 25), Martha Rigsby (age 24) and Alice Rigsby (age 3). James is a chair maker and his wife, Mary Ann, is keeping house. Martha is a domestic servant. James estimates the value of his real estate to be $300 and personal property $200. All were born in GA. James cannot write and Mary Ann and Martha cannot read or write.
Other members of the Knight family live near James and his family. They are reported on the census as:
#785 - Chancy Knight (age 61 SC)
#786 - Oliver B. Knight (age 41 GA), Nancy (32 GA), John T. (14 GA),Elizabeth (16 GA), John F. Gilder (16 GA)farm worker. Oliver is a chair maker.
#778 - Salathiel Knight (age 67 SC)
Jane Knight (29 NC), Marion (19 GA), Lucius (12 GA), Martha (21 GA) , Isadora R. (9mos GA). |
| Census | 6/17/1880 | District 998 GA (Randolph County) | 36 yrs old |
Listed as family #72: James Knight (white male, age 40), Mary A. (wife, age 38), Minnie B., (daughter, age 8), Edith (daughter, age 6), William E. (son, age 4), and Estella (daughter, age 1). James is employed as a chair maker. Martha Rigsby (boarder, age 36), Alice (daughter, age 13), Marke B. (son, age 10). Martha and her children are keeping house.
Listed as family #71: Oliver B. Knight (white male, age 51) and Nancy A. (wife, age 44). Oliver is employed as a chair maker.
Listed as family #74: Mollie Williams (white male, age 30),
Lou Ella Williams (daughter, age 7), and Mineva Rigsby (boarder, age
28). Mineva appears to be a laborer working for the Williams. |
| Census | 1/1/1910 | Militia District 998 GA (Randolph County) | 66 yrs old | | family 234 - Mark Rigsby (40),
Louisa Rigsby (37),
Leon Rigsby (16),
Lelia Rigsby (14),
Clifford Rigsby (13),
Roland Rigsby (11),
Lillian Rigsby (9),
Walter Rigsby (7),
Fanny Rigsby (5),
Emma Rigsby (1) &
mother - Martha Rigsby (64). All were born in Georgia. Mark and Louisa have been married 20 years. They have had nine children, eight are living. Mark is a farmer. |
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Martha, her family, and friends. For example, Martha is 11 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 3 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 6 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 7 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 8 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 9 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 10 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 12 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 13 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 14 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| 26 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 31 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| 61 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 68 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 70 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 73 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
| 76 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
| 80 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 9 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 12 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 15 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 21 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 25 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 33 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 35 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 45 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 51 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 53 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 56 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 56 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 57 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 58 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 59 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 60 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 62 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 62 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 62 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 68 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 69 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 70 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 79 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 79 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 80 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 82 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 83 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 84 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 92 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 94 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 17 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 18 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 38 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 41 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 64 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 68 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 69 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 73 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 75 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 94 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
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| 11 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 16 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 18 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 19 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 21 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 24 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 31 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 32 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 65 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 66 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
| 83 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 85 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 86 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 88 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 89 |
1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
| 90 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 90 |
1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
| 91 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
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| 65 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 70 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 73 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 75 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 76 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
| 94 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
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| James Knight
Born on June 27, 1838 and died on October 7, 1911
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The Children of Martha A. Rigsby
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23 years old
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Alice Virgina Rigsby
Born in Randolph, Georgia on January 5, 1867 and died in Calhoun County, Georgia on November 10, 1913. She was 46 years old.
Her parents were James Knight and Martha Rigsby....
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Marcus Roland Rigsby
Born somewhere in Georgia on June 8, 1870 and died in Terrell Co., Georgia on August 4, 1953. He was about 83 years old.
He married Louisa V. Belcher.
Children:
Leon M. Rigsby (1893)
Lelia G. Rigsby
Clifford G. Rigsby (1897- 1960)
Roland J. Rigsby (1899 - 9/15/1965)
Lillian ...
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James Edward Rigsby
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on July 4, 1887 and died in Muscogee County, Georgia on January 27, 1968. He was about 80 years old.
He was called Jim. He married Samantha and they had two children Carlton Leon (7/14/1904) and Essie Lou (8/28/1907-1996).
He later married Evalee A. Howard.
Their children were:
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