HI RALPH SAW YOUR POST. I HAVE BEEN DOING WORK ON THIS LINE,
ELIJAH SR ETAL.
I CANNOT PROVE MY THEORY, BUT I BELIEVE
ELIJAH SR WAS S/O JOHN
BIGGS SR. JOHN SR LIVED IN
NASH CO NC AT THE TIME
ELIJAH SR WAS DRAFTED INTO RW FROM
NASH CO, ALSO JOHN JR AND
SOPHIA. [THAT PART I CAN PROVE]
BY 1820, WHEN
ELIJAH IS IN
SIMPSON CO KY, JOHN SR AND FAMILY ARE IN
SUMNER AND
ROBERTSON CO TN. JOHN SR AND JR BOUGHT LAND ON RED RIVER, IN THE TWO COUNTIES IN 1804. RED RIVER RUNS TO OR FROM
SIMPSON CO KY, I BELIEVE.
JOHN SR, I BELIEVE, IS NOT LISTED IN
SUMNER CENSUS 1820, BUT IS THE
OLDER COUPLE AT DAVID BIGGS'S HOME. THE JOHN LISTED MUST BE JOHN JR, WHO APPEARS TO HAVE DIED BEFORE 1830.
BY 1830 JOHN SR AND OTHERS ARE IN
LINCOLN CO TN, INCLUDING ABRAHAM MARTIN, WHO m
MOURNING BIGGS b 1792 EDGECOMBE CO NC. IN 1792 JOHN SR LIVED ON SAPPONY CREEK IN
NASH CO VERY NEAR THE
EDGECOMBE LINE.
IN THE WILL OF FRANCIS
SOWARD,
PROVEN 1777 EDENTON,
CHOWAN CO NC HE NAMES ONE DAUGHTER WILLIANE
BIGGS. I THINK SHE WAS
LIKELY JOHN SR'S FIRST WIFE AND MOTHER OF
ELIJAH SR, JOHN JR, AND
SOPHIA. MOURNING'S PARENTS MAY HAVE BEEN JOHN SR AND HIS SECOND WIFE [NAME UNK] OR SHE COULD HAVE BEEN D/O JOHN JR, HE BEING b NEAR THE SAME TIME AS
ELIJAH.
I WENT TO NC AND STOPPED AT EVERY
COURT HOUSE IN N.E. NC BUT COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF JOHN SR EVER BEING THERE.
IT IS MY
BELIEF THAT JOHN SR IS THE ELDEST SON OF JAMES
BIGGS d 1767/8
CURRITUCK CO NC, THOUGH SOME WOULD ARGUE WITH ME.
I HAVE OTHER CLUES THAT LEAD ME DOWN THIS ROAD, OF OTHER FAMILY CONNECTIONS, AND AM LOOKING FOR SOME
PROOF.
ANYONE INTERESTED CAN CONTACT ME AT
biggsidahofalls@aol.comDAN
BIGGS