Elisha Riggs MSA SC 5496-35144

Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Elisha Riggs (b. circa 1810 - d. circa 1890)
MSA SC 5496-035144
Property Owner, Cracklin District, Montgomery County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT, (Marriage Licenses), 1832-1839, [MSA C376-6]. Elisha Riggs and Avolina Warfield, September 21, 1833.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Assessment Record, Slaves), 1853-1864, [MSA C1112-1]. Elisha Riggs, 1855, Page 87.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS, (Slave Statistics), 1867-1868, Archives of Maryland Online Volume 812, [MSA CM750-1]. Elisha Riggs, May 6, 1867, Pages 29-30 (Pages 16-17 Electronic).

Montgomery County District 1, Simon J. Martenet, Martenet and Bond's Map of Montgomery County, 1865, Library of Congress, [MSA SC 1213-1-464], Huntingfield Map Collection.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, (Census Record, MD), 1850, Social Statistics, [MSA S1184-6]. Elisha Riggs, 1st or Cracklin District, Montgomery County, Page 257.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Elisha Riggs, 1840, Montgomery County, Page 17, Line 19 [MSA SM61-113, M 4722]. Slaves listed on Page 18, Line 19.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Elisha Riggs, 1850, Montgomery County, Cracklin District, Page 45, Line 37 [MSA SM61-142, M 1499-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Elisha Riggs, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Cracklin District, Page 10, Line 3 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Elisha Riggs, 1860, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 5, Line 16 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Elisha Riggs, Slaves, 1860, Montgomery County, Cracklin District, Page 1, Line 36 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2]. Continued on Page 2, Line 1.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Elisha Riggs, 1870, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 3, Line 17 [MSA SM61-275, M 7256].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Elisha Riggs, 1880, Montgomery County, Patuxent River, District 119, Page 4, Line 20 [MSA SM61-324, M 4748-2].

Newspapers and Journals -

"Deaths and Burials." Baltimore Sun 18 April 1889: Supplement 1. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"Destructive Fire -- Cotton Factory Burnt." Baltimore Sun 10 February 1843: 2. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"Ran Away." Baltimore Sun 15 August 1849: 2. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

Stabler, Esther B. "Triadelphia: Forgotten Maryland Town." Maryland Historical Magazine. 43 (1948): 108-120.

Untitled. Baltimore Sun 15 February 1843: 2. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

Books -

Bowman, John D. Guide to Selections from the Montgomery County Sentinel, January 1, 1856 - December 31, 1875. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2005.

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