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Comment by Rosemary J. Taylor on February 21, 2011 at 10:27pm

If Sam was a steamboat captain, he should have been living near water.  Was he the Sam living Paduca, KY?  His family was living elsewhere.

There was a Pigg living in the same county as Sam in central Kentucky, but earlier.  He might be related.

 

I should have got back to you earlier, but I was sidetracked.  I did look up Sam, and he is hard to research.  Good luck.

Comment by Stephen Burton on January 15, 2011 at 6:46pm

Rosemary, I have a mystery Pigg in my line, at least to me, his name was Sam Pigg. He is the father of my g-grand mother Cordelia Pigg who married Charles Marshall Ely. I found a reference to him in an obit for my g-great aunt Mittie Vitula Pigg (who also married an Ely by the name of James S. Ely).

 

In the obit Sam Pigg was listed as a steamboat captain and had died in a duel. That has been all that I have found out about him.

Comment by Rosemary J. Taylor on September 15, 2010 at 7:25pm

I was following a Pigg family line in Pittsylvania Co., VA, when I came upon a man named William Pigg who is said to have moved to Mississippi. This William is not the same man I am "supposed" to descend from. It may take a while to research this, as it does not seem to be generally known. I thought I would relay the information.

Comment by Rosemary J. Taylor on January 25, 2010 at 1:47am

Several of the Trees at Ancestry.com give Lucinda Womack's mother's name as Martha Anne Drucilla Byars who married Abner Womack. This Lucinda is supposed to be the mother of John Pigg who I research, and wife of Clayborn Pigg, but records are painfully few. Clayborn disappears about 1837. Lucinda remarries. Maybe Clayborn didn't die and married Artelesia?
See above discussion on John A. Pigg's ancestors.

Comment by Rosemary J. Taylor on January 25, 2010 at 1:03am

1840 Pigg heads-of-household in Tennessee from Census Index book

WARREN
William
Hardin
John
Nathan

LINCOLN
Delilah
James
Joel
John
Seaburt

SMITH
Charles
William
John

MS (MARSHALL?) old notes and I abbreviated
Clayborn
Richard
William

DAVIDSON
James

SE (SEVIER?)
George

Comment by Rosemary J. Taylor on November 29, 2009 at 12:01am

Jessica - Welcome to Pigg Group. Your Pigg family may be related to mine. Check out the heads of Pigg families in Tennessee listed below.

Comment by Jessica Fontana on November 28, 2009 at 11:06pm

I have a Druscilla Jane Pigg, daughter of unknown Pigg, who had to have died between 1848 (when he fathered his last daughter) and 1850, and mother Artelesia/Atremesia.

Druscilla Jane Pigg married William A Carr 27 May 1851 in Lauderdale AL. She has these children with him:
James Carr 1852 –
Martha Elizabeth Carr 1855 –
Mary Frances Carr 1858 – 1938
Artemesia Leesa Carr 1860 – 1883
Lula Cordelia Carr 1866 – 1894

In 1860 census the Carr family are in Tishomingo MS. In 1870 Druscilla is widowed, widowed again by a man last name Lewis, and living in Scott Co. Missouri. She is in Scott Co in 1880 with 3rd husband, Mars.

In 1850 Druscilla Jane is listed with her mother Artelesia in Lauderdale AL with her siblings:
Ranson Pigg 1830 –
Martha Pigg 1832 –
Davis Henderson Pigg 1836 – 1865
Mary Pigg 1838 –
Andrew Jackson Pigg 1840 –
William Pigg 1845 –
Sarah Pigg 1846 –
Margarett Pigg 1848 -

They seem to have moved around a bit, based on the children's birth places:

1830 Residence, Tennessee
Oldest child: Ranson is born in TN in 1830. So family is likely there. Martha and Druscilla born here as well.

1838 Residence, Alabama
Mary, Andrew and William are all born in Alabama.

1846 Residence Tennessee
Sarah and Margaret are born in Tennessee.

There are a lot of Pigg folks in Tennessee too, so I'm looking there as well. I hope we can exchange information. Any ideas about who this unknown father Pigg might be?

Thanks!

Comment by Rosemary J. Taylor on November 15, 2009 at 9:48pm

I found Beththuel Pigg on the 1792, Madison County, Kentucky tax list.
http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/madison/taxlists/1792tax.txt

I doubt he is related to me, but someone might be interested.

Comment by Judy Week on September 30, 2009 at 11:41pm

1850 Census District 9 Hardin Co., TN Page 9 Ancestry.com
Dwelling No. 58
Family No. 58
John Pigg 21 abt. 1829 Male TN
Ethalinda Pigg 21 abt. 1829 Female TN
Mary S. E. Pigg 4 abt. 1846 Female AL
Larena Pigg 7 abt. 1843 Female AL

1860 Census Township 20 Range 13, Pemiscot Co., MO Page 3 Ancestry.com
Dwelling No. 421
Family No. 416
John Pigg 30 abt. 1830 Male TN
Etha Pigg 28 abt. 1832 Female TN
Slirena Pigg 10 abt. 1850 Female AL
William Pigg 8 abt. 1852 Male IL
James Pigg 2 abt. 1858 MO

(Rosemary - I have a question. I have information that John and Ethalinda were in Warren, not Hardin County, Tennessee in 1850. I am concerned about this.
The people above are the ones I am researching. Can you recheck to see which county please?) I have checked the info on Ancestry.com. Ethalinda & John Pigg were living in Hardin Co., TN during the 1850 Census.

Warren Co., TN 1830 Census - there were five Pigg families. The five families were headed by Hardy, Nathan, Nathan, Paul and William.

Warren Co., TN 1840 Census - there were five Pigg families. The five families were headed by John, Hardin, Nathan, Paul and William.

1850 Census District 12, Warren Co., TN Ancestry.com
Dwelling No. 961
Family No. 961
Pinkney Pigg 23 b. 1827 Male TN
Franky Pigg 23 b. 1827 Female TN
Ransom M. 2 b. 1848 Male TN
Elizabeth T. 1 b. 1849 Female TN

Dwelling No. 965
Family No. 965
Enrica Jones 54 b. 1796 Male NC
Martha 50 b. 1800 Female NC
Jones children
William Pigg 83 b. 1767 Male VA
Martha Pigg 40 b. 1810 Female VA

Comment by Rosemary J. Taylor on September 1, 2009 at 7:08pm

Hello!
Pigg is a very old name, and John Pigg was an early immigrant to America from England. Some claim the name was originally French. I have not researched the name farther back than the immigrant, but I welcome information from global Piggs. I hope to learn more about people with this surname, including from the people of color, and native ancestry.

I hear a few snickers.... Some people born with this surname have changed their name, while others have given their children interesting names, as Ima Pigg, John A. Pigg, Harry Pigg, and Icy Pigg. People with this surname usually develop a sense of humor, and the ability to look people in the eye when they give their name.

I have had a devilish time researching my Pigg line. Over the last many years I have built up a large database of Pigg, by following lines in hope they were mine. I have also pursued Pegg and Piggott. I will help any Pigg researchers if I can, and I hope someone has information that can help me in my research.