Eleanor Sidney 'Ellen' Rigney

Notes:

On Thursday, September 30, 1999 8:27 PM, Richard W. Kesler
[SMTP:rkesler@pinehurst.net] wrote:
> Did the letter name any other children of Ellen Rigney by Benjamin Turner Clement? These are simply cordial letters. F. B. CLEMENT wrote things like "thank you for the pictures," "How are the rest of the family? Give my love to them," and "I was so sorry to hear of Albert's death."
The only items specific to the topic of the children of Ellen RIGNEY and Benjamin Turner CLEMENT in the letters written by F.B. CLEMENT that I have photocopies of are -
"It would interest me if you care to relate the whole story of his life with your grandmother as well as with Sallie Gravelly." "It has always seemed to me that he did the Rigney children an injustice and a wrong in abandoning them without support." 19 Nov 1948
It was news to me that he ever returned there after he first left Va for Texas and also that he had the large number of children by your grandmother" 15 Jan 1949

"The Kodak picture enclosed of Rob, Albert and Ben reveal some similarity of features to my father." 9 March 1950

The only other family members mentioned in the letters to Estelle POWELL from F. B. CLEMENT are Aunt Tavia, Uncle Fletcher, and an Aunt Betsy Goggin

The photocopies of these letters were sent to me by James
A. Davidson, a grandson of Albert Sidney RIGNEY.
Respectfully submitted,
Marna
F. B. CLEMENT
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Nashville, Arkansas

These letters are addressed to:
Mrs. S. C. Powell
Chatham, VA
The letters begin: Dear Estelle
These letters contain details that indicate that indeed
Benjamin Turner CLEMENT did father children by Ellen RIGNEY.
This Benjamin Turner CLEMENT was the son of George
Washington CLEMENT (1786 VA - 1867 VA) and Sarah 'Sally' TURNER (1804 VA - 1889 VA).
The F. B. CLEMENT is Fletcher Blaine CLEMENT (b. 1892 AR),
son of Benjamin Turner CLEMENT and Alice B. Williams (d. 1910 AR).
Estelle POWELL was born Estelle RIGNEY (b. 1906 VA), the
daughter of Albert Sidney RIGNEY (1867 VA - 1949 VA) who was the son of Ellen RIGNEY.
If you have additional information on the families of any
of these people, please do share it with the members of this group. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Marna
Eleanor Sidney Rigney is described at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/i/g/Lloyd-M-Rig
ney-TX/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0134.html as the daughter of
(daughter of Daniel Hoskins and Ardena (Dimsy) Hoskins) was born Abt. 1844 in Pittsylvania County Va., and died date unknown. She married (1)Levi Monroe Jackson in 1894; but had children or a child with him earlier. She married (2) Henry Rigney on February 06, 1862 in Pittsylvania Co. Va., son of William Rigney 5-XXX and Mary "Polly" Gibson. She married (3) William F. Gibson on June 23, 1864. Evidently Henry Rigney died the year after they were married leaving her with son, William. She then is said to have married William F. Gibson in 1864 and had children Benjamin, Albert, Mary Ellen, Samuel, Harris and Robert.... Ida, James H. and Madison Monroe are born before 1880 census and presumed to be children of Levi Monroe Jackson.
Eleanor 'Ellen' Sidney Rigney was also associated with an attorney, Benjamin Clement, for some time; reportedly, he gave her a house, servants, and other considerations, but not marriage and withdrew his support, remarried elsewhere and sired a son, whom he sent to William & Mary (per JD) This story is a combination of the facts told by J.D. and internet cite of Sharon Gibson Martin, a native of Pittsylvania Co., VA

Dates of Birth and death from her headstone in Callands, Pittsylvania Co. Marriage Certificate gives her name as Eleanor but she generally was called "Ellen". Certificate also gives her mother's name as Sallie Rigney and leaves blank the name of the father. She gave her age as 46 when actually it should have been 50. He gave his as 40, when it should have been 44.
1880 VA Census lists Ellen's other children and 1900 VA Census Pittsylvania County Callands Heritage Quest Series T623, Roll 1722 Page 215(http://persi.heritagequestonline.com.proxy.crrl.org/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?hitcount=&urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B17850082%3B-1%3B12%3B11&searchtype=2&offset=1&rollid=1722&pageid=215&threadtype=p) Monroe Jackson 45, Hellen (Ellen) 46, Minnie Jul 1882, Lula M. Jan 1884, Annie S. May 1885; this census also shows 13 children and 13 children living and shows married 3 years.
Levi Monroe Jackson married Eleanor Sidney Rigney, d/o Owen and Sally Adkins Rigney, Oct 7, 1894 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia
Research conducted by Jackson Family Genealogist, Jody Davis: Ancestors and Descendants of Martha Ann Jackson's father James (Samuel) Jackson and Judith Emmerson.


Ellen Rigney Headstone
Will of Dr. George Washington Clement 1786-1867

Will of Dr. George Washington Clement proved 16 Dec 1867 In the name of God Amen I George W. Clement of the County of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of life do therefore make ordain publish and declare this to be my last will and testament. 1st. I will the payment and discharge of all my just & lawful debts together with my burial expenses. 2nd, I have advanced to my son John S. Clement decd in monies negroes Etc. the value of & (illeg.). I release the estate of said John S. Clement from any liability on account of the bonds which I hold against said decedent they being inclulded in the above advance. 3rd. I have given to Porlina A. Moor a grandaughter a negro boy Arch the value of $700 which said gift is consideration of the tract of land sold by me which said land or the proceeds I intended for the children of said John S. Clement. 4th. I have advanced to James Clement son of the late John S. Clement one hundred dollars in money. 5th. I will to Stella A. Johnson one negro girl Mary valued at $700. 6th. I have advanced to my son Geo. W. Clement in sundra things at different times the value of $598. The bonds I hold against him I hereby release him from the payment of all of them. 7th. I have advanced to son Ralph A. Clement including three negroes cash at different times & also including old bonds which I release his estate from paying. I also surveyed to said Ralph A. Clement a tract of land etc. on which his widow now resides. This tract I now will to my granddaughter Martha Washington Clement the tract containing 443 acres. Out of this Bettie A. Clement is to have dower during her life, which said tract is valued at $3500 of which sum Ralph A. Clement has paid me $2000. 8th. I will to my grand daughter Martha W. Clement daughter of R. A. Clement the balance of said tract mentioned in the seventh clause lying on the north side of Snow Creek and supposed to contain 130 or 150 acres. This land is valued at $5 pr acre and must be accounted for unless however the provisions of this should make my daughter equal to the advances to my son Ralph A. Clement & in that event this last lot of land I give without charge. 9th. I have advanced to Charles J. Clement in slaves money land etc. the value of $6685.00. Said Charles is hereby released from the payment of any bonds which I hold against him. The tract of land included in the above advance is known as my old home in Franklin County containing by recent survey 610 acres less one half an acre which I reserve for Grave Yard. 10th. I will to my wife Sally Clement and her four children the whole of the tract of land upon which I now reside lying on the waters of Turkey Cock Creek in the counties of Pittsyvania and Henry containing by recent estimation 3200 acres one third of said tract belonging to my wife during her life the balance to be equally divided between her children Benjamin T., Henry K., Juriah O., and Stephen F. Clement. If any of said aforesaid die before arriving at the age of twenty one years or die without heirs then said decedents interest in the land above mentioned will belong to the surviving children of my said wife Sally Clement. 11th. I have advanced to my daughter Porlina A. Carter in slaves money & other sundras the value of $2193.35. 12th. I have advanced to my daughter Sarah E. Clement in money negroes etc. the value of $2657.05 13th. have advanced to my daughter Stella J. Julian in money slaves etc. the value of $2575.00 the slaves however embraced in this advance I directed one third of them to my said daughter and the other two thirds to be divided equally between her children by her first husband. 14th. I will to my four youngest children Benjamin T., Henry K., Juriah O., and Stephen F. the following named slaves to wit Big Tom, Clary, Cornelia, Pocahontas, John, Jeff, Henrietta, Nelley, Bob, Sam, White, Nance, Gustine, & Homer valued at $7000.00 these slaves to be equally divid(ed) between the four children mentioned in this clause provided however if any of said children die without heirs the interest of such decedents shall be given to the ssurviving children of my wife Sally Clement. 15th. I will to Charles J. Clement one negro man Stephen & one negro woman Gelisha as debt on the estate of James R. Clement amounting to $1000.00 it being an amount which said James R. Clement collected for a negro of mine named Patience sold to Jackson Finney. Also any other bond which I hold against the estate of said James R. Clement to be held by said Charles J. Clement in trust for the benefit of Lelia Maud daughter of James R. Clement provided however if said Lelia Maud Clement should die a minor then said trustee shall sell and equally divide the proceeds between my children by my first wife provided further that if my said son Charles J. Clement shall refuse to act as trustee aforesaid then I nominate my son Benjamin T. Clement and if neither will act as said trustee I further nominate Henry K. Clement in their stead. 16th. I will to my son Charles J. Clement a negro woman Isabella valued at $500.00. 17th. I will to my three daughters by my first wife Viz. Stella J. Julian, Porlina A. Carter & Sarah E. Clement the following slaves to wit Rubin, Gabril, Kllis, Sam, Dock, Austine, Granuello, Cloe, Caroline, Judy, Amelia, Mariah, Amanda, Clara, Anne an(d) Catherine to be divid(ed) as near equal between said daughters as practicable share & share alike. 18th. I have in my possession the following slaves my wife's dower in the first husband's estate names of slaves to wit Henry Siciline Tom Bob Joe John Lewis Madison Vincent Quincy Floyd Lucious John Caty Eveline Milly Julia Elizabeth Kimby Matora Matilda Laura Rebecca Ella Fanney Susan Angeline Malissa Roberta Anne (illeg.) Charlotte Frances and Victoria the foregoing negroes thirty four in number loaned to my wife Sally Clement during her life & at her death to go back to the distributees of the late Samuel Cook. 19th. I will that my Executrix and Executors herein after named as soon as practible after my death proceed to sell at auction on such credit as they may think best the following tracts of land to wit_ one tract adjoining the land given my son Charles J. Clement in the county of Franklin and containing by recent survey 481 acres the other tract being in the county of Pittsylvania on the south bank of Snow Creek and adjoining the land willed by me to Martha Washington Clement in the seventh clause of this will said tract containing near 500 acres by estimation and when the proceeds of the sale of such land is collected I will it distributed as follows to my grandson James Clement son of Jno. the sum of $700 to my granddaughter Lelia Maud Clement daughter of James the sum of $500 to go into the hands of the trustees mentioned in the 15th. clause of this will and subject to the same distribution in case of the death of said minor as the the other property mentioned in the said 15th. clause. The balance of the money arising from the sale of the two tracts of land aforesaid I will to be divided between my three daughters by my first wife to wit Porlina A. Carter, Stella J. Julian, and Sarah E. Clement so as to make them as near equal (illeg.) taking into consideration their advances heretofore made. 20th. I will the balance of my estate not hereinbefore disposed of to my wife Sally Clement and her four children to wit Benjamin T. Henry K Juriah O. and Stephen F. Clement including house hold furniture & kitchen furniture Etc. cattle mules and sheep both at home and in Franklin. Also waggons & all other plantation tools together with the provisions on hand and crops also any money on hand at my death. 21st. I will in case of the death of any of my first wife's children before distribution is made under this will that their interest in the property herein bequeath(ed) shall go to the surviving children of my said first wife. Also if any of my last wife's children should die before distribution is made under this will said decedent interest then shall go to the survivors of said last wife Sally Clement. 22nd. I will that the 14th. 17th. and 18th. clauses of this will be so construed as to give the increase in slaves mentioned in each clause to the distributees therein mentioned in each clause. 23rd. I appoint my wife Sally Clement Executrix and my sons, Benjamin T. & Henry K. Clement Executors of this my will and particularily request that no security be required of them as such or of either of them in the event of notification of either with the other. I desire that there be no inventory or appraisement of my estate. Given under my hand this 15th. day of October 1863. George W. Clement (Signed) At the county court held for the county of Pittsylvania on the 16th. day of December 1867 the last will and testament of George W. Clement Senr Dec'd was proved by John F. Pedigo and Wm. F. Gardner two ot the subscribing witnesses thereto and it is ordered that the said will be recorded and Sally Clement the Executrix refusing to qualify, on the motion of Benjamin T. Clement & Henry C. Clement the Executors who made oath and entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of sixteen thousand dollars conditioned according to law certificate is granted them for obtaining probate of said will in due form the testator requesting the court not to require security of the said Executors. Teste- S. Scruggs Clk. (Signed)
1870 United States Federal Census
1900 United States Federal Census
1880 United States Federal Census
Will of Dr. George Washington Clement 1786-1867

Eleanor married Benjamin Turner Clement/Clements, Esquire. Benjamin (son of George Washington Clement and Sarah 'Sally' Turner) was born 25 May 1838, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 3 Sep 1913, Pike County, Arkansas; was buried , Kirby Cemetery, Pike County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet]

1. William Johnson Rigney was born 8 Mar 1864, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 18 Jun 1932, Roanoke, Virginia; was buried , Fairview Cemetery, Roanoke, Virginia.
2. Benjamin Lee Rigney was born 13 Mar 1866, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 9 Jun 1956, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia.
3. Albert Sidney Rigney was born 13 Jun 1867, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died 23 Dec 1949, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia; was buried , Rigney Family Cemetery Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
4. Mary Ellen 'Molly' Rigney was born 9 Apr 1868, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 25 Jul 1964, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Haskins Family Cemetery, Pitytsylvania County, Virginia.
5. Samuel Harris Rigney was born 1869, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Harry Richard 'Whale' Rigney was born 13 Mar 1874, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 10 Nov 1948, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Rigney Family Cemetery, Worlds, Pittsylvcania County, Virginia.
7. Robert Morris Rigney was born 8 Sep 1874, Callands, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 12 Apr 1955, Bluefield West Virginia; was buried , Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluefield, West Virginia.
8. Ida Belle Rigney was born 30 Jun 1875, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 15 May 1964, Western State Hospital, Staunton, Virginia; was buried , Oakes Family Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
9. James Hunter Rigney was born 13 Dec 1879, Franklin County, Virginia; died 30 Jul 1946, Bluefield, West Virginia; was buried , Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluefield, West Virginia.

Eleanor married Levi 'Monroe' Jackson 1894, Prob. Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Levi was born Aug 1850, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; died 4 Aug 1933, Pelham, Caswell, North Carolina; was buried , Leemont Cemetery, Danville City, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

1. Madison Monroe Jackson was born 10 Jul 1888, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 11 Nov 1950, Martinsville,Henry Co., Virginia; was buried , Roselawn Burial Park Martinsville, Virginia.
2. Minnie Gertrude Jackson was born Jul 1882, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 21 May 1985, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Owen married Sarah 'Sally' Adkins Bef 1844. Sarah was born Abt 1825; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]