Charles Rigg Born: 8 Jun 1756 Died: 4 Feb 1839 Plot:
Rev War; enlisted 29 Mar 1777 Port Tobacco MD; discharged 28 Mar 1780 Where born: Charles Co MD Where died: Wabash Son of: Thomas Rigg (1705 Charles MD-20 Nov 1761 MD; m2: Mary Peel Bowie) & Francis Bruce (1717 MD) Married: 28 Dec 1781 MD Elizabeth Andrews (22 Sep 1760 MD-18 Sep 1832 KY) Lived at: 1830 Wabash Children: - John (2 Nov 1783-16 Nov 1804 KY) -
Thomas (15 May 1785 VA-11 May 1819 OH) -
Levy (8 Feb 1787 VA-1845) -
Eleanor (2 May 1789 VA-1830 IN) -
Thomas (1791 VA-1830 Springfield IL) Samuel (14 Aug 1791 NC-1 Apr 1858 Mt Carmel buried Beachamp-Harper Cem) -
George Penn (6 Sep 1793 NC-14 Dec 1867 Wabash buried Bethel in Bellmont) -
Robert Hannah (14 Jan 1795 KY-20 Mar 1842 Wabash) -
Mary (6 Mar 1797 NC-Sep 1829) -
Cassandra (7 Jun 1799 NC-May 1883 KY m1: 1830 KY Christian Spangler; m2: 1850 KY John Gilkerson) -
Harriet (14 Aug 1802) -
Jarrett P (14 Aug 1802 NC-1880 WVA) -
James (22 Oct 1804 KY-23 Feb 1850 Wabash buried Bethel in Bellmont) -
Elizabeth (19 May 1807-19 Aug 1831)
* indicates buried with Charles Rigg in Sand Hill Cemetery.
About Sand Hill Cemetery:
Sand Hill Cemetery is the oldest large cemetery in Mt Carmel IL, predating Highland Memorial Cemetery and Rose Hill Cemetery. There was no subdivision of lots in Sand Hill Cemetery. People were buried in the order of their death. New burials were prohibited in Sand Hill Cemetery after 1932. Burials: 1254 Location: 730 West 3rd Street, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
