1789 Pleasant Diggs and Elizabeth Hinson were married in 1789. [1]
1830 Pleasant Diggs Senior lived in Henry County, Tennessee in a household with free white males: 1 (15 thru 19) and 1 (60 thru 69); and free white females: 1 (70 thru 79); and 8 enslaved persons. [2]
1836-1837 Pleasant Diggs Senior was taxed in Henry County, Tennessee. [3] [4]
1840 Pleasant Diggs lived in Henry County, Tennessee in a household with free white males: 1 (20 thru 29) and 1 (70 thru 79); and free white females: 1 (70 thru 79); and 16 enslaved persons. [5]
1842 Pleasant Diggs died in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee. He was born in 1757 in Virginia, son of William Diggs and Judith Diggs. [6]
1842 The will of Pleasant Diggs of Henry county, Tennessee was proved in January in Henry, Tennessee. The will named Pleasant Diggs, Elizabeth Diggs (Wife), Nancy Jernigan (Daughter), and Lucy McRae (Daughter). [7]
1842 The estate sale for Pleasant Diggs was prepared by Benj H Diggs in Henry County, Tennessee and was dated January 21. [8] [9]
1842 Elizabeth Diggs and John Nance entered into a financial agreement in Henry county to share resources. Dated May 17. [10]
1846 Elizabeth Diggs and Benjamin H Diggs were taxed in District 9, Paris, Tennessee. [11]
1850 Elizabeth Digges (age 92, born in North Carolina) lived in District 9, Henry County, Tennessee, in a household with John Nance (35). [12]
1850 Benjamin H Digges (age 52, born in North Carolina) lived in District 9, Henry County, Tennessee, in a household with Mary Digges (45), John Digges (26), William Digges (21), Pleasant J Digges (16), Thomas Digges (14), Benj Digges (12), John Merchant (26), Catherine Merchant (21), Nancy E Digges (10), Harriet L Digges (8), and Mary A Digges (3). Benjamin H Digges was a farmer. [13]
1852 The court of Henry County approved a petition by Benjamin H Diggs, executor of Pleasant Diggs dec'd, to have a sale at the late residence of Elizabeth Diggs, dec'd. Dated September 6. [14] An estate sale was recorded. [15] [16]
Research Notes:
Who got married?
1842 Elizabeth Diggs and R.G.L. Garner were married on February 7 in Henry County. [17]
1843 Elizabeth Diggs and Joseph Harden were married on November 22 in Paris, Tennessee. [18]
[1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, [AncestryRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895, 1837, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895, 1836, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[7] Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, index, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, inventory. navigate to images 739-741, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Henry County Archives (Paris, Tennessee), Estate Settlements: Henry. Probate Records 1854–1889, image 2174, [FamilySearchImage].
[11] Tax books: Paris. Tax Records 1827–1857, IGN=008661316, image 556, [FamilySearchImage].
[12] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[13] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[14] Court, Minute books : Henry. Court Minutes May 1836–April 1849, May 1849–December 1859, IGN=008264456, image 316, [FamilySearchImage].
[15] Tennessee State Library and Archives (Nashville, Tennessee), Henry. Wills December 1844–October 1856, October 1856–January 1863, image 250, [FamilySearchImage].
[16] Tennessee State Library and Archives (Nashville, Tennessee), Henry. Will Books 1844–1856, image 259, [FamilySearchImage].
[17] Tennessee. County Court (Henry County), Henry County Tennessee Marriages: Henry. Marriage Records 1838–1911, image 31, [FamilySearchImage].
[18] Marriage records: Henry. Marriage Records June 1941–December 1943, image 705, [FamilySearchImage].