The following are assorted notes and sources related to the Diggs family in Anson county.

Anson county N. Carolina Abstract of Will 1750-1880 by Reva Nance Carpenter

pg 72. Marshall Diggs - April 19, 1843. Jan. 1853. Wife Lydia. Sons: Thomas, Riley and Elisha Diggs. Daughters: Edmy Hailey, wife of Josiah, Dibby Strickland, wife of Matthew, Sarah McAlester, wife of John, Lucy Liles, wife of Sanford, Cynthia Evans, wife of William. To my grandsons: William Hailey and Henry Leroy Strickland if they ever return to this part of the country. To Mary Liles, widow of Louis, and to William Hailey, son of my daughter Sarah McAlester. Executors; Thomas and Riley Digs and Brooks Hinson. Witnesses: Washington McRae and A. Little.
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NC census 1790 Anson co. Fayette Dist

Marshall Diggs pg 35, 5-free while males 16 aged and above, 4 free white males, 3 free white females, 0 other free persons, 1 slave.
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Anson County N. Carolina Abstract of Wills 1750-1880 by Reva Nance Carpenter

pg 10. Marshall Diggs - Sept 7, 1816. Pro 1831. Wife, Ann. Sons: William, Marshall, and John Diggs. Daughters: Martha Cock and Mary Diggs. Executors: John and Marshall. Trustee: Benjamin Moorman. Witnesses: Edward Hinson, Mitchell Moorman, Benjamin Moorman and John Gathings.
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Member of Great Convention of 1774. Moved to Anson Co. NC as pioneer.

Signer of Regulators Petition . Petition dated 9 Oct 1769. REf. Source: "Colonial Records", Vol. VIII, 1769-1771, pp. 81-82 and pp 241-244 by Saunders. Also: North Carolina History Told by Contemporaries," pp 87-93 by Lefler; also; "The War of The Regulators and the Battle of Alamance, May 16, 1771, by Wm. S. Powell.

Another signer...Thomas Arrington, Arrington being another family name. .....................................................................................

DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition; Washington: 1990
DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition
Diggs, Digge, Digges
William: b 1734 VA d 1785 NC m Judith (Judy) Hailey Pvt NC
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Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy
Wm Wade Hinshaw, author and publisher
Thomas Worth Marshall, editor
Douglas Summers Brown, collaborator and Historian for Virginia

Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting
Louisa co. Virgina

pg 241

Diggs 1744 10, 8. William requested membership.
1754, 6,8. William's requested for a certificate, denied as there were obstructions.
1758, 11, 11. Willam granted certificate to marry; mentioned in 1759,9,9 that he had some yr ago applied for a certificate to N. C., which was denied at that time; the obstruction removed & he is a member.
1758,11,12. William, Louisa Co., son Marshall, deceased; ;married in a public meeting of Friends in Louisa Co., Judith Haley, daughter to John, Louisa Co.
1759,5,13. William reported married to Judith Haley.
1768,9,10. William & wife, Judith, & six children removed from limits of this Monthly Meeting without a certificate; one sent.
1768, 11, 12. William & w, Judith, & children Sarah, Rebeckah, Agnes, William, Pleasant & Marshall, granted certificate (removed without a certificate).
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Valentine Papers vol III
Winston: St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book
New Kent and Hanover Counties 1705-1787

[St. Paul's was in New Kent co. until the creation of Hanover from the upper portion of New Kent Co. in 1720 when it fell wholly within the bounds of the new county of Hanover.]

pg 1731

Ordered that the L30 which is lodged in the hand of Marshal Degge, and two pounds ten shillings in the hands of Richard Henderson be paid to William Winston in part of his parish work on the Glebe. Oct 14, 1738. (p.64). .......................................................................................

The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex Co. Va from 1653 to 1812
pg 183

John Degge dyed August ye 28 & was buried August ye 31, 1726. .......................................................................................

Virginia Land Records
pg 755 whitehead Family Deeds

pg 739 Middlesex Co.
Simon Degge made oath to the Inventory of Capt. John Degge, deceased, Dec 6, 1726. The inventory mentions one silver seal, valued at one shilling seven pense.

See will of sister Mary Degge

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