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Stephen Wiggins

Born: 1777

Died: 1862

Burial Lot:
March 2006 photos KRJ 2621, 2622, 2623 Marshall/Thomas page/line Also p. 79. Vol. 14, Alabama Cemetery Records by Pauline Jones Gandrud

Burial Row/Column:
12/33

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Mason
Signature - Herd, A. (Alexander)

 

Burial Notes: Stephen Wiggins came to Greene County, AL, between 1830 and 1833 when he purchased federal land at the Demopolis land office on 19 August, 1833 he paid for 159.81 acres in S-21 T-22N R-1W in Greene County for which patent no. 159 was issued in 1835. In South Carolina Stephen Wiggins served twice during the War of 1812. First he served as a private in Capt. Hodges' Co., 3rd Regiment (Rutledge's) South Carolina State Troops from June to October of 1812. He served his second term of service in the place of his brother, Sion Wiggins, in Capt. Bethea's Co., 3rd Regiment (Alston's) South Carolina Militia as private from September 1814 until March 1815. He received a bounty warrant no. 17284 for 160 acres for his service. In South Carolina he lived in Manchester, Sumter District, South Carolina. He died in Greene county October of 1862.

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Stephen Wiggins
Stephen Wiggins
Stephen Wiggins
Stephen Wiggins

Stephen Wiggins Born in 1777 And died 1862