THE TRIGG FAMILY.
The Trigg family of Virginia are descendants of Abraham Trigg (who
was the progenitor of the family in America), who emigrated from Cornwall,
England, very early in the 18th century—about 1710. Of his five
sons Abram, the eldest, was colonel of a regiment in the Revolutionary
army, and representative in Congress, 1797-1809. The second son,
Stephen, went to Kentucky as a member of the court of land commissioners,
in 1779. He, also, was colonel of a regiment, Revolutionary
war, and was killed in the battle of Blue Licks, while bravely leading his
men to a charge. His name is on the Frankfort monument, and Trigg
county, Kentucky, is named in his honor. John, third son of Abraham,
was a major in the Revolutionary army, an officer of artillery, was
present at the surrender of Cornwallis, and represented Virginia in the
5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Congresses of the United States. William, fourth
son, from whom the Virginia branch of the family descended, was also
a man of prominence and ability, as was the fifth son, Daniel. Tradition
tells us that the old generation of Triggs were "Cultivated people
of remarkably fine personal appearance, and endowed with social qualities
far above the average."
William, fourth son of Abraham, married Mary Johns, and their son
Daniel, through whom this branch of the family continues, was born
August 14, 1749. His first wife was Anne Smith, born February 20,
1755, and the record of their children is: Guy Smith, married Fanny
Jackson; John Johns, married Elsie King; Daniel; Mary; married
William King; Ann Smith; William, married Rachel Findlay; Stephen;
Abram, married Mary Mitchell; Elizabeth, married Calvin Morgan;
James, married Anne King; Joseph and Rhoda, twins, Joseph marrying
Elizabeth Findlay, Rhoda marrying Edward Campbell.
William, sixth of these children, and fourth son, removed in early
manhood from what is now known as Montgomery county, Virginia, to
Abingdon, Washington county. His removal, and that of the other
sons and daughters of Daniel Trigg and his first wife, Anne Smith, was
brought about by the marriage of the eldest daughter, Mary, to William
King, proprietor of the Kings Salt Works, this sister having filled
a mother's place to the younger children when they were deprived of
that parent.
William married (1806) Rachel Findlay, a niece of Mr. King, and
died August 4, 1813, leaving four sons; William King Trigg, Daniel
Trigg, Connally Findlay Trigg, Lilburn Henderson Trigg.
William King Trigg, the eldest of these sons, married Miss Susan
Hickman of Kentucky. He removed to Missouri (near Lexington) in
his early married life. His descendants, two sons, Frank Smith Trigg
and William King Trigg, survive him; his daughter intermarried with
the LeSeur and Sheilds families; his eldest son Daniel, who was killed
in the Confederate Army, also married a Miss Anna Sheilds and leaves
descendants.
Daniel, second son, born September 7, 1808, studied medicine, was
graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and became a physician
of prominence. He married Anna Munford Thompkins, March
14, 1838, the greatgranddaughter of Col. Wm. Byrd, of Westover
(see Volume I, Virginia and Virginians), and daughter of Alexander
Thompkins, of Lynchburg. Dr. Daniel Trigg departed this life February
2, 1853, leaving five children, as follows: Nannie Byrd, who married
James C. Greenway, of Abingdon, William King Trigg, who
entered the Confederate States Army, 11th Virginia regiment, and
died in Richmond, Virginia, July 21, 1862, of wounds received at battle
of Fraziers Farm, in the seven days fight before Richmond.
"Brave as the bravest he marched away,
Triumphant waved our flag—one day
He fell in the front before it"
Daniel Trigg, who married Louisa Bowen Johnston, daughter of Hon.
J. W. Johnston; Connally Findlay Trigg, who married Pocahontas
Robertson, daughter of Hon. Wyndham Robertson; Thomas Preston
Trigg, who married Bettie Wilson White, daughter of Wm. Y. C. White.
Hon. Connally F. Trigg, third son of William Trigg, married Mary
Trigg Campbell, daughter of Edward Campbell of Halls Bottom. (See
vol. 1, of Virginia and Virginians.) He removed to Tennessee, was,
until his death and for many years previous, a prominent and respected
Judge of United States District Court, an able and impartial jurist, beloved
by all who knew him. He died in 1879; his descendants reside in
Texas.
Lilburn Henderson Trigg, the fourth son of William, married Barbara
Colquohoun. He was a lawyer, graduate of the University of Virginia.
He died in 1854. Two children survive him, Mrs. E. D. Myers, of
Richmond, and William Robertson Trigg, of Richmond.
