The Cochrane & Allied Families
Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.
RIGG, Overton Cochran
1850 - 1933 (83 years) Has more than 100 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
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Name RIGG, Overton Cochran [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Birth 22 Jan 1850 Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8] - The Cochrane Family Book, p. 69, has a different birth date from the Cochran(e) Family Bible.
Gender Male FindaGrave Memorial ID 25498588 Inheritance 28 Mar 1887 Owen County, Kentucky, USA [9] inheritance from his father, Alexander M. RIGG, Sr., of some of his father's personal property
"I, Alexander M. Rigg, of Overton, Ky, being of sound mind and ____ memory but growing feeble in body, and being desirous to give directions as to the course and disposition of my estate, do make, ordain and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and cancelling all former wills or codicils by me made.
"First - After all my just debts are paid, which I desire first done, I give and bequeath to my son Thomas J. Rigg now of Atchison, Kansas, the sum of five hundred dollars, and to Harry B. and Sara A. Rigg, children of Dr. W. C. Rigg, now of Macon, Mississippi, the sum of three hundred dollars to be equally divided between them, and to be loaned at interest the share of Harry B. until he shall attains the age of twenty one years, and the share of the said Sara A. until she attains the age of sixteen years, and when each arrives at the age mentioned, his or her share to be invested in some valuable memento of their grand-father.
"Second - After the payments of my debts and the bequeaths entertained in the first clause of my will, I desire the remainder of my estate divided into four equal shares, and disposed of as follows. To my son Harry B. Rigg one full share. To my son Thomas J. Rigg one full share, and this in addition to the bequeaths entertained in the first clause herein.
"To my daughter, Mrs. Kate Low, one full share, and the remaining share to be divided between my daughters Mrs. Mildred Curtis and Mrs. Sallie Cochran, in the proportion of one fourth of the share to Mrs. Curtis and three-fourth of the share to Mrs. Cochran.
"Third - I give and bequeath to my son Overton C. Rigg my trunk, wardrobe, wash-basin and water-set.
"Fourth - I give and bequeath to my daughter Mrs. Kate Low my steel mattress, willow rocking chair, and the photograph of her mother.
"Fifth - I give and bequeath to my daughter-in-law Mrs. Harry Rigg, my bed stead, and to my son Thomas J. Rigg my bed.
"Sixth - It will be observed that I have not named all my children in this will. Their names are not omitted because they are not thought of, but the disposition I have made of my estate herein is made after mature deliberation, and is so made in order to secure as near as I can full equality between my children.
"Seventh - I nominate my son Harry B. Rigg as executor of this my last will and having full confidence in his honesty and integrity, I desire that he be permitted to so act without giving either bond or security."
Signed "April 30th 1883, A. M. Rigg Sr."
Occupation Owen County, Kentucky, USA [5] Farmer Residence Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA [6] Death 31 Mar 1933 Worthville, Carroll, Kentucky, USA [2, 3, 4, 5] Age 83 years Burial 2 Apr 1933 New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA [3, 4, 5] Address:
New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery
KY 227 West
New Liberty, Kentucky
USA- Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #25498588.
Person ID I237 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 15 Aug 2025
Father RIGG, Alexander Moxley Sr., b. 9 May 1805, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA d. 6 Jan 1887, Catawba, Pendleton, Kentucky, USA (Age 81 years) Mother COCHRAN, Lucy Ann Catharine, b. 16 Jan 1810, Spring Hill - Cabell Family Home, Norwood, Nelson, Virginia, USA d. 8 Jan 1871, Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA (Age 60 years) Family ID F97 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HARTMAN, Nannie Catharine, b. 22 Jan 1852 d. 26 Mar 1925 (Age 73 years) Marriage 3 Mar 1874 Carrollton, Carroll, Kentucky, USA [2, 3, 7, 10] Age at Marriage He : 24 years and 2 months - She : 22 years and 2 months. Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death Children 1. RIGG, William Alexander, b. 8 May 1876 d. 1876+ 2. 
RIGG, Mary Katharine, b. 15 Jul 1879 d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F236 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Dec 2020
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Event Map 
Birth - 22 Jan 1850 - Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA 
Marriage - 3 Mar 1874 - Carrollton, Carroll, Kentucky, USA 
Inheritance - inheritance from his father, Alexander M. RIGG, Sr., of some of his father's personal property - 28 Mar 1887 - Owen County, Kentucky, USA Occupation - Farmer - - Owen County, Kentucky, USA Residence - - Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA 
Death - 31 Mar 1933 - Worthville, Carroll, Kentucky, USA 
Burial - Address:
New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery
KY 227 West
New Liberty, Kentucky
USA - 2 Apr 1933 - New Liberty Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 6 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, second page. Hand written.
"Overton C. Rigg sixth son of A. M. & L. C. Rigg 1849."
The Cochran(e) Family Bible
Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, second page. - [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 69.
- [S483] Historical Society of Owen County, KY, Cemetery Records - New Liberty, KY, 12 Jul 2013, 154.
Eternal Rest - New Liberty Cemetery, Pg. 154 
Eternal Rest - New Liberty Cemetery, Pg. 153 - [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 13 Jul 2013, accessed 13 Jul 2013<, Overton Rigg, Memorial #25498588.
- [S997] Death Certificate - KY - 1852-1965 - Online Image (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1222 : 2007)), 13 Aug 2016, accessed 13 August 2016), Overton C. Rigg; Commonwealth of Kentucky, Certificate of Death, #7798.
Death Certificate - Overton C. Rigg - [S999] Edward Mayes, Book - Mayes (Rigg) Family (Ancestry), (Jackson, Mississippi: Hederman Bros., circa 1928.), 16 Aug 2016, p b-101 - b-113.
Book - Mayes Family (Rigg) - [S1273] Marriage Records - KY - 1783-1965 (Ancestry), ((https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61372/ : 2016)), 13 Dec 2020, accessed 13 December 2020), Overton Rigg & Nancy Hartman, 3 March 1874; Carroll County: Marriages, 1870-1891, p 279; Original in Bond Book A-10, p 209-210.
Marriage Record - Overton Rigg & Nancy Hartman - [S1003] Kentucky, Owen County, Census - US - 1850 - KY - Owen County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8054&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 28 Aug 2016, M432, roll 216, District 1, p. 231B, dwelling 101, family 101, Alexander M. Rigg, accessed 28 August 2016.
Census - Owen County, KY - Alexander M. Rigg, Sr. - [S1007] Kentucky. Owen County., Wills - KY - Owen County - Probate Records - 1774-1989 (Ancestry), (Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9066 : 2015.), 28 Aug 2016, vol D-G, p 153-5, A. M. Rigg, Sr; (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9066 : accessed 28 August 2016).
Will - Alexander M. Rigg, Sr. - [S997] Death Certificate - KY - 1852-1965 - Online Image (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1222 : 2007)), 13 Dec 2020, accessed 13 December 2020), Nannie C. Rigg, 26 March 1925; Certificate #22659.
Death Cert - Nannie C. Rigg
- [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 6 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, second page. Hand written.