Pigg, John Ghent

1716 - 1785  (69 years)

• Name	Pigg, John Ghent
  Born	1716	, King and Queen, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Feb 1785	, Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Person ID	I2382	Taylor
  Last Modified	3 May 2005

  
  

  Father	Pigg, Paul,   b. Aylett, New Kent, Virginia ,   d. 27 Nov 1767, , Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Osborne, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1693, , Amelia, Virginia ,   d. Bef 1719, , , Virginia  (Age 25 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1713	, King and Queen, Virginia
  Family ID	F1003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clements, Ann,   b. 1712, , Gloucester, Virginia ,   d. , Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Married	,,Virginia
  Children	+ 1. Pigg, Hezekiah Ford,   b. Abt 1742, , Pittsylvania, Virginia ,   d. 21 Nov 1785, , Pittyslvania, Virginia  (Age 43 years)  [Birth]   2. Pigg, Keziah,   b. Abt 1744, , Pittsylvania, Virginia ,   d. 1838, , Pittsylvania, Virginia  (Age 94 years)  [Birth]   3. Pigg, Edith,   b. Abt 1746, , Pittsylvania, Virginia  [Birth]   4. Pigg, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1748, , Pittsylvania, Virginia  [Birth]
  Family ID	F1002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  John Ghent Pigg The Last Will and Testament (Credit: Gayle M. Holmes)

  
  

• Notes

  Maud Carter Clement's History of Pittsylvania County Virginia. p.27 .....Byrd's party proceeded to the forks of the Dan and Staunton Rivers.....Six miles beyond the forks they came to the house of Peter Mitchell, who was "the highest inhabitant up"; then for six miles they rode "through charming Low Grounds to a large stream which we agreed to name Banister River." Mr. John Banister was a member of Colonel Byrd's party and no doubt it was in his honor the stream was named. p.142 ......On account of the tax that had been laid on tea, the drinking of tea was banned, to partake of the beverage was considered a virtual act of treason. Captain John Pigg, a vestryman and captain of the local militia, was reported to the committee as one who had violated the Association "by drinking and making use of in his family the detestable East Indian tea." When summoned to appear before the Committee in May 1776, Captain Pigg boldly refused, considering it an imperitnent interference in his family affairs and replied that, "he would do as he pleased." In their righteous indignation the Committee at once published him in the Gazzette as being "inimical to the cause.".....(footnote 20) John Pigg was the son of Paul Pigg of Amelia County, who moved to Pittsylvania when a very old man, and whose will is the first on record in the Clerk's Office. John Pigg was as early settler and Pigg River was named for him. He married Anne Clement and his will was proven February 1785, in which he bequeathed to his only son Hezekiah Ford Pigg the mill tract, his two guns, rifle and sliver buckles.