Rev. William Claiborne Ligon

1796 - 1877  (80 years)

• Name	William Claiborne Ligon
  Title	Rev.
  Born	19 Dec 1796	Prince Edward, Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1877	Oak Hill Cem, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Buried	1877	Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Died	13 Apr 1877	Dover, Lafayette, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I16658	mytree
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	William Ligon, Jr.,   b. 1765,   d. 13 Mar 1839, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Leigh,   b. 14 Jan 1764, Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1826, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	28 Sep 1793  [3]
  Family ID	F5956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth J. Bell,   b. 23 Mar 1813,   d. 25 Nov 1856  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Dec 1796 - Prince Edward, Virginia, USA Burial - 1877 - Oak Hill Cem, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA Buried - 1877 - Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA Died - 13 Apr 1877 - Dover, Lafayette, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William was a member of the mission society organized by Sailor Creek Baptist Church on 19 Jul 1817 and was ordained by Sharon Baptist Church in 1830. He became pastor of a church in Lynchburg, VA in 1828 where he served for five years, eventually moving to Missouri in 1841. He was pastor at Lexington, Dover, Liberty, Richmond, and Carrollton and was a successful evangelist in Clay, Saline, Ray, and Lafayette counties.

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p117. [S57] Find A Grave. [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p116.