Record #:

1632

Author(s):

Sykes, John

Abstract:

Mary Riggs became the mistress of Somerset Place, a large plantation on the shores of Lake Phelps in Washington County, when she married Josiah Collins III. Later, Sarah Rebecca Jones Collins took charge of Somerset after Riggs suffered a stroke.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 33 Issue 2, Spring 1994, p14-18, il, por

Subject(s):

Collins, Mary Riggs, 1808-1872; Collins, Sarah Rebecca Jones, 1833-1892; Plantation owners' wives--Washington County; Somerset Place (Creswell)