Source Church Register of Centerpoint (currently Diamond Methodist), Warrenton Circuit, North Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South: Register of Members lists Nace J Riggins received 1897 by vow. Lists his burial in Diamond Cemetery as July 6, 1949
1910 Census Precinct 14, Warrenton, Marshall County, Alabama ED 105, Sheet 15A, May 10, 1910, live on Warrenton and Diamond Road
1920 Census Warrenton Precinct, Marshall County, Alabama, ED 130, sheet 1B, January 1920, lists Mollie M Johnson (65), mother living with them, shows her as married not as a widow, she and both of her parents were born in Alabama
From J.A. Thomason writings from 1945-1950, General History of Marshall County Alabama
p.45, January 16, 1946, talking about the history of Diamond, "Those that operated gins and grist mills have been W J Copeland and J E Linn, B P Johnson, J N Riggins, G B Johnson and Carless Berry."
Buried in Anderson Cemetery
From Icle Smith's records: had 13 children
November 21, 2004, David Johnson, Della's brother Datus' son, at his home tells Calvin and Jean Ann Moon: that Nace was an excellent mechanic at the mill and could make gears and keep the equipment running. In the 1930's they moved to Martling and he was a blacksmith.
