Which area were driggers associated with?
Driggers Driggers is a surname. It arrives from Celtic descent, and is thought to be a name given to "Dredge Diggers" and slowly changed to Driggers. It is also believed to be a branch of the "Rodriguez" surname in the Southern United States, beginning with Emmanual Rodriguez. Emmanual Rodriguez is believed to have been an African settler in Virginia. Today in the Southern United States, Driggers can be found in descendants of tri-racial isolate groups such as the Brass Ankles, Lumbee, and Melungeon as well as distinct Native American groups in the Southeast such as the Catawba.
Bagienni The Bagienni (or Vegenni or Vagienni) were an ancient Ligurian people of north-western Italy mentioned in Pliny the Elder’s "Naturalis Historia". They were based in various areas of what is today south-western Piedmont, but particularly in the upper part of the Tanaro valley. They were also present in the Val Trebbia in today’s Emilia Romagna. Their capital, known to the Ancient Romans as Augusta Bagiennorum, was located in the frazione Roncaglia of Bene Vagienna in the modern Province of Cuneo.