Person:James Higginbotham (4)

Information on James Higginbotham

24. Elizabeth Farris (5. Sarah, 2. Thomas, 1. Thomas) Born abt. 1780 in Washington County, Virginia. Died abt. 1820 in Washington County, Virginia.

Married 28 Apr 1800 to James Moses "Old Moses" Higginbotham (son of Moses Higginbotham and Mary Frances Kyle). Born abt. 1775 in Amherst County, Virginia. Died 1 Nov 1826 in Liberty Hill, Tazewell County, Virginia.() Buried in "Granny Higginbotham Graveyard" in Tazewell County.

Children:

*127. Sydney Jane Higginbotham b. 31 May 1804 in Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. d. 8 Sep 1857 in Linn County, Missouri.

128. Charles Higginbotham b. abt. 1808 in Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia. d. abt. 1829 in poss. Kentucky. m. 26 Dec 1826 in Tazewell County, Virginia to Rebecca Bowling (daughter of Jarrett Bowling and Eleanor Garrison). b. 1810 in Tazewell County, Virginia. d. in Kentucky.

*129. Loutitia Higginbotham b. abt. 1811 in Russell County, Virginia. d. in Castelwood, Russell County, Virginia.

*130. Thomas Hensley Higginbotham b. abt. 1813 in Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia. d. Jul 1862 in Fannin County, Texas.

*131. Rebecca Elizabeth "Tabitha" Higginbotham b. abt. 1816 in Russell County, Virginia. d. bef. 1853 in Russell County, Virginia.

Notes: James Moses Higginbotham came to the Liberty Hill area and settled in a home where squirrels were plentiful, as he made fur hats for a living.

Source: http://worldgenealogyonline.com/mcspadden_gen4.html

- Note: the Moses Migginbotham that died on 1 November 1826 in Tazewell County, Virginia appears to be a different Moses Higginbotham, based upon the children named in his will (does not match this Moses).