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     Rebecca Brashears was born on 9 January 1771 at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.^1,4 She married Elias Roberts in 1786 at Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina, USA.¹

Rebecca Brashears died on 12 July 1859 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 88.^1,4
Rebecca Brashears was buried after 12 July 1859 at Roberts Cemetery, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Jan. 9, 1771, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
     Death:      Jul. 12, 1859, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Rebecca was buried next to Popular Creek where the water tower was torn down. The headstones were missing before the Manhattan Project. Snyder Roberts verified the existence of the cemetery in his writings. DOE verified the existence of the cemetery in 2013.
     Family links: Parents:
      Robert Samuel Brashears (1731 - 1816)
      Phoebe Nicks Brashears (1738 - 1811)
     Spouse: Elias Roberts (1767 - 1806)
     Children: John Calvin Roberts (1795 - 1873)*
     Siblings:
      Phillip Brashears (1755 - 1815)*
      Isaac Brashears (1760 - 1833)*
      Samuel Brashears (1763 - 1829)*
      Rebecca Brashears Roberts (1771 - 1859)
      Nancy Brashears Roberts (1773 - 1850)*
      Mary Brashear Mason (1776 - 1816)*
      Bassil Brashears (1781 - 1826)*
      Robert Samuel Roberts (1789 - 1873)*
     Burial: Roberts Cemetery, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Created by: Ralph Martin
     Record added: Dec 20, 2014
     Find A Grave Memorial# 140261230.⁴
     She was a mentioned with Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks; I have relied on three key sources for the information on Robert Samuel Brashears and his children:
1. Brashear [1999:III] - Vol. 3 - Robert Samuel Brashears "The Rolling Stone"
2. Lily's Perryman Family Tree on Ancestry.com - This is one of the best documented family btrees I have found on Ancestry
3. Cheryl Grubb's website regarding the Brashear Family (Robert Samuel Brashear Family - Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee), which is also fairly well documented.
4. The Brashear Family Bible (image seen on Ancestry.com)).^5,6,7,8

; seen on Lily's Perryman Family Tree: http://www.roanetn.com/brash-rs.htm Robert Samuel Brashear and Phoebe NicksFIRST KNOWN WHITE SETTLERS OF ROANE COUNTY, TN.Robert Samuel Brashear is registered with First Families of TN
Brashear Creek, facing Brashear Island .

Source: Roots of Roane County, Tennessee 1792-, by Snyder E. Roberts, 1981.

The Brashear(s) families are of French origin and have been researched extensively on a national scale. The Brashear family’s contribution to Roane County may be restricted mainly to ROBERT SAMUEL BRASHEAR and his clan who settled in Sugar Grove Valley in 1794. His story is of importance because he, his sons and sons-in-law, were the first to actually settle in present-day Roane County according to documentary proof thus far produced..

On 11 August 1794, ROBERT SAMUEL BRASHEAR, "of Hawkins County, Tennessee" registered a deed from Reed and Swagerty for 640 acres on Poplar Creek and Clinch River, in a section of Knox County that would later become Roane County. (Knox Co. Deeds Book c, pg 15). Witnesses to the deed were PHILLIP BRASHEAR (son), ROBERT GILLILAND (son-in-law) and ELIAS ROBERTS (son in law). The land was on the west side of the Clinch river, where Cherokee title was not "extinguished" until 1806..


Robert Samuel Brashear, the son of ROBERT and CHARITY DOWELL BRASHEAR, was born 20 Aug 1731 in Prince George County, MD. About 1754, he married PHOEBE NICKS (1738-1811), daughter of JOHN AND MARGARET EDWARDS NICKS. (Phoebe died in NC, but body brought to Roane County for burial)..

In 1794 Roane, their nearest neighbor would have been the troops at Fort South West Point five miles away. Certain soldiers from South West Point came courting, and Robert S. acquired at least one son-in-law in 1797, DANIEL MASON, and probably in 1801, NATHANIEL MASON. The nearest neighbor to the northeast would have been THOMAS FROST, SR., the first known settler in Anderson County..

ROBERT SAMUEL died in 1815 (estate probated 15 January 1816) at the age of 84, and was buried beside his beloved Phoebe in the Brashear Graveyard. He left both a Will and a Bible, which name his children, however there is some confusion about one child. His will names "my daughter ELIZABETH SATTERFIELD" but mentions no MARGARET. His Bible lists MARGARET as born 17 May 1758, but does not mention an ELIZABETH. Some researchers believe this daughter was named MARGARET ELIZABETH and had married JEREMIAH SATTERFIELD and was living in Giles County in 1815. Or, perhaps the Margaret born 1758 was deceased by 1816..

Children of Robert Samuel and Phoebe Nicks Brashear:.


1. PHILLIP BRASHEAR b 17 Dec 1755 NC d Roane before 1815. Rev War Soldier The 1790 SC census shows his family with 2 daughters. Names unknown. The daughters may have been MINERVA and MARY ELIZABETH. .

2. ISAAC BRASHEAR b 23 Oct 1760 NC, d before 25 Jul 1833 in Perry Co. TN Rev. War Soldier. Wife or wives unknown. He had nine known children, most of whom moved to other Tennessee counties further west, and Arkansas. In 1801, ISAAC BRASHEAR signed a petition to create Roane County from a portion of Knox County..

Also on the petition are relatives and in-laws of Brashear family: JOSEPH HANKINS, STEPHEN RICE, BASIL BRASHEAR, JOHN BRASHEAR, ROBERT SAMUEL BRASHEAR, DANIEL MASON, NATHANIEL MASON, JOHN GILLILAND.


3. CAPT. SAMUEL BRASHEAR b 6 Aug 1763 NC d 25 Nov 1829 Sullivan County. Rev. War Soldier. He married in 1786 MARGARET EAKIN. They had 8 children. Their descendants inter-married with the BALL and COMBS families in southeastern KY. Margaret died in Perry Co., KY. See also, http://www.angelfire.com/oh/myfamilygenes/brashears.html.

4. MARGARET ‘PEGGY’ BRASHEAR b 12 Dec 1766 NC. She married ALEXANDER W. MAHAN. . They lived near her father in SC in 1793, then moved to Roane in 1794. They were in Cumberland KY for a time, where Peggy probably died..

5. PHOEBE BRASHEAR b 8 July 1769 NC. She married first (1801 Knox Co.) NATHANIEL MASON, possibly a brother to DANIEL MASON. She married secondly , STEPHEN RICE, who had been in Roane County from an early date. It may be this PHOEBE whose death is listed in the Brashear Bible as 1839. On 11 June 1814, Stephen and Phoebe Brashear Rice gave their power of attorney to John B. Rice (who had married Sarah "Sally" Brashears, d/o Isaac Brashears), to collect Phoebe's share of the estate of Quinton Nicks..

6. REBECCA BRASHEAR b 1771 NC. married ELIAS ROBERTS. They were in SC and made the move to Roane with the clan. ELIAS leased and occupied before 1798, a 500-acre tract astride Poplar Creek at the present Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant site. On 4 June 1799 he bought this tract from STOCKLEY DONELSON. He died in 1806 from unknown cause and Rebecca lived another 50 years, continuing to operate the farm until her death in 1859. They had 10 children..

[Elias Roberts is shown as a First Families of Tennessee ancestor - #3916. All descendants of Robert Samuel would be eligible too].

7. NANCY BRASHEAR b 11 May 1773 d 12 July 1850 Roane County. She married ZACCHEUS ROBERTS (1753-1826) Rev. War Soldier. They bought 50 acres of bottom land on the south side of Clinch River in July 1799.
8. MARY ‘POLLY’ BRASHEAR b 13 March 1776 NC d 1819 Roane Co. She married first, ROBERT GILLILAND. They had two children—ROBERT SAMUEL GILLILAND who was the second Sheriff of Roane county, and JANE GILLILAND HAGGARD. MARY ‘POLLY’ married in 1797 DANIEL MASON by whom she had six children..
9. ELIZABETH BRASHEAR b. ? m JEREMIAH SATTERFIELD
10. BAZZEL (BASIL) BRASHEAR b 8 May 1781 in present-day Sullivan Co, TN. He married, in 1800, MARGARET ‘PEGGY’ HORTON. After his father’s death, Bazzel was evidently the leader of the remaining Brashear clan until his death 10 Aug 1826. After Bazzel’s death, his widow, PEGGY, emerged as the matriarch. Bazzel inherited Robert Samuel’s land and family Bible. Nine children..^9,10
GAV4.

Rebecca Brashears appeared in the census of 25 October 1850 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 407B, lines 38-40, Dwelling 1220, Family 1267
     38 ROBERTS, Rebecca 77 [1773] F NC
     39 " , Philip 55 [1815] M Farmer SC
     10 MOON, Elder 16 [1834] F TN.¹¹

     Phoebe Nicks was born on 8 June 1738 at Talbot Co., Maryland, USA.^1,4,5 She married Robert Samuel Brashears, son of Robert C. (Cager?) Brashear and Charity Dowell, on 2 November 1754 at Buffalo Presbyterian Church, Rowan Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina, USA.¹

Phoebe Nicks died on 15 January 1811 at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, at age 72.^1,4
Phoebe Nicks was buried after 15 January 1811 at Brashears-Kries Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Reference: I have relied on three key sources for the information on Robert Samuel Brashears and his children:
1. Brashear [1999:III] - Vol. 3 - Robert Samuel Brashears "The Rolling Stone"
2. Lily's Perryman Family Tree on Ancestry.com - This is one of the best documented family btrees I have found on Ancestry
3. Cheryl Grubb's website regarding the Brashear Family (Robert Samuel Brashear Family - Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee), which is also fairly well documented.
4. The Brashear Family Bible (image seen on Ancestry.com)).^6,7,8,9 GAV-5. She was a mentioned with John (I) Nicks and Margaret Quinton Edwards at Citation; Per Rankin [1934:26]: "John Nicks secured grants for two sections just east of the church. His wife was Margaret, and their children were Sarah, George (1756-1838), John, Elizabeth, Nancy, Quinton, and two other daughters, one of whom married Bazell Brasher and the other married Isaac Brasher, sons of Robert, and both moved to Tennessee after the War; Sarah married William Spruce and lived on the south side of North Buffalo; John moved to Tennessee after the War; Elizabeth married George Purcell of Rockingham County; Nancy married Zacheriah Roberts and moved to Tennessee after the War; Quinton died unmarried; George married Elizabeth, and their children were John, Sarah, Margaret, Geore, Elizabeth, Yarburough and Anne. George, Sr., lived at the J. Al Rankin place. John Nicks, Sr., died in 1781."¹⁰

     Hazel E. Newberry married Hugh McCurley Sr.
; According to their marriage record, she was Mrs. Hazel McCurley when she married Foye Roberts.² Hazel E. Newberry was born on 30 March 1913 at Henryetta, Okmulgee Co., Oklahoma, USA.^1,3 She married Foye Wallace Roberts, son of John Henry Roberts and Emma V. Franklin, on 19 September 1943 at Boise City, Cimarron Co., Oklahoma, USA,
; his 2nd wife; her 2nd husband
Ancestry.com - Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
     Name:     Foye W Roberts
     Gender:     Male
     Age:     43
     Birth Date:     abt 1900
     Marriage Date:     19 Sep 1943
     Marriage Place:     Cimarron, Oklahoma, USA
     Spouse:     Hazel Mccurley (Mrs)
     Film Number:     002208229
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
     Original data: Marriage Records. Oklahoma Marriages. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, UT.^1,2
Hazel E. Newberry died on 4 April 1998 at age 85; Ancestry.com - U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Record
Source
Hazel E. Newberry was buried after 4 April 1998 at Resthaven Gardens Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      Mar. 30, 1913
Death:      Apr. 4, 1998

Burial: Resthaven Gardens Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Garden of the Holy Family - Section 27

Created by: Phil & Donna Whitaker
Record added: Mar 18, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 18507537.¹
     Reference: per Lane email [Apt 2019]: "Foye and Hazel were both previously married. Foye had two boys and one girl from his first marriage to Rose Denson (John Edward, Winford, and Louise). Hazel Had two boys from her first marriage to Hugh McCurly (Hugh McCurly, Jr and Samuel McCurly). She had a third son from a marriage that was annulled (Jimmy Newberry who later had his name legally changed to Shawn Berrye. He was raised by his grandparents, Ira and Ophelia Newberry (Hazel's parents)). Foye and Hazel together had four girls (Shirley, Linda, Margaret and Marian (twins)). Linda, the middle daughter, married Stan Wells, so the 'L. W." in the DNA matches is Linda Wells, a sister to Margaret, and 1st cousin to your mother. Andrea Wells who manages their tree is Linda's daughter-in-law, who is married to Linda's youngest son TJ."⁴

Hazel E. Newberry lived on 19 September 1943 at Oklahoma City, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma, USA; Residence per marriage license.²

Hazel E. Newberry and Foye Wallace Roberts appeared in the census of 5 April 1950 at Walker Township, Garvin Co., Oklahoma, USA; p. 10, lines 3-8, dwelling 75

     Oliver Higginbotham was born in 1766 at Amherst Co., Virginia, USA.¹ He married Nancy Doggett, daughter of Chatten/Chattin Doggett Sr. and Sarah Reynolds, on 31 January 1797 at Ogelthorpe Co., Georgia, USA,
; Date of marriage license, from Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
     Name: Olliver Higgambotham
     Gender: Male
     Marriage Date: 31 Jan 1797
     Marriage Place: Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
     Spouse: Nancy Doggett
     Spouse Gender: Female
     Source Information: Ancesrty.com. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
     Original data: County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.
Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - eorgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850
     Name:     Nancy Doggett
     Spouse:     Oliver Higgambotham
     Marriage Date:     31 Jan 1797
     Marriage County:     Oglethorpe
     Marriage State:     Georgia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Georgia Marriages to 1850. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Georgia.^4,5,6
Oliver Higginbotham died in 1855 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA.¹
     GAV-4.

Oliver Higginbotham appeared in the census of 1800 at Ogelthorpe Co., Georgia, USA; Ancestry.com - Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
     Name: Oliver* Higgenbotham
     State: GA
     County: Oglethorpe County
     Township: No Township
     Year: 1800
     Page: 000
     Database: GA 1800 Territorial Census (Oglethorpe Co.)
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
     Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Georgia Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.⁷ He was the administrator of Chatten/Chattin Doggett Sr.'s estate in May 1817 at Clarke Co., Georgia, USA;
Probate Record #!: Ancestry.com - Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
     Name:     Chatten Doggett
     Probate Place:     Clarke, Georgia, USA
     Inferred Death Place:     Georgia, USA
     Source Citation: Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Clarke County); Probate Place: Clarke, Georgia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Georgia County, District and Probate Courts.
     Text: Executors and Administrators, Clarke Co., Georgia "April Term 1817"
     "Thomas Doggett and Oliver Hickenbottom adms of Chatten Doggett decd. Joseph Moss Security."

Probate Record #2: Ancestry.com - Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
     Name:     Chattin Doggett
     Probate Date:     10 Nov 1815
     Probate Place:     Clarke, Georgia, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1815
     Inferred Death Place:     Georgia, USA
     Table of Contents     14 images
     Cover Page     1
     Inventory Papers     2–7
     Sales Paper     8–9
     Administration Papers     10–11
     Sales Paper     12–14
     Source Citation
     Author: Georgia. Probate Court (Clarke County); Probate Place: Clarke, Georgia
     Source Information
Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Georgia County, District and Probate Courts.^8,9 Oliver Higginbotham was the administrator of Chatten/Chattin Doggett Sr.'s estate on 5 May 1817 at Clarke Co., Georgia, USA;
Ancestry.com - Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992
     Name:     Chattin Dogett
     Probate Date:     5 May 1817
     Probate Place:     Clarke, Georgia, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1817
     Inferred Death Place:     Georgia, USA
     Source Citation: Author: Georgia. Inferior Court (Clarke County); Probate Place: Clarke, Georgia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Georgia County, District and Probate Courts.

Text of probate record transcribed by G. A Vaut (image of original attached):
     "Georgia, Clarke County
     "Know all men by these presents that we Thomas Doggett & Oliver Hickinbotom & Joseph Moss are held and firmly bound unto their Honors the Judges of the court of ordinary for said county, and their successors in office in the Just and full sum of four thousand dollars for the payment of which sum to the said Judges and their successors we bind ourselves, our heirs executors and administrators in the whole and for the whole sum jointly and severally firm by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 5th day of May 1817.
     "The condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bound Thomas Doggett & Oliver Hickinboton administrators of the good chattels and credits of Chattin Doggett late of this County deceased, do make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of said deceased which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of said Thomas & Oliver or into the hand or possessions of any other person or persons for them and the same so made do exhibit into the said court of ordinary when the shall be thereunto required, and such goods, chattels and credits do well and truly administer according to law and do make a just account of their citing and doing therein when they shall be thereunto required by this court of ordinary for said County and all the rest of the goods, chattels, and credits which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said administration, the same being first allowed of by the said Court shall deliver and pay to such person or persons respectively as are entitled to the same by law; and if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased and the same be proved before the Court, and the Executors obtain Certificate of the probate thereof and the said Thomas Doggett and Oliver Hickinboton do in such cases, if required render and deliver up the said Letters of administration then this obligation to the said...
     "Signed sealed and acknowledged in open court: Thos Doggett, Oliver Higgonbotham Thomas Moss
     "Jno. H. Lowe Clerk."¹⁰

Oliver Higginbotham and Nancy Doggett appeared in the census of 1820 at Capt. Shaws, Morgan Co., Georgia, USA;
p. 135, line 27
     Name:     Oliver Higgenbotham
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Capt Shaws, Morgan, Georgia
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     3
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Slaves - Males - Under 14:     1
     Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25:     1
     Slaves - Females - 45 and over:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     5
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     6
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     10
     Total Slaves:     3
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     13.¹¹

Oliver Higginbotham and Nancy Doggett appeared in the census of 1830 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA; p. 137, line 18
     Name:     Olivar Higinbotham
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Walton, Georgia
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1
     Slaves - Males - Under 10:     2
     Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Slaves - Females - Under 10:     5
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     1
     Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:     2
     Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     5
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total Slaves:     12
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     20.¹²

Oliver Higginbotham appeared in the census of 1832 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA; Ancestry.com - Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832
     Name:     Oliver Higginbotham
     Number:     56
     District:     FOURTH DISTRICT, SECOND SECTION, CHEROKEE
     Residence:     Alberson's
     County:     Walton
     Comment:     soldier of Indian war.
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
     Original data: Smith, James F.. The Cherokee Land Lottery, Containing a Numerical List of the Names of the Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery. New York, USA: 1838.¹³

Oliver Higginbotham and Nancy Doggett appeared in the census of 1840 at Circle District, Walton Co., Georgia, USA; [Note: same page as Wm Higgenbotham, line 12, his son]
p. 116, line 20
     Name:     Oliver Higgenbotham
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Circle District, Walton, Georgia
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     5.¹⁴

Oliver Higginbotham left a will on 14 May 1847 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA; Source cited on Ancestry: Oliver Higginbotham Will pg 523 of 658 Probate Records Walton Co GA 1853-1855 Vol H-J pg 302 in book:
     "Georgia, Walton County
     I Oliver Higganbotham of the County and state aforesaid do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following manner
     It. 1st I loan to my beloved wife Nancy Higginbotham during her natural live the house and land where I now reside all my stock of horses, cattle and hogs with household and kitchen furniture and farming utensils.
     It. 2nd I give to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro girl Mandy ten years old a girls Sarah about the same age to do as she pleases with. I further loan to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro man Joe a boy Rase a woman Rose and a woman Diner and a small boy Jesse the last named five Negroes I loan to my wife during her natural live.
     It. 3rd I give to my son Sanford Higginbotham a Negroe woman Smith and her child Clabourn estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 4th I give to my daughter Nancy Harden a Negroe woman Mary and her child Elijah Estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 5th I give to my son John Higginbotham a Negro boy Ben estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 6th I give to my daughter Emma McLindon a Negro woman Izabel and her child Mariah estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 7th I give to my son William Higginbotham a Negro woman Silvey and her child Henry estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 8th I give to my son Joseph C. Higginbotham a Negro woman Mela and a small boy Sam estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 9th I give to my son Dennis Higginbotham a Negro boy Simon and a girl Julia estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 10th I give to my granddaughter Nancy Meadow a Negro girl Antonet about seven years of age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 11th I give to my grandson William Meadow a Negro boy Green about six years pf age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 12th I give to the heirs of her body my daughter Martha Fuller seven hundred dollars it being their full share that I desire for them out of my estate which will be paid to them out of the sale of the property that I have loned to my wife Nancy Higginbotham which I wish paid to them as they become of age.
     It. 13th I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham one dollar.
     It. 14th It is my wish after the death of my wife Nancy Higginbotham that all the property I have loned her shall be sold and after the seven hundred dollars that I have left to the heirs of my daughter Martha Fuller small have been taken from the sales of the above named property the balance shall be equally divided between all my children with the exception of my daughter Martha Fuller and the heirs of her body and my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham and the heirs of her body.
     It. 15th I leave as my Executors my son William Higginbotham and my son-in-law Benjamin J. Hardin.
     It. 16th I also leave my son William Higginbotham Trustee to act for the heirs of my daughter Fuller in collecting and paying out the money I have left for their benefit.
     Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of this 14th Mary 1847 O. Higginbotham
     Test: Abraham J. Hill Daniel Knight George Spence J. P.


     Georgia, Walton County, Court of Ordinary, March Term 1855
     Present R. J. Kennedy Ordinary of Said Court, Monday, March 5th 1855
     In open court came Daniel Knight and George Spence and being duly sworn depose and say that they saw Oliver Higginbotham late of said county now decd sign seal declare and publish the instrument in writing hereto annexed as his last will & testament freely voluntarily and of his own accord without any influence or compulsion whatever and that at the time of the execution of the same said testators was of sound and disposing mind & memory and that they signed the same as witnesses at his special instance and request in his presence and in the presence of each other and that Abram J. Hall assigned the same at the same time for the same purpose and under the same circumstances deponants signed it. Sworn & subscribed in open court: George Spence Daniel Knight." [Transcription by GA Vaut]¹⁵

Oliver Higginbotham and Nancy Doggett appeared in the census of 28 October 1850 at Division 88, Walton Co., Georgia, USA; p. 63B, lines 8-9, Dwelling 893, Family --
     8 HIGGENBOTHAM, Oliver 84 [1766] M Farmer $2,500 GA
     9 " , Nancy 75 [1775] F GA.¹⁶

     Nancy Doggett was born in 1775 at North Carolina, USA; Place of birth per 1860 census; 1850 census says b GA.^3,4 She married Oliver Higginbotham, son of Thomas Jefferson Higginbotham Sr. and Judith Burrus, on 31 January 1797 at Ogelthorpe Co., Georgia, USA,
; Date of marriage license, from Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
     Name: Olliver Higgambotham
     Gender: Male
     Marriage Date: 31 Jan 1797
     Marriage Place: Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
     Spouse: Nancy Doggett
     Spouse Gender: Female
     Source Information: Ancesrty.com. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
     Original data: County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.
Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - eorgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850
     Name:     Nancy Doggett
     Spouse:     Oliver Higgambotham
     Marriage Date:     31 Jan 1797
     Marriage County:     Oglethorpe
     Marriage State:     Georgia
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Georgia Marriages to 1850. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Georgia.^1,5,6
Nancy Doggett died in 1868 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA.⁷
     GAV-4. She was a mentioned with Chatten/Chattin Doggett Sr. and Sarah Reynolds;
My identification of the parents of Nancy DOGGETT (1775-1868), the wife of Oliver HIGGENBOTHAM, as Chatten DOGGETT and Sarah REYNOLDS (var. sp.) is based on:
     1. Principally, on the relatively large number of DNA matches that I with other descendants of these two parents, through siblings of Nancy (see attached images showing 55 matches to Chatten and 53 matches to Sarah); and
     2. Secondarily, by a number of family trees on Ancestry making this connection.
     3. An Oliver HIGGINBOTHAM was appointed administrator of the estate of Chattin DOGGETT in May 1817.
However, none of the family trees provide documentary proof of her parentage. so I only show it here as a likely hypothesis based on the DNA matches.^8,9,10,11,12

Nancy Doggett and Oliver Higginbotham appeared in the census of 1820 at Capt. Shaws, Morgan Co., Georgia, USA;
p. 135, line 27
     Name:     Oliver Higgenbotham
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Capt Shaws, Morgan, Georgia
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     3
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Slaves - Males - Under 14:     1
     Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25:     1
     Slaves - Females - 45 and over:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     5
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     6
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     10
     Total Slaves:     3
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     13.¹³

Nancy Doggett and Oliver Higginbotham appeared in the census of 1830 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA; p. 137, line 18
     Name:     Olivar Higinbotham
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Walton, Georgia
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1
     Slaves - Males - Under 10:     2
     Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Slaves - Females - Under 10:     5
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     1
     Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:     2
     Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     5
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total Slaves:     12
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     20.¹⁴

Nancy Doggett and Oliver Higginbotham appeared in the census of 1840 at Circle District, Walton Co., Georgia, USA; [Note: same page as Wm Higgenbotham, line 12, his son]
p. 116, line 20
     Name:     Oliver Higgenbotham
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Circle District, Walton, Georgia
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     5.¹⁵
In Oliver Higginbotham's will dated 14 May 1847 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA, Nancy Doggett was named as an heir; Source cited on Ancestry: Oliver Higginbotham Will pg 523 of 658 Probate Records Walton Co GA 1853-1855 Vol H-J pg 302 in book:
     "Georgia, Walton County
     I Oliver Higganbotham of the County and state aforesaid do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following manner
     It. 1st I loan to my beloved wife Nancy Higginbotham during her natural live the house and land where I now reside all my stock of horses, cattle and hogs with household and kitchen furniture and farming utensils.
     It. 2nd I give to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro girl Mandy ten years old a girls Sarah about the same age to do as she pleases with. I further loan to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro man Joe a boy Rase a woman Rose and a woman Diner and a small boy Jesse the last named five Negroes I loan to my wife during her natural live.
     It. 3rd I give to my son Sanford Higginbotham a Negroe woman Smith and her child Clabourn estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 4th I give to my daughter Nancy Harden a Negroe woman Mary and her child Elijah Estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 5th I give to my son John Higginbotham a Negro boy Ben estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 6th I give to my daughter Emma McLindon a Negro woman Izabel and her child Mariah estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 7th I give to my son William Higginbotham a Negro woman Silvey and her child Henry estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 8th I give to my son Joseph C. Higginbotham a Negro woman Mela and a small boy Sam estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 9th I give to my son Dennis Higginbotham a Negro boy Simon and a girl Julia estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 10th I give to my granddaughter Nancy Meadow a Negro girl Antonet about seven years of age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 11th I give to my grandson William Meadow a Negro boy Green about six years pf age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 12th I give to the heirs of her body my daughter Martha Fuller seven hundred dollars it being their full share that I desire for them out of my estate which will be paid to them out of the sale of the property that I have loned to my wife Nancy Higginbotham which I wish paid to them as they become of age.
     It. 13th I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham one dollar.
     It. 14th It is my wish after the death of my wife Nancy Higginbotham that all the property I have loned her shall be sold and after the seven hundred dollars that I have left to the heirs of my daughter Martha Fuller small have been taken from the sales of the above named property the balance shall be equally divided between all my children with the exception of my daughter Martha Fuller and the heirs of her body and my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham and the heirs of her body.
     It. 15th I leave as my Executors my son William Higginbotham and my son-in-law Benjamin J. Hardin.
     It. 16th I also leave my son William Higginbotham Trustee to act for the heirs of my daughter Fuller in collecting and paying out the money I have left for their benefit.
     Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of this 14th Mary 1847 O. Higginbotham
     Test: Abraham J. Hill Daniel Knight George Spence J. P.


     Georgia, Walton County, Court of Ordinary, March Term 1855
     Present R. J. Kennedy Ordinary of Said Court, Monday, March 5th 1855
     In open court came Daniel Knight and George Spence and being duly sworn depose and say that they saw Oliver Higginbotham late of said county now decd sign seal declare and publish the instrument in writing hereto annexed as his last will & testament freely voluntarily and of his own accord without any influence or compulsion whatever and that at the time of the execution of the same said testators was of sound and disposing mind & memory and that they signed the same as witnesses at his special instance and request in his presence and in the presence of each other and that Abram J. Hall assigned the same at the same time for the same purpose and under the same circumstances deponants signed it. Sworn & subscribed in open court: George Spence Daniel Knight." [Transcription by GA Vaut]¹⁶

Nancy Doggett and Oliver Higginbotham appeared in the census of 28 October 1850 at Division 88, Walton Co., Georgia, USA; p. 63B, lines 8-9, Dwelling 893, Family --
     8 HIGGENBOTHAM, Oliver 84 [1766] M Farmer $2,500 GA
     9 " , Nancy 75 [1775] F GA.¹⁷

Nancy Doggett appeared in the census of 12 June 1860 at Northern Division, Walton Co., Georgia, USA; [Next door to W. HIGINBOTHAM and family, and William's dau. and son-in-law, Lemuel C and Nancy (Higginbotham) Mitcham.]
p. 909, line 15, dwelling 123, family 123
     15 HIGINBOTHAM, Nancy 80 [1780] F NC.³

     Sarah Francis Harris was born on 23 November 1853 at Talbot Co., Georgia, USA; Death certificate says b Nov 23, 1853, but also says died at age 80 yrs 4 mos 13 days which works out to 22 Jan 1853. 1900 census lists DOB as "Sept 1854" and aged 45.^1,3,4 She married Oliver Higginbotham, son of Joseph C. Higginbotham and Elizabeth Ann Broach, on 30 April 1869 at Rusk Co., Texas, USA,
; her 1st husband
from Ancestry.com - Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
     Name: Oliver Higginbotham
     Gender: Male
     Marriage Date: 30 Apr 1869
     Marriage Place: Rusk, Texas, USA
     Spouse: Frances Harris
     Spouse Gender: Female
     Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
     Original data:
          Dodd, Jordan R, et. al. Early American Marriages: Texas to 1850. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.
          Hunting For Bears, comp. Texas marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.
          Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2011. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas.
          Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or from county courthouse records.^1,5 Sarah Francis Harris married B. F. Johnson circa 1871
; 1st child to this marriage born ca 1872 per 1880 census.⁶
Sarah Francis Harris died after 6 April 1934 at Grand Saline, Van Zandt Co., Texas, USA; Ancestry.com - Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
     Name: Sarah Francis Johnson
     Birth Date: 23 Nov 1853
     Birth Place: Georgia
     Gender: Female
     Race: White
     Father: Harris
     Age at Death: 80
     Death Date: 6 Apr 1934
     Death Place: San O Daline, Van Zandt, Texas, USA
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
     Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.³
Sarah Francis Harris was buried after 6 April 1934 at Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, Van Zandt Co., Texas, USA; [Note: Not certain that this is the same Sarah - Census citation doesn't seem to match, but date of death does]
from Find A Grave Website:
Birth:      Nov. 23, 1853, Georgia, USA
Death:      Apr. 6, 1934, Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA

1880 U.S. Census shows Sarah as age 27 and spouse as L.B. Johnson, age 36, and children Lorenzo (age 13), Isabell (age 11), Clayton (age 8), William Berry (age 5), Zoredo M. (age 3), Margret A. (age 2), and a newborn child (1 month).

Family links:
Spouse:
L. B. Johnson (1844 - ____)*

Children:
Tommie Kate Johnson Hays (1888 - 1966)*
Tommie Kate Johnson Hays (1888 - 1966)*

Burial: Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA

Created by: tdemars
Record added: May 08, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 69547451.⁷
     Sarah Francis Harris and Oliver Higginbotham appeared in the census of 10 September 1870 at Beat 5, Cherokee Co., Texas, USA; p. 279A, lines 7-9. Dwelling 52, Family 52
     7 HAGGENBOTHAM, Oliver 36 [1835] M W farmer AL
     8 " , Sarah F. 16 [1854] F W Keep House GA
     9 " , William G. 6/12 [Dec 1869] M W TX.⁸

Sarah Francis Harris and B. F. Johnson appeared in the census of 14 June 1880 at Precinct 1, Cherokee Co., Texas, USA; [Next door to Alvin JOHNSON - father?]
p. 310A, lines 11-18, Dwelling 134, Family 134
     11 JOHNSON, B F W M 32 [1848] Married Farmer TX -- --
     12 " , Sarah F W F 26 [1854] Wife Married Keeping house GA -- --
     13 " , Lum W M 8 [1872] Son Single attending school TX -- GA
     14 " , Willie W M 6 [1874] Son Single attending school TX -- GA
     15 " , Dolly W F 4 [1876] Daughter Single TX -- GA
     16 " , Molly W F 2 [1878] Daughter Single TX -- GA
     17 " , Eddie W M 2/12 Oct [1879] Son Single TX -- GA
     18 HIGGINBOTHAM, Will W M 10 [1870] Step Son Single attending school TX -- GA.⁶

Sarah Francis Harris appeared in the census of 4 June 1900 at Justice Precinct 3, Hunt Co., Texas, USA; p. 3A, lines 21-25, Dwelling 40, Family 40
     21 JOHNSON, Fannie Head W F Sept 1854 45 Widowed 8-children-born 6-children-living GA NC GA Farmer
     22 " , Benj F. Son W M May 1883 17 Single TX TX GA Day Laborer
     23 " , Johnson Son W M July 1885 14 Single TX TX GA Farm Laborer
     24 " , Katie Daughter W F Mar 1888 12 Single TX TX GA
     25 HIGGINBOTAN, Wm Son W F Feb 1870 30 Single TX TX GA Farm Laborer.⁴

Sarah Francis Harris appeared in the census of 21 April 1910 at Justice Precinct 6, Rusk Co., Texas, USA; p. 6A, lines 27-32, Dwelling 75, Family 75
     27 JOHNSON, Francis Head F W 56 [1854] Widowed 9-children-born 7-children-living GA NC GA
     28 HIGGINBOTHAM Gray Son M W 40 [1870] Single TX -- GA Laborer Lumber Mill
     29 JOHNSON Jessie Son M E 24 [1886] Widowed TX TN GA Laborer Lumber Mill
     30 HAYS, Katie Boarder F W 22 [1888] Married 3yrs 1-child-born 0-children-living TX TN GA
     31 " , Wedlwy Boarder M W 26 [1884] Married 3yrs TX TX TX Laborer Lumber Mill
     32 HARRIS, Daniel Father M W 82 Widowed NC NC NC.²

     William Gray Higginbotham was born in December 1869 at Cherokee Co., Texas, USA.¹ He married Sallie Denny Hays in 1918 at Texas, USA.³

William Gray Higginbotham died on 8 November 1931 at Grand Saline, Van Zandt Co., Texas, USA, at age 61.⁴
William Gray Higginbotham was buried after 8 November 1931 at Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, Van Zandt Co., Texas, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      1869, Texas, USA
Death:      Nov. 8, 1931, Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA

Death record shows he is buried here but no grave marker has been found.

Family links:
Spouse: Sallie Hays Higginbotham (1886 - 1948)*

Children:
Leola Higginbotham Smelley (1919 - 1960)*
William Wesley Higginbotham (1922 - 1986)*

Burial: Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA

Created by: tdemars
Record added: May 08, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 52136482.⁴
     William Gray Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Oliver Higginbotham and Sarah Francis Harris's household in the census report on 10 September 1870 at Beat 5, Cherokee Co., Texas, USA; p. 279A, lines 7-9. Dwelling 52, Family 52
     7 HAGGENBOTHAM, Oliver 36 [1835] M W farmer AL
     8 " , Sarah F. 16 [1854] F W Keep House GA
     9 " , William G. 6/12 [Dec 1869] M W TX.¹

William Gray Higginbotham was listed as a resident in B. F. Johnson and Sarah Francis Harris's household in the census report on 14 June 1880 at Precinct 1, Cherokee Co., Texas, USA; [Next door to Alvin JOHNSON - father?]
p. 310A, lines 11-18, Dwelling 134, Family 134
     11 JOHNSON, B F W M 32 [1848] Married Farmer TX -- --
     12 " , Sarah F W F 26 [1854] Wife Married Keeping house GA -- --
     13 " , Lum W M 8 [1872] Son Single attending school TX -- GA
     14 " , Willie W M 6 [1874] Son Single attending school TX -- GA
     15 " , Dolly W F 4 [1876] Daughter Single TX -- GA
     16 " , Molly W F 2 [1878] Daughter Single TX -- GA
     17 " , Eddie W M 2/12 Oct [1879] Son Single TX -- GA
     18 HIGGINBOTHAM, Will W M 10 [1870] Step Son Single attending school TX -- GA.⁵

William Gray Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Sarah Francis Harris's household in the census report on 4 June 1900 at Justice Precinct 3, Hunt Co., Texas, USA; p. 3A, lines 21-25, Dwelling 40, Family 40
     21 JOHNSON, Fannie Head W F Sept 1854 45 Widowed 8-children-born 6-children-living GA NC GA Farmer
     22 " , Benj F. Son W M May 1883 17 Single TX TX GA Day Laborer
     23 " , Johnson Son W M July 1885 14 Single TX TX GA Farm Laborer
     24 " , Katie Daughter W F Mar 1888 12 Single TX TX GA
     25 HIGGINBOTAN, Wm Son W F Feb 1870 30 Single TX TX GA Farm Laborer.⁶

William Gray Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Sarah Francis Harris's household in the census report on 21 April 1910 at Justice Precinct 6, Rusk Co., Texas, USA; p. 6A, lines 27-32, Dwelling 75, Family 75
     27 JOHNSON, Francis Head F W 56 [1854] Widowed 9-children-born 7-children-living GA NC GA
     28 HIGGINBOTHAM Gray Son M W 40 [1870] Single TX -- GA Laborer Lumber Mill
     29 JOHNSON Jessie Son M E 24 [1886] Widowed TX TN GA Laborer Lumber Mill
     30 HAYS, Katie Boarder F W 22 [1888] Married 3yrs 1-child-born 0-children-living TX TN GA
     31 " , Wedlwy Boarder M W 26 [1884] Married 3yrs TX TX TX Laborer Lumber Mill
     32 HARRIS, Daniel Father M W 82 Widowed NC NC NC.⁷

William Gray Higginbotham and Sallie Denny Hays appeared in the census of 31 January 1920 at Justice Precinct 8, Hopkins Co., Texas, USA; [Next door to a Frank JOHNSON - brother?]
p. 11B, lines 65-71, Dwelling 206, Family 230
     65 HIGINBOTHAN, Will Head M W 49 [1871] Married TX TX TX Laborer Farm
     66 " , Sally Wife F W 36 [1884] Married TX MS MS Housewife
     67 " , Mary Daughter F W 15 [1905] Single TX TX TX
     68 " , Luther Son M W 12 [1908] Single TX TX TX
     69 " , Silas Son M W 9 [1911] TX TX TX
     70 " , Charlie Son M W 6 [1914] Single TX TX TX
     71 " , Leolia Daughter F W 1 [1919] Single TX TX TX.⁸

William Gray Higginbotham and Sallie Denny Hays appeared in the census of 4 July 1930 at Precinct 5, Panola Co., Texas, USA; p. 4B, lines 51-56, Dwelling 75, Family 79
     51 HIGGINBOTHAM, Gray Head M W 60 [1870] Married age45 TX US US Farmer General Farm
     52 " , Sally Wife F W 45 [1885] Married age30 TX US US
     53 " , Leola Daughter F W 11 [1919] Single TX TX TX
     54 " , Wesley Son M W 7 [1923] Single TX TX TX
     55 WALLER, Charlie Step son M W 17 [1913] Single OK OK TX Labor Farm
     56 " , Luther Step son M W 23 [1907] Widowed OK OK TX Farmer General Farm
[Note: Are the Charlie and Oliver listed here his sons? The last name is shown as WALLER and the place of birth is OK, but the ages are about right????].⁹

     Sallie Denny Hays was born in January 1886.¹ She married Enoch Waller on 26 December 1900 at Angelina Co., Texas, USA,
; her 2nd husband.² Sallie Denny Hays married William Gray Higginbotham, son of Oliver Higginbotham and Sarah Francis Harris, in 1918 at Texas, USA.¹

Sallie Denny Hays died on 18 April 1948 at Bowie Co., Texas, USA, at age 62.¹
Sallie Denny Hays was buried in June 1949 at Old Union Cemetery, Simms, Bowie Co., Texas, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      Jan., 1886, USA
Death:      Apr. 18, 1948, Bowie County, Texas, USA

Her grave marker shows the birth date listed above, but the 1900 census shows her birth as February 1884. She was the daughter of W. Vestal Hays and Addie Taylor. (The name is sometimes spelled Hayes and sometime Hays -- but family records Hays as the accepted spelling.) First marriage was to Enoch Waller (married in Angelina County, TX on 12/26/1900), with children born to their marriage: Mary, Luther, Silas and Charlie. Location of Enoch Waller's burial is unknown-he was reported to have died in Oklahoma and may have been buried on the cotton farm where he was working.
Her marker clearly shows death in June 1949, but Bowden Funeral Home Records show 18 April 1948, which is listed here.

The 1920 census shows Sallie and Will Higginbotham in Hopkins County, TX, with children Mary, Luther, Silas, Charlie and Leola...and shows both of her parents were born in Mississippi; other records say Addie was born in Tennessee.

Sallie's sister Sudie Hays Dunham (9/12/1888 - 12/6/1943) is buried in Commerce, Texas and her brother William Wesley Hays is buried in Grand Saline.

Family links:
Parents:
Vestal Hays (1854 - 1922)
Addie Taylor Hays (1859 - 1915)

Spouses:
Enoch P. Waller (1879 - 1914)
William Gray Higginbotham (1869 - 1931)

Children:
Mary Jane Waller Kirby (1904 - 1983)*
Luther David Waller (1907 - 2002)*
Silas Enoch Waller (1910 - 1997)*
Charlie Waller (1913 - 1941)*
Leola Higginbotham Smelley (1919 - 1960)*
William Wesley Higginbotham (1922 - 1986)*

Siblings:
William Wesley Hays (1883 - 1948)*
Thomas Spencer Hays (1884 - 1917)*
Sallie Hays Higginbotham (1886 - 1948)
Sadie Hays Dunham (1888 - 1943)*
Birdie Hays Swint Goodwin (1896 - 1981)*

Burial: Old Union Cemetery, Simms, Bowie County, Texas, USA

Maintained by: tdemars
Originally Created by: Shane Spencer
Record added: Aug 16, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 9326658.¹
     Sallie Denny Hays and William Gray Higginbotham appeared in the census of 31 January 1920 at Justice Precinct 8, Hopkins Co., Texas, USA; [Next door to a Frank JOHNSON - brother?]
p. 11B, lines 65-71, Dwelling 206, Family 230
     65 HIGINBOTHAN, Will Head M W 49 [1871] Married TX TX TX Laborer Farm
     66 " , Sally Wife F W 36 [1884] Married TX MS MS Housewife
     67 " , Mary Daughter F W 15 [1905] Single TX TX TX
     68 " , Luther Son M W 12 [1908] Single TX TX TX
     69 " , Silas Son M W 9 [1911] TX TX TX
     70 " , Charlie Son M W 6 [1914] Single TX TX TX
     71 " , Leolia Daughter F W 1 [1919] Single TX TX TX.³

Sallie Denny Hays and William Gray Higginbotham appeared in the census of 4 July 1930 at Precinct 5, Panola Co., Texas, USA; p. 4B, lines 51-56, Dwelling 75, Family 79
     51 HIGGINBOTHAM, Gray Head M W 60 [1870] Married age45 TX US US Farmer General Farm
     52 " , Sally Wife F W 45 [1885] Married age30 TX US US
     53 " , Leola Daughter F W 11 [1919] Single TX TX TX
     54 " , Wesley Son M W 7 [1923] Single TX TX TX
     55 WALLER, Charlie Step son M W 17 [1913] Single OK OK TX Labor Farm
     56 " , Luther Step son M W 23 [1907] Widowed OK OK TX Farmer General Farm
[Note: Are the Charlie and Oliver listed here his sons? The last name is shown as WALLER and the place of birth is OK, but the ages are about right????].⁴

Sallie Denny Hays appeared in the census of 4 October 1940 at Precinct 2, Bowie Co., Texas, USA; [Note: next door to son Luther WALLER and family]
p. 7A, lines 17-20, Dwelling 114
     17 HIGGINBOTHAM, Sallie H Head F W 57 [1883] Widowed X 1935 Residence: Same home
     18 WALLER, Charley L. Son M W 27 [1913] Single OK 1935 Residence: Same home
     19 HIGGINBOTHAM, Leola daughter F W 21 [1919] Single TX 1935 Residence: Same home Seenstress Sewing room
     20 " , Wesley Son M W 17 [1923] Single TX 1935 Residence: Same home Laborer Farm.⁵

     Leola G. Higginbotham was born on 19 January 1919 at Hopkins Co., Texas, USA; aged 1 year old in 1920 census
Ancestry.com - Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
     Name: Leola Higganbotham
     Birth Date: 19 Jan 1919
     Gender: Female
     Birth Place: Birthright, Hopkins, Texas, USA
     Father: W G Higganbotham
     Father Birth Place: Texas
     Mother: Allie Hays
     Mother Birth Place: Texas
     Mother Residence: Birthright
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
     Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1932. iArchives, Orem, Utah.^1,2,3
Leola G. Higginbotham died on 5 March 1960 at age 41.¹
Leola G. Higginbotham was buried after 5 March 1960 at Old Union Cemetery, Simms, Bowie Co., Texas, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      Jan. 19, 1919
Death:      Mar. 5, 1960

Married Delton Smelley Oct 18 1941. Children include John Ray Smelley, Lonnie Smelley, Linda Smelley Wiggins, Doris Kay Smelley Wehr and Kathy Ann Smelley Rogers.

Family links:
Parents:
William Gray Higginbotham (1869 - 1931)
Sallie Hays Higginbotham (1886 - 1948)

Spouse: Delton Smelley (1915 - 1984)

Children: John Ray Smelley (1942 - 2009)*

Siblings:
Mary Jane Waller Kirby (1904 - 1983)**
Luther David Waller (1907 - 2002)**
Silas Enoch Waller (1910 - 1997)**
Charlie Waller (1913 - 1941)**
Leola Higginbotham Smelley (1919 - 1960)
William Wesley Higginbotham (1922 - 1986)*

**Half-sibling

Burial: Old Union Cemetery. Simms, Bowie County, Texas, USA

Maintained by: tdemars
Originally Created by: Shane Spencer
Record added: Jun 24, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 38713778.¹
     Leola G. Higginbotham was listed as a resident in William Gray Higginbotham and Sallie Denny Hays's household in the census report on 31 January 1920 at Justice Precinct 8, Hopkins Co., Texas, USA; [Next door to a Frank JOHNSON - brother?]
p. 11B, lines 65-71, Dwelling 206, Family 230
     65 HIGINBOTHAN, Will Head M W 49 [1871] Married TX TX TX Laborer Farm
     66 " , Sally Wife F W 36 [1884] Married TX MS MS Housewife
     67 " , Mary Daughter F W 15 [1905] Single TX TX TX
     68 " , Luther Son M W 12 [1908] Single TX TX TX
     69 " , Silas Son M W 9 [1911] TX TX TX
     70 " , Charlie Son M W 6 [1914] Single TX TX TX
     71 " , Leolia Daughter F W 1 [1919] Single TX TX TX.³

Leola G. Higginbotham was listed as a resident in William Gray Higginbotham and Sallie Denny Hays's household in the census report on 4 July 1930 at Precinct 5, Panola Co., Texas, USA; p. 4B, lines 51-56, Dwelling 75, Family 79
     51 HIGGINBOTHAM, Gray Head M W 60 [1870] Married age45 TX US US Farmer General Farm
     52 " , Sally Wife F W 45 [1885] Married age30 TX US US
     53 " , Leola Daughter F W 11 [1919] Single TX TX TX
     54 " , Wesley Son M W 7 [1923] Single TX TX TX
     55 WALLER, Charlie Step son M W 17 [1913] Single OK OK TX Labor Farm
     56 " , Luther Step son M W 23 [1907] Widowed OK OK TX Farmer General Farm
[Note: Are the Charlie and Oliver listed here his sons? The last name is shown as WALLER and the place of birth is OK, but the ages are about right????].⁴

Leola G. Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Sallie Denny Hays's household in the census report on 4 October 1940 at Precinct 2, Bowie Co., Texas, USA; [Note: next door to son Luther WALLER and family]
p. 7A, lines 17-20, Dwelling 114
     17 HIGGINBOTHAM, Sallie H Head F W 57 [1883] Widowed X 1935 Residence: Same home
     18 WALLER, Charley L. Son M W 27 [1913] Single OK 1935 Residence: Same home
     19 HIGGINBOTHAM, Leola daughter F W 21 [1919] Single TX 1935 Residence: Same home Seenstress Sewing room
     20 " , Wesley Son M W 17 [1923] Single TX 1935 Residence: Same home Laborer Farm.⁵

     William Wesley "Slim" Higginbotham was born on 30 October 1922 at Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas, USA.¹
William Wesley "Slim" Higginbotham died on 25 August 1986 at Plainview, Hale Co., Texas, USA, at age 63.¹
William Wesley "Slim" Higginbotham was buried after 25 August 1986 at Parklawn Memorial Gardens, Plainview, Hale Co., Texas, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      Oct. 30, 1922, Rosewood, Upshur County, Texas, USA
Death:      Aug. 25, 1986, Plainview, Hale County, Texas, USA

half siblings: Mary, Luther, Silas and Charley Waller; sister Leola Higginbotham Smelley. Mother to all: Sallie Hays Waller Higginbotham

Family links:
Parents:
William Gray Higginbotham (1869 - 1931)
Sallie Hays Higginbotham (1886 - 1948)

Siblings:
Mary Jane Waller Kirby (1904 - 1983)**
Luther David Waller (1907 - 2002)**
Silas Enoch Waller (1910 - 1997)**
Charlie Waller (1913 - 1941)**
Leola Higginbotham Smelley (1919 - 1960)*
William Wesley Higginbotham (1922 - 1986)

**Half-sibling

Burial: Parklawn Memorial Gardens, Plainview, Hale County, Texas, USA

Created by: tdemars
Record added: Jun 19, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 53876185.¹
     William Wesley "Slim" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in William Gray Higginbotham and Sallie Denny Hays's household in the census report on 4 July 1930 at Precinct 5, Panola Co., Texas, USA; p. 4B, lines 51-56, Dwelling 75, Family 79
     51 HIGGINBOTHAM, Gray Head M W 60 [1870] Married age45 TX US US Farmer General Farm
     52 " , Sally Wife F W 45 [1885] Married age30 TX US US
     53 " , Leola Daughter F W 11 [1919] Single TX TX TX
     54 " , Wesley Son M W 7 [1923] Single TX TX TX
     55 WALLER, Charlie Step son M W 17 [1913] Single OK OK TX Labor Farm
     56 " , Luther Step son M W 23 [1907] Widowed OK OK TX Farmer General Farm
[Note: Are the Charlie and Oliver listed here his sons? The last name is shown as WALLER and the place of birth is OK, but the ages are about right????].²

William Wesley "Slim" Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Sallie Denny Hays's household in the census report on 4 October 1940 at Precinct 2, Bowie Co., Texas, USA; [Note: next door to son Luther WALLER and family]
p. 7A, lines 17-20, Dwelling 114
     17 HIGGINBOTHAM, Sallie H Head F W 57 [1883] Widowed X 1935 Residence: Same home
     18 WALLER, Charley L. Son M W 27 [1913] Single OK 1935 Residence: Same home
     19 HIGGINBOTHAM, Leola daughter F W 21 [1919] Single TX 1935 Residence: Same home Seenstress Sewing room
     20 " , Wesley Son M W 17 [1923] Single TX 1935 Residence: Same home Laborer Farm.³

     Enoch Waller married Sallie Denny Hays on 26 December 1900 at Angelina Co., Texas, USA,
; her 2nd husband.¹

     Judith Burrus was born in 1709 at Amherst Co., Virginia, USA.¹ She married Thomas Jefferson Higginbotham Sr., son of Charles Higginbotham Sr. and Ann Rawlings, in 1750 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA,
; Ancestry cites no source of marriage date.¹
Judith Burrus died on 22 June 1805 at Elbert Co., Georgia, USA.¹
     GAV-5.

     Thomas Jefferson Higginbotham Sr. was born before 29 May 1698 at St. Philip Parish, Barbados.³ He was baptized on 29 May 1698;
FamilySearch.org - Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887
     Name:     Thomas Higinbotham
     Event Type:     Baptism
     Event Date:     29 May 1698
     Event Place:     St Philip, Barbados
     Gender:     Male
     Father's Name:     Charles Higinbotham
     Mother's Name:     Ann Higinbotham.³ He married Judith Burrus in 1750 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA,
; Ancestry cites no source of marriage date.⁴
Thomas Jefferson Higginbotham Sr. died on 5 July 1774 at Richmond Co., Georgia, USA.¹
     GAV-5.
In Capt. John Higginbotham's will dated 4 September 1713 at Barbados, Thomas Jefferson Higginbotham Sr. was named as an heir; p. 600 Virginia Will Records - From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Indexed by Judith McGhan. Published 1993: "Capt. John Higginbotham, of the Barbadoes, and salford, Lancaster, england, names in his will (dated sept. 4, 1713; proved Oct. 23, 1714...) a son Charles Higginbotham. This Charles Higginbotham lived in the Barbadoes..."
     p. 602: "...I give unto my beloved wife Anne Higinbotham, One Thousand Pounds ... I give and bequeath unto my son, charles Higinbotham of an din the Barbadoes ... I give and bequeath unto my seven Grandsons and one Granddaughter, children of my sd. Son Charles Higinbotham namely, John, Charles, Thomas, William, Joseph, Benjamin, Clever and Millicent ... I give and appoint unto my daughter, Millicent Alexander, Widdow ... her four young children, Charles, Joseph, Millicent, Mary Alexander ... I give and appoint ... my daughter Beulah Higinbotham ... my son-in-law Henry Higinbotham ... my son-on-law Henry Higinbotham ... I will, give and appoint unto my daughter Belizabeth Bancroft .... and amongst her sons and duaghters namely: Benjamin, Thomas Mary, elizabeth, Anne Bancroft ... I appoint and ordain my son-in-law Henry Bancroft, my Grandson Charles Clexander, Thomas Taylor of Manchester Hinds and william Oates of Thorn and John Capmna Executors of my Will... September Fourth ...[1713] John Higinbotham."⁵

Thomas Jefferson Higginbotham Sr. immigrated circa 1730 to Virginia, USA.⁶
In Ann Rawlings's will dated 29 March 1740 at Barbados, Thomas Jefferson Higginbotham Sr. was named as an heir; pg 600 Virginia Will Records - From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Indexed by Judith McGhan. Published 1993: "Mrs. Ann Higginbotham (widow of Charles Higginbotham) in her will dated Mar. 29, 1740; proved in the Barbadoes, Augt. 28, 1740, names her sons John Higginbotham, Charles Higginbotham, Thomas Higginbotham, Joseph Higginbotham and Cleaver Higginbotham; grandson John Reddan [Reddin]; granddaughter Ann Reddan [Reddin]."⁵

Thomas Jefferson Higginbotham Sr. lived circa 1751;
From note seen on Ancestry.com:
     "Land records in Virginia show that Thomas sold in 1751 to Robert Rose the three letters patent after his second marriage to Judith Burris and moving to Georgia.
     "In Georgia, he obtained more land, and Judith, his wife, had grants in her own right after Thomas died before July 5 1774 in Richmond Co., GA... On July 10 1775, the land that Thomas Higginbotham still possessed in Amherst Co. VA was sold by Carter Braxton to Samuel Allen of Amherst Co. This was done by permission of the Heir of Thomas Higginbotham by a power of attorney to James Higginbotham of Amherst Co., for a debt that was due from his father to Carter Braxton."⁶

     Sanford Higginbotham was born on 6 December 1797 at Ogelthorpe Co., Georgia, USA; See Family Bible.^1,2 He married Jane Harriet Holley on 28 August 1822 at Morgan Co., Georgia, USA,
; her 1st husband.^3,4
Sanford Higginbotham died on 9 September 1851 at Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA, at age 53.¹

His estate was probated on 3 November 1851 at Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA,
; Source cited on Ancestry: Arkansas, Probate Records, 1817-1979 Dallas Wills 1843-1855 vol A-B familysearch.org
Book A pp. 146-147 and index.⁵
     Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley appeared in the census of 1830 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA; p. 138, line 2
     Name:     Sandford Higinbotham
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Walton, Georgia
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     1
     Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     4
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total Slaves:     2
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     8.⁶

Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley appeared in the census of 1840 at Chambers Co., Alabama, USA; p. 203, line 4
     Name:     Sanford Higgenbottom
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Chambers, Alabama
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1
     Slaves - Males - Under 10:     1
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     1
     Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Slaves - Females - Under 10:     7
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     4
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     4
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     6
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total Slaves:     14
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     22.⁷
In Oliver Higginbotham's will dated 14 May 1847 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA, Sanford Higginbotham was named as an heir; Source cited on Ancestry: Oliver Higginbotham Will pg 523 of 658 Probate Records Walton Co GA 1853-1855 Vol H-J pg 302 in book:
     "Georgia, Walton County
     I Oliver Higganbotham of the County and state aforesaid do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following manner
     It. 1st I loan to my beloved wife Nancy Higginbotham during her natural live the house and land where I now reside all my stock of horses, cattle and hogs with household and kitchen furniture and farming utensils.
     It. 2nd I give to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro girl Mandy ten years old a girls Sarah about the same age to do as she pleases with. I further loan to my wife Nancy Higginbotham a Negro man Joe a boy Rase a woman Rose and a woman Diner and a small boy Jesse the last named five Negroes I loan to my wife during her natural live.
     It. 3rd I give to my son Sanford Higginbotham a Negroe woman Smith and her child Clabourn estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 4th I give to my daughter Nancy Harden a Negroe woman Mary and her child Elijah Estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 5th I give to my son John Higginbotham a Negro boy Ben estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 6th I give to my daughter Emma McLindon a Negro woman Izabel and her child Mariah estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 7th I give to my son William Higginbotham a Negro woman Silvey and her child Henry estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 8th I give to my son Joseph C. Higginbotham a Negro woman Mela and a small boy Sam estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 9th I give to my son Dennis Higginbotham a Negro boy Simon and a girl Julia estimated at six hundred dollars.
     It. 10th I give to my granddaughter Nancy Meadow a Negro girl Antonet about seven years of age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 11th I give to my grandson William Meadow a Negro boy Green about six years pf age estimated at three hundred dollars.
     It. 12th I give to the heirs of her body my daughter Martha Fuller seven hundred dollars it being their full share that I desire for them out of my estate which will be paid to them out of the sale of the property that I have loned to my wife Nancy Higginbotham which I wish paid to them as they become of age.
     It. 13th I give to my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham one dollar.
     It. 14th It is my wish after the death of my wife Nancy Higginbotham that all the property I have loned her shall be sold and after the seven hundred dollars that I have left to the heirs of my daughter Martha Fuller small have been taken from the sales of the above named property the balance shall be equally divided between all my children with the exception of my daughter Martha Fuller and the heirs of her body and my daughter-in-law Mary Higginbotham and the heirs of her body.
     It. 15th I leave as my Executors my son William Higginbotham and my son-in-law Benjamin J. Hardin.
     It. 16th I also leave my son William Higginbotham Trustee to act for the heirs of my daughter Fuller in collecting and paying out the money I have left for their benefit.
     Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of this 14th Mary 1847 O. Higginbotham
     Test: Abraham J. Hill Daniel Knight George Spence J. P.


     Georgia, Walton County, Court of Ordinary, March Term 1855
     Present R. J. Kennedy Ordinary of Said Court, Monday, March 5th 1855
     In open court came Daniel Knight and George Spence and being duly sworn depose and say that they saw Oliver Higginbotham late of said county now decd sign seal declare and publish the instrument in writing hereto annexed as his last will & testament freely voluntarily and of his own accord without any influence or compulsion whatever and that at the time of the execution of the same said testators was of sound and disposing mind & memory and that they signed the same as witnesses at his special instance and request in his presence and in the presence of each other and that Abram J. Hall assigned the same at the same time for the same purpose and under the same circumstances deponants signed it. Sworn & subscribed in open court: George Spence Daniel Knight." [Transcription by GA Vaut]⁸

Sanford Higginbotham appeared in the census of 11 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; 1850 Slave Schedule: Column 2, lines 8-35 (27 slaves)
     Home in 1860: Jackson, Dallas, Arkansas
     Name of Slave Owner: S Higginbotham
     All Slaves Owned: Gender-Male
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.⁹

Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley appeared in the census of 14 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [Same pate as Joseph HIGGINBOTHAM adn Charles BROACH]
p. 20B, lines 18-27, Dwelling 275, Family 275
     18 HIGGINBOTHAN, S.52 [1798 m fARMER $3000 ga
     19 " , Jane H. 44 [1806] F GA
     20 " , Jas 20 [1830 M Farmer GA
     21 " , Joseph 18 [1832] M Laborer GA
     22 " , Wm 14 [1836] M AL
     23 " , Rufus 11 [1839] M AL
     24 " , Nancy E. 7 [1843] F AL
     25 " , Elizabeth 7 [1843] F AL
     26 " , Amanda 1 [1848] F AR
     27 BARNS, A. L. 24 [1826] M Laborer GA.¹⁰

Sanford Higginbotham left a will on 18 July 1851 at Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; Source cited on Ancestry: Arkansas, Probate Records, 1817-1979 Dallas Wills 1843-1855 vol A-B familysearch.org
Book A pp. 144-145.¹¹

; Land Deed.¹²

; Land deed.¹³

; Land deed.¹⁴

     Jane Harriet Holley was born on 30 August 1806 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA.^2,3 She married Sanford Higginbotham, son of Oliver Higginbotham and Nancy Doggett, on 28 August 1822 at Morgan Co., Georgia, USA,
; her 1st husband.^2,4 Jane Harriet Holley married Alexander Fry on 1 June 1853 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA,
; her 2nd husband
Ancestry.com - Arkansas, county Marriages Index 1837-1957
     Name: Alexander Fry
     Gender: Male
     Residence: Dallas, Arkansas
     Spouse's Name: Jane Higginbotham
     Spouse's Gender: Female
     Spouse's Residence: Dallas, Arkansas
     Marriage Date: 1 Jun 1853
     Marriage County: Dallas
     Event Type: Marriage
     FHL Film Number: 1994225
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957," database, FamilySearch; from Arkansas Courts of Common Pleas and County Clerks. Digital images of originals housed at various county courthouses in the State of Arkansas. Marriage records.^5,6
Jane Harriet Holley died on 14 July 1866 at Arkansas, USA, at age 59.^2,7
     Jane Harriet Holley and Sanford Higginbotham appeared in the census of 1830 at Walton Co., Georgia, USA; p. 138, line 2
     Name:     Sandford Higinbotham
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Walton, Georgia
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     1
     Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     4
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total Slaves:     2
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     8.⁸

Jane Harriet Holley and Sanford Higginbotham appeared in the census of 1840 at Chambers Co., Alabama, USA; p. 203, line 4
     Name:     Sanford Higgenbottom
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Chambers, Alabama
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1
     Slaves - Males - Under 10:     1
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     1
     Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Slaves - Females - Under 10:     7
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     4
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     4
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     6
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total Slaves:     14
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     22.⁹

Jane Harriet Holley and Sanford Higginbotham appeared in the census of 14 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [Same pate as Joseph HIGGINBOTHAM adn Charles BROACH]
p. 20B, lines 18-27, Dwelling 275, Family 275
     18 HIGGINBOTHAN, S.52 [1798 m fARMER $3000 ga
     19 " , Jane H. 44 [1806] F GA
     20 " , Jas 20 [1830 M Farmer GA
     21 " , Joseph 18 [1832] M Laborer GA
     22 " , Wm 14 [1836] M AL
     23 " , Rufus 11 [1839] M AL
     24 " , Nancy E. 7 [1843] F AL
     25 " , Elizabeth 7 [1843] F AL
     26 " , Amanda 1 [1848] F AR
     27 BARNS, A. L. 24 [1826] M Laborer GA.¹⁰
In Sanford Higginbotham's will dated 18 July 1851 at Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA, Jane Harriet Holley was named as executor; Source cited on Ancestry: Arkansas, Probate Records, 1817-1979 Dallas Wills 1843-1855 vol A-B familysearch.org
Book A pp. 144-145.¹¹

Jane Harriet Holley appeared in the census of 1860 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; Ancestry.com - Arkansas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1819-1870
     Name: Jane Higginbotham
     State: AR
     County: Dallas County
     Township: Jackson Twp
     Year:1860
     Record Type: Slave Schedule
     Page: 193
     Database: AR 1860 Slave Schedule
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Arkansas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1819-1870 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
     Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Arkansas Census, 1819-1870. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.¹²

Jane Harriet Holley appeared in the census of 1860 at PO Stover, Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [same page as Jas O. Higginbotham]
pp. 1070/1, lines 37-40, 1-2, Dwelling 784 Family 784
     37 HIGGINBOTHAM, Jane 50 [1810] F W Farmer $1000 $6460 GA
     38 " , Wm 25 [1835] M W Laborer $400 AL
     39 " , Rufus 21 [1839] M W Laborer AL
     40 " , Nancy 18 [1842] F W AL
     1 " , Elizabeth 18 [1842] F W AL
     2 " , Amanda 11 [1849] F W AL.¹³

     James Oliver Higginbotham was born on 18 January 1830 at Georgia, USA; aged 20 in 1850 census.^1,2,3 He married Eady M. Burnham on 16 October 1851 at Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA.^4,5
James Oliver Higginbotham married Amanda Elizabeth Zinn on 16 April 1879 at Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA,
; His 2nd wife.^6,7
James Oliver Higginbotham died on 21 June 1911 at Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA, at age 81.³
James Oliver Higginbotham was buried after 21 June 1911 at Oakland Cemetery, Fordyce Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      Jan. 18, 1830
     Death:      Jun. 21, 1911
     Family links: Children:
      Sanford Wilson Higginbotham (1870 - 1928)*
      Edward Parham Higginbotham (1874 - 1943)*
     Inscription: In Memory of our Father
     Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Fordyce, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA
     Maintained by: Susie
     Originally Created by: BobCat
     Record added: Jan 31, 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial# 104453771.³
     James Oliver Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report on 14 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [Same pate as Joseph HIGGINBOTHAM adn Charles BROACH]
p. 20B, lines 18-27, Dwelling 275, Family 275
     18 HIGGINBOTHAN, S.52 [1798 m fARMER $3000 ga
     19 " , Jane H. 44 [1806] F GA
     20 " , Jas 20 [1830 M Farmer GA
     21 " , Joseph 18 [1832] M Laborer GA
     22 " , Wm 14 [1836] M AL
     23 " , Rufus 11 [1839] M AL
     24 " , Nancy E. 7 [1843] F AL
     25 " , Elizabeth 7 [1843] F AL
     26 " , Amanda 1 [1848] F AR
     27 BARNS, A. L. 24 [1826] M Laborer GA.¹

James Oliver Higginbotham and Eady M. Burnham appeared in the census of 1860 at PO Stover, Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [same page as Jane Higginbotham]
pp. 1070, lines 9-12, 1-2, Dwelling 780 Family 780
     9 HIGGINBOTHAM, Jas O. 28 [1832] M W Farmer $2000 $2400 GA
     10 " , Edis 26 [1834] F W GA
     11 " , James 1 ]1859] M W AR
     12 KILHAM , William 56 [1804] M W Farmer $1000 $100 MA.⁸

     Joseph Green Higginbotham was born on 10 May 1832 at Georgia, USA; aged 18 in 1850 census.^1,2 He married Lucretia Caroline Tramel on 4 November 1852.³

Joseph Green Higginbotham died on 3 April 1857 at age 24.⁴
     Joseph Green Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report on 14 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [Same pate as Joseph HIGGINBOTHAM adn Charles BROACH]
p. 20B, lines 18-27, Dwelling 275, Family 275
     18 HIGGINBOTHAN, S.52 [1798 m fARMER $3000 ga
     19 " , Jane H. 44 [1806] F GA
     20 " , Jas 20 [1830 M Farmer GA
     21 " , Joseph 18 [1832] M Laborer GA
     22 " , Wm 14 [1836] M AL
     23 " , Rufus 11 [1839] M AL
     24 " , Nancy E. 7 [1843] F AL
     25 " , Elizabeth 7 [1843] F AL
     26 " , Amanda 1 [1848] F AR
     27 BARNS, A. L. 24 [1826] M Laborer GA.¹

     William Higginbotham was born on 26 February 1835 at Alabama, USA; aged 14 in 1850 census.^1,2 He married Margaret Jane Barnes on 22 June 1854.³

     William Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report on 14 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [Same pate as Joseph HIGGINBOTHAM adn Charles BROACH]
p. 20B, lines 18-27, Dwelling 275, Family 275
     18 HIGGINBOTHAN, S.52 [1798 m fARMER $3000 ga
     19 " , Jane H. 44 [1806] F GA
     20 " , Jas 20 [1830 M Farmer GA
     21 " , Joseph 18 [1832] M Laborer GA
     22 " , Wm 14 [1836] M AL
     23 " , Rufus 11 [1839] M AL
     24 " , Nancy E. 7 [1843] F AL
     25 " , Elizabeth 7 [1843] F AL
     26 " , Amanda 1 [1848] F AR
     27 BARNS, A. L. 24 [1826] M Laborer GA.¹

William Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report in 1860 at PO Stover, Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [same page as Jas O. Higginbotham]
pp. 1070/1, lines 37-40, 1-2, Dwelling 784 Family 784
     37 HIGGINBOTHAM, Jane 50 [1810] F W Farmer $1000 $6460 GA
     38 " , Wm 25 [1835] M W Laborer $400 AL
     39 " , Rufus 21 [1839] M W Laborer AL
     40 " , Nancy 18 [1842] F W AL
     1 " , Elizabeth 18 [1842] F W AL
     2 " , Amanda 11 [1849] F W AL.⁴

     Rufus Higginbotham was born on 14 March 1839 at Alabama, USA; aged 11 in 1850 census.^1,2 He married Margaret H. Jacoby on 4 June 1865.³

     Rufus Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report on 14 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [Same pate as Joseph HIGGINBOTHAM adn Charles BROACH]
p. 20B, lines 18-27, Dwelling 275, Family 275
     18 HIGGINBOTHAN, S.52 [1798 m fARMER $3000 ga
     19 " , Jane H. 44 [1806] F GA
     20 " , Jas 20 [1830 M Farmer GA
     21 " , Joseph 18 [1832] M Laborer GA
     22 " , Wm 14 [1836] M AL
     23 " , Rufus 11 [1839] M AL
     24 " , Nancy E. 7 [1843] F AL
     25 " , Elizabeth 7 [1843] F AL
     26 " , Amanda 1 [1848] F AR
     27 BARNS, A. L. 24 [1826] M Laborer GA.¹

Rufus Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report in 1860 at PO Stover, Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [same page as Jas O. Higginbotham]
pp. 1070/1, lines 37-40, 1-2, Dwelling 784 Family 784
     37 HIGGINBOTHAM, Jane 50 [1810] F W Farmer $1000 $6460 GA
     38 " , Wm 25 [1835] M W Laborer $400 AL
     39 " , Rufus 21 [1839] M W Laborer AL
     40 " , Nancy 18 [1842] F W AL
     1 " , Elizabeth 18 [1842] F W AL
     2 " , Amanda 11 [1849] F W AL.⁴

     Nancy E. Higginbotham was born on 7 January 1843 at Alabama, USA; aged 7 in 1850 census.^1,2
Nancy E. Higginbotham died on 18 December 1862 at Alabama, USA, at age 19.³
     Nancy E. Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report on 14 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [Same pate as Joseph HIGGINBOTHAM adn Charles BROACH]
p. 20B, lines 18-27, Dwelling 275, Family 275
     18 HIGGINBOTHAN, S.52 [1798 m fARMER $3000 ga
     19 " , Jane H. 44 [1806] F GA
     20 " , Jas 20 [1830 M Farmer GA
     21 " , Joseph 18 [1832] M Laborer GA
     22 " , Wm 14 [1836] M AL
     23 " , Rufus 11 [1839] M AL
     24 " , Nancy E. 7 [1843] F AL
     25 " , Elizabeth 7 [1843] F AL
     26 " , Amanda 1 [1848] F AR
     27 BARNS, A. L. 24 [1826] M Laborer GA.¹

Nancy E. Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report in 1860 at PO Stover, Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [same page as Jas O. Higginbotham]
pp. 1070/1, lines 37-40, 1-2, Dwelling 784 Family 784
     37 HIGGINBOTHAM, Jane 50 [1810] F W Farmer $1000 $6460 GA
     38 " , Wm 25 [1835] M W Laborer $400 AL
     39 " , Rufus 21 [1839] M W Laborer AL
     40 " , Nancy 18 [1842] F W AL
     1 " , Elizabeth 18 [1842] F W AL
     2 " , Amanda 11 [1849] F W AL.⁴

     Elizabeth Higginbotham was born on 7 January 1843 at Alabama, USA; aged 7 in 1850 census.^1,2 She married Jesse Moore on 18 December 1861.^3,4

Elizabeth Higginbotham died on 15 March 1871 at age 28.³
     Elizabeth Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report on 14 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [Same pate as Joseph HIGGINBOTHAM adn Charles BROACH]
p. 20B, lines 18-27, Dwelling 275, Family 275
     18 HIGGINBOTHAN, S.52 [1798 m fARMER $3000 ga
     19 " , Jane H. 44 [1806] F GA
     20 " , Jas 20 [1830 M Farmer GA
     21 " , Joseph 18 [1832] M Laborer GA
     22 " , Wm 14 [1836] M AL
     23 " , Rufus 11 [1839] M AL
     24 " , Nancy E. 7 [1843] F AL
     25 " , Elizabeth 7 [1843] F AL
     26 " , Amanda 1 [1848] F AR
     27 BARNS, A. L. 24 [1826] M Laborer GA.¹

Elizabeth Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report in 1860 at PO Stover, Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [same page as Jas O. Higginbotham]
pp. 1070/1, lines 37-40, 1-2, Dwelling 784 Family 784
     37 HIGGINBOTHAM, Jane 50 [1810] F W Farmer $1000 $6460 GA
     38 " , Wm 25 [1835] M W Laborer $400 AL
     39 " , Rufus 21 [1839] M W Laborer AL
     40 " , Nancy 18 [1842] F W AL
     1 " , Elizabeth 18 [1842] F W AL
     2 " , Amanda 11 [1849] F W AL.⁵

     Amanda Higginbotham was born circa 1848 at Arkansas, USA; aged 2 in 1850 census.¹
     Amanda Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report on 14 October 1850 at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [Same pate as Joseph HIGGINBOTHAM adn Charles BROACH]
p. 20B, lines 18-27, Dwelling 275, Family 275
     18 HIGGINBOTHAN, S.52 [1798 m fARMER $3000 ga
     19 " , Jane H. 44 [1806] F GA
     20 " , Jas 20 [1830 M Farmer GA
     21 " , Joseph 18 [1832] M Laborer GA
     22 " , Wm 14 [1836] M AL
     23 " , Rufus 11 [1839] M AL
     24 " , Nancy E. 7 [1843] F AL
     25 " , Elizabeth 7 [1843] F AL
     26 " , Amanda 1 [1848] F AR
     27 BARNS, A. L. 24 [1826] M Laborer GA.¹

Amanda Higginbotham was listed as a resident in Jane Harriet Holley's household in the census report in 1860 at PO Stover, Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; [same page as Jas O. Higginbotham]
pp. 1070/1, lines 37-40, 1-2, Dwelling 784 Family 784
     37 HIGGINBOTHAM, Jane 50 [1810] F W Farmer $1000 $6460 GA
     38 " , Wm 25 [1835] M W Laborer $400 AL
     39 " , Rufus 21 [1839] M W Laborer AL
     40 " , Nancy 18 [1842] F W AL
     1 " , Elizabeth 18 [1842] F W AL
     2 " , Amanda 11 [1849] F W AL.²

     Matilda Ann Higginbotham was born on 29 January 1824 at Georgia, USA.¹ She married Paul T. Willis on 8 August 1839.^2,3

Matilda Ann Higginbotham died on 9 July 1850 at age 26; Date in bible could read "1851."²

     John Jefferson Higginbotham was born on 3 December 1825 at Georgia, USA.¹ He married Sarah Ann Wyatt, daughter of John Wyatt and Elizabeth L. Bledsoe, on 25 July 1850 at Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
     Name:     John Higginbotham
     Gender:     Male
     Age:     23
     Birth Year:     abt 1827
     Spouse's Name:     Sarah Ann Wyatt
     Spouse's Gender:     Female
     Spouse's Age:     16
     Marriage Date:     25 Jul 1850
     Marriage License Date:     25 Jul 1850
     Marriage County:     Dallas
     Event Type:     Marriage
     FHL Film Number:     985894
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957," database, FamilySearch; from Arkansas Courts of Common Pleas and County Clerks. Digital images of originals housed at various county courthouses in the State of Arkansas. Marriage records.^2,3
John Jefferson Higginbotham died on 2 May 1860 at Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA, at age 34; per Sanford Family Bible: "John J. Higginbotham Departed this life on the 2 of May in the year of our Lord 1860"
Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
     Name:     John Higginbotham
     Gender:     Male
     Race:     White
     Marital Status:     Married
     Estimated birth year:     abt 1827
     Birth Place:     Alabama
     Age:     33
     Death Date:     May 1860
     Cause of Death:     Consumption
     Census Year:     1860
     Census Place:     Jackson, Dallas, Arkansas, USA
     LINE:     6
     Source Citation: Arkansas Historical Commission; Little Rock, Arkansas; U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, Arkansas, 1850-1880; Archive Roll Number: 1; Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Jackson, Dallas, Arkansas
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. A portion of this collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.^4,5
     John Jefferson Higginbotham appeared on the census of 1860 in the household of Sarah Ann Wyatt at Jackson Township, Dallas Co., Arkansas, USA; p. 1069, lines 12-16, dwellin772, family 772
     12 "John Wyatt admr of Jno Higgenbotham" $1000 $500 --
     13 HIGGINBOTHAM, Sarah 25 [1835] F W GA
     14 " , Jane E. 8 [1852] F W AR
     15 " , Mary F. 6 [1854] F W AR
     16 " , Matilda 4 [1856] F W AR.⁶

     Sarah Jane Higginbotham was born on 31 December 1827 at Georgia, USA.¹ She married William Sutton on 19 December 1844.^2,3

Sarah Jane Higginbotham died on 13 September 1858 at Alabama, USA, at age 30.²

     Mary Frances Higginbotham was born on 18 May 1837 at Georgia, USA.²
Mary Frances Higginbotham died on 23 April 1838 at Georgia, USA.¹

     Martha Higginbotham was born on 17 April 1841 at Alabama, USA.²
Martha Higginbotham died on 6 July 1841 at Alabama, USA.¹

     Paul T. Willis married Matilda Ann Higginbotham, daughter of Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley, on 8 August 1839.^1,2

     William Sutton married Sarah Jane Higginbotham, daughter of Sanford Higginbotham and Jane Harriet Holley, on 19 December 1844.^1,2