Individual Details

Elizabeth Higginbotham is in the 1820 Madison Co GA census, as well as on an 1824 Tax List.
1m -10, 1m 10-16. 1f -10, 1f 10-16, 1f 26-45. 2 slaves.
The names of the daughters are unknown.

Milledgeville, GA, Newspaper Clippings Southern Recorder
Vol 1, 1820-1827
Tad Evans
Aug 1995 Self-Published, Savannah, GA
p.258-260
Tues, Jan 2, 1827
List of Acts. Passed by the Legislature at their annual session in 1826:
For the relief of Sally, Woodson, Matthew and Polly Ann Higginbotham.
From this record it would appear that Elizabeth was perhaps seeking a divorce or some settlement because of abandonment. Sally & Polly Ann apparently the unknown females of the early censuses.


Elizabeth, 1830 in Madison Co
1m 15-20, 1m 20-30. 1f 15-20, 1f 20-30, 1f 50-60.
There is a marriage record in Madison Co:
Polly m Jabez Graham, 22 Dec 1833 Book A-96


1840, Madison Co GA:
Mat. Higginbotham: 2m -5, 1m 20-30, 1f 20-30 1f 50-60 [Elizabeth]
[The 1840 census Index is not complete; I found the Madison Co pages inserted with those for Marion Co in Ancestry's online database.]
Woodson Higginbotham, 1m 30-40, 1f -5, 1f 15-20

1850, Madison Co GA:
Mathew Higginbotham, age 35, Farmer, b. GA. William 12, Ruby 10, and Elizabeth age 65, born in Virginia.
Woodson Higginbotham, age 43, Boss ShoeMaker, born Georgia. Huldah age 10, Mary 9, and Frances 6 [female].

Birth	1785	Virginia
Marriage		Benjamin Higginbotham

Spouse	Benjamin Higginbotham (1784 - )
Child	Sally Higginbotham ( - )
Child	Woodson Higginbotham (1807 - )
Child	Mathew Higginbotham (1815 - )
Child	Mary Ann "Polly" Higginbotham (1819 - )