Individual Details

Benjamin and Joseph were twins. Not known if they were born in Amherst Co VA or after the move to Georgia.

Benjamin's two sons remained in Georgia when he moved to Feliciana Parish LA. He appears to have simply left his wife and the sons, Matthew & Woodson - they remained in Madison Co GA. Later Benjamin moved to Lafayette Co MS.

Elbert Co GA Deed Book P, p.59 8 Apr 1814 Benj Higginbotham & wife Elizabeth of Madison Co GA to Laveston Prior Gaines of Elbert Co. 91 1/2 acres in Elbert Co on Pickens Crk adj Aplin & John Davis. Witness: Elisha Ware, Edward Ware. Rec. 20 Jul 1814.

On 5 Jul 1847, Benjamin Higginbotham, resident of Lafayette Co MS made testimony in Yalobusha Co MS that he had lived within a mile of the place where Elizabeth Hilley & Edmond Rousey were married in Elbert Co GA. [They were married by his uncle William Higginbotham.] He also stated that he knew his brother's widow [Mary Brown Higginbotham, widow of James, who also testified to the marriage] had known the couple well. Benjamin was then 63 years old and was about 9 or 10 when the Rouseys were married.

1850 Census, Lafayette Co MS. p.270, Household 619. B. Higginbotham, age 64, a carpenter, born in Georgia was living in the household of his cousin Willis Higginbotham.

Birth	27 Feb 1784	Amherst County, Virginia
Marriage		Elizabeth Rousey

Spouse	Elizabeth Rousey (1785 - )
Child	Sally Higginbotham ( - )
Child	Woodson Higginbotham (1807 - )
Child	Mathew Higginbotham (1815 - )
Child	Mary Ann "Polly" Higginbotham (1819 - )

Father	Jacob Higginbotham (1751 - 1836)
Mother	Anne Higginbotham ( - )
Sibling	Hannah Higginbotham (1773 - )
Sibling	James Higginbotham (1775 - 1825)
Sibling	Jacob Higginbotham Jr. (1776 - )
Sibling	John Higginbotham (1778 - )
Sibling	Elisabeth Higginbotham (1780 - )
Sibling	Jane Higginbotham (1782 - 1859)
Sibling	Joseph Higginbotham (1784 - 1824)
Sibling	Caleb Higginbotham (1787 - )
Sibling	Anna Higginbotham (1788 - )
Sibling	William Higginbotham (1790 - )
Sibling	Riley Higginbotham (1793 - )
Sibling	Frances Higginbotham (1796 - )