Individual Details
Riley Higginbotham
(22 Sep 1793 - )
Riley moved to Feliciana Parish along with his brothers where there is an account in a store for goods purchased in 1820. There is a record of a Riley Higginbotham who married Lydia Alford in Green Co AL 2 Jan 1829 and later moved to Caddo Parish LA 1840-50. This may very well be the same person.
1830 Census. Greene Co AL
Riley Higginbotham. 1m 40-50, 1f 30-40
1850 Census, Caddo Parish: Riley Higginbotham age 59, born Georgia. Lydia age 50, b. NC.
Events
| Birth | 22 Sep 1793 | Georgia |  |
Families
| 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 | Benjamin Higginbotham (1784 - ) |
| Sibling | Caleb Higginbotham (1787 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna Higginbotham (1788 - ) |
| Sibling | William Higginbotham (1790 - ) |
| Sibling | Frances Higginbotham (1796 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Earl & Nena Higginbotham, Higginbotham Descendants of Moses and Frances Kyle Higginbotham (LDS Microfilm #1697905), p.20.
2. William Montgomery Sweeney, William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Series of Articles on the Higginbotham Family of Virginia; Jan 1918, Apr 1918, July 1918, Oct 1918, Apr 1919, Article on Colonel James Higginbotham, Surveyor of Amherst Co VA, Jan 1931, by Mrs. Sweeney., Vol 27, Issue 1; Jul 1918 pp.45-56.