Individual Details

Benjamin Graves Higginbotham

(17 Feb 1788 - 23 Apr 1862)



Benj. G. Higginbotham married Polly Lollis [Mary Foster Lossis/ Lawless] on 2 Jan 1812 in Elbert Co GA.

In the 1830 Dallas Co AL census near William Higginbotham; probably cousins.

1850, Noxubee Co, MS:
Household 673
B. G. Higgenbottom, age 66, born SC [error]. Mary age 55, b. GA. John L. age 39, Mary 28, and Tabitha 13, all born in GA.
Household 757: James L. Higgenbothom, age 22, b. Alabama, Margaritt 20 b. NC and Mary age 1, b. MS.
Household 777: Talliffario Higginbotham, age 38, b. GA, Jane 30, b. AL. Mary Anne age 1 and James 7 months, both born in Mississippi.
[This accounts for all the children of Benjamin Graves except for the eldest son Benjamin, Harriet who married C. R. Whitehead in 1845 and Sarah Ann who married Richard White in 1847.

A FindAGrave memorial has Sarah Ann Higginbotham, dau of Benjamin Graves Higginborham, as having married Thomas Jefferson Smith. Either she married twice or one of the marriages is incorrect. Smith apparently married second to Matilda C. Nabors. Smith is buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Sweet Home, Pulaski Co, AR.

Events

Birth17 Feb 1788Amherst County, Virginia
Death23 Apr 1862Noxubee County, Mississippi
BurialWhite Cemetery, Noxubee County, Mississippi

Families

FatherBenjamin Higginbotham Jr. (1757 - 1810)
MotherMary Gatewood (1760 - 1809)
SiblingSarah Higginbotham ( - )
SiblingAnny Higginbotham ( - )
SiblingElizabeth Higginbotham ( - )
SiblingPeter Higginbotham (1790 - )
SiblingLarkin Higginbotham (1796 - 1863)
SiblingMary Higginbotham (1786 - )

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