Individual Details

I believe that this is the Mary that married William Hightower, Jr. on 3 Oct 1811 and moved to Alabama circa 1820. The Hightower family has placed her as a daughter of Francis, but were she a daughter of Francis, the odds are great that she might have gone to Lousiana with the rest of that family. William Hightower, Jr. by the time of his estate settlement, had a wife named Nancy [?Davis], but some Hightower researchers do show a second wife for him.
In Dallas, Perry & Autauga Counties in Alabama, the Hightowers, Davis & Higginbotham families seemed to be closely related. Moses Davis died leaving a legacy to the children of his deceased daughter Mary Higginbotham - which seems to be the first wife of William who was a son of Caleb & Maryann Cash. William Hightower Sr, Moses Davis, and Caleb Higginbotham had all served on a jury together in Elbert Co. Moses Davis and the Higginbothams had probably known each other previously in Amherst Co VA.
Some researchers have stated that Mary, daughter of Caleb married a Sandel. This is wrong. Mary, the daughter of Caleb & Ann Minerva Bryant, married William Sandel in East Feliciana Parish LA on 16 Dec 1830. Caleb that married Ann Minerva was a nephew of this Caleb, a son of his brother Francis whose family moved to Louisiana.

Birth	Abt 1793
Marriage	3 Oct 1811	Elbert County, Georgia - William Hightower Jr

Spouse

William Hightower Jr (1779 - 1837)

Father	CALEB Higginbotham (1752 - 1823)
Mother	MARYANN Cash (1755 - 1794)
Sibling	Robert H. Higginbotham (1777 - 1831)
Sibling	Nelson Higginbotham (1780 - 1860)
Sibling	Nellie Higginbotham ( - )
Sibling	WILLIAM HIGGINBOTHAM (1788 - 1852)
Sibling	Samuel Higginbotham ( - 1829)
Sibling	Betsey Higginbotham ( - )