Individual Details

Letitia is shown in the Catching database as born in Clarke Co, Georgia. I have not been able to locate a record of the Higginbothams in Clarke Co.

She is said to have been married to Benjamin Holliday Catching ca 1824 in Mississippi. Children are shown as born in Copiah County.

1830 Census. Copiah Co MS
Benjamin H. Catchings: 2m under 5, 1m 20-30. 1f under 5, 2f 5-10, 1f 20-30.
his brother Thomas J. Catchings was also in Copiah Co.

1840 Census. Copiah Co MS
B. H. Catching: 2m 5-10, 1m 10-15, 1m 20-30, 1m 30-40
1f -5, 1f 5-10, 1f 10-15, 1f 30-40

1850 Census. Copiah Co MS, Hh 543
Letitia Catchings, age 44, b. TA
Children all born in Mississippi:
Thomas J. age 22. Harriet E. age 21. Robert J. age 18. L. Josephine age 14. Julia S. age 10, William S. age 7, Nancy L. age 5, and Benjamin H. age 2.
Ellison L. Norman, age 24, Overseer, b. MS.
The Catching database lists an older daughter, Farnces A. who was probably married. There was also a Joseph born about 1834 who perhaps died young or maybe was left out in 1850.

1860 Census. Copiah Co MS, Hh 721
I could not find Letitia's young children in 1860. However there is this strange entry:
J. H. Catching, age 26, Merchant - value of his property was $2000 with personal estate valued at $9000.
J. H. Catching & others, value of property of property $7700, personal estate at $23,000.
M. T. Deering, age 28, Overseer.
J. W. Ford, age 26, Overseer.
Thomas Hamilton, age 27, Clerk.
The slave schedule for 1860 reveals that the Catching family owned a great many slaves. R. J. was listed with nine slaves. J. H. with six slaves. Others had considerably more, especially a listing for "J. K. Catching & others". All had only initials for the owner.

Birth	30 May 1804	Georgia
Death	26 Jan 1860

Father	Robert H. Higginbotham (1777 - 1831)
Mother	Emily "Milly" Strickland (1784 - 1840)
Sibling	Judge Solomon Higginbotham (1800 - 1843)
Sibling	Henry Higginbotham (1803 - )
Sibling	Lurena Higginbotham (1809 - 1880)
Sibling	Sophia Higginbotham (1811 - 1841)
Sibling	Louisa Higginbotham (1812 - 1848)
Sibling	Madison Green Higginbotham (1813 - )
Sibling	Mary Higginbotham (1817 - )
Sibling	Caroline Higginbotham (1819 - )
Sibling	Thomas Taliaferro Higginbotham (1823 - 1859)
Sibling	Dr. Robert Jasper Higginbotham (1824 - 1849)