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SUBMITTED BY: Judith Jones Davis
e-mail: JudyJDavis@aol.com
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HUSBAND: William HIGGINS
date and place of birth: 1770-1789 Laurens County, South Carolina
date and place of marriage: abt 1798 Laurens County, South Carolina
other marriages:
military service:
date and place of death: 3 June 1836 Butts County, Georgia
father: William HIGGINS
mother: unknown
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WIFE: Nancy ASHLEY
date and place of birth: 1780-1790 Laurens County, South Carolina
date and place of marriage: abt 1798 Laurens County, South Carolina
other marriages:
date and place of death: 11 May 1844 Butts County, Georgia
mother's father: John ASHLEY
mother's mother: Elizabeth GARRETT
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CHILD 1: David HIGGINS
date and place of birth: 1799 Laurens County, South Carolina
married: Elizabeth FRANKS
date and place of marriage: 29 March 1818 Laurens County, South Carolina
other marriages: Permelia Mitchell BELAND
date and place of death: 1 January 1865 Flovilla, Butts County, Georgia
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CHILD 2: Sterling Tucker HIGGINS
date and place of birth: 3 August 1801 Laurens County, South Carolina
married: Mary W. TODD
date and place of marriage: abt 1823 Laurens County, South Carolina
other marriages: Harriett DUKE
date and place of death: 12 February 1878 Chambers County, Alabama
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CHILD 3: Palmer A. HIGGINS
date and place of birth: 1803
married: Hannah FARROW
date and place of marriage: abt 1819 Laurens County, South Carolina
other marriages:
date and place of death: 14 February 1889 Etowah County, Alabama
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CHILD 4: James HIGGINS
date and place of birth: 1806 Laurens County, South Carolina
married: Lavenia HIGGINS
date and place of marriage: 8 July 1837 Henry County, Georgia
other marriages:
date and place of death: abt 1873 probably Chambers County, Alabama
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CHILD 5: John HIGGINS
date and place of birth: 1807 Laurens County, South Carolina
married: Sophis BANKSTON
date and place of marriage: 5 October 1826 Butts County, Georgia
other marriages: Matilda Hairston SLAUGHTER, Mrs.
date and place of death: 1 March 1883 Butts County, Georgia
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CHILD 6: Elizabeth {Eliza} HIGGINS
date and place of birth: 1810 Laurens County, South Carolina
married: James BAILEY
date and place of marriage: 22 September 1829 Butts County, Georgia
other marriages: Caleb WINTERS
date and place of death: 1867 probably Butts County, Georgia
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CHILD 7: Joseph HIGGINS
date and place of birth: 23 May 1814 Laurens County, South Carolina
married: Judith Watts KEY
date and place of marriage: 16 October 1834 Butts County, Georgia
other marriages:
date and place of death: July 1880 Oxford, Calhoun County, Alabama
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CHILD 8: William H. HIGGINS
date and place of birth: 4 August 1817 Laurens County, South Carolina
married: Adaline Craddock CLARK
date and place of marriage: 30 July 1841 Butts County, Georgia
other marriages:
date and place of death: 5 September 1868 Chambers County, Alabama
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SOURCES:
1810,1820 Laurens Co, SC census, 1830, 1840 Butts Co, Ga census,
Henry H. Higgins bible, David Higgins bible, Flovilla City Cem, Sandy Creek
Baptist records, deed for sale of property signed by all children after
William's death, various county records
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NOTES:
Higgins family men were blacksmiths, gun smiths, silver smiths,
jewelers
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