Elbert County GaArchives Biographies.....Higginbotham, Sr., Benjamin ca 1723-25 - 1791
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Author: Chandler Eavenson

Biography - Benjamin Higginbotham, Sr.

Benjamin Higginbotham, Sr. was one of the seven children of a 
Higginbotham couple who resided in the community of New Glasgow
in Amherst Co., formerly Albemarle Co., Virginia, the other six
children being Moses, Joseph, Aaron, John, James and Rachael. 
He married on 21 Feb 1751 in Amherst Co. to Elizabeth Graves, 
daughter of Francis Graves, Jr. and sister of the Clara Graves
who married his brother Aaron Higginbotham. Benjamin and wife 
moved from Amherst Co. to Wilkes Co., later Elbert Co., ca 1784-5. 
Thereafter they were joined in Georgia by all of their children
and their families, the children being Caleb and wife Mary Ann, 
Anne and husband Jacob Higginbotham (her first cousin, son of 
Joseph), William and wife Dolly Sandidge, Benjamin, Jr. and wife
Mary Gatewood, Francis and wife Dolly Gatewood (sister of Mary), 
and Joseph and wife Frances Higginbotham (his first cousin and 
daughter of Moses). The Amherst Co. Order and Deed books contain
many references to Benjamin Higginbotham. Three of his sons 
served as officers in the Revolutionary War from Amherst Co. 
He made his Will on 9 Feb 1790 in Wilkes Co. and it was recorded
in Elbert Co. on 25 Jul 1791, naming all of his children and 
appointing his wife Elizabeth and sons William, Benjamin, Joseph
and Francis as executrix/executors. [Refs: See books "Higginbotham 
Descendants of Moses and Frances Kyle Higginbotham" by Earl and 
Nena Higginbotham, 1989, and "Ancestors and Descendants of James 
Larkin Higginbotham of Noxubee Co., MS" by Mrs. James Higginbotham, 
1977.] 

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