Georgia:  Elbert County:  History:  Amherst Co. VA to Elbert Co. GA
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Chandler Eavenson
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There is probably no other county which supplied more early settlers to
Elbert Co. than Amherst Co., VA. Amherst was created on 1 May 1761 from
Albemarle Co. which itself had been created in 1744, mostly from Goochland.
Amherst lost much of her area in 1808 to Nelson Co. After the American
Revolution the westward migration began in earnest and some of the families
moving from Amherst to Elbert Co. included Bond, Cash, Christian, Gatewood,
Higginbotham, Hilley, Morrison, Penn, Rowsey, Rucker, Sandidge, Satterwhite,
Stinchcomb and Upshaw. One of the largest migrations from Amherst Co. was
in the Higginbotham family. Jacob Higginbotham, wife Ann Higginbotham (his
first cousin), and their 13 children; Rev. Soldier Capt. Samuel
Higginbotham,
wife Jane Satterwhite, and 7 children; and Benjamin Higginbotham, wife
Elizabeth Graves, and 6 adult children, 3 of whom were Rev. Soldiers from
Amherst, i. e. Caleb, William and Benjamin, Jr.. Many of the early
Higginbothams of Elbert Co. later moved on westward to Mississippi and
Louisiana but today Elbert Co. has many descendants of Amherst Co.
Higginbothams and others listed above as it's residents.

[Submitted by: Chandler Eavenson]