Rachel (Campbell) Higginbotham
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Rachel (Campbell) Higginbotham (1755 - 1809)

Rachel Higginbotham formerly Campbell
Born in Amherst County, Virginiamap
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , and
Wife of — married 30 May 1779 in Amherst, Virginia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died at about age 54 in Amherst County, Virginiamap
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Biography

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Rachel (Campbell) Higginbotham was a Virginia colonist.

Rachel Campbell was the youngest child born to Scottish Emigrant, Henry, and Charity Campbell in about 1755 in Amherst County, Virginia.

Rachel and James Higginbotham were married on May 30, 1779 in Amherst County, Virginia.[1]

Their Children:

  • Judith Higginbotham Dillard (1791 - 1855)
  • Col. Joseph Cabell Higginbotham (1782 - 1842)
  • George Washington Higginbotham (1783 - 1863)
  • Col. James Higginbotham, Jr. (1789 - 1852)

All of her sons served in the War of 1812.

Rachel died at 54 years old on March 28, 1809 and is buried in Higginbotham Cemetery in Amherst, Virginia.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Virginia Select Marriages
  2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #25639079

See also:

  • Virginia Select Marriages irginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.

Acknowledgement

  • Tom Hill. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Tom and others.




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Downey-1809 Teresa Downey
Campbell-24821 and Campbell-3864 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate created. Please merge. Thank you!
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E. Compton
Campbell-24822 and Campbell-3864 appear to represent the same person because: same name, same dates of birth and death, same spouse, same son James b. 9 August 1782.
posted by E. Compton

Rejected matches › Lucy Neville Wills (1784-1854)

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