Mary (Davis) Higginbotham (1790 - 1827)

Born 1790 in Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1827 at about age 37 in Dallas Co., AL

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Place: Virginia^[1]

Death

Death:

Date: BET 1827 AND 1830

SDATE 1 JUL 1827

Imported only 1827 from Death Date and marked as uncertain.

User ID

User ID: 27CEA72DEDC88D4EB4B1FBAC940DA038DE85

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 23 APR 2009

Prior to import, this record was last changed 23 APR 2009.

Note

Note:

Mary was born in Virginia according to son Thomas in 1880 Census.

William appears to have a spouse in the 1820 Dallas Co AL Census, but only 1 female between 5-10 in the household in 1830.

Estate records of Moses Davis, indicate a daughter named Mary Higginbotham who had children, already deceased at the time of Moses' death c 1836. The Commissioners were ordered to name the heirs, but when the disposition of the estate was given, they did not do so. There are no other loose papers in the Courthouse that date back to this time. Other than this record, and the fact that William Higginbotham and his second wife sold their land to their neighbor, John D. Davis, a son of Moses Davis who was administrator of the estate, there is as yet no additional proof that Mary Davis was the first wife of William.

Perry Co AL Orphan's Court Minutes Book (1832-1838)

p.293 Dec Term 1836 Specifically requests Commissioners to name each child of the heirs of Mary Higginbotham that are to receive her share.

p.321 Apr Term 1837 Report of Commission received, recorded, & filed.

Vol. C, p.3 Apr 1838 Administrator asked for final statement. To be given at Perry Courthouse 1st Friday in July next. p.15 Jul Term Continued until August.

p.27 Aug 1838 Final Settlement estate of Moses Davis. Administrator to pay over to heirs & devises each $573.30 including "heirs of Polly Higginbotham".

Marriage

Husband: William Higginbotham

Wife: Mary Davis

Child: [Son] Higginbotham

Child: Moses Higginbotham

Child: Lindsey Higginbotham

Child: Jackson Higginbotham

Child: Thomas Higginbotham

Child: Melvina Higginbotham

Child: William Higginbotham

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1810

SDATE 1 JUL 1810^[2]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Davis-7970 created through the import of Lois for WikiTree.ged on Oct 10, 2011 by Kay Haden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kay and others.

• Source: S56 Abbreviation: Higginbotham - Earl Higginbotham Title: Earl Higginbotham <ehigg@compuserve.com>. Researcher of the Higginbotham families. Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: My Files Address:
• Source: S60 Abbreviation: Estate Settlement - Moses Davis Title: Estate Settlement - Moses Davis; Perry Co AL estate files on Microfilm. (LGM1, Reel #10) Repository: #R5
• Repository: R5 Name: Alabama Archives Address: CONT Montgomery, Alabama City: Montgomery State: Alabama
• Source: S96 Abbreviation: US Census 1880 - FamilySearch Title: US Census 1880 - FamilySearch CD-ROM Transcription of entire 1880 Census by the LDS; 2000. Repository: #R3
• Repository: R3 Name: Personal Library Address:

1. ↑ Source: #S96 Page: Texas, Collin Co, Precinct 2; p.96A
2. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Email of 24 Sep 1999.