Born in North Carolina
Daughter of [father unknown] and Elizabeth (Unknown) Higdon
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
David McKendrick Ballew
— married
29 Sep 1848 in Franklin NC
Descendants 
Mother of
John W Ballew, Sarah M (Ballew) Hughes, Patrick Lafayette Ballew and Elizabeth (Ballew) Newton
Died
at age 76
in Fannin County, Georgia
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Apr 2014
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Biography
Margaret was born in 1824. She passed away in 1901.
Sources
- Ancestry.com
- Census Data
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QLW7-1396 : 22 July 2021), Entry for David Ballew and Jane Hegden, 29 Sep 1843; citing Macon, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,447,663.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LT-4MW : 13 January 2022), Jane Ballew in household of David M. Ballew, District 1029, Fannin, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57832346/margaret-jane-ballew: accessed 01 August 2022), memorial page for Margaret Jane Higdon Ballew (20 Oct 1824–18 May 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57832346, citing Salem Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery #2, Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by TexRose56 (contributor 47024123).[1]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Yvette Lessard 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GF9607396 [compare], yourDNAportal YVE37664f13, Ancestry member yvettelessard107401
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~1.56%
Rhonda Ballew :
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Laurie (Higdon) Segers
Higdon-5449 and Higdon-309 appear to represent the same person because: Same DOB, spouse, DOD, etc.
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by Laurie (Higdon) Segers
Ramona (Huitt) Elrod
I agree; I approved the merge. Nice to meet another distant relative.
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by Ramona (Huitt) Elrod
Rejected matches › Margaret E. (Gardiner) Higdon (1822-1904)
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