William
Robert
Higdon
Born in Georgia, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Samuel Terrill Higdon Sr.
and Louisa (Burgamy) Higdon
Brother of
Luvicy Higdon, Samuel Terrell Higdon Jr., Ezekiel Higdon, John William Higdon, Royal Bennett Higdon, Mary J L Higdon, James Terrill Higdon [half] and Nancy Higdon
Husband of
Elizabeth Louiza (Mixon) Higdon
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
J. L. Higdon, Emily Higdon, Frances L. Higdon, Phereby Higdon, Mary E. Higdon, William Monroe Higdon, Hunter Higdon, Ellen Higdon, Josephine Louise (Higdon) Tisdale, James R. Higdon, Martha (Higdon) Keyser and Fletcher M. Higdon
Died
at age 85
in Alabama [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jun 2014
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Biography
William was born in 1818. He was the son of Samuel Terrill Higdon and Louisa Burgamy Burgamy. He passed away in 1901.
Sources
- Census Data
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD6-63K : 12 April 2016), Wm M Higdon in entry for Wm R Higdon, 1860.
- "Alabama State Census, 1866," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6PP-6FX : 18 July 2017), Wm R Higdon, Conecuh, Alabama; citing certificate 46422, p. 5, Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,533,831.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKM-VVX : 12 April 2016), William Higdon in household of Wm R Higdon, Alabama, United States; citing p. 37, family 287, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,509.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JZ-6P6 : 12 August 2017), Wm Higden, Mixons and Fork of Sepulga, Conecuh, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 46, sheet 17A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0009; FHL microfilm 1,254,009.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M984-8GX : accessed 17 September 2017), William R Higdon, Precinct 1 Mixons, Conecuh, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45, sheet 11B, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,010.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVJ-9JPY : 13 December 2015), William R Higdon, 1904; Burial, , Conecuh, Alabama, United States of America, McCall Cemetery; citing record ID 21230601, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.[1]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Joan (Soesbe) Brokowsky 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A290770 [compare], Ancestry member joan_brokowsky
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~1.56%
~6.25%
A Tolbert :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member abbietolbert
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~0.78%
Heather (Dantzler) Briggs :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A129824 [compare], Ancestry member Dantz782
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Rejected matches › William Higdon (abt.1819-) › William H. Higdon (abt.1817-) › William Higton (abt.1820-)
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