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William Aaron (Higgenbotham) Higginbotham (abt. 1778 - abt. 1869)

William Aaron Higginbotham formerly Higgenbotham
Born about in Amherst, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 91 in Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography

William was born in 1776 in Virginia, United States. [1] (There is some dispute as to his birth year and date). [2]

William Higginbotham passed away in 1869 (possibly 1867) in Tennessee, United States. [3]

Biographical Sketch: Still another one of our oldest citizens has dropped off and gone to that "borne whence no traveler returns." He lived to a good ripe old age. Esquire Higginbotham was born in Amherst County, Va., May the 10th 1778, and died August 13th, 1869--making him upwards of 91 years old. From Virginia he moved to Georgia, and afterwards to Tennessee when a young man or shortly after the year 1800, when the county was new and almost entirely unsettled. He was one of the oldest land surveyors in this portion of the State. He commenced this a Vocation before 1810, and first surveyed nearly all the lands in this portion of the State before they were taken up. He married Elizabeth Christian of this county in the year 1810, by whom he had seven children. His first wife having died he then married a second time, a widow lady--Mrs. Mary Allen, formerly of N.C.--By her he had two children, and at his death his children had multiplied into a numerous offspring to mourn his loss. He was a man of strict honesty and integrity and beliked by all who knew him. [4][5]

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I think there is a mix up here. William Aaron Higginbotham is the son of Pulliam and Nancy McCracken. Aaron Higginbotham, son of Samuel and Jane Satterwhite Higginbotham never had a son named Lawson, and their kids stayed in TN whereas Pulliam's kids and grandkids moved to MO.

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