John Higgs (1757 - 1840)

Born Feb 1757 in Bertie, North Carolina

Descendants

Died Feb 1840 at about age 83 in Montgomery, Georgia, United States

Biography

John Higgs was born in February, 1757 in Bertie, North Carolina.

John served in the Revolutionary War and obtained land in Montgomery County in the Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery of 1838.^[1]

He married Elizabeth, most likely after he came to Georgia following the Revolutionary War. Her surname is uncertain. ^[2]

John died in February, 1840 in Montgomery, Georgia, United States, aged 83.

Sources

1. ↑ * Land Grant: "Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832"
   Original data: Smith, James F.. The Cherokee Land Lottery, Containing a Numerical List of the Names of the Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery. New York, USA: 1838
   Ancestry Record 4242 #13609 (accessed 23 October 2023)
   Name: John Higgs; Number: 143; District: 26th DISTRICT, THIRD SECTION, CHEROKEE; Residence: Edwards's; County: Montgomery; Comment: revolutionary soldier.; granted previous to the first day of January, 1838.
2. ↑ Huxford, Folks. Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia: A biographical account of some of the early settlers of that portion of Wiregrass Georgia embraced in the original counties of Irwin, Appling, Wayne, Camden and Glynn, Volume 2. Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia, 1954.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 September 2023, 20:55), entry for John Higgs (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K8NG-RH1 ); contributed by various users.