"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9J-87HR : 28 November 2018), James L Higdon and Lavada Strain, 31 Nov 1893; citing Macon, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSV-C6L : accessed 13 November 2020), Jas L Higdon, Elijay, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 12A, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1121; FHL microfilm 1,375,134.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVM-D7L : accessed 13 November 2020), James Higdon, Ellijay, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 135, sheet 4A, line 15, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1309; FHL microfilm 1,821,309.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X331-PP8 : accessed 13 November 2020), Vadie Higdon in household of James L Higdon, Ellijay, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 3B, line 85, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1704; FHL microfilm 2,341,438.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW3S-786 : 28 July 2019), J H Higdon, Ellijay Township, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 57-4, sheet 11A, line 20, family 191, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2939.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 November 2020), memorial page for Lavada Strain Higdon (24 May 1875–1 Jan 1944), Find a Grave Memorial no. 18551286, citing Sugarfork Baptist Church Cemetery, Ellijay, Macon County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by JoAnn Welch Coon (contributor 46853486) .[1]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lavada by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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