Lucy (Sandidge) Higgason (1800 - 1855)

Born 1 Jan 1800 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Suprey Higgason — married 8 Apr 1817 in Green County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1855 at age 55 in Green County, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

This profile is part of the Sandidge Name Study.

From the Green County Public Library:

Higgason-Wallace House, Laura Johnson, Green County Public Library

In the Pierce community stands a home known as the Higgason-Wallace house.

Estimated to have been built about 1840, it was originally home to Suprey and Lucy Higgason, married in 1817.

Lucy was born in Albermarle Co., Virginia in 1800 to John and Mary Sandidge. At the age of ten, Lucy traveled with her family to Kentucky. They settled on Greasy Creek in the area known today as Liletown. Her father invested heavily in land and became quite prominent in the community.

The Higgasons were already living on a 150-acre tract of land when Lucy acquired the property in 1828 from her father, John Sandidge.

As women were not yet able to own and control their own property in the 1820s, the deed was made out to John Barrett. He purchased the property from Sandidge for $1 with the agreement to hold it as trustee for Lucy, permitting her to live there and to enjoy any profit made from the land, free from the control of her husband. At the time of her death, the property would go to her children.

She and Suprey had eight children: John W. b. 1820, Aaron C. b. 1824, David Wood b. 1828, Suprey Rush b. 1830, Nancy W. b. 1834, Micajah Daniel b. 1835, William Ashby b. 1838, and Granville b. 1844. In 1850, seven of the children were still living at home.

Aaron was the first of their children to start out on his own. He married Ann Elizabeth Thompson in 1848. They lived very near his parents.

Lucy Sandidge Higgason died December 21, 1855. Suprey died February 19, 1858. They are both buried at the Sandidge Cemetery near Liletown. The home and 150 acres was sold by their children in March of 1864 to John Napoleon Wallace for the sum of $450. ^[1]

Burial: Sandidge Family Cemetery , Liletown, Green County, Kentucky

Sources

1. ↑ Green County Public Library, 22 Dec 2021 Available here

• Marriage Record
• Sandidge Family Bible
• Find A Grave: Memorial #83568661