Andrew Moorman Diggs (1815 - abt. 1850)

Born 11 Dec 1815 in Anson, North Carolina, United States

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Died about 1850 at about age 34 in Mississippi, United States

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Andrew was born Dec. 11, 1815 in Anson Co., and died between 1845 and 1850, probably in Yalobusha Co, Mississippi, near Big Creek, in what is now Calhoun and Chickasaw Counties. There were many epidemics, including Yellow Fever, in that area at the time. He was married about 1832 to Morning Rebecca Hinson, who was born Dec 25, 1812 in Anson Co., and died Dec. 6, 1883 in Shady Hill, Henderson Co., TN, the daughter of Bartlett and Harriet Hinson of Anson County, NC.

Andrew Moorman Diggs left Anson Co. before 1840 with a large party of other Ansonians, (including his father), that settled in Henderson, Carroll, and Henry Counties of West Tennessee. His wife Morning Rebecca Diggs remained in Anson Co. with her two young children, Dudley and Elizabeth. Elizabeth P. Diggs married on July 18, 1858 to Darling A. Pond, the son of Sprattly Simmons Pond. She eventually lived in Henderson and Madison Counties, TN, and Tupelo, MS.

Andrew M. Diggs was probably planning to send for his family as soon as he had cleared a homestead for them. But, for whatever reason, he and another large group from West Tennessee left there and headed south to Mississippi before 1845, settling in Yalobusha Co., in the area that later was divided into Calhoun and Chickasaw Counties, which is the last place of record for him. He went there with his father, Dudley Diggs, (Sr.), who was born about 1775 in Anson Co., and died sometime after 1860 near Pittsboro, Calhoun Co, MS.

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