Durrett Higgins (1789 - 1850)

Born 18 Apr 1789 in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Durrett was born on 18 Apr 1789 in Spotsylvania, Virginia. He was the son of Aaron Higgins and Nancy (Chapman) Higgins.

He died in 1850.

Residence

• 1820 - Cumberland, Kentucky.^[1]
• 1830 - Cumberland, Pennsylvania.^[2]
• 1840 - Tazewell, Virginia.^[3]
• 1850 - Tazewell, Tazewell, Illinois.^[4]

Research Notes

Note: FROM: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~higginsandwhitnah/don/a1.htm#i9399

16. Durrett HIGGINS 2, son of Aaron HIGGINS and Nancy CHAPMAN, was born on 18 Apr 1789 in Spotsylvania Co., VA and died in 1850, at age 61.

General Notes: Census notes: He appeared on the census in 1830 in Cumberland County, KY. He died in 1850. He has Ancestral File number NKH2-21.

Name note: He was likely named for his maternal grandmother's maiden name. As well, his paternal grandmother was first married to a Durrett. His first name is often mangled, and sometimes appears as "Durant" Higgins

Illinois notes: He migrated from Cumberland County, KY to Tazewell County, IL in abt 1835 Researcher: Don C. Higgins. In Illinois, Durrett Purchased 71.74 acres of land in Tazwell Co., Illinois on 2/22/1836 at 1.25 per acre for $89.86 total.

Children notes: Names of children and birth dates are transcribed from information posted by Gretchen Mac Donald on the Rootsweb messabe board Higgins website.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Census: 1830, Cumberland County, KY.

Durrett married Mary (Polly) GRAVES on 20 Aug 1815 in Cumberland Co., KY 3.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Nancy HIGGINS (born on 23 May 1816)

ii. William T. HIGGINS (born on 12 Jan 1818)

iii. Joanna HIGGINS (born on 26 Oct 1819)

iv. R.G. HIGGINS (born on 16 Oct 1821)

v. Frances D.C. HIGGINS (born on 29 Jul 1823)

vi. John Pinkney HIGGINS (born on 8 Aug 1830)

vii. Robert B. HIGGINS (born on 25 Dec 1832)

viii. George D. HIGGINS (born on 2 May 1835)

ix. Susan M. HIGGINS (born on 2 May 1838)

8 x. Capt. Silas C. HIGGINS (born about 1840 Possibly Warren Co., IL - died about 1895 in Douglas Co, Lawrence, KS)

17. Mary (Polly) GRAVES 2, daughter of Thomas GRAVES and Mary (Polly) CHILTON, was born about 1795 in , Fayette Co., Kentucky.

Mary married Durrett HIGGINS on 20 Aug 1815 in Cumberland Co., KY 3.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLH-CY2 : accessed 17 February 2021), Durret Higgins, Cumberland, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 158, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 186,179.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPL-Y6J : 19 November 2020), Drret Higgins, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing 114, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 35; FHL microfilm 7,814.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBJ-TW8 : 19 December 2020), Darrett Higgins, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing p. 15, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85Q-SZF : 19 December 2020), Higgins, Tazewell, Tazewell, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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