Joshua
"Josh"
Hightower
Born about in Clarke, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Hightower
and Elizabeth (Pollard) Hightower
Brother of
William Hightower, Sarah Elizabeth Hightower, Charnell Hightower Sr. and Rebecca (Hightower) Herndon
Husband of
Nancy Malinda (Collier) Hightower
— married
1843 in Georgia
Descendants 
Father of
William Merrill Hightower, Melissa Frances (Hightower) Herring, Sarah Elizabeth (Hightower) Parnell, Joshua Warren Hightower and Nancy Minerva (Hightower) Webb
Died [date unknown]
in Erath, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jan 2018
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Biography
Joshua was born about 1803.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 17 March 2021), memorial page for Joshua “Josh” Hightower (1803–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #35870071, citing Hightower Cemetery, Morgan Mill, Erath County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Tony (contributor 46571983).
- Genealogy.com: Hightowers listings By d williams November 11, 2008 at 11:32:23 In reply to: Re: Hightowers in Mississippi Sandra Caffey Neal 11/07/08.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5W-H3K : 19 December 2020), Joshua Hightower, Randolph, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDP-F5Q : 18 February 2021), Joshua Hightower, 1860.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joshua:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joshua:
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~1.56%
Brenda (Weeks) Norris
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23andMe, GEDmatch HZ4006268 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Gordon Hightower :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Donna (Clemmons) Allen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A307705 [compare], Ancestry member genealogybug98
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B195803
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