Display Patriot - P-181020 - John Satterwhite HIGGINBOTHAM
John Satterwhite HIGGINBOTHAM
SAR Patriot #:
P-181020
The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Genealogy Notations
Future Applicants Must Prove Correct Service
This man may have been too young to achieve creditable service in the American Revolution
State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Not Rev War Patriot
Birth: abt 1770 / Amherst / VA Death: abt 1842 / / GA
Qualifying Service Description:
NOTE: modern gravestone notes he was Capt, Amherst Co, VA Militia, Rev War yet this is not supported by his date of birth
Additional References:
More Research Is Needed - specifically need to
locate the source of his Rev War Service - Capt in Amherst Co, VA Militia
confirm acceptable date of birth for Rev War Service
GA Wills & Probate Recs, Elbert GA, Admin and Guardian Bonds, Vol A-C, 1830-1881, pg 256, 257
Spouse: Ann Stanton Higginbotham Children: Ann R;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
None*
*This means that the NSSAR has no applications for this Patriot on file.
Instead the information provided is best effort, and from volunteers who have either researched grave sites, service records, or something similar. There is no documentation available at NSSAR HQ to order.
This marker was contributed by George Daniel Higginbotham and erected by the DAR in 1958. Since John was born in 1770, it is impossible for him to have served as a captain in the Revoltionary War. The John Higginbotham who was a captain in the Amherst County Militia was the father of Anne Stanton Higginbotham, the first wife of John Satterwhite Higginbotham. That Captain John Higginbotham remained in Amherst County, Virginia until his death. It is this writer's speculation that a communication error between George Daniel Higginbotham and DAR or an administrative error within DAR resulted in the incorrect information being placed on John Satterwhite Higginbotham's grave marker
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
John Satterwhite Higginbotham d. 1842 ELBERT COUNTY, GEORGIA
He served as a Captain in the Amherst County, Virginia, Militia.
Buried: Old Higginbotham Family Burying Ground, on Hop Brewer farm, south of Elberton, Georgia.
See: (1) Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, February 1970, p. 384.
(2) Early Cemeteries and Gravestones, Elbert County, Georgia, p. 73.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 1, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.
Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.
Printed in the United States of America
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