Display Patriot - P-181029 - Samuel HIGGINBOTHAM

Samuel HIGGINBOTHAM

SAR Patriot #: P-181029

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.
 

State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Captain / Civil Service
DAR #: A055249

Birth: abt 1745 prob / / VA
Death: bef 16 Apr 1805 / Elbert / GA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Capt., Col Christian, Amherst Co, VA
  2. Tax Collector, Amherst Co, VA

Additional References:
  1. Journals of the Council of the State of VA, 1, pg 492
  2. William & Mary Quarterly, 1st Series, Vol 8?, No. 4, April 1918, pg 269
  3. Sweeny, Amherst Co, VA Militia in the Rev., pg 89, 90, 109, 115, 127, 136, 153, 162, 165, 180, 184

Spouse: Jane Satterwhite
Children: John; Clarysia; Violetta; George Green; Ann; Blakely;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1956-05-20 GA Unassigned William Albert Higginbotham Jr (80749) John   
1958-11-29 GA Unassigned George Daniel Higginbotham (83960) John   
1959-04-27 GA Unassigned William Albert Higginbotham III (83973) Aaron   
1960-03-17 GA Unassigned Lester William Higginbotham (84842) Aaron   
1961-04-12 GA Unassigned Fred Postell Higginbotham (86464) Aaron   
1973-02-13 TX Unassigned Mike D Gibbs (104143) Blakeley   
1978-11-28 TX Unassigned Philip J Gibbs (115090) Blakeley   
2004-04-28 GA 17232 Joseph Brient Hixon (159321) Ann   
2010-01-22 DC 37576 James David Enlow (176036) John   
2012-04-06 GA 47332 Kenneth Scott Collins (175076) Clarysa   
2012-06-13 GA 48319 Thomas Latimer Glenn (183857) John   
2012-06-13 GA 48320 Thomas Latimer Glenn Jr. (183858) John   
2012-06-13 GA 48321 Paul Martin Glenn (183859) John   
2012-06-13 GA 48322 Gregory James Glenn (183860) John   
2014-06-19 NC 55346 John James Higginbotham (191391) John   
2020-01-24 TN 90299 Aaron Wade Ayers (214406) Blakeley   
Burial:
Higginbotham Family Cemetery (C-0204051)
Location:
Elberton / Elbert / GA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2405598
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
34.143366 / -82.873855
Find A Grave Memorial #:
71062397
Marker Type:
SAR Granit / DAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
29 Oct 2022

Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Cemetery is located on a dirt road north of Elberton, GA. It is on the right side of Brewers Bridge Rd, 1.6 miles after crossing the RR track in town. It is about 15-20 ft. off the road in trees and difficult to find or see. It is now surrounded by a chain link fence.



Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

Samuel Higginbotham was born in 1745 and served as a Lieutenant and later a Captain of a Rifle Company in the Amherst County, Virginia, Militia. He died in August 1803 and was buried in Old Higginbotham Family Burying Ground on Hop Brewer farm, south of Elberton, Georgia.

Source: 

  1. 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.
  2. 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. 
  3. Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots.  Reported to D.A.R. in 1935.
  4. Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, February 1970, p. 384.
  5. Early Cemeteries and Gravestones, Elbert County, Georgia, p. 73.
  6. Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, v. 2, p. 65.

 

 

 


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Additional Information:

VA State Library Auditor Acct: payment issued L16-2-8 for services in war 21 May 1784; Sept 3 1787: Colonel Amherst Co. VA Militia



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