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Notes: Aaron HIGGINBOTHAM |
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NOTE 1:
Aaron Higginbotham Sr.(1720 - 10/03/1785) married Clara
Graves. They lived in Amherst (formerly Albemarle) Co., VA.
Aaron purchased 200 acres of land on 02/08/1759 being on both
sides of Buffalo River near the Blue Mountains on which he then
lived. See Albemarle Deed Book 2-91. They are probably buried on
this tract of land. On 10/03/1763 he sold the 204 acres allotted
to him by Moses in 1751 in the division of his father's estate.
See Amherst Deed Book A-57. He purchased 390 acres on Thrasher's
Creek from Neill Campbell on 10/03/1763. See Amherst Deed Book
B-378. This land was conveyed to Aaron Jr. on 05/01/1777. The
Higginbotham Cemetery is located on this land. Aaron was
commissioned Captain of Militia on 08/07/1769. See also
Essex Co., VA Wedding Book 8-90. The 1783 census of
Amherst County listed Aaron's household as consisting of 2
whites and 15 blacks. He was a vestryman and church warden.
His will mentions his
sons, Samuel and Aaron, and four daughters, Frances, Mary Ann,
Tamasin, and Margaret. His wife was Clara Graves, a direct
descendant of Captain Thomas Graves of Jamestown, Virginia. NOTE 2: Last Will and Testament of Aaron Higginbotham, Sr |
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