I12941: Pearl BENTLEY (1906

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p. 68 - "In abt 1735, John Godbold was among the 1st to come to the region of Liberty Precinct (now Marion Dist.) SC, located lower down the Pedee River from the Welch Neck settlement. He was an Englishman and a long time sailor in the British service. During the French & Indian wars, he was plundered of almost all the personal property he had gathered Of thirty negroes, twenty-two were taken from him and never recovered. He m. Elizabeth M'Gurney, they had John, James, and Thomas; and Elizabeth and Anne.

John Godbold was a member of the Church of England and died in 1765 at the age of more than 100 years."

"Father: John Godbold b: 16 JAN 1636/37 in Little Bealings, County Suffolk, England
Mother: Mary Roblet b: 27 MAR 1640 in Little Bealings, County Suffolk, England"

"WILL OF JOHN GODBOLD p. 229, 230
TO ALL PEOPLE to whom this present writing shall come I John Godbold Senior of Craven County in the province of South Carolina planter send GREETING KNOW YE that I the said John Godbold as well for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which I have and bear unto my well beloved son John Godbold as for divers other good causes and considerations me hereunto moving have given and granted and do by these presents do fully clearly and absolutely give and grant and confirm unto my said son John Godbold One hundred and fifty acres of land of the tract that I the said John Godbold Senior now lives upon the South part of it

Do I the said John Godbold Senr. for the same consideration as above me moving do fully clearly and absolutely give and grant to my well beloved son Thomas Godbold One hundred and fifty acres of land out of the above Tract being the North side TO HAVE AND TO HOLD as their own property from me their Father John Godbold Senr. for ever from the date of these Present Writings as also to their Executors
admors and assigns for ever to their own proper use thereof and there with to do use and dispose at their will and pleasure as of their own property from me their father John Godbold Senr. without any manner of claim or demand of me the said John Godbold Senr. or of any other person or persons for me in my name by my cause means consent or persons meant AND FURTHER know YE that I the said John Godbold Senr. have put these said two my sons John and Thomas Godbold in full possession of all the singular the two above Tracts of land at the Delivery unto them at the Ensealing hereof a Hat (sic) for the conformation to my son John Godbold of these Present Writings
IN WITNESS whereof I have set my Hand and seal this thirtieth day of December
1758............................................................. .....John Godbold (LS)
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
John Rolland
Edward Britton

South Carolina
Craven County, Personally appeared before me John Rolland one of the witnesses to the within Instrument who being duly sworn saith he saw John Godbold sign seal and as his act and Deed deliver the same to and for the same uses therein mentioned and that he saw Edward Britton sign as the other witnesses thereto
Sworn to the 1st Janry 1759. Joseph Britton
Recorded the 5th Febry 1759

From: Petitions for Land from South Carolina Coucil Journals, Vol. I:1734/5-1748 (Page 125-126)
Meeting of the 6th February 1738/9
Read the Petiton of John Godbold setting forth that he had obtained a Warrant for Two hundred and Fifty acres of Land in the Year 1732 that the Secretary in filling up the said Warrant made a mistake and wrote
James instead of John so that the Petitoner can't get his Platt out of the Surveyor Generals Office till the mistake be rectifyed He therefore Humbly prays that the said Mistake be rectifyed that he may have a Grant for the said Land Ordered that the said mistake be rectifyed accordingly.

From: Petitions for Land from South Carolina Council Journals, Vol. IV:1754-1756 (Page 26)
Meeting of Tuesday A.M. 5 February 1754 Page 85:
The petition of John Godbold humbly setting Forth That The Petitoner is desireous of setling himself and Family about Catfish Creek where your Petitioner has found some proper Land for him to settle on. He
hath a wife and five Children for whom he never had any warr't or grant of Land. Therefore he prays to lay out 300 acres of Land on Catt fish Creek as aforesaid so that he may have a Grant for the same. Charles Town, the 5th Feb'ry 1754. John Godbold. The prayer thereof was granted.

Everyone may have these already, but I just found them and decided to post them for the group just in case. This puts John in SC in 1732.
I also found the following in "Bonded Passenger to America, Vol. V-IX, 1663-1775:"
Norfolk (Vol. VII) John Godbolt. S 14 yrs (Norwich) Summer 1764
for receiving goods stolen by Samuel Mills (Q.V" ^[S964] ^[S2656] ^[S2656]

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Higginbotham Cemetery: Bluff Creek Area, p. 73. Ira Monroe Higginbotham died 10 Jan. 1923.
"HIGGINBOTHAM BIBLE-The Higginbotham Bible, submitted by Powers Higginbotham, Baton Rouge, La. Family Bible of Ira Monroe Higginbotham born 20 Aug 1837 first married 31 Jul.1856 to Rachel Ann Miller born 25 Apr. 1839. Their children were:
1.Estella Ona Higginbotham born 10 Jun. 1857.
2.Louis Saunders Higginbotham born 3 Nov. 1859.
3.Sargent Prentiss Higginbotham born 30 Nov. 1866.
4.Charity Saluda Higginbotham born 7 Aug. 1869.
5.Earnest Leith Higginbotham born 10 Feb. 1872.
6.Effie Bertella Higginbotham born 31 Jan. 1874.
7.Mary B. Higginbotham born 5 Mar. 1876.
8.Edwin Marvin Higginbotham born 6 May 1877.
(All children were born 6th Ward, East Feliciana Parish, La.)
Ira Monroe Higginbotham married second 9 Apr. 1896 to Flora Lively widow of Green White. There were no children of this second marriage.

1.Estella Ona Higginbotham and T. L. Jackson were married 23 Jan. 1873. Their children:
a.Occhie Alma Jackson born 5 Dec. 1873.
b.Edith Corrine Jackson born 6 Apr. 1876.
c.Sarah Blanche Jackson born 29 Jan. 1879.
d.Ann Jackson born 24 Oct. 1883.
e.Estella Jackson born 16 Nov. 1885.
f.Saluda Jackson born 14 Jun. 1890.
(All children born in East Feliciana Parish, La.)

3.Sargent Prentiss Higginbotham and Alice Octavia Powers born 29 Aug. 1867 married 19 Sept. 1894. Their children were:
a.Percy Odom Higginbotham born 1 Sept. 1895.
b.Sargent Powers Higginbotham born 13 Dec. 1896.
c.Lorena Margaret Higginbotham born 27 Oct. 1898.
(All born in Port Allen, La. There were 4 others born in New Roads, La., but
not mentioned in the bible.)

4.Charity Saluda Higginbotham first married C. N. Nesom 5 Dec. 1886; there was one child:
a.Charlena Addie Usher Nesom born 30 Oct. 1890.
Second marriage to Jesse D. Decker 19 Feb. 1893; there was one child:
b.Ira Edwin Higginbotham Decker born 14 Oct. 1896.

5.Earnest Leith Higginbotham and Effie Seguin born 30 Jan. 1881 married 1 Feb.1899. Their children were:
a.Earnest Leith Higginbotham, Jr. born 25 Oct. 1901.
b.Elmo Lynn Higginbotham born 16 May 1901.
c.Earnest Marvin Higginbotham born 30 Jun. 1921.
(Several other children born in New Roads, La., not mentioned in bible.)

6.Effie Bertella Higginbotham and Marinville John Guerin were married in New Orleans, La. 25 Jan. 1901. There was one child:
a.Jeanne Deaundes Guerin born 15 Jan. 1909.

8.Edwin Marvin Higginbotham and Joy Ada Smith born 13 Sept. 1889 were married 28 May 1907 in Shreveport, La. Their children were:
a.Edwin Marvin Higginbotham, Jr. born 27 Oct. 1908.
b.Hal Ford Higginbotham (Not mentioned in bible).

1a.Occhie Alma Jackson and Hamilton Wright Draughon were married 16 Sept. 1894; there was one child:
(1)Wright Draughon born 1 Jun. 1895.
1c.Sarah Blanche Jackson and Weston W. Muse were married 24 Jan. 1900.
(1)Weston W. Muse, Jr. born __ Jan. 1901.
(2)Leonida Jackson Muse born __ Aug. 1902.
(There were 2 other children not mentioned in bible.)
1e.Estella Jackson married Dr. Enoch McLeon Toler 18 Jun. 1902 at Clear Creek Church. There were 2 children not mentioned in bible.
4a.Charlena Addie Usher Nesom married first Russell Norwood 15 Dec. 1907 in Stamps, Ark. No children. Married second Charles Samuel Lea on 1 Jun. 1911.
(1)Ethelyn Hosmer Lea born 10 Mar. 1912 Hatiesburg, Miss.
4b.Ira Edwin Higginbotham Decker born 14 Oct. 1896 and his wife Elizabeth Boeneke (Wife's name not shown in bible) had following children:
(1)Herman Edwin Decker born 25 Nov. 1921.
(2) William Theodore Decker born 20 Jan. 1924.
(3)Earnest Adolph Decker born 9 Jul. 1925.
(4)Charles Willard Decker born 30 Oct. 1926.

The following parents were not listed in the bible, Leo P. Higginbotham born 25 Sept. 1904 married Madeline Crotty, but their children were:
(1)Nancy Eve Higginbotham born 29 Sept. 1929.
(2)Carolyn Leo Higginbotham born 18 Dec. 1933.

BAPTISMS
Charity Saluda Higginbotham Nov. 1869 by Rev. Barnabas Pipkin at Gilead Church.
Sargent Prentiss Higginbotham Nov. 1869 by Rev. Barnabas Pipkin at Gilead Church.
Earnest Leith Higginbotham May 1872 by Rev. W. H. Leith.
Effie Bertella Higginbotham Aug. 1874 by Rev. J. A. Godfrey.
Edwin Marvin Higginbotham Sept. 1877 by Rev. Ira B. Robertson.
Estella Ona Higginbotham 30 May 1888 by Rev. Thomas Price.
Charlena Addie Usher Nesom Nov. 1895 by Rev. G. D. Anders.
Ira Edwin Higginbotham Decker 11 Mar. 1900 by Rev. Sam Hugh Whatley.
Percy Odom Higginbotham Aug. 1900 by Rev. Barker at Bluff Creek Camp Meeting.
Sargent Powers Higginbotham Aug. 1900 by Rev. Barker at Bluff Creek Camp Meeting.
Lorena Margaret Higginbotham Aug. 1900 by Rev. Barker at Bluff Creek Camp Meeting.
Elmo Lynn Higginbotham Jul. 1903 by Rev. Sam Hugh Whatley.

DEATHS
Louis Saunders Higginbotham died 4 Feb. 1860.
Mrs. Charity Love (Carroll) Higginbotham (wife of Rev. John B. Higginbotham) died 12 Sept. 1868.
Mary B. Higginbotham died 8 Mar. 1876.
Edith Corrine Jackson died 16 Dec. 1878.
Rev. John Brown Higginbotham died 1 Jan. 1879 (Father of Ira Monroe Higginbotham) born 20 Aug. 1837.
Hamilton Wright Draughon husband of Occhie Alma Jackson born 5 Dec. 1873 died 21 Sept. 1895.
Mrs. Rachel Ann (Miller) Higginbotham Decker died 12 Oct. 1895.
Earnest Leith Higginbotham, Jr. died 20 Aug. 1902.
Mrs. Charity Saluda (Higginbotham) Decker died 10 Mar. 1906.
Ira Monroe Higginbotham died 10 Jan. 1923.
Earnest Adolph Decker died 7 Feb. 1927 (Had cut his name to Harvey Edwin Decker.)
Ira Edwin Higginbotham Decker died 28 Dec. 1928.
Mrs. Effie Bertella (Higginbotham) Guerin died 2 May 1928.
Mrs. Alice Octavia (Powers) Higginbotham died 10 Mar. 1932.
Mrs. Flora (Lively) White Higginbotham died 8 Jan. 1932 in Houston, Tex.
Earnest Leith Higginbotham died 4 Oct. 1935.
Earnest Marvin Higginbotham died 7 Aug. 1943.
Sargent Prentiss Higginbotham died 7 Aug. 1956.
Mrs. Ethelyn Hosmer (Lea) Bradley (Wife of Conn Roy Bradley) died Sunday, 31 Oct. 1965 in Jackson, Miss.
Mrs. Charlena Addie Usher (Nesom) Lea died 1 Sept. 1969.
Mrs. Estella (Jackson) Toler (Wife of Dr. Enoch McLeon Toler) died 14 Dec.1966.
Mrs. Effie (Seguin) Higginbotham (Wife of Earnest Leigh Higginbotham) died 1970 (date not listed in bible.)"

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6th Ward

My Southern Family

Pearl BENTLEY

1906 - ____

ID Number: I12941

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John GODBOLD "the Immigrant"

1664 - 1765

ID Number: I69608

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1st Lt. Ira Monroe "Ike" HIGGINBOTHAM C.S.A.

20 Aug 1837 - 10 Jan 1923

ID Number: I16262

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Henry Scott KILLIAN

28 Mar 1870 - 25 Nov 1950

ID Number: I41466

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MOORE

ABT 1890 - ____

ID Number: I584

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Loretto Dorothy PAUL

26 May 1902 - Oct 1982

ID Number: I64241

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Amelia POE

ABT 1819 - ____

ID Number: I87899

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