I36537: Jane CASEY (ABT 1780

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d.s.p. His Will mentions "My sister Terzah London and her children; Mary Banks London, William Augustine London, John J. London, Daniel H. London, Frances Woodroof, my bro. Daniel Higginbotham, my bro. James Higginbotham, late of KY; to Ann E. London, to my sister Ann Stanton Higginbotham, late of GA. to sister, Frances R. Coleman, to Jesse Higginbotham, to bro. Eugene Higginbotham, to Mika Higginbotham, wife of James S. H., to David Higginbotham, to Willam S. Higginbotham, to bro. Reuben's two sons". Estate valued at $150,000.

OBIT: Thomas Higginbotham (1767-1835) VA Lynchburg Virginia, Monday 02/09/1835 -at his residence, in Amherst county, on the 5th inst. Thomas Higginbotham, Esq. Formerly a merchant of this place. Lynchburg Virginian, Monday 02/16/1835 Departed this life Wednesday, the 4th inst. Mr. Thomas Higginbotham, of Amherst county, in the 64th year of his age. He was brought up from early life to the mercantile profession, which he pursued with success, and with the confidence and esteem of all with whom he had dealings, or knew him. He possessed a discriminating judgment and firmness of purpose, not to be shaken, when that judgment convinced him that he was right. He was generous and benevolent, humane and kind to all who deserved it_no matter in what relationship they stood to him, whether as servant, assistant, relation or friend_and charitable to the poor. Through life he observed an undeviating regard to truth, so much so as to disdain to deceive, even by a smile.May all living men practice his virtues. If he had failings, (and who has not?) they emanated chiefly from the goodness of his heart. If he was not a christian, he possessed the virtues of one, and more than thousands who call themselves such. The writer of this knew him long and intimately_and in this short sketch, of his character, has, he believes, followed his own great example of a rigid adherence to truth, without which, indeed, there is no virtue.

A very old abandoned cemetery containing many graves marked with flint rock head stones, has a lone legible monument marking the grave of Thomas Higginbotham, born 6/10/1769, died 2/4/1835. This Thomas was a bachelor, the oldest son of John Jr. and Rachel Banks and grandson of John and Frances Riley. The will of this Thomas indicates that he was a man of considerable means and was probably a banker due to his bequests of much bank stock. The records show that he was a resident of Campbell County, Virginia and possibly lived in Lynchburg about 12 miles from this cemetery. It is probable that he was buried here because his ancestors had established this as the family burying ground. Nearby and in an adjacent spur of a ridge stands a very old residence now abandoned. This was probably the home of John Jr. and Rachel Banks. A short distance to the southwest is Ebenezer Church which was erected in 1771. In the division of the estate in 1751, a tract of 204 acres was allotted to Aaron Higginbotham Sr. who conveyed this 204 acres to William Cabell and Cornelius Thomas, church wardens in 1762. Thereon is Ebenezer Church. The old cemetery and old residence is on that part allotted to John Higginbotham Jr. The above assumptions are reasonable but can not be proven at present, other than the monument to Thomas and Ebenezer Church and these are located on the land conveyed to Moses in 1745."

This cemetery is listed in the "Gravestone Inscriptions in Amherst County Virginia", Revised Edition 1999, published by the Amherst County Museum and Historical Society, as the Whitten Place Cemetery on page 292. The entry reads:

"Thomas Higginbotham large stone only marked grave, surrounded by graves marked with field stones said to be the graves of his slaves who were freed long before the "War Between the States". "Higginbotham, Thomas, Jun 10, 1767-Feb 1835"

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currently owned by Westvaco and is used as a tree farm.

My Southern Family

Jane CASEY

ABT 1780 - ____

ID Number: I36537

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John CURL

Mary Jane "Mollie" GRAHAM

17 Feb 1876 - 3 Dec 1963

ID Number: I31170

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Thomas HIGGINBOTHAM

10 Jun 1769 - 4 Feb 1835

ID Number: I23933

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Lamar HUFF

9 Jan 1892 - 10 Jan 1893

ID Number: I6468

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Jimmie Carruth LENOIR

AGNES de PERCY

1134 - BEF 13 Oct 1204

ID Number: I27254

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Cora PRICE

ABT 1870 - ____

ID Number: I71912

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Elizabeth WINGFIELD

16 Apr 1775 - ____

ID Number: I75233

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