Two Higgins lines, five generations and four, as far as the records carry them
Source. 1850 Yancey census; 1860 Yancey census; pension R4979; 1788 tax list; Higgins Chapel survey; Bodford cemetery survey; 1892 letter; Find a Grave family links.
Method and data
Method. Dates are from gravestones and censuses where a record exists, otherwise from the family trees cited; living people are not shown.
| Line | Generation | Name | Dates | Spouse | Link to parent | Note |
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| Holland | 0 | Holland Higgins Sr. | before 1755 – after 1800 | m. Peggy Ellis (d. before 1788) | record | Gudger’s Co. 1788; Burke 1790; Buncombe 1800 |
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| Holland | 1 | Holland Higgins | c.1779 – Nov. 30, 1824 | m. c.1810 Barbara Hensley (1792–1882) | tradition | 1892 letter; killed by David Greer; Flag Pond |
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| Holland | 2 | Lucinda | 1803–1898 | m. 1826 William A. Hensley | tradition | by an earlier companion |
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| Holland | 2 | Ellis | 1812–1909 | m. 1835 Ruth Tilson | tradition | Flag Pond |
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| Holland | 3 | William Thomas | 1844–1919 | m. Amanda E. Smith | record | Sgt., 8th Tenn. Cav. (U.S.); gave land for Higgins Chapel |
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| Holland | 2 | John | 1813–1891 | m. Lucinda; m. Mary Stroud | tradition | Flag Pond |
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| Holland | 2 | Nancy | 1814–1881 | m. a Tilson | tradition | |
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| Holland | 2 | James | 1817–1875 | | tradition | |
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| Holland | 2 | Samuel | 1819–1902 | m. Elizabeth “Lizzie” Tilson | record | stone, Higgins Chapel |
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| Holland | 2 | Barbara | 1821–1911 | m. Armstrong Hensley | tradition | |
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| Holland | 2 | George W. | 1824–1863 | m. 1847 Mary Jane Hensley | record | to Cherokee Co., N.C. |
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| Holland | 2 | Margaret | 1825–1889 | m. John Edwards | tradition | |
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| Holland | 1 | John Higgins Sr. | c.1768 – 1850/60 | m. Nancy (c.1775 – after 1860) | inference | 1840 “John Sen.”; 1850 age 82, born N.C. |
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| Holland | 2 | James | c.1800 – c.1892 | m. Susannah “Sooky” Byrd (1811–1870) | inference | |
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| Holland | 3 | William Marion | 1837–1908 | m. 1865 Rutha Elkins (1848–1936) | record | Co. E, 3rd N.C. Mtd. Inf. (U.S.) |
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| Holland | 4 | William Josephus | 1871/75 – 1943 | | tradition | Higgins Freewill Baptist cemetery |
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| Holland | 4 | Augustus | 1889–1938 | m. a Silvers | tradition | Hog Branch |
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| Holland | 3 | George W. | c.1842 | | record | Co. G, 29th N.C. (C.S.) |
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| Holland | 3 | James H. | c.1848 – 1924 | m. Elizabeth (1849–1949) | record | Co. G, 3rd N.C. Mtd. Inf. (U.S.); died at Higgins |
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| Holland | 3 | Emeline | 1841–1914 | m. a Bradford | tradition | death certificate names James and “Sooky” |
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| Holland | 2 | John H. Jr. | May 1811 – Oct. 18, 1892 | m. 1831 Winnifred Phillips (1812–1887) | inference | the likely namesake; 1850 next door to John Sr. |
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| Holland | 3 | James Ervin | 1830–1877 | m. Sarah Shelton | record | Co. G, 58th N.C. (C.S.); 1850 census |
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| Holland | 3 | William B. | 1833–1860 | | record | 1850 census |
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| Holland | 3 | Delilah | 1834–1922 | m. a Silvers | record | |
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| Holland | 3 | Theodore | 1835–1904 | m. 1857 Margaret Lucinda Edwards (1838–1904) | record | drummer, 58th N.C. (C.S.) |
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| Holland | 4 | Thomas Gaston | 1860–1940 | | tradition | |
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| Holland | 4 | John Henry | 1861–1941 | | tradition | |
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| Holland | 4 | Carter Cornelius | 1875–1962 | | tradition | |
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| Holland | 3 | Ellender | 1836–1928 | m. a Hensley | tradition | |
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| Holland | 3 | John | 1843–1898 | | record | Co. A, 3rd N.C. Mtd. Inf. (U.S.) |
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| Holland | 3 | Sanders | c.1844–46 | m. Mary Jane | record | widow’s pension 1901 |
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| Holland | 3 | Charles Gaston | 1846–1919 | m. 1866 Susan Edwards (1842–1901); m. 1912 Julia McIntosh | record | Co. G, 3rd N.C. Mtd. Inf. (U.S.) |
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| Holland | 4 | Shelby | 1872–1953 | m. Sophronia McCourry | tradition | to Erwin, Tenn. |
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| Holland | 3 | Sarah | 1849 | m. a Peek | record | |
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| Holland | 3 | Malinda | c.1839 | m. G. W. Hensley | tradition | Nancy lived with them in 1860 |
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| Holland | 3 | Wilson | c.1852 | | record | |
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| Holland | 2 | Hosea J. | c.1824 – 1863 | m. Margaret Marinda Byrd (1819–1912) | inference | Co. G, 29th N.C. (C.S.); Marinda buried Adin, Calif. |
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| Holland | 3 | Curtis Alexander | 1846–1932 | | record | to Missouri; Adin, Modoc Co., Calif. |
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| Holland | 3 | William Thomas | 1849–1884 | | record | murdered for his claim near Pullman, Wash. |
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| Holland | 3 | Vincent Lafayette | 1851–1941 | m. 1889 Emma Peed | record | wheat farmer, Union Flat, Wash.; diaries at WSU |
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| Holland | 3 | John Nelson | 1853–1936 | | record | |
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| Holland | 2 | Massie | 1810–1890 | (husband unnamed) | inference | widow heading a household 1840–60 |
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| Holland | 3 | David C. | c.1837 | | record | Co. G, 58th N.C. (C.S.) |
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| Holland | 3 | John W. | c.1840 | | record | 1850 census |
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| Holland | 3 | Lucius H. | 1847–1865 | m. 1863 Esther E. Sparks | record | Cpl., 3rd N.C. Mtd. Inf. (U.S.); died at Knoxville |
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| William | 0 | William Higgins | before 1755 – ? | | record | Guilford, then Wilkes Co.; named in pension R4979 |
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| William | 1 | Robert | – 1781 | | record | killed at Eutaw Springs |
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| William | 1 | William Jr. | – 1781 | | record | killed at Eutaw Springs |
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| William | 1 | Ananias | Nov. 14, 1763 – by 1854 | | record | militia 1779–81; on the Cane River from c.1806 |
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| William | 2 | Margaret | c.1801 | m. Samuel Austin | record | |
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| William | 2 | a daughter | | m. Henry Ray | record | |
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| William | 2 | Ananias D. | c.1818–24 – Dec. 16, 1864 | m. 1843 Olivia C. Willis | inference | Co. D, 8th Tenn. Cav. (U.S.); killed at Marion, Va. |
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| William | 3 | John W. | c.1844 | | record | |
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| William | 3 | James P. | c.1846 | | record | Co. D, 8th Tenn. Cav. (U.S.) |
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