Fourth Generation

94. Jacob HIGGINBOTHAM Jr.^11,44 was born on 6 July 1776 in Amherst County, Virginia.^11,12 He served in the military at 10th & 20th Consolidated Regt, LA Militia in War of 1812.

Moved to Feliciana Parish LA circa 1810 and served in the War of 1812 from Louisiana. He served in the 10th & 20th Consolidated Regt, Louisiana Militia, along with cousins Lindsey and Willis.

About 1820 they moved to Lafayette Parish where he married for the second time and spent the remainder of his life. [this is an error - see 1820 & 1830 census below]

Jacob first married Sophia Higginbotham [lineage unknown - surname questionable] and (2) Marie Charlotte Forman, widow of Francois Huffpower, 5 Jan 1832.

1820 Census: Sandy Creek, Feliciana Parish LA Living next to his brother James and cousins Lindsey & Willis, sons of Joseph Higginbotham.
Jacob Higginbotham: 4m -10, 1m 10-16, 1m 16-18, 2m 16-26, 1m 26-45. 2f 10-16, 1f 26-45.

1830 Census: St. Landry Parish LA
Jacob Higginbotham 1m 10-15, 1f 15-20, 1m 30-40, 1m 50-60 1f -5, 3f 5-10, 2f 20-30

Perhaps six children including these:
Marie, born ca 1806 in Georgia
Jackson who married Eliza Green, St. Landry Parish
Caleb, b. East Feliciana 11 Jan 1817 and died Liberty Co TX 10 Oct 1893. He married (1) Lucinda Absher 6 Sep 1839 and (2) Isabella Weeks, 1857 in TX.

Mary Higginbotham of Georgia, dau of Jacob & Sophia Higginbotham married 28 Aug 1828, George Laughlin
Marie Higginbotham, dau of Jacob & Sophia "Hekenboten" was baptized 7 Feb 1837 at age 30 years.
Nancy Higginbotham of Virginia, dau of Jacob & Sophie Higginbotham married 26 Aug 1830 to James Dailey of Harden Co KY. St. Landry Church Records, Opelousas.

Another possible daughter found online is a Frances, b. 27 Dec 1821, said born in Elbert Co, GA, but that is not correct since Jacob was in Louisiana by 1820. She married Nathan Ephraim Foreman, 28 Feb 1837, Lafayette Parish (this location, too, might suggest she belongs in some other family)

Caleb moved to Liberty Co, TX - one of the earliest Higginbothams in the area.

1850 Census. Liberty Co. Texas, p.353, Hh 273
Caleb Higginbotham, age 33, Stockbroker, b. MS.
Lucinda, age 24, born LA
Joanna age 9, Caroline age 7, both born in Louisiana
Jacob, 5, Nancy, 3, and Jackson age 7/12 all born in Texas.
The 1850 census shows that they lived in a neighborhood of people from Louisiana - Abshers, Barrows, J. Taylor White, etc.

Jackson apparently moved to Florida
1850, Nassau, FL, Hh 107
A. Jackson Higginbotham 35, b. GA
Elizabeth, 27
Thomas, 3. Mary Ann, 1

1860 Census. Liberty Co TX, P.O. Liberty, Hh 302
Caleb Higginbottom, age 42, b. LA. Isabel, age 40 LA
Martha Barrow, age 15 [perhaps Caleb has married a 2nd time to a neighbor and this is a stepdaughter and there was an Isabella Barrow, married to Levi Barrow - she was age 32 and she did have a daughter Martha along with several older children in Hh 266.]
Jacob Higginbottom, age 15, b. LA, Caroline age 16, b. LA
Born in TX: Nancy 12, Jacson 10, Samantha 8, Marianna age 2.

1870 Census. Liberty Co TX, P.O. Liberty, Hh 539
Caleb Higginbotham, age 52, b. LA. Isabel, age 50, b. LA
Jackson, 20; Lucinda 13 [Marianna?] - both born TX
Catherine Barrow, age 25, b. TX and "Shake" [?Jake] age 8, b. TX

By 1880, Caleb and Isabel were not to be found. Living in Chambers Co., TX, Hh 42, was:
Jake Higginbotham, age 30, b. TX, parents born in Mississippi.
Wife Mary, age 30, b. LA
Children born in TX: Caleb J. age 8, Elaine Ella 7, Blanche 5, Jessie, 2 and Seth, age 3 months, born in Feb of 1880.

Jacob HIGGINBOTHAM Jr. and Sophia were married about 1797 in Elbert County, Georgia. Sophia was born in 1780 in Georgia. She died in 1832 at the age of 52 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.

Jacob HIGGINBOTHAM Jr. and Sophia had the following children: