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Household: 1880 Census Place E.D. 27, Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace
Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thomas F. COLLINS Self M Male W 68 SC
Lawyer NC SC
Marey E. COLLINS Wife M Female W 54 LA
Keeping House SC SC
Jane D. DUBOSE GDau Female W 16 LA At
Home AL MS
Frank BLANKENSHIPP GSon S Male W 5 TX At Home
KY LA
Norward BLANKENSHIPP GSon S Male W 3 TX KY LA
Source Information: Family History Library Film 1255293
NA Film Number T9-1293 Page Number 205A
Amherst Co., VA Will Book 24 Pages 8-9; In the name of God
amen, I Sarah E. Higginbotham of the County of Amherst and State
of Virginia, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish
and declare this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all
former wills by me made at any time.
1st. I direct that all just debts, including funeral expenses
and costs of administration, be paid by my executors.
2nd. I will, direct and bequeath all residue and remainder of my
estate, both real and personal, to my children who may survive
me or their legal heirs equally share and share alike.
3rd. I appoint my daughter Mary L. Myers, who was Mary L.
Higginbotham, and my son Samuel B. Higginbotham, both of the
County of Amherst and State of Virginia Executors of this my
last will and testament, and having full faith in their
integrity, I direct that they be not required to give bond with
security.
In witness whereof I have signed and sealed and published
declared this instrument as my last will and testament at the
Fork of Buffalo in the County of Amherst and State of Virginia
this 30th day of December 1898.
Sarah E. Higginbotham {Seal}
The said Sarah E. Higginbotham at said Fork of Buffalo in the
County of Amherst and State of Virginia on said 30th day of
December 1898, signed and sealed this instrument and published
and declared the same as and for her last will and testament,
and we at her request and in her presence and in the presence of
each other have hereunto written our names as subscribing
witnesses.
Robert F. Giles
Jas. L. Davis
H. B. Jennings
A. M. Sandidge
Virginia, At a County Court begun and held for the County of
Amherst at the Court House thereof, on Monday, the 17th day of
February 1902. The last will and testament of Sarah E.
Higginbotham, deceased, bearing date on the 30th day of December
1898, was this day produced in Court and proved by the oaths of
Robert F. Giles, Jas. L. Davis and A. M. Sandidge, subscribing
witnesses thereto, and is ordered to be recorded.
Teste
W. E. Sandidge, Clerk
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Thomas and Martha had the following children:
i Samuel B Scott
ii. Alfred M Scott was born 20 Aug 1824.
iii Clementine Scott was born 1826.
iv Mary Virginia Scott
v John Baytop Scott M. D.
vi Eliza Camille Scott was born 1834.
SOURCE: 1 Pettigrew, Marian Dewoody & Brightwell, Newton Edward,
MARKS-BARNETT FAMILIES AND THEIR KIN BIR-MAR: 1; p. 19, 110 1;
p. 21, "Came from Virginia and located in Lowndes County,AL."