Husband: Sterling Tucker HIGGINS
Birthdate: 3 August 1801
Birthplace: Laurens County, South Carolina
Death date: 12 February 1878
Place of death: Chambers County, Alabama
Father: William HIGGINS
Mother: Nancy ASHLEY
Other Spouses: Mary W. TODD date: abt. 1823 Laurens County, South Carolina

Marriage date: 20 October 1836
Marriage place: Butts County, Georgia

Wife: Harriett DUKE BEAVERS
Birthdate: 19 March 1806
Birthplace: Morgan County, Georgia
Death date: 27 September 1883
Place of death: Chambers County, Alabama
Father: Henry DUKE
Mother: Sarah PEARLMAN
Other Spouses: BEAVERS

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Permilia Ann HIGGINS
Birthdate: 25 June 1840 Butts County, Georgia
Spouses' names: William Crosby Mc INTOSH
Marriage date: 14 February 1857 Troupe County, Georgia
Death date: 14 September 1881

Child No. 2: Joseph Lucius HIGGINS
Birthdate: 26 September 1842 Butts County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Dorothy A. CARLISLE
Marriage date: 11 January 1866 Chambers County, Alabama
Death date: 28 April 1905 Chambers County, Alabama

Child No. 3: Benjamin Weakley HIGGINS
Birthdate: 1 December 1844 Butts County, Georgia
Spouses' names: [1] Emma Garrett WHATLEY [2] Sallie J. unknown
Marriage date: [1] abt 1868
Death date: 18 October 1903 Chambers County, Alabama

Child No. 4: Mary Jane HIGGINS
Birthdate: 1 April 1847 Chambers County, Alabama
Spouses' names: Hiram Davis PEARSON
Marriage date: 2 January 1868 Chambers County, Alabama
Death date: 16 February 1893 Chambers County, Alabama
 
 
Documentation:
* 1829 Laurens Co, SC census,
* 1830, 1840 Butts Co, Ga census,
* 1850-1870 Chambers Co, Ala census,
* Info from Linda Higgins Brewer, Elaine Oakes, Bonnie Higgins Schrader,
* Higgins Family Cem in Chambers Co, Ala,
* "Tap Roots",
* Various county deed and marriage records.

Notes:
* Sterlings's name is also found spelled Starling, he was named for his aunt Levenia Higgins' husband, Starling Tucker, of Laurens Co, SC.