Husband: William HIGGINS
Birthdate: 1770-1789
Birthplace: Laurens County, South Carolina
Death date: 3 June 1836
Place of death: Butts County, Georgia
Father: William HIGGINS
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: abt 1798
Marriage place: Laurens County, South Carolina

Wife: Nancy ASHLEY
Birthdate: 1780-1790
Birthplace: Laurens County, South Carolina
Death date: 11 May 1844
Place of death: Butts County, Georgia
Father: John ASHLEY
Mother: Elizabeth GARRETT

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: David HIGGINS
Birthdate: 1799 Laurens County, South Carolina
Spouses' names: [1] Elizabeth FRANKS [2] Permelia Mitchell BELAND
Marriage date: [1] 29 March 1818 Laurens County, South Carolina
Death date: 1 January 1865 Flovilla, Butts County, Georgia

Child No. 2: Sterling Tucker HIGGINS
Birthdate: 3 August 1801 Laurens County, South Carolina
Spouses' names: [1] Mary W. TODD [2] Harriett DUKE
Marriage date: [1] abt 1823 Laurens County, South Carolina
Death date: 12 February 1878 Chambers County, Alabama

Child No. 3: Palmer A. HIGGINS
Birthdate: 1803
Spouses' names: Hannah FARROW
Marriage date: abt 1819 Laurens County, South Carolina
Death date: 14 February 1889 Etowah County, Alabama

Child No. 4: James HIGGINS
Birthdate: 1806 Laurens County, South Carolina
Spouses' names: Lavenia HIGGINS
Marriage date: 8 July 1837 Henry County, Georgia
Death date: abt 1873 probably Chambers County, Alabama

Child No. 5: John HIGGINS
Birthdate: 1807 Laurens County, South Carolina
Spouses' names: [1] Sophis BANKSTON [2] Mrs. Matilda HAIRSTON Slaughter
Marriage date: [1] 5 October 1826 Butts County, Georgia
Other Spouses:
Death date: 1 March 1883 Butts County, Georgia

Child No. 6: Elizabeth {Eliza} HIGGINS
Birthdate: 1810 Laurens County, South Carolina
Spouses' names: [1] James BAILEY [2] Caleb WINTERS
Marriage date: [1] 22 September 1829 Butts County, Georgia
Death date: 1867 probably Butts County, Georgia

Child No. 7: Joseph HIGGINS
Birthdate: 23 May 1814 Laurens County, South Carolina
Spouses' names: Judith Watts KEY
Marriage date: 16 October 1834 Butts County, Georgia
Death date: July 1880 Oxford, Calhoun County, Alabama

Child No. 8: William H. HIGGINS
Birthdate: 4 August 1817 Laurens County, South Carolina
Spouses' names: Adaline Craddock CLARK
Marriage date: 30 July 1841 Butts County, Georgia
Death date: 5 September 1868 Chambers County, Alabama
 
 
Documentation:
* 1810,1820 Laurens Co, SC census,
* 1830, 1840 Butts Co, Ga census,
* Henry H. Higgins Bible,
* David Higgins Bible,
* Flovilla City Cem,
* Sandy Creek Baptist records,
* Deed for sale of property signed by all children after William's death,
* Various county records.

Notes:
* Higgins family men were blacksmiths, gun smiths, silver smiths, jewelers.