Aaron Higginbotham Sr.(1720 - 10/03/1785)

&

Clara Graves (unknown - after 1796)

 

They lived in Amherst (formerly Albemarle) Co., VA. 

 

Aaron purchased 200 acres of land on 02/08/1759 being on both sides of Buffalo River near the Blue Mountains on which he then lived. See Albemarle Deed Book 2-91. 

 

They are probably buried on this tract of land. 

 

On 10/03/1763 he sold the 204 acres allotted to him by Moses in 1751 in the division of his father's estate. See Amherst Deed Book A-57. 

 

He purchased 390 acres on Thrasher's Creek from Neill Campbell on 10/03/1763. See Amherst Deed Book B-378. 

 

This land was conveyed to Aaron Jr. on 05/01/1777. 

 

The Higginbotham Cemetery is located on this land. 

 

Aaron was commissioned Captain of Militia on 08/07/1769. 

 

See also Essex Co., VA Wedding Book 8-90. 

 

The 1783 census of Amherst County listed Aaron's household as consisting of 2 whites and 15 blacks. 

 

He was a vestryman and church warden.

 

Clara's parents were Francis & Jane McGuffey Graves.

 

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