His will was written in Cannon County,23 Feb 1863, and lists daughter-in-law Susan Higgins-most likely wife of William's son James.William mentions a balance of money from 5 judgements obtained against the administrator of James Higgins', dec'd, estate (the administrator being C.B. Odom). Grandchildren: H.B.Higgins, William C.Odom, J.H.Odom, S.C.Odom, Mary, Nancy, A.F.C. and E.A.Odom.
COLONEL WILLIAM HIGGINS
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment Tennessee Mounted Volunteers
DATES: December 1813 - February 1814
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Madison (Ala.), Lincoln, Robertson, Smith, and Wilson Counties
CAPTAINS: Samuel Allen, John B. Cheatham, John Crane(Craine), Adam Dale, William Doak, Thomas Eldridge, Stephen Griffith, James Hamilton(Hambleton), John Hill, Joseph Kirkpatrick
BRIEF HISTORY:
Along with Colonel Perkins' regiment, this unit comprised the sixty-day volunteers enlisted by William Carroll to fill the rapidly dwindling ranks of Jackson's army decimated by the desertions of December 1813. Determined to make the most of this new army, Jackson marched these 850 green troops into Creek territory where they encountered the Red Sticks at Emuckfau and Enotochopco (22 and 24 January 1814). The Tennesseans at these battles suffered heavy casualties. The line of march went through Huntsville to Fort Strother and then to the battlefields.
COLONEL WILLIAM HIGGINS
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment Tennessee Mounted Volunteers
DATES: December 1813 - February 1814
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Madison (Ala.), Lincoln, Robertson, Smith, and Wilson Counties
CAPTAINS: Samuel Allen, John B. Cheatham, John Crane(Craine), Adam Dale, William Doak, Thomas Eldridge, Stephen Griffith, James Hamilton(Hambleton), John Hill, Joseph Kirkpatrick
BRIEF HISTORY:
Along with Colonel Perkins' regiment, this unit comprised the sixty-day volunteers enlisted by William Carroll to fill the rapidly dwindling ranks of Jackson's army decimated by the desertions of December 1813. Determined to make the most of this new army, Jackson marched these 850 green troops into Creek territory where they encountered the Red Sticks at Emuckfau and Enotochopco (22 and 24 January 1814). The Tennesseans at these battles suffered heavy casualties. The line of march went through Huntsville to Fort Strother and then to the battlefields.
His will was written in Cannon County,23 Feb 1863, and lists daughter-in-law Susan Higgins-most likely wife of William's son James.William mentions a balance of money from 5 judgements obtained against the administrator of James Higgins', dec'd, estate (the administrator being C.B. Odom). Grandchildren: H.B.Higgins, William C.Odom, J.H.Odom, S.C.Odom, Mary, Nancy, A.F.C. and E.A.Odom.
COLONEL WILLIAM HIGGINS
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment Tennessee Mounted Volunteers
DATES: December 1813 - February 1814
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Madison (Ala.), Lincoln, Robertson, Smith, and Wilson Counties
CAPTAINS: Samuel Allen, John B. Cheatham, John Crane(Craine), Adam Dale, William Doak, Thomas Eldridge, Stephen Griffith, James Hamilton(Hambleton), John Hill, Joseph Kirkpatrick
BRIEF HISTORY:
Along with Colonel Perkins' regiment, this unit comprised the sixty-day volunteers enlisted by William Carroll to fill the rapidly dwindling ranks of Jackson's army decimated by the desertions of December 1813. Determined to make the most of this new army, Jackson marched these 850 green troops into Creek territory where they encountered the Red Sticks at Emuckfau and Enotochopco (22 and 24 January 1814). The Tennesseans at these battles suffered heavy casualties. The line of march went through Huntsville to Fort Strother and then to the battlefields.
COLONEL WILLIAM HIGGINS
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment Tennessee Mounted Volunteers
DATES: December 1813 - February 1814
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Madison (Ala.), Lincoln, Robertson, Smith, and Wilson Counties
CAPTAINS: Samuel Allen, John B. Cheatham, John Crane(Craine), Adam Dale, William Doak, Thomas Eldridge, Stephen Griffith, James Hamilton(Hambleton), John Hill, Joseph Kirkpatrick
BRIEF HISTORY:
Along with Colonel Perkins' regiment, this unit comprised the sixty-day volunteers enlisted by William Carroll to fill the rapidly dwindling ranks of Jackson's army decimated by the desertions of December 1813. Determined to make the most of this new army, Jackson marched these 850 green troops into Creek territory where they encountered the Red Sticks at Emuckfau and Enotochopco (22 and 24 January 1814). The Tennesseans at these battles suffered heavy casualties. The line of march went through Huntsville to Fort Strother and then to the battlefields.
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