Charity was born in Laurens Co., South Carolina the eldest daughter of James Thomas Higgins and Elizabeth (Bramblett) Higgins. After the death of her father in 1813 her family moved to Franklin County, Georgia. There she married her cousin Burrell Higgins on Mar 30, 1816. They settled in Gwinnett County before 1830.
She was the mother of one daughter Lucinda, and eight sons: Silas H. , Thomas H., Reuben M., Calvin C., Rev. James W., John Russell, Tilman Bennett, and Asa Bennett Higgins. Her sons Silas H., Tillman and Reuben died during the Civil War.
Listed in the 1870 Mortality census, Charity Higgins may or may not be buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery. There is no marker and Gwinnett Co. Deaths 1818-1989 suggests she may have been buried at Peavy Cemetery.
Some have thought Rev. Burrell Higgins is buried at Ebenezer but another alternative is the Peavy Cemetery, where it is believed his wife Charity is buried.
She was the mother of one daughter Lucinda, and eight sons: Silas H. , Thomas H., Reuben M., Calvin C., Rev. James W., John Russell, Tilman Bennett, and Asa Bennett Higgins. Her sons Silas H., Tillman and Reuben died during the Civil War.
Listed in the 1870 Mortality census, Charity Higgins may or may not be buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery. There is no marker and Gwinnett Co. Deaths 1818-1989 suggests she may have been buried at Peavy Cemetery.
Some have thought Rev. Burrell Higgins is buried at Ebenezer but another alternative is the Peavy Cemetery, where it is believed his wife Charity is buried.
Charity was born in Laurens Co., South Carolina the eldest daughter of James Thomas Higgins and Elizabeth (Bramblett) Higgins. After the death of her father in 1813 her family moved to Franklin County, Georgia. There she married her cousin Burrell Higgins on Mar 30, 1816. They settled in Gwinnett County before 1830.
She was the mother of one daughter Lucinda, and eight sons: Silas H. , Thomas H., Reuben M., Calvin C., Rev. James W., John Russell, Tilman Bennett, and Asa Bennett Higgins. Her sons Silas H., Tillman and Reuben died during the Civil War.
Listed in the 1870 Mortality census, Charity Higgins may or may not be buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery. There is no marker and Gwinnett Co. Deaths 1818-1989 suggests she may have been buried at Peavy Cemetery.
Some have thought Rev. Burrell Higgins is buried at Ebenezer but another alternative is the Peavy Cemetery, where it is believed his wife Charity is buried.
She was the mother of one daughter Lucinda, and eight sons: Silas H. , Thomas H., Reuben M., Calvin C., Rev. James W., John Russell, Tilman Bennett, and Asa Bennett Higgins. Her sons Silas H., Tillman and Reuben died during the Civil War.
Listed in the 1870 Mortality census, Charity Higgins may or may not be buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery. There is no marker and Gwinnett Co. Deaths 1818-1989 suggests she may have been buried at Peavy Cemetery.
Some have thought Rev. Burrell Higgins is buried at Ebenezer but another alternative is the Peavy Cemetery, where it is believed his wife Charity is buried.
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