Family legend is that Jane was a Cherokee Indian, taken in by the Holley's and raised as their own. Many of the Higginbotham researcher's have spent long hours trying to find proof that Jane was an Indian, to no avail. So, if she was, the Holley's covered it up very well.
- 30 Aug 1806 - Birth - ; Walton, Georgia
- 14 Jul 1866 - Death - ; Dangerfield, Texas
- 1860 - Residence - ; Dallas County, AR
- 1850 - Residence - Living together: Sanford (52,Farmer), Jane H. (44), James (20,Farmer), Joseph (18,Laborer ; Jackson, Dallas, Arkansas
- 1860 - Residence - Living together: Jane (50,Farms), William (25,Laborer), Rufus (21,Laborer), Nancy (18), E ; Jackson, Dallas, Arkansas, United States
- 1860 - Residence - ; Dallas County, AR
- 1850 - Residence - Living together: Sanford (52,Farmer), Jane H. (44), James (20,Farmer), Joseph (18,Laborer ; Jackson, Dallas, Arkansas
- 1860 - Residence - Living together: Jane (50,Farms), William (25,Laborer), Rufus (21,Laborer), Nancy (18), E ; Jackson, Dallas, Arkansas, United States
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F | Jane Harriette Holley | ||
Birth | 30 Aug 1806 | Walton, Georgia | |
Death | 14 Jul 1866 | Dangerfield, Texas | |
Marriage | 29 Aug 1822 | to Sanford Higginbotham | |
Marriage | 1 Jun 1853 | to Alexander Fry at Dallas Co., Arkansas |
PARENT (M) Sanford Higginbotham | |||
Birth | 6 Dec 1797 | Oglethorpe Co, Georgia | |
Death | 9 Sep 1851 | Dallas Co, Arkansas | |
Marriage | 29 Aug 1822 | to Jane Harriette Holley | |
Father | Oliver Higginbotham | ||
Mother | Nancy Doggett | ||
PARENT (F) Jane Harriette Holley | |||
Birth | 30 Aug 1806 | Walton, Georgia | |
Death | 14 Jul 1866 | Dangerfield, Texas | |
Marriage | 29 Aug 1822 | to Sanford Higginbotham | |
Marriage | 1 Jun 1853 | to Alexander Fry at Dallas Co., Arkansas | |
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
CHILDREN | |||
M | Rufus Francis Higginbotham Sr. | ||
Birth | 14 Mar 1839 | Alabama | |
Death | 29 Jun 1923 | Texarkana, Miller Co., Arkansas | |
Marriage | 4 Jun 1865 | to Margaret Florence Jacobs | |
F | Elizabeth Higginbotham | ||
Birth | 07 Feb 1843 | Alabama | |
Death | 15 Mar 1871 | ||
Marriage | 18 Dec 1861 | to Jesse Moore | |
F | Nancy Higginbotham | ||
Birth | 07 Feb 1843 | Alabama | |
Death | 18 Dec 1862 | ||
M | John Jefferson Higginbotham | ||
Birth | 3 Dec 1825 | Walton, Georgia | |
Death | 2 May 1860 | Dallas Co, Arkansas | |
Marriage | 25 Jul 1850 | to Sarah Ann Wyatt | |
F | Mary Frances Higginbotham | ||
Birth | 18 May 1837 | ||
Death | 23 April 1858 | ||
M | James Oliver Higginbotham | ||
Birth | 18 Jan 1830 | Walton Co, Georgia | |
Death | 21 Jun 1911 | Fordyce, Dallas Co, Arkansas | |
Marriage | 16 OCT 1851 | to Edith Burnham at Dallas Co, AR | |
Marriage | 16 April 1879 | to Amanda Elizabeth Zinn at Dallas Co, Arkansas | |
F | Sarah Jane Higginbotham | ||
Birth | 30 Dec 1827 | Georgia, United States | |
Death | 11 Sep 1858 | Union, Louisiana, United States | |
Marriage | 19 Dec 1844 | to William Sutton at Chambers, Alabama, USA | |
F | Matilda Ann Higginbotham | ||
Birth | 29 Jan 1824 | Walton, Georgia | |
Death | 9 Jul 1851 | Chambers, Alabama | |
Marriage | 08 Aug 1839 | to Paul Tillman Willis at Chambers, Alabama, United States | |
M | William Higginbotham | ||
Birth | 26 Feb 1835 | Alabama | |
Death | |||
Marriage | 22 Jun 1854 | to Margaret Jane Barnes at Dallas, AR | |
M | Joseph Green Higginbotham | ||
Birth | 10 May 1832 | Walton, Georgia | |
Death | 30 Apr 1857 | Dallas Co, Arkansas | |
Marriage | 04 Nov 1852 | to Lucretia Caroline Trammell at Dallas Co, Arkansas | |
F | Martha Higginbotham | ||
Birth | 17 Apr 1841 | ||
Death | 6 Jul 1841 | ||
F | Amanda Caroline Higginbotham | ||
Birth | 2 Jul 1849 | Arkansas City, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States | |
Death | 2 Jan 1924 | Pulaski, Arkansas | |
Marriage | 29 Dec 1871 | to Joseph Pascal Vinson at Lafayette Co., Arkansas |
PARENT (M) Alexander Fry | |||
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Marriage | 1 Jun 1853 | to Jane Harriette Holley at Dallas Co., Arkansas | |
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
PARENT (F) Jane Harriette Holley | |||
Birth | 30 Aug 1806 | Walton, Georgia | |
Death | 14 Jul 1866 | Dangerfield, Texas | |
Marriage | 29 Aug 1822 | to Sanford Higginbotham | |
Marriage | 1 Jun 1853 | to Alexander Fry at Dallas Co., Arkansas | |
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
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[S-2122913894] | 1860 United States Federal Census |
[S-2122911209] | 1850 United States Federal Census |
[S-1796111834] | Arkansas Census, 1819-70 |
1 Jane Harriette Holley b: 30 Aug 1806 d: 14 Jul 1866
+ Sanford Higginbotham b: 6 Dec 1797 d: 9 Sep 1851
2 Rufus Francis Higginbotham Sr. b: 14 Mar 1839 d: 29 Jun 1923
+ Margaret Florence Jacobs b: 17 Feb 1847 d: 14 Mar 1928
3 Rufus Francis Higginbotham Jr. b: 7 Aug 1876 d: 21 Sep 1923
+ Eudonia A "Dona" Williams b: 20 Jan 1881 d: 28 Sep 1927
4 Francis Milton Higginbotham b: 19 Oct 1909 d: 29 Dec 1956
+ Ruby Pauline Green b: 03 Aug 1913 d: 15 Feb 2005
4 Rufus Earl Higginbotham Sr. b: 9 Nov 1900 d: 3 Feb 1975
+ Edna Lennie Harris b: 26 Sep 1908 d: 26 Mar 1994
5 Lou Jane Higginbotham b: 01 Jul 1932 d: 02 Feb 2012
+ Private
+ Private
3 Mary Florence Higginbotham b: 17 May 1873 d: 6 Oct 1940
+ James Harvey Davis b: 27 Sep 1879 d: 16 Feb 1952
3 Charles S Higginbotham b: Dec 1867 d: bef 1910
+ Irene "Rena" Peavy b: Dec 1876
4 Luther Higginbotham b: Apr 1899
+ Edna Lnu b: abt 1899
3 Harriette Alice Higginbotham b: 16 Mar 1866 d: 21 Sep 1911
+ Merit Joseph Crank b: 10 Oct 1856 d: 26 Jan 1937
3 Sanford Lullean Higginbotham b: 22 Jul 1879 d: 11 Mar 1942
+ Minnie Ola Crank b: 15 Oct 1881 d: 12 Mar 1967
4 Sanford Aubrey Higginbotham b: 28 Feb 1906 d: 20 Mar 1985
+ Janis Plemmons b: abt 1910
4 Margaret Muriel Higginbotham b: 2 Sep 1909 d: 17 Jan 2003
4 Emma Pauline Higginbotham b: 21 Jun 1904 d: 28 Jan 1984
+ Paul Hubert Stockton Sr. b: 5 Jun 1900 d: 1 Oct 1972
5 Harold Ray Stockton b: Oct. 10, 1928 d: 20 Nov 2000
5 Paul Hubert Stockton Jr b: 17 Sep 1924 d: 01 Jul 2011
5 Wilma Pauline Stockton b: 09 Sep 1922 d: Jul 1998
+ Private
5 Harry Elwin Stockton b: Nov. 5, 1931 d: June 10, 2009
4 Richard L Higginbotham b: 11 May 1914 d: 13 Mar 1997
+ Ina Mae Brown b: 13 Dec 1915 d: 09 Oct 2002
4 Rufus Merritt Higginbotham b: 7 Mar 1919 d: 1 Nov 2004
+ Alma Virginia Torrans b: 27 Oct 1911 d: 28 Apr 1996
2 Elizabeth Higginbotham b: 07 Feb 1843 d: 15 Mar 1871
+ Jesse Moore b: 15 Mar 1833 d: 6 May 1905
3 Albert R Moore b: abt 1868
+ Frankie Whitehead b: abt 1871
3 Virginia Amanda Moore b: 18 Jan 1865 d: 30 Jan 1961
+ William Henry Wells b: Nov 1858
4 Henry J Wells b: abt 1888
4 Alma Wells b: abt 1886
4 Virginia R Wells b: abt 1892
4 Maude M Wells b: abt 1894
4 William Wells b: abt 1898
4 Grace M Wells b: abt 1900
4 Lizzie S Wells b: abt 1890
2 Nancy Higginbotham b: 07 Feb 1843 d: 18 Dec 1862
2 John Jefferson Higginbotham b: 3 Dec 1825 d: 2 May 1860
+ Sarah Ann Wyatt b: 1834 d: Jul 1861
3 Jane Elizabeth Higginbotham b: 29 Oct 1851 d: 29 Jan 1877
+ John B Pennington b: 22 Dec 1855 d: 18 Oct 1915
3 Mary Francis Higginbotham b: 15 Oct 1853 d: 15 Nov 1905
+ William Alexander Broach b: 12 Feb 1847 d: 18 Feb 1937
4 Henry Broach Sr. b: Aug 1894 d: 1984
+ ?
4 Emma Zelma Broach b: 05 Aug 1880 d: 10 Jul 1908
4 Sionie A. Broach b: 02 Jun 1877 d: 19 Aug 1878
2 Mary Frances Higginbotham b: 18 May 1837 d: 23 April 1858
2 James Oliver Higginbotham b: 18 Jan 1830 d: 21 Jun 1911
+ Edith Burnham b: 7 Apr 1833 d: 13 Mar 1879
3 Martha Ann Higginbotham b: 05 May 1854 d: 09 APR 1860
3 James Lewis Higginbotham b: 29 Sep 1858 d: 3 June 1915
+ Sarah A. Graham b: 1863 d: 1946
4 Robert S Higginbotham b: Jul 1888
4 James E Higginbottom b: Feb 1881
4 Lewis S Higginbottom b: Feb 1894
4 Mary M Higginbottom b: Sep 1884
3 Frances Serena Higginbotham b: 30 APR 1856 d: 07 APR 1860
3 Nancy Edith Higginbotham b: 18 JAN 1861 d: 05 JUL 1940
+ Robert Harrison Barner b: Apr 1854 d: 2 Jan 1906
4 Edith M. Barner b: 03 Apr 1879 d: 01 AUG 1943
4 Mary Leilia Barner b: 09 FEB 1884 d: 16 OCT 1891
4 Robert Parham Barner b: 13 OCT 1881 d: 05 AUG 1968
4 Nellie Tabitha Barner b: 02 OCT 1888 d: 05 MAY 1984
4 Warren Barner b: 08 DEC 1890 d: 08 AUG 1891
4 Lalla Dewdrop Barner b: 30 AUG 1892 d: 05 JUL 1961
+ Robert Alexander Bryant b: 30 JUL 1890 d: 28 APR 1960
5 Betty Jane Bryant b: 25 NOV 1931 d: 15 MAR 1970
5 Nannie Sue Bryant b: 10 DEC 1922 d: 3 Jan 1928
5 William Blount Bryant b: 09 SEP 1929 d: 07 DEC 1930
5 Mary Ann Bryant b: 09 JUL 1926 d: 04 APR 1979
+ Jesse Lee Short b: 16 Jul 1919 d: Dec 1971
5 Bobbie Nell Bryant b: 20 Oct 1919 d: 12 Nov 1993
5 Harry A. Bryant b: 24 JUN 1924 d: 17 Feb 1945
5 Doris Bryant b: 29 JAN 1918 d: 12 SEP 2001
4 William Maurice Barner b: 20 APR 1886 d: 12 DEC 1970
4 Roland Forrest Barner b: 31 JUL 1897 d: 18 FEB 1985
4 Laura Etta Barner b: 11 MAR 1895 d: 17 MAR 1952
4 Ulysses Barner b: 05 NOV 1877 d: 05 NOV 1877
3 Susan Emily Higginbotham b: 28 JAN 1863 d: 09 AUG 1865
3 Edward Parham Higginbotham b: 5 Dec 1874 d: 6 Jan 1943
+ Rebecca Walker Bryant b: 25 Jun 1877 d: 30 Sep 1952
4 Edith Rebecca Higginbotham b: 15 Nov 1902 d: 8 Feb 1984
+ John Dillie Cassidy Sr. b: 27 Jan 1889 d: 14 Jun 1970
4 Flossie Mildred Higginbotham b: 5 Aug 1905 d: 23 Jan 1909
4 Hugh Oliver Higginbotham Sr. b: 17 Jun 1914 d: 12 Jul 1966
+ Private
4 Edward Lewis Higginbotham b: 11 Aug 1908 d: 15 Dec 1980
+ Private
4 Garrie Burnham Higginbotham b: 21 Apr 1900 d: 13 Aug 1952
+ Ruby Hightower b: 11 Feb 1902 d: 28 Jun 1990
3 Sanford Wilson Higginbotham b: 28 MAR 1870 d: 14 FEB 1928
+ Amanda A March b: 7 Mar 1871 d: 8 Dec 1952
4 Grace Inez Higginbotham b: 25 Oct 1895 d: 5 Oct 1896
4 Virginia Higginbotham b: 17 Mar 1900
4 Infant Higginbotham b: 12 Oct 1897 d: 12 Oct 1897
4 Eleanor Edith Higginbotham b: 2 Sep 1893
3 Mary Jane Higginbotham b: 05 JUL 1852 d: 21 APR 1860
+ Amanda Elizabeth Zinn b: 8 Aug 1844 d: 1 June 1893
3 John Oliver Higginbotham b: 31 MAY 1881 d: 22 JUL 1886
2 Sarah Jane Higginbotham b: 30 Dec 1827 d: 11 Sep 1858
+ William Sutton b: 1 Oct 1823 d: 17 Mar 1860
3 William H Sutton b: 1850
3 Mary Sutton b: 1846
3 John Sutton b: 1848
3 James David Sutton b: 15 Nov 1852 d: 21 May 1924
3 Joseph M. Sutton b: 3 Aug 1855 d: 2 Dec 1894
3 Sarah Elizabeth Sutton b: 5 Jun 1858
2 Matilda Ann Higginbotham b: 29 Jan 1824 d: 9 Jul 1851
+ Paul Tillman Willis b: 1819 d: 11 Aug 1857
3 Mary Jane Willis b: abt 1840 d: 1914
+ William Marion Ridley b: abt 1830
4 Mattie Ridley b: 1874
4 Carrie Ridley b: 1876
+ Tom Hart
4 Homer Ridley b: 1879
4 Harriette "Hattie" Willis b: 1863
6 Charles T Jordan Jr. b: abt 1895
+ William Franklin Pruitt b: 27 Dec 1847 d: Jun 1920
+ Glover
5 Leslie A Glover b: 16 Dec 1892
4 William M Ridley b: abt 1860
4 Henry M Ridley b: abt 1857
+ Lena Lnu
5 Walter Ridley b: abt 1879
4 Robert Ridley b: abt 1870
5 Infant Ridley b: abt 1900
4 George Washington Ridley b: 10 Jan 1871 d: 23 Feb 1938
+ Georgia Ann Holley b: 1876 d: 1939
5 Willie L Ridley b: abt 1900
5 Mary Leota Ridley b: abt 1896
5 Laura B Ridley b: abt 1905
5 Jacque Evelyn Laverne RIDLEY b: 30 Jul 1912 d: 21 Jun 1963
5 Leafy Mabel Ridley b: APR 1895
5 Lillian H Ridley b: abt 1903
5 George William Ridley b: abt 1899 d: FEB 1971
5 Wilburn Ridley b: abt 1909 d: SEP 1985
5 Waide S Ridley b: abt 1907 d: 22 MAR 1936
4 Charles Ridley b: abt 1886
3 Sarah A Willis b: 1846
3 James M Willis b: abt 1843
3 George W Willis b: Abt 1847
2 William Higginbotham b: 26 Feb 1835
+ Margaret Jane Barnes b: 1837
3 Sarah Higginbotham b: 15 Jul 1855 d: 25 Dec 1933
3 Martha A Higginbotham b: 1854 d: May 1860
2 Joseph Green Higginbotham b: 10 May 1832 d: 30 Apr 1857
+ Lucretia Caroline Trammell b: 1834 d: 1888
3 Harriette Higginbotham b: 1857
3 Caroline Higginbotham b: 1856
3 Sanford Joseph Higginbotham b: 1854
4 Guy Roland Higginbotham b: 04 Dec 1897 d: 1961
5 Guy Rudolph Higginbotham b: Jun 1926 d: Jun 1985
2 Martha Higginbotham b: 17 Apr 1841 d: 6 Jul 1841
2 Amanda Caroline Higginbotham b: 2 Jul 1849 d: 2 Jan 1924
+ Joseph Pascal Vinson b: Apr 1852 d: 25 April 1931
3 George Edgar Vinson b: 22 Sep 1871 d: 1943
+ Ophelia E b: abt 1874
4 Jewell Christine Vinson b: abt 1909
4 James J Vinson b: 1906
3 Harriet Hattie Scott Vinson b: 1 Dec 1875 d: 28 Sept 1920
+ William Edgar Yarbrough b: 6 Jan 1865 d: 04 Nov 1928
4 Ruth Hattie Yarbrough b: 28 Feb 1902 d: 25 Mar 1983
+ Claude Rueben Waddell b: 19 Oct 1898 d: 20 Dec 1980
5 Thomas Kittrell Waddell b: 28 Aug 1921 d: 23 Jan 2011
4 Bessie M Yarbrough b: 26 Apr 1909 d: 28 Mar 1910
4 Grace Truman Yarbrough b: 7 Aug 1905 d: 04 Oct 1977
4 Joe Yarbrough b: 06 Jan 1895 d: 20 Feb 1896
4 George Edgar Yarbrough b: 1 Dec 1899 d: 5 Jan 1951
+ Fannie Alice Daniels b: 04 Feb 1894 d: 9 Dec 1955
4 Mildred Virginia Yarbrough b: 14 Sep 1897 d: 20 Oct 1983
+ Samuel Rutherford Dunlap b: 9 April 1891 d: 10 Sep 1945
5 Virginia Blair Dunlap b: 14 Feb 1920 d: 26 Jan 1994
+ Raymond Lynch Sr b: 20 Feb 1906 d: 10 May 2002
3 James Oscar Vinson b: 31 May 1874 d: 9 Jan 1875
3 Milton Frank Vinson b: 31 Aug 1879 d: 1948
3 Joseph Harrold Vinson b: 6 Apr 1883 d: 1939
3 William Elza Vinson b: 7 Nov 1885 d: 14 Jan 1948
3 Robert Lee Vinson b: 20 Nov 1888 d: 1 Apr 1975