Amherst Co., VA Census Records 1820-1880
Compiled by Beverly Morris Higginbotham (1886-1968)
Transcribed by William Morris Higginbotham
Misterhigg@aol.com
Charleston, WV
2001
Amherst Co., VA Census 1820
Aaron Higginbotham After 1775 Farmer
1 female After 1794
1 female After 1804
2 males After 1810
Absalom Higginbotham After 1775 Farmer
1 female After 1775
1 Female After 1804
3 males After 1810
1 female After 1810
George W. Higginbotham Before 1775 Farmer
1 female Before 1775
1 male After 1775
2 males After 1810
1 female After 1810
James Higginbotham After 1775 Farmer
3 males After 1810
James S. Higginbotham After 1794 Farmer
1 female After 1794
Joseph Higginbotham Before 1775 Farmer
Joseph Higginbotham Before 1775 Farmer
1 female Before 1775
2 males Before 1775
Nancy Higginbotham Before 1775 Farmer
1 female After 1794
William Higginbotham Before 1775 Farmer
1 female Before 1775
1 male After 1775
2 females After 1794
1 female After 1810
Amherst Co., VA Census 1840
Aaron Higginbotham After 1780
1 female After 1790
2 males After 1810
1 male After 1820
1 female After 1820
1 male After 1825
1 male After 1830
2 females After 1830
2 males After 1835
1 female After 1835
Absalom Higginbotham After 1780
1 female After 1780
1 male After 1810
1 female After 1810
2 males After 1815
1 male After 1820
1 male After 1830
George W. Higginbotham After 1780
1 female After 1760
1 male After 1800
1 male After 1810
1 male After 1820
1 female After 1820
1 male After 1825
2 females After 1830
1 male After 1835
George W. Higginbotham After 1810
James Higginbotham After 1810
1 female After 1810
1 male After 1835
1 female After 1835
James Anderson Higginbotham After 1810
1 female After 1810
1 male After 1810
1 male After 1835
James S. Higginbotham After 1780
1 female After 1790
2 males After 1835
Robert Higginbotham After 1790
1 male After 1810
1 male After 1820
2 females After 1825
1 female After 1830
Rufus Anderson Higginbotham After 1810
1 female After 1810
1 male After 1825
1 female After 1825
Amherst Co., VA Census 1850
Aaron Higginbotham 62 Farmer $5000 VA
Robert 26 Laborer VA
Benjamin W. 19 Laborer VA
Cyrus 16 Laborer VA
Leanna B. 14 VA
Betsy 12 VA
Absalom Higginbotham Sr. 69 Farmer $4250 VA
Mary 61 VA
Aaron 24 Laborer VA
Paul 19 VA
Mary S. 6 VA
Absalom Higginbotham Jr. 29 Farmer VA
Elizabeth 30 VA
Benjamin Higginbotham 32 Wagoner VA
Margaret 18 VA
Thomas 1 VA
George W. Higginbotham 67 Farmer $2000 VA
Joannah 57 VA
William 27 VA
Nancy 28 VA
Mary 20 VA
Daniel 14 VA
Joanna 9 VA
Paulina 4 VA
Frances 2 VA
James Higginbotham 38 Farmer $370 VA
Ann 35 VA
Elizabeth 13 VA
Edward 11 VA
Mary 9 VA
Clifton 7 VA
Laura 5 VA
Florence 3 VA
Chester 6/12 VA
Mary B. London 25 VA
William A. London 24 VA
James Anderson Higginbotham 36 Farmer VA
Mary M. 30 VA
Robert 62 VA
Sarah E. 16 VA
A.G. (or T.) Male 11 VA
Nat W. 6 VA
F.A. Female 4 VA
Male 6/12 VA
Jas. Higginbotham 39 Farmer VA
Margaret 31 VA
Elizabeth 4 VA
James S. Higginbotham 66 Farmer $4000 VA
Mick Female 51 VA
Martha 20 VA
Thomas 15 VA
Joseph 12 VA
John Higginbotham 32 Farmer VA
Susan 27 VA
William 12 VA
Mariam 9 VA
Sarah 7 VA
Rufus Anderson Higginbotham 35 Farmer $1625 VA
Sarah 31 VA
Mary L. 11 VA
Henry H. 8 VA
Betsy A. 6 VA
Thomas Joseph 4 VA
Pitt A. 3 VA
James Walton 2 VA
Lenora 3/12 VA
Sarah Higginbotham 18 VA
(With Joseph Kyle—Hotel)
Shannon Higginbotham 30 Merchant VA
(Lives at Hotel)
Lindsey Sandidge 65 Farmer $1000 VA
(Son of Benjamin Sandidge)
Glara G. (Graves Higginbotham) 57 VA
Amherst Co., VA Census 1860
Absalom Higginbotham 1781 Farmer $30458
Mary C. 1791
Aaron L. 1827
Sarah A. 1825
Ida L. 1858
Thomas N. 4/1860
Paulina M. 1832
Absalom Higginbotham 1821 Carpenter
Elizabeth 1817
Alexander B. Higginbotham 1818 Miller $8520
Eliza F. 1825
?. R. 1842
Margaret E. 1846
James W. 1849
Cyrus A. 1852
Marion Male 1856
Benjamin S. Higginbotham 1819 Farmer $300
Margaret A. 1832
Mary J. 1845
Blanche 1850
Charles E. 1853
Lucy 1856
George W. Higginbotham 1784 Farmer $14176
Joannah 1794
Mary L. 1832
Daniel 1836
Anna J. 1841
Luther 1856
James Higginbotham 1815 Farmer $14500
Ann E. 1817
Mary A. 1842
Clifton R. 1844
Florence 1847
Chester J. 1850
Rose 1853
James A. Higginbotham 1815 Farmer $1540
Mary M. 1819
Augustus L. 1838
Nathaniel W. 1845
Lena 1847
Rathe Male 1850
Cadmus Male 1853
James H. Higginbotham 1812 Farmer $669
Margaret M. 1818
Catherine M. 1847
George W. 1851
James W. 1853
James S. Higginbotham 1784 Farmer $17780
M.P. Female 1799
Thomas B. 1836
Joseph A. 1840
Laura F. 1845
Joseph A. Higginbotham 1828 Farmer $4448
Rufus A. Higginbotham 1815 Farme r $28586
Sarah E. 1818
Henry H. 1841
Bettie A.C. 1843
Thomas J. 1845
Pitt A. 1847
James W. 1849
Nora J. 1850
Samuel B. 1857
Sidney F. 1858
Sophia Hargrove 1805 (Aunt of Sarah E.)
Amherst Co., VA Census 1870
Aaron L. Higginbotham 1824 Farmer $3100 VA
Ida L. 1858
Thomas N. 1860
Mary C. 1795 Mother $4500
Absalom Higginbotham 1822 Farmer $3800 VA
Elizabeth 1819
Sarah 1840
Benjamin Higginbotham 1820 Farmer $275 VA
Margaret 1830
Thomas B. 1850
Charles E. 1855
Lucy M. 1857
Beulah B. 1866
James H. Higginbotham 1811 Farmer $455 VA
Margaret 1818
George 1851
James W. 1853
James Higginbotham 1812 Farmer $6200 VA
Ann E. 1816
Lizzie 1835 (Widow)
Mary 1862 (Orphan)
Mary A. 1837
Florence 1849
Chaester 1850
Rose 1853
James A. Higginbotham 1818 Farmer $515 VA
Mary M. 1819
Nathan W. 1844
Coon 1849
Cadmus 1853
Robert 1793 (Father of Mary M.)
Joseph Higginbotham 1828 Farmer $1395 VA
Hester 1846
Edwin M. 1870
Rufus Anderson Higginbotham 1814 Farmer $8400 VA
Sarah E. 1818
Thomas J. 1845
Lanora 1850
Samuel B. 1857
Fletcher 1858
Sophia Hargrove 1795 (Aunt of Sarah E.)
William Higginbotham 1823 Farmer $352 VA
Nancy C. 1823
Fannie E. 1851
Lucian P. Male 1853
Paulina 1848
Millie 1858
Amherst Co., VA Census 1880
Aaron L. Higginbotham 1827 Farmer
N. Thomas 1860
Absalom Higginbotham 1822 Farmer
Elizabeth 1817
Ann Higginbotham 1816 VA
Mary A. 1845
Florence C. 1850
Chester L. 1852
Rosa A. 1855
Elizabeth 1840 (Wife of M.P. Rucker)
Minnie C. Rucker 1864
Benjamin Higginbotham 1819 Farmer
Beulah 1867
G. W. Higginbotham 1851 Farmer VA
Rebecca M. 1843
Margaret 1875
James Robert 1878
Georgiana 1880
James H. 1812 Farmer (Father)
Margaret M. 1818 (Mother)
James Higginbotham 1815 Farmer
Marie 1818
Cadmus 1853
Estaline 1855
Augustus 01/1880
James W. Higginbotham 1853 Farmer VA
Laura 1861
Henry L. 1877
Ida R. 1879
Virginia Sale 1840 (Mother-in-law)
Joseph Higginbotham 1828 Farmer
Hester 1844
Edwin M. 1870
Joseph L. 1871
Lula 1873
Mary E. 1876
Hettie A. 1878
Daisy 1879
Kieughn Higginbotham 1850 Farmer
Ada 1861
Lizzie Higginbotham 1818
Fletcher 1859
Nathan Higginbotham 1844 Farmer
Marie E. 1849
Ida K. 1874
Marie F. 1876
Eliza H. 1877
Eula J. 1879
Thomas Higginbotham 1840
William Higginbotham 1823 Carpenter VA
Nancy 1824
Bettie 1850
Pembroke Male 1855
Mittie 1860
William Ware 70 Farmer
Mary 60
Edward F. 26
Alice 20
William 18
Paulina 15
Thomas Higginbotham 40 (Cousin)
Nat Higginbotham 36 Farmer
Minnie E. 31
Ida K. 6
Marie P. 4
Eliza H. 3
Ella J. 1
Keiughn Higginbotham 30
Ada 19
William R. Hill 49 Farmer
Anna J. (Higginbotham) 39
Maggie 19
Rose 16
Orah 10
Joe 8
William W. 3
Florence F. 1/12
Stephen Knight 31 (Half brother)