Amherst Co., VA Death Register 1853-1895
Transcribed by William Morris Higginbotham
Charleston, WV
12/10/1999
05/1853
Higginbotham, Ann Eliza.
Race: White.
Gender: Female.
Date of death: May 1853.
Place of death: Bedford County.
Cause of death: Flux.
Age at death: 2 year(s).
Place of birth: Bedford County.
Unmarried.
Source of information: Bedford County, page 4, line 9.
Higginbotham, James W., father.
Higginbotham, Ann, mother.
Higginbotham, James W., informant (Father)
03/1854
Unknown Slave.
Gender: Male.
Date of death: March 1854.
Source of information: Amherst County, 1854, page 3.
Higginbotham, Jas L?, owner.
08/1854
Willis Marion Higginbotham
Race: White.
Gender: Male.
Date of death: August 1854.
Place of death: Bedford County.
Cause of death: Typhoid fever.
Age at death: 4 year(s), 11 month(s), 15 day(s).
Place of birth: Bedford County.
Unmarried.
Source of information: Bedford County, page 18, line 3.
Higginbotham, J. C., father.
Higginbotham, Angeline E., mother.
Higginbotham, J. C., informant (Father)
01/1857
Robert, slave, Age:28, Owner:Meeka Higginbotham
01/1857
Nancy.
Slave.
Date of death: January 1857.
Source of information: Amherst County, 1857, page 10.
Higginbotham, M., owner.
06/1857
Nancy, slave, Age:61y, Owner: M. Higginbotham
07/1857
Chas W. Higginbotham
Date of death: July 1857.
Source of information: Amherst County, 1857, page R.
07/1857
Willis B. Higginbotham
Date of death: July 1857.
Source of information: Amherst County, 1857, page R.
12/1857
P. Higginbotham, white male, Age:1y6m, Parents: J. A. & M. M. Higginbotham
02/1858
Armstead, slave, pneumonia, Owner: Betty Higginbotham
05/1858
Victoria, slave, Age:3m, croup, Owner: Joanna Higginbotham
05/1858
Andrew, slave, Age:1y, Owner: A. B. Higginbotham
07/1858
Brittania, slave, Age:44y, Owner: Mrs. M. Higginbotham
08/1858
Edmund, slave, Age:38y, rupture bleed, Owner: A. B. Higginbotham
1859
Mary, slave, Age:1y, Owner: Jas. Higginbotham
01/01/1859
John, slave, Age:36, Owner: Meecha Higginbotham
04/26/1859
Reuben, slave, Age:45, pneumonia, Owner: Meecha Higginbotham
08/05/1859
Jim, slave, Age:22, typhoid fever, Owner: Meecha Higginbotham
03/1860
Betty, slave, Age:6m5d, whooping cough, Owner: S.B. Higginbotham
06/05/1860
Sarah A. Higginbotham, white female, Age:27, fever, Parents: Anderson & Harriet Sandidge,
Husband: (Samuel?) Higginbotham
10/1864
Carter Higginbotham, colored male, Age:16, farmer, typhoid fever,
08/1865
Isaac Higginbotham, colored male, Age:3m
10/05/1865
Nancy C. Royster, white female, Age:55, complications, Parents: A.B. & Mary Higginbotham,
Husband: T.B.Royster
07/07/1866
Absolom Higginbotham, white male, Age:85, old age, Parents: Aaron & Nancy Higginbotham,
Wife: Mary C. Higginbotham
09/30/1866
Daniel Higginbotham.
Date of death: September 30, 1866.
Source of Information: Portsmouth, 1866, page 2, line 77.
04/24/1867
Dovie(?) Higginbotham, colored female, Age:100y, old age, Informant: A.S. Higginbotham, friend
12/23/1871
Margaret Higginbotham, white female, Age:45y, Parents: John & Elizabeth Carter,
Informant: B.S. Higginbotham
01/1873
Addison Higginbotham, colored male, Age: 18, meningitis, farmer, unmarried,
Parents: Archey & Mariah Higginbotham
08/30/1873
Henry Higginbotham. Free
Negro. Gender: Male. Date of death: August 30, 1873.
Place of death: Bedford County. Cause of death: Old age. Age at death: 90 year(s).
Place of birth: Bedford County. Occupation: Laborer.
Source of information: Bedford County, page 4, line 18.
Higginbotham, Unknown, consort.
Ewing, A. M., informant (Friend).
09/11/1874
James Higginbotham, white male, Age:62, heart disease, farmer, Parents: Absolom & Mary
Higginbotham, Wife: Ann Higginbotham, Informant: C. J. Higginbotham, son.
06/04/1875
Magt. Higginbotham
Date of death: June 4, 1875.
Source of Information: Portsmouth, 1875, page 2, line 62.
07/15/1875
Chas. Higginbotham
Date of death: July 15, 1875.
Source of Information: Portsmouth, 1875, page 2, line 63.
08/10/1875
Robert Higginbotham, white male, , Age:83y, Parents:W. & Mary Higginbotham,
Informant: J.A. Higginbotham, son
08/31/1876
Caroline Higginbotham, colored female, Age:22y, consumption, Parents: Chas. & Susan Blair,
Husband: Zack Higginbotham
09/15/1877
Infant Higginbotham, colored male, Age:15d, Parents: James & Jennie Higginbotham
07/10/1878
Infant Higginbotham, colored female, Age:1m, Parents: Chas. & Mary Higginbotham
02/1879
Walter Higginbotham, colored male, Age:7, diphtheria, Parents: Jas. & Jennie Higginbotham
04/1879
Anna Higginbotham, colored female, Age:5, diphtheria, Parents: Jas. & Jennie Higginbotham
04/20/1879
Mary Higginbotham, colored female, Age:4, diphtheria, Parents: Jas. & Jennie Higginbotham
07/01/1880
Lucy Higginbotham, colored female, Age:2y, whooping cough, Parents: David & Courtney Higginbotham
10/1880
Anna Higginbotham, colored female, Age:10y, diphtheria, Parents: Reed & Jennie Higginbotham
03/08/1881
Infant Higginbotham, colored female, Age:7d, Parents: Sims & Eliza Higginbotham
05/27/1881
Wyatt Tucker, white male, Age:61y, heart disease, farmer, unmarried, Parents: Wm. & Harriet Tucker
Informant: Elizabeth Higginbotham, sister
08/20(?)/1882
Infant Higginbotham, white female, Age:3d, Parents: Higginbotham & Sallie (?)
10/01/1882
James Higginbotham, colored male, Age:30y, consumption, Parents: Zack & Polly Higginbotham
Wife: Jennie Higginbotham, Informant: Preston Peters, father-in-law
12/05/1882
Infant Higginbotham, colored female, Age:4d, Father: Plea. Higginbotham
12/25/1882
Not named Higginbotham.
Date of death: December? 25, 1882.
Source of information: Amherst County, 1882, page 1.
04/07/1884
Roane Higginbotham, colored male, Age:3y, Parents: Jas. & Jennie Higginbotham
06/03/1884
Amelia Higginbotham, colored female, Age:6m, diarrhea, Parents: Boyd & Jane Higginbotham
09/25/1884
Elizabeth(?) Higginbotham, white female, Age:70y, paralysis, Parents: Wm. & Harriet Tucker,
Husband: Absalom Higginbotham
03/05/1885
Female Higginbotham, white female, Age:30y, fever, married, Parents: Higginbotham
05/1885
Infant Higginbotham, colored female, Age:1d, Parents: Preston & Martha Higginbotham
06/1885
Arthur Higginbotham, colored male, Age:11y, dropsy, Parents: Jas. & Setissia Higginbotham
07/1885
Lucy Higginbotham, colored female, Age:19y, consumption, unmarried, Parents: Jas. & Setissia Higginbotham
08/20/1885
Ab Higginbotham, white male, Age:68y, unmarried, farmer, Parents: Ab & Mary Higginbotham
11/26/1885
Roderic Higginbotham. Free
Negro. Gender: Male. Date of death: November 26, 1885.
Place of death: Bedford County. Cause of death: Paralysis. Age at death: 70
year(s).
Place of birth: Amherst. Occupation: Farmer.
Source of information: Bedford County, page 2, line 39.
Higginbotham, Wash, father. Higginbotham, Peggie, mother.
Higginbotham, Louisa, consort.
Higginbotham, Louisa, informant (Wife).
04/09/1886
Emanuel Higginbotham, colored male, Age:21y, unmarried, Parents: Jas. & Tissia Higginbotham
05/15/1886
Mrs. Mil(?) Phillips, white female, Age:34y, Parents: Wm. & Susan Higginbotham
02/20/1887
Lillian P. Higginbotham.
Date of death: February 20, 1887.
Source of Information: Portsmouth, 1887, page 3, line 35.
06/08/1887
A.E. Higginbotham, white female, Age:72y, paralysis, Parents: John & Fannie London,
Husband: Jas. Higginbotham, Informant: C. Higginbotham, son
06/18/1887
Infant Higginbotham, colored female, Age:2m, whooping cough, Parents: Boyd & Jennie Higginbotham
09/10/1887
Sallie Higginbotham, colored female, Age:16y, pneumonia, Parents: A. & Julia Higginbotham
09/25/1887
Dick Higginbotham, colored male, Age:10y, pneumonia, Parents: A. & Julia Higginbotham
05/28/1888
Fannie Higginbotham, colored female, Age:27y, pneumonia, unmarried, Parents: Dabney & Rennie Higginbotham
08/05/1888
Unknown Higginbotham. Gender:
Male.
Date of death: August 5, 1888.
Source of information: Amherst County, 1888, page 5.
03/24/1889
Wm. F. Higginbotham.
Source of Information: Portsmouth, 1889, page 4, line 3.
11/01/1889
Va. Reed Higginbotham, colored female, Age:3y, pneumonia, Parents: Jas. & Nannie Higginbotham
11/30/1889
Mariah Higginbotham, colored female, Age:1m, convulsions, Parents: Roy & Mary Higginbotham
05/28/1890
Infant Higginbotham, white female, Age:2m, Parents: A. & Mary Higginbotham
07/04/1890
Louisa Higginbotham. Free
Negro. Gender: Female. Date of death: July 4, 1890.
Place of death: Bedford County. Cause of death: Old age. Age at death: 80 year(s).
Place of birth: Unknown. Unmarried.
Source of information: Bedford County, page 3, line 25.
Brown, Warner, informant (Son-in-law).
07/12/1890
William Higginbotham. Free
Negro. Gender: Male. Date of death: July 12, 1890.
Place of death: Bedford County. Cause of death: Fever. Age at death: 21 year(s).
Place of birth: Bedford County. Occupation: Farmer. Unmarried.
Source of information: Bedford County, page 2, line 50.
Higginbotham, W., father. Higginbotham, Unknown, mother.
Higginbotham, W., informant (Father).
08/24/1890
Mary Higginbotham. Free
Negro. Gender: Female. Date of death: August 24, 1890.
Place of death: Bedford County. Cause of death: Paralysis. Age at death: 60
year(s).
Place of birth: Bedford County. Unmarried.
Source of information: Bedford County, page 2, line 51.
Hughes, Thadeus, father.
12/04/1890
Wm. Higginbotham, white male, Age:18m, Parents: F.H. & Mag Higginbotham
11/22/1891
Lou Higginbotham, colored female, Age:7m, teething, Parents: Roy & Lucy Higginbotham
12/12/1891
Archie Higginbotham.
Source of information: Amherst County, 1891, page 3.
01/04/1892
Sam Higginbotham. Source of
information: Amherst County, 1892, page 5.
03/02/1892
Catherine Higginbotham, colored female, Age:44, cancer, Parents: Moses & Jane Carter
06/01/1892
Marg. Higginbotham, white female, Age:74y, heart disease, Parents: Wm. & Rosemund Ware
06/5/1892
Walter Higginbotham, colored male, Age:2y, whooping cough, Parents: Roy & Lucy Higginbotham
07/04/1892
Sam Higginbotham, colored male, Age:2m, Parents: Higginbotham & Sallie
07/12/1892
Anne Higginbotham, colored female, Age:20y, consumption, unmarried, Mother: Catherine Higginbotham
01/14/1893
Mary Higginbotham, colored female, Age:4y, fever, Parents: Ch. Higginbotham & Sallie
01/14/1893
Fletcher Higginbotham, colored male, Age:5y, fever, Parents: Ch. Higginbotham & Sallie
10/23/1893
Tillie Higginbotham. Source
of information: Amherst County, 1893, page 7.
03/20/1894
No Name Higginbotham. Race:
White. Gender: Female. Date of death: March 20, 1894.
Place of death: Bedford County. Cause of death: Unknown. Place of birth: Bedford
County.
Unmarried. Source of information: Bedford County, page 9, line 16.
Higginbotham, Silas, father. Higginbotham, Altha J., mother.
Higginbotham, Altha J., informant (Mother).
12/11/1894
Sam Higginbotham, colored male, Age:8d, Parents: Wm. & Julia Higginbotham
02/01/1895
Infant Higginbotham, white female, Age:1d, Parents: Luther & Nannie Higginbotham
11/15/1896
Sallie Higginbotham
Source of information:
Amherst County, 1896, page 5.