Possible burial.

She was born between 1769-1774, the daughter of Solomon Strickland, Sr. and his wife Amy Pace.

She married by 1800, Madison Co., GA to Robert Higginbotham, who was born about 1770 in Amherst Co., VA.

About 1809-1810, Emily and Robert left Georgia. They reportedly went first to St. Tammany Parish, LA (son Madison Green reported on the 1850 census that he was born about 1814 in Louisiana], but by 1820 they were living in Pike Co., MS:

1820 census, Pike Co MS:
Robert Higginbotham
One male age 26-45; b. 1775-1794 - Robert
One female age 26-45; b. 1775-1794 - Emily
One male 19-25; b. 1795-1801 - Solomon
One male 16-18; b. 1802-1804 - Henry
Three females 10-15; b. 1805-1810 - Latitia, Sophia, Louisa
One male under 10; b. 1810-1820 - Madison Green
Three females under 10; b. 1810-1820 - Lurona, Mary, Caroline

By 1830, they were living in Yazoo Co., MS:

1830 census, Yazoo Co MS
Robert Higginbotham
One male age 50-60; b. 1770-1780 - Robert
One female 40-50; b. 1780-1790 - Emily
One female 20-30; b. 1800-1810 - Sophia? Louisa?
Two males 15-20; 1810-1815 - Henry & Madison Green
One female 15-20; 1810-1815 - Lurona
Two females 10-15; b. 1815-1820 - Mary & Caroline
Two males 5-10; b. 1820-1825 - Thomas & Robert Jr.

Robert died 18 Sep 1831, Yazoo Co., MS.

1840 census, Yazoo Co. MS
Emily Higginbotham
One female age 40-50 [she was actually older]
One male 30-40; b. 1800-1810
Two females 15-20; b. 1825-1830
Two males 15-20 ; b. 1825-1830 - Thomas & Robert Jr.

Emily died in late 1840. Her son Robert, who died 1849, was buried in Glenwood cemetery, as was her son Thomas who died 1859.

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Emily Strickland's children:

1. Judge Solomon Higginbotham, b. 1795-1801, Madison or Clark Co., GA; d. after 1831, probably Madison Co., MS.

OFFICIALS OF YAZOO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
REGISTERS OF COMMISSIONS, Office of the Secretary of State
Register of Commissions 1818-1827
20 Jul 1826 - Solomon Higginbotham, Justice of the Peace

1830 census, Madison Co., MS, p. 91
Sol Higginbotham

Index to Muscogee Co., MS land grants 1827-1852
17 Dec 1830, Madison Co., MS - Charles Polk, Sol Higginbotham's

1831, Madison Co., MS - Solomon was Chief Justice:
Logan Co DB Q, p.481 4 May 1831 Josiah Newman & Nancy J his wife of Mississippi to Gideon Childres of Logan Co. $400 for tract alloted to Nancy as one of the heirs of James Haden, dec'd. Adj George McNeely's head right survey, corner to the Shakers, in the Dower line, Emily Haden's line. 200 acres. Another tract of 25 acres of timberland. Signed: Josiah Newman, Nancy J. Newman. Nancy relinquished dower in Madison Co MS; Solomon Higginbotham, presiding justice of county & Probate court for Madison Co - Chief Justice. Rec. in Logan Co 6 Jun 1831.

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2. Henry Higginbotham, b. 1802-1804, GA; 1835 left Yazoo Co., MS and left the state. In 1840, he may have been the H. Higginbotham in Blount Co., AL.

Probate Box 41. States that Robt. H. Higginbotham died in the month of September in the year 1831. His son, Henry, obtained letters of Administration with the will annexed, and proceeded to sell the personal estate of the deceased on 28 Mar 1832. The widow Emily Higginbotham, was the purchaser and gave her note for nine months, but never paid. The heirs were satisfied. In 1835, the said administrator left the state and has never returned.

1835 - Henry left Mississippi and hadn't returned by 1843.

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3. Latitia Higginbotham, b. 19 Mar 1805, Athens, Clarke Co., GA; m. 23 Jan 1823, Copiah Co., MS to Benjamin Holliday Catchings [b. 30 May 1804, Jones Co., GA; d. 31 Mar 1848, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; buried Georgetown, Copiah Co., MS; son of Joseph Catchings and Mary Holliday]; she d. 26 Jan 1860 in Copiah Co., MS.

1850 census, Copiah Co., MS
Letitia Catchings F 44 Georgia
Thomas J Catchings M 22 Mississippi
Harriett E Catchings F 21 Mississippi
Robert J Catchings M 18 Mississippi
Joseph H Catchings M 16 Mississippi
L Josephine Catchings F 14 Mississippi
Julia S Catchings F 10 Mississippi
William S Catchings M 7 Mississippi
Nancy S Catchings F 5 Mississippi
Benjamin H Catchings M 2 Mississippi
Ellison S Norman M 24 Mississippi

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4. Louraine Higginbotham, b. 1809, GA; m. John Johnson [b. 1795, SC; d. 1850-1860, Yazoo Co., MS]; she d. Jan 1879, Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS.

1850 census, Yazoo Co., MS
John Johnson M 55 South Carolina
Loraine Johnson F 41 Georgia
Louisa Johnson F 10 Mississippi
John Johnson M 8 Mississippi
Robert E Johnson M 5 Mississippi

1860 census, Yazoo Co., MS, p. 1029
L. Johnson, female, 48, planter, $14,200 real estate, $41, 425 personal property (slaves), born GA

1860 census, Yazoo Co., MS, p. 1030
W.D. Gibbs, 21, planter, $70,000 real estate, $69,282 personal property (slaves), born MS
Louisa, 19, MS
John Johnson, 17, MS

1870 census, Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS, p. 314
L. Johnson, 58, farmer, $800, $500, GA
[next door]
W.D. Gibbs, 30, farmer, $17,000, $6,000, MS
L.I., female, 28, MS
Lulla, 4, MS
D.D., male, 1, MS
Josey, female, 7, MS

A lawsuit among her probate papers names heirs:
"W.D. Gibbs, executor of Louraine Johnson's estate - his children all minors: Lula Gibbs, Queensy Gibbs, Washington Gibbs, Jackson Gibbs, & Lee Gibbs, all of Yazoo Co., MS
and
John Johnson, Lou Johnson, Mary Johnson, Catchings Johnson, & Louraine Johnson, all minors of Topiah Co., MS." [These were the orphans of Louraine's son John Johnson.]
...
Louraine Johnson "left a considerable estate".

Louraine Higginbotham Johnson's children:

1) Louisa Johnson, b. 1840, Yazoo Co., MS; m. 1860 to W.D. Gibbs [b. 1839, MS; d. after 1880, Yazoo Co., MS]; she d. 1870-1880, Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS.

2) John Johnson, b. 1842, Yazoo Co., MS; m. Mamie L. __; he d. 1875-1880, Sunflower or Copiah Co., MS.

1870 census, First Supervision Dist, McClenth? Post Office, Sunflower Co., MS
John Johnson M 28 Mississippi
Mamie L Johnson F 25 Mississippi
John Johnson M 1 Mississippi
Sarah Higganbottom F 18 Mississippi

1880 census, Crystal Springs, Copiah, Mississippi
Chs A Head Self M 32 Mississippi
M L Head Wife F 32 Mississippi
John Johnston Stepson M 12 Mississippi
Lou Johnston Daughter F 10 Mississippi
Catching Johnston Son M 8 Mississippi
Mary Johnston Daughter F 5 Mississippi
Lorina Johnston Daughter F 4 Mississippi
Chs Alexander Other M 60 Mississippi
A Enline Other F 50 Mississippi
Chs Maton Other M 15 Mississippi
Ernast Smith Other M 18 Mississippi

3) Robert E. Johnson, b. 1845, Yazoo Co., MS; d. 1850-1860, Yazoo Co., MS.


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5. Sophia Higginbotham, b.c. 1811, St. Tammany Parish, LA; m. Thomas J. Catchings [b. 17 Sep 1806, Wilkes Co., GA; d. 13 May 1883, Vicksburg, MS; son of Joseph Catchings and Mary Holliday]; she d. 1840-1842, Yazoo Co., MS. Sophia apparently had no children.

1837, Madison Co., MS - Thomas was listed.

1840, Madison Co., MS - "There was no administrator until after the death of the said Emily in the latter part of the year 1840. Thos. Catchings became administrator, of both estates."

1850 - Thomas was in Hind Co., GA with a new wife, three children, and fifty slaves.

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6. Louisa Higginbotham, b.c. 1812, St. Tammany Parish, LA; m. Joab O'Neal [b. 1808, TN; 1860 living Yazoo Co., MS]; she d. by 1848, Yazoo Co., MS. She apparently had no children.

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7. Madison Green Higginbotham, b. 1813, St. Tammany Parish, LA; m.c. 1850, MS to Harriet ___ [b. 3 Jan 1828, LA]; he d.c. 1855.

1850 census, Carroll Co., MS
Green Higenbotham 36, Louisiana
Harriet Higenbotham, 20, Louisiana

Madison Green Higginbotham's child:
1) Thomas A. Higginbotham, b. 13 Aug 1854, LA.

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8. Mary Higginbotham, b. 1817, Holmesville, Pike Co., MS

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9. Caroline Higginbotham, b. 1820, Holmesville, Pike Co., MS; m. 13 Oct 1859, Yazoo Co., MS to Joseph R. Moseley [b. 1816; d. 1876]; she d. 27 Jun 1871, Bentonia, Yazoo Co., MS; buried Cannon-Moseley Cemetery, Bentonia, Yazoo Co., MS.

In 1860, Caroline was living with her husband and stepchildren:

1860 census, Yazoo, Mississippi
Jos R Moseley M 44 Virginia
Caroline Moseley F 42 Mississippi
Josephine Moseley F 17 Mississippi
Edwin Moseley M 15 Mississippi
Ann Eliza Moseley F 13 Mississippi

1870 census, Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS, p. 23
Wm Coleman M 22 Mississippi
J R Moseley M 54 Virginia
Caroline Moseley F 48 Mississippi

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10. Thomas Taliaferro Higginbotham, b. 1823, Holmesville, Pike Co., MS; he d. 16 Jul 1859, buried Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS.

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11. Dr. Robert Jasper Higginbotham, b. 1824, Holmesville, Pike Co., MS; d. 29 May 1849, buried Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS.