James Bigger

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BIGGER FAMILY
James Bigger had the following children:
-Susanna Bigger. She married Thomas Rice in Prince Edward County, Virginia, March 16, 1807.
-Mary "Polly" Bigger. She married John Carter Prince Edward County, Virginia, April 15, 1806.
-Betsy Coleman Bigger was born January 20, 1780. Betsy died 1851 Smith County, Tennessee, at 71 years of age. She married Simon P Hughes Prince Edward County, Virginia, January 12, 1803. Simon was born January 26, 1778. Simon was the son of John Hughes and Sallie Tarlton. Simon died 1858 Smith County, Tennessee, at 80 years of age. (See Simon P Hughes for the continuation of this line.)

HUGHES .FAMILY
Simon P Hughes was born January 26, 1778. Simon died 1858 Smith County, Tennessee, at 80 years of age. He married Betsy Coleman Bigger, Prince Edward County, Virginia, January 12, 1803. Betsy was born January 20, 1780. Betsy was the daughter of James Bigger. Betsy died 1851 Smith County, Tennessee, at 71 years of age.
Simon P Hughes and Betsy Coleman Bigger had the following children:
Elizabeth Hughes was born Prince Edward County, Virginia 1803. Elizabeth died 1806 Prince Edward County, Virginia, at 3 years of age.
James B. Hughes was born October 12, 1805.
Harriet Hughes was born Prince Edward County, Virginia Prince Edward County, Virginia 1808.
John P. Hughes was born Prince Edward County, Virginia 1811.
George Robert Hughes was born Prince Edward County, Virginia 1822.
William A. Hughes was born Prince Edward County, Virginia
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Thank You !!Sincerely,Mike Hughes

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I show a Thomas Rice marrying Susannah Bigger on 19 Mar 1807. They applied for their license on 16 Mar 1807. Susannah is the daughter of James Bigger who was also surety. Hope this helps.

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Thanks for contacting me. Susannah Bigger is the sister to my Betsy Coleman Bigger who married Simon P. Hughes in 1803. They also have another sister and daugter of James Bigger, her name is Polly Bigger. Polly Bigger married a John Carter in April 1806 in PEC. I would love to share information with you, if you like. I have extensive information on the Hughes, Bigger family. I am also in contact with Hughes relatives that are still in PEC. We have some letters that have been with our family for over a hundred years. Below, I have included one of them for you. This particular letter comes from my 3rd great grandfathers sister in-law Mary Elizabeth Hughes. She married George Robert Hughes, brother to James B. Hughes(my 3rd great grandfather). Her letter mentions relatives with the surname Rice. I have made the connection to William Rice, but not the other two.

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July 5th, 1869

Dear Brother,

As I have an opportunity this evening I will write you a few lines to let you hear from us. I will write a letter of general news. We are all well here at this time. Pattie Hughes has been confined to her bed for 12 months with inflammation of the bladder and is still very bad off. Sister Laura is entirely blind in one eye and can't see but little out of the other. Her daughter Emma has been twice married. Her first husband William Rice died at Point Lookout. Her second husband John Womack the grandson of old Wilkerson Watson. She has a son and daughter. Sister's son Augustus was killed in the army. Old Mr. Joseph Watson and his wife has died in the last six months. Also Mr. Joseph Price and Mr. Sam Thackston. Uncle Jesse Hughes is dead, also Aunt Polly Carter. Well Brother I will tell you of some of my troubles. I lost my dear son Lucius in the army. He died at Staunton River Bridge. And six months before I lost my little daughter Harriette Virginia - Oh Brother I can't express to you what trouble I have seen. I have now nine living children two married. John Robert married Henningham Hughes's daughter. My daughter Ellen married a man from Albemarle. His name is Garland. He is a very nice-industrious-poor man. She has three children. Well I will reckon you will want to know how we are getting along. Very badly I do assure you. We lost our horse two years ago and have not been able to get another and can make no crop therefore have all of our meat and bread to bye and nothing to bye with except what little shoe making Mr. Hughes can do. I have nothing to clothe my children with to send them to school. I have not been able to get anything for myself or children this spring I have not been to preaching but once since the war. Owing to not having no clothes.

Mr. Hughes is very delicate but can't do but little for us but is very sturdy and does the best he can. Jennie my baby when you was here I believe is now grown. So you see it has been a long time since we saw each other. Do you ever intend coming to see us anymore? We are very anxious to see you. If you can't come send one of your sons. I heard one of them passed through Farmville during the war and made inquiries of Cousin Frank Rice's son about us. I would have been very glad to have seen him. Well brother it is now night and my eyes are so bad that I will have to close with all of our best love to you your wife and children. Write to me as soon as you get this.
Farewell Brother
I wish ever to be remembered
Your Sister
Mary E. Hughes

James Bigger leaves 250 acres of land to his daughter Polly, in his 1841 will. A chancery suit ensues after Polly's death, naming the children of John and Polly Bigger Carter. The guardian of her two youngest, John T. Carter and Richard Carter, [Guardian is eldest Brother] bring suit against Lemuel W. and James B. Carter in order to gain possession of their Mother's Dower and land left to her by her Father, James Bigger.

A James Bigger noted in 1701; Matthew Mockobee, Benjamin Webb, William Farmer and Thomas Abney.


John Abbington 27.172 Sep 1 1701 {CA}
Legal note from William Izatt (gentleman) of Hammersmith of Middlesex, England, to George Lingan (gentleman).
Payments: administrator of Maj. Charles Boteler, administrator of John Little, Philip Lawrence, John Payne, Henry Dryden, Daniell Armiger, John Sumers, Thomas Braine, William Marshall, Richard Brooke, Joseph Baker, Gaven Hambleton, John Brome, Fra. Leaffe, Edward Batson, Richard Stallings, Richard Burke, John Willimot, John Burke, Thomas Billingsly, Dr. Keirsteed, Thomas Hart, Arthur Cooke, Daniel Danielson, John Davis, Fran, Billinger, William Grunt, William Rothery, Ninian Beall, Brian Furgist, Richard Jones, Tegoe Tracey, Hugh Montgomery, Baruch Williams, Richard Harthorp, James Ailing, William Tuggwell, Denis Maddin, Benjamin Serwen, David Floyd, John Barrell, Richard Addle, Hugh Jones, Hugh Crawford, William Shaw, Thomas Locker, Patrick Miller, James Stafford, Thomas Cooper, Benjamin Evans, Peter Surges, Jenkin Smith, Joseph Rash, Thomas Gallock, Benjamin Gargill, James Desbrough, Richard Henwood, Thomas Smith, Thomas Marchant, Thomas Beach, George Munrow, Charles Lane, Benjamin Webb, William Farmer, Joseph Cooke, James Mann, Abraham Bird, Joseph Harrison, Edward Jessopp, Hugh Reyley, Henry Rigden, Henry Gwinn, James Bigger, William Head, William Goodman, Mathew Beale, John Peacock, Richard Weller, Seth Biggs, Thomas Hills, Thomas Dryfeild, Charles Crowe, Nicholas Pilkinton, John Patty, Hugh Montgomery, George Curwin, Walter Smith, Michaell Taney, John Bullock, Richard Petty, Robert Grange, John Lidiatt, Jeaper, Robert Biggs, William Nicholls, William Akeroyd, Thomas Tinsley, James Stone, Thomas Swan, Thomas Bridges, George Lingan, William Dent, Mathew Mockbee, Edmond Stow, James Downall.
Mentions: Sir Thomas Abney (knight) Lord Mayor of London, John Hyde (merchant, aged 38), John Abbington (merchant, aged 49).
Witnesses: Alice Abbington, Ales Holmes, John Abbington, Charles Abbington, John Hyde, Thomas Abbington, Samuell Wingfield,

James married Elizabeth Coleman. Elizabeth was born Est 1750, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Mary married John Carter, Sr. 12 Jan 1803, Prince Edward County, Virginia.. John (son of Private Richard 'Tailor' dna [LVCF-89Q] Carter and Susannah LZCR-T94 Bigger) was born Abt 1774, Halifax County, Virginia; died Bef Dec 1840, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Name:
Susannah Bigger married Thomas Rice

Susannah married Thomas P. Rice 16 Mar 1807, Prince Edward County, Virginia. Thomas was born Abt 1780, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Prince Edward County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth married Simon Pendleton Hughes 12 Jan 1803, Prince Edward County, Virginia. Simon (son of John Jesse Hughes and Sarah 'Sallie' Tarlton) was born 26 Jan 1778, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died 1858, Smith County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John T. Carter is also referenced in the Chancery Cause of Samuel Carter and his wife Elizabeth vs. William F. Scott, Administrator of the Estate of Samuel Scott. It appears that Elizabeth, w/o Samuel Carter is the daughter of Louisa Scott and James Whitehead, Louisa being the d/o Samuel Scott. John T. Carter is mentioned as having sold a 'steer' to Samuel Scott, and William F. Scott having paid the balance of $10.00 not paid by Samuel Scott to John T. Carter. Thomas and Jordan Bigger are also mentioned and give testimony in this Chancery Cause of 361 pages.

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/full_case_detail.asp?CFN=147-1857-001#img

John T. Carter has sold his interest in the land[200 a. gifted to Mary, his mother by her father, John Bigger] in the proceedings mentioned, to Samuel Carter, [his brother] the court doth order that Samuel Carter do take lot No.5 containing 47 acres and 24 poles it being the share to which Jno. T. Carter was entitled and which he sold by deed of Record in the clerks office of this court to Samuel Carter and the court doth adjudge order and decree that the costs of this suit be borne equally by the parties Plaintiffs and Defendants.

He [John T.] is also guardian to 2 of his siblings. Lemuel and Elizabeth D. are under 21 at the time of his mother's death, circa 1840

John married Susan F. Morton 14 Nov 1843, Charlotte Co., Virginia. Susan was born 1827, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died Jun 1866, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Name:
James T. Carter is named executor of his grandfather's estate in a will [James Bigger] in 1841 probated in 1843; 2nd Executor John F. Rice, grandson by daughter Susannah Bigger Rice.

James married Mary Davis c 1833. Mary was born Abt 1815, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Grave in Cemetery in Walker Co., Georgia is that of Adaline Amanda Carter; her age is close to Lemuel and all of the other graves can be traced to this family, however she is not mentioned in the Chancery Cause which identifies the other members of this family. This is probably his Sister or Cousin.

Lemuel married Mary Jane Vernon 13 Jan 1850, Walker Co., Georgia. Mary was born 19 Jul 1827, Rockingham Co., North Carolina; died 25 Nov 1850, Lookout Mountain, Walker Co., Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Lemuel married Mary Ann Isabella Meredith 12 Jan 1858, Walker Co., Georgia. Mary was born 17 Sep 1837, Georgia; died 30 May 1909, Lookout Mountain, Walker Co., Georgia. [Group Sheet]

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Elizabeth D. Carter is named as the heir and daughter of John and Mary Carter in a Chancery Suit brought to settle a land dispute concerning her brothers, Richard Y., Samuel, James B., and John T. Carter,[Susan F. Carter, wife dead by 1866 w/3 sons] and her own heirs, by husband George Fowlkes.

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Richard Carter is later described in these chancery documents, as husband of Louisa M. Carter [James H. Martin trustee for Louisa] This is Richard, brother of Elizabeth D.
Marriage Records for Richard Carter and Louisa Martin is:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eazier1/Virginia/PrEdwCoVAMgTo1850-Bride.htm

CARTER, Richard MARTIN, Louisa M 29 Oct 1839
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Other siblings appear to be James B. Carter, John Thomas Carter; Samuel Carter's wife appears as Mary E. Carter in the bankruptcy documents. She states that W. F. Scott is her uncle. W. F. Scott then conveyed the note to James Whitehead, who it appears is her father.
[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=147-1883-012]

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=147-1883-012

Samuel Carter declares Bankruptcy; Samuel Carter made and executed a Deed by which in conveyed to ?Whitehead, now deceased 'all of his household and kitchen furniture, stock, crops of every kind and description then in the said Carter's possession not then exempt under the act of assembly known as the poor debtor's law, also the following debts due the said Samuel Carter, to witt: a debt due by the estate of George G. Fowlkes for two hundred and twenty five dollars with interest thereon from December 25, 1858. A jusgment against W. S. Womack and _ A. Womack for the Hundred Dollars with interest thereon from the 7th day of October 1858 ...

This is the Samuel Carter, s/o John Carter & Mary his wife, connected to his sister, Elizabeth D. Fowlkes. It is George Fowlkes to whom the debt is made. Other parties to this suit are Thomas Biggers, and another debt to S. J. Farrar and A. F. Anderson. W. S. Womack...

Names listed on the front page are Forbes, Davidson, Bigger, Fowlkes, Farrar, Anderson, Womack, Ferguson, Watson. McHaver, Fitzgerald, Scott, Rice, Booker, Whitehead.

-mfe

Died:
James Bigger's Will mentions in a codicil that Elizabeth Carter is dead in 1841.

Elizabeth married George G. Fowlkes 6 Sep 1843, Prince Edward Co., Viriginia. George was born Abt 1815, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died Bef 1868, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Samuel is an underage orphan in the documents of Prince Edward County Chancery and his brother John T. Carter is named his Guardian as well as that of his sister, Elizabeth D. Carter.
By 1850 he is shown on the Census HH85 Samuel Carter 32, Clerk

Samuel married Mary Elizabeth Whitehead 16 Oct 1848, Person County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of James Whitehead and Louisa Henry Scott) was born 4 Jul 1831, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 27 Oct 1896, Prince Edward County, Virginia; was buried , Douglas Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

John married Laura A. Williamson 1 Dec 1838, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. Laura (daughter of John M. Williamson and Martha J. Rudd) was born 1820, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died 20 Oct 1892, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

George married Mary Elizabeth Williamson 19 Jul 1841, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. Mary (daughter of John M. Williamson and Martha J. Rudd) was born Est 1822, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died Aft 1871, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Name:
Wife Sarah Elizabeth Pope (1858-1917)

James married Sarah Elizabeth Pope 29 Apr 1875, Carroll Co., Virginia. Sarah was born 1858, Carroll Co., Virginia; died 1817, Carroll Co., Virginia; was buried , Carter Cemetery Grayson, Carroll County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

When William Noah Carter was born on July 4, 1859, in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, his father, Lemuel, was 40 and his mother, Mary, was 21. He had three brothers and two sisters. He died on March 27, 1890, in Chattanooga Valley, Georgia, at the age of 30.

Margaret married George Washington Parish/Parrish 26 Dec 1886, Walker Co., Georgia. George was born 10 Sep 1852, Walker County, Georgia ; died 22 Jul 1929, Walker County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

'Joe' married Sarah Ellender Rebecca 'Sadie' Baker 29 May 1898, Walker Co., Georgia. Sarah was born 19 Feb 1870, Walker Co., Georgia; died 18 May 1938, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Nancy married George Washington Parish/Parrish 9 Apr 1890, Walker Co., Georgia. George was born 10 Sep 1852, Walker County, Georgia ; died 22 Jul 1929, Walker County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Robert married 'Betty' Elizabeth Malinda Williams 2 Sep 1900. 'Betty' (daughter of Sampson Williams and Mahala C. Parrish) was born 29 Apr 1881, High Point, Walker County, Georgia; died 12 Sep 1973, Walker County, Georgia; was buried , Lookout Cemetery High Point, Walker County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Lemuel is the only child of Elizabeth Carter Fowlkes to be of age when the Chancery Suite is brought in Prince Edward Co., VA; other siblings are named, and as the suite progresses, Lemuel is later called Mumford, rather than Lemuel.

Name:
Wife Jenny McNamara

Notes:

She appears as both Ella and Emma in court documents

James married Kate Overton 20 Apr 1898, Prince Edward County, Virginia. Kate was born 12 Mar 1877, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died 28 Apr 1964, Prince Edward County, Virginia; was buried , Westview Cemetery, Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Married Augustus E.H. Durphey/Durphy in Prince Edward County, Virginia 1872

Notes:

Married William A. Bostick

Notes:

If anyone thinks this Genealogy business is easy, guess again..Found Emma Amanda Womack under the name Mrs. John W. Wamack. Found it though.

Emma married Francis William Rice 22 Feb 1860, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. Francis was born 1822, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died 11 Jun 1865, St. Mary's County, Maryland; was buried , Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Emma married John Wilkerson Womack 27 Oct 1867, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. John was born 6 Apr 1842, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died 23 Aug 1924, Appomattox, Virginia; was buried , Womack Family Cemetery Appomattox, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

William married Mary Elizabeth Bigger. Mary was born 22 Jan 1861, Prince Edward, Virginia; died 20 Apr 1936, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; was buried , Douglas Presbyterian Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

William married Ann Eudora Ashworth. Ann was born 6 Dec 1855, Lunenberg County, Virginia; died Jul 1878, Lunenburg Co., Virginia; was buried , Ashworth Family Cemetery, Lunenburg Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]