In Aug 1777 he enlisted as a private in the 5th Company, Lower Battalion, Militia. He also served in 2nd Company, Lower Battalion, Militia. He was the son of John Higgins and Johannah Sarah McGruder Higgins.
Inscriptions
Higgis Family Monument
Side 1
Sacred to the Memory of
James Higgins
Born 1732-Died 1816-Aged 84
HIs wife Luraner
Born 1744-Died 1819-Aged 75
James Becraft Higgins
Born 1773-Died 1848-Aged 76
His wife Mary Eleanor
Born 1783-Died1845-Aged 62
Side II
I know that my redeemer liveth
He that believeth in me though he
were dead, yet shall he live
Side III
And to their children
and childrens children.
Transcribed 1936 by Maude Wilson Betts,
with her grandmother, Robert B. Higgins.
Inscriptions
Higgis Family Monument
Side 1
Sacred to the Memory of
James Higgins
Born 1732-Died 1816-Aged 84
HIs wife Luraner
Born 1744-Died 1819-Aged 75
James Becraft Higgins
Born 1773-Died 1848-Aged 76
His wife Mary Eleanor
Born 1783-Died1845-Aged 62
Side II
I know that my redeemer liveth
He that believeth in me though he
were dead, yet shall he live
Side III
And to their children
and childrens children.
Transcribed 1936 by Maude Wilson Betts,
with her grandmother, Robert B. Higgins.
In Aug 1777 he enlisted as a private in the 5th Company, Lower Battalion, Militia. He also served in 2nd Company, Lower Battalion, Militia. He was the son of John Higgins and Johannah Sarah McGruder Higgins.
Inscriptions
Higgis Family Monument
Side 1
Sacred to the Memory of
James Higgins
Born 1732-Died 1816-Aged 84
HIs wife Luraner
Born 1744-Died 1819-Aged 75
James Becraft Higgins
Born 1773-Died 1848-Aged 76
His wife Mary Eleanor
Born 1783-Died1845-Aged 62
Side II
I know that my redeemer liveth
He that believeth in me though he
were dead, yet shall he live
Side III
And to their children
and childrens children.
Transcribed 1936 by Maude Wilson Betts,
with her grandmother, Robert B. Higgins.
Inscriptions
Higgis Family Monument
Side 1
Sacred to the Memory of
James Higgins
Born 1732-Died 1816-Aged 84
HIs wife Luraner
Born 1744-Died 1819-Aged 75
James Becraft Higgins
Born 1773-Died 1848-Aged 76
His wife Mary Eleanor
Born 1783-Died1845-Aged 62
Side II
I know that my redeemer liveth
He that believeth in me though he
were dead, yet shall he live
Side III
And to their children
and childrens children.
Transcribed 1936 by Maude Wilson Betts,
with her grandmother, Robert B. Higgins.
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