Daniel
Higdon
Rev
War Soldier
Daniel Higdon was born on August 1,1755 in Chatham, North Carolina the son of Daniel and Priscilla Brantley Higdon. Daniel joined Captain Joseph Johnson's company, a part of Colonel John Collier's regiment which was part of the 1st Brigade commanded by Brig Gen. John Burler. The unit was part of General Gates' army that fought at Ramsey's Mill on Deep River and at Camden, SC. Later, in 1780 Private Higdon fought Tories at Cane Creek and Linsey's Mill as a member of Major Galston's unit. He continued to fight in many NC counties as the Patriots and Tories battled each other.
This culminated at Kings Mountain where he fought under the command of Major (then Col) James Williams. Afterwards, he joined Capt. Matthew Ramsey's company which was part of the 4th NC Regiment. This regiment was part of General Nathanael Green's army which fought at Ninety Six, SC and later at Guilford Courthouse, NC. He remained in Greene's army until the end of the southern campaign. He married Mary Bryant in 1798 in Chatham, NC. Daniel moved his family to Hancock County, Georgia and drew land in the 1827 Land Lottery as a Rev. war soldier. In the 1840’s Daniel and Mary moved to Columbus, GA. After applying several times, he received a pension as a resident of Muscogee County, GA. Daniel and Mary had at least three children according to the pension application. Mahala, born about 1800, Letty, born about 1803 and Rhoda, born about 1806. After Daniels death, at age 91, on December 22, 1853, his wife received a pension of about $66.00 per year (about $2,400 today) until her death. Daniel and Mary are buried in the Providence Church Cemetery located on St. Mary’s Road in Columbus, GA.
Pension application
https://www.ancestry.com/familytree/person/tree/170349898/person/142251586052/fact
https://www.measuringworth.com/
Georgia Revolutionary War Soldier’s Graves,
Arnold H. Ross, Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, Ga, 1993
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