MS 93
Higgs Family Papers
1837-1925

 

The Higgs family papers contain correspondence, deeds, receipts, account ledgers, notebooks and other financial and legal document of the Higgs family of Weakley and Henry Counties of Tennessee from 1837 to 1925. The bulk of the letters are written to or from Martha Bates Higgs (1812-1873), James A. Higgs (1845-1862), Thomas J. Higgs (1844-1922) and Thomas Clarence Higgs (1873-). Included is a genealogy of the family, a few Civil War Letters, an "Oath of Renunciation and Allegiance" to the United State (1863) and documents relating to the Spring Hill Academy of Henry County where Thomas J. Higgs was a teacher.

 

Box 1 of 2

File No. Title Date

1 Financial Records 1837-1838
2 Financial Records 1840-1849
3 Financial Records 1850-1859
4 Financial Records 1860-1869
5 Financial Records 1870-1879
6 Financial Records 1880-1888
7 Financial Records 1894
8 Financial Records 1900-1908
9 Financial Records 1916-1917
10 Life Insurance Policies 1924
11 Correspondence "Oath of Renunciation and Allegiance" 1863
12 Correspondence Specifications for the Ralston Baptist Church & Methodist Church 1873
13 Correspondence - Thomas J. Higgs School Papers Spring Hill Academy 1868
14 Correspondence 1840-1847
15 Correspondence 1855-1859
16 Correspondence 1860
17 Correspondence 1861-1869
18 Correspondence 1870-1879
19 Correspondence 1880-1888
20 Correspondence 1890-1899
21 Correspondence 1900-1909
22 Correspondence 1910-1919
23 Correspondence 1920-1925
24 Plans and Specifications of the Ralston Methodist Church Unknown
25 Correspondence Unknown
26 Miscellaneous Records Unknown

Box 2 of 2

File No. Title Date

1 Account Ledger (Strawberries) T.J. Higgs 1893-1906
2 Account Ledger (Strawberries) T.J. Higgs 1899
3 Account Ledger (Strawberries) T.J. Higgs 1905-1911
4 Autograph Book - Clarence Higgs 1896
5 Expense Ledger T.J. Higgs 1873-1888
6 Expense Ledger T.J. Higgs 1883-1901
7 Expense Ledger T.J. Higgs 1902-1919
8 School Notebook 1840's-1850's
9 School Notebook 1840's-1850's
10 School Notebook Family Genealogy 1840's-1850's
11 Miscellaneous Notebook  
12 Photograph - Spring Hill Academy  
13 Civil War Bible 1862