Dear Group, I am posting this information again for two reasons. The first is to see if any of my research might be familiar to list members who might be able to help. The second is to help anyone reseaching allied families I have listed. I and family members are looking for ancestral information on others Higgins' in the Pike County area. Specifically for information regarding the Irish County of origin of any of the Higgins' listed here. We feel John Higgins had to have a reason for migrating to the Pike County area once he immigrated to the United States. I apologize for this second post. I hope some of the information in it helps someone. John Higgins' birth date has been variously placed at 1825, 1832, and 1842. Sometime prior to the Civil War he immigrated to the United States and then migrated to Kinderhook, Pike, Illinois. His Civil War records in my possession indicate he was illiterate. An officer witnessed his mark in one instance. These records also simply state he was from Ireland, county unknown. He is said to have built a lot of field stone walls in the Kinderhook, Illinois area. John married Anna Lewton Orin, widow. Her husband was killed in Nashville, TN during the war, apparently from illness. Together they had one son, William. Anna divorced him and remarried to a Howe. John Higgins then disappears kind of. We have found a death registry for a John Higgins from Ireland in Quincy, IL in 1890. He is buried in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery in Quincy. William Higgins married Clara Clutch. Their children were Harry, Florine, Floyd and Lewis. For a while the family resided in Texas where they worked on the King ranch. Harry and Florine married a brother and sister. Their children are double cousins. Floyd Higgins is my grandfather. Floyd married Edna O. Ward and their children were Floyd Wesley Higgins, my father, and Hyla Higgins. The following Higgins' had land patents or warrants issued to them in the Pike County, Illinois area fore services during the War of 1812. Name Date John 3-3-1818 Thomas 5-12-1818 Ezekiel 6-27-1818 Uriah 10-6-1818 John 10-8-1818 (Different from 3-3-1818) Later patents or warrants were issued to: Name Date James M. 11-3-1840 Terence 2-1-1850 and 3-12-1857 Several Higgins' from the area also served during the Civil War. Name Company Regiment Home Town George W. G 5 Cav Perry Richard B. K 16 Inf Barry Edward B 68 Inf Griggsville Daniel B. B 99 Inf Perry Thomas J. D 99 Inf Barry (Distinguished himself during the Battle of Champion Hill during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi.) John H 99 Inf Kinderhook (My gggrandfather) James M. HQ 114 Inf. Griggsville Higgins births and marriages in the Pike County area are as follows: Births Name Date of Birth Parents James Higgins 1847 John Higgins and Ruth ????? Marriages Name Spouse Date Place Dan Higgins Sarah Meek 23 July 1843 Pike, Illinois Daniel B. Higgins Elizabeth R. Crable 24 April 1859 Pike, Illinois James M. Higgins Hatti A. Kneeland 3 May 1860 Pike, Illinois James Higgins Mary Cleveland 21 January 1871 Pike, Illinois James M. Higgins Sarah Burgesser 29 November 1877 Pike, Illinois -- Dave Higgins Eau Claire, Wisconsin Our ancestors are not lost; information about them has been misplaced.