1818 - ? 1826 - 1850
James Digby Nancy (Crocker) Digby
James Digby was born about 1818 in Georgia. He married Nancy Crocker (Another source said he married a girl named Nancy who was born about 1822 in South Carolina). One source says that Nancy is supposed to be a Cherokee Indian. Nancy was born in 1826 in Winston county, Mississippi. She died in 1850 in Dallas county, Texas at the age of 23 or 24 (Note: If Nancy died in 1850, she could not have been the mother of the last two children listed. The children may have been the product of a second marriage or there is a problem with Nancy's dates or connection to the family).
Note regarding Nancy (Crocker) Digby's family: Her father was Higdon Crocker; he was born in 1797 in Franklin county, North Carolina. He died in 1845 (at the age of 47 - 48) in Winston county, North Carolina. His wife's name is not known at this point. Higdon and his wife had the following children:
1. Nancy Crocker: She married James Digby.
2. Henry Crocker: He was born in 1828 in Mississippi. He married Jemima Parker.
3. Elizabeth Crocker: She was born in 1830. She married John Reid on Valentine's Day on February 14, 1846 in Winston, Mississippi.
4. Jesse Crocker: He was born in 1841 in Mississippi.
(NOTE: The Crocker family continues to be tracked further back on the "Find A Grave" website. The "Find A Grave" Crocker trail begins with Anthony Crocker. The Crockers were centralized in Devonshire, England (July 26, 1594 and migrated from Cornwell via Barbados Islands to the county of Isle of Wright, Virginia with land purchases being recorded in 1736).
In 1850, James Digby is listed as a carpenter in Attala county, Mississippi. At this time James and Nancy (Crocker) Digby had the following children:
I. Martin Van Buren Digby ("Martin"): He was born in 1843 in Mississippi. His first wife was (1) Susan V. Ledbetter. They had the following children:
A. Mart Digby:
B. Robert:
C. Bert Hendrick: (listed on the 1880 Grimes county, Texas census; not sure of relationship, but listed as a son).
Martin Van Buren Digby's second wife was (2) Elmira Tennessee Barnes; they had the following children:
A. James H. Digby:
B. William Seaborn Digby ("Will"): He married Mattie Minerva Wallace.
C. Claud Digby:
D. (Boy):
E. Alta Digby: She married D McKay.
F. L. Guy Digby:
II. Elizabeth Digby: She was born about 1845 in Mississippi.
III. John Digby: He was born about 1847 in Mississippi.
IV. Emily Digby: She was born about 1849 in Mississippi.
V. Mack Digby: He was born about 1852 in Mississippi.
VI. Naomi S. (Digsby) Gardner: She was born on September 18, 1856. She died on October 11, 1941 (at age 85) and is buried at Fairview cemetery in Bastrop, Texas (Bastrop county) in plot EB-6-21. Her tombstone is pictured below:
In 1850, Frederic Beall was staying with them; he was a 26 year old farmer, born in Georgia. James Digby died in Attala county, Mississippi.
SOURCES:
1. 1850 Attala county, Mississippi census (household # 1244/ 1252. Recorded October 28, 1850 by E.H. Sanders. page # 174, typed number on right side of page).
2. Genealogical query posted by Emily Haire in October, 2002.
3. "Find a Grave" website for James Digby and family.
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