David Greenhill Ligon

1804 - 1855  (50 years)

• Name	David Greenhill Ligon
  Born	6 Apr 1804	Prince Edward, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1855	McDonald Cem, Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Buried	1855	Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Died	21 Jan 1855	Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I16656	mytree
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	William Ligon, Jr.,   b. 1765,   d. 13 Mar 1839, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Leigh,   b. 14 Jan 1764, Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1826, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	28 Sep 1793  [3]
  Family ID	F5956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Greenhill Rice,   d. 1868
  Married	2 Sep 1824	Courtland, Lawrence, Alabama, USA   [2]
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Apr 1804 - Prince Edward, Virginia, USA Married - 2 Sep 1824 - Courtland, Lawrence, Alabama, USA Burial - 1855 - McDonald Cem, Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, USA Buried - 1855 - Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, USA Died - 21 Jan 1855 - Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  David Ligon moved to Courtland, AL in 1823, practiced law, and was a Christian (Campbellite) minister. He was elected to the Alabama legislature in 1825, was elected chancellor of the Northern division of Alabama in 1845, ran for Congress in 1849, was elected associate judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama 1851-53, and was elected a trustee of the University of Alabama in 1854.

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Find A Grave. [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p117. [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p116.