Granville Co. NC; Hicks from NY; Hicks from VA
[Granville County was formed from Edgecombe County in 1746, this is about the time three Hicks brothers from NY moved to Granville. You will see references to Bute County in the old descriptions of the Granville County district boundaries. Bute County was formed from Granville County in 1764 and it was only in existence for the fifteen year period between 1764 and 1779. Franklin County was formed in 1779 when Bute County was abolished and the counties of Franklin and Warren were formed from it. Vance County was carved out of Franklin, Granville and Warren Counties in 1881.
There are at least two major Hicks Lines that moved to Granville County in the mid-1700s.
1) The first group of three brothers (Robert, Thomas and William) is descended from John Hicks of Jamaica, Queens County, NY. John Hicks (b. 1668) was the son of Thomas Hicks and Mary Butler Washburn. John received a land grant which had been deeded to Richard Butler, his mother's father from Earl of Granville in North Carolina, near a small town named Oxford. This line can be traced back to England through Robert hick who arrived in Plymouth in 1621 whose line goes through Thomas Hicks of Trotworth, England a descendant of Sir Ellis Hicks, who was knighted by Edward, the Black Prince, 1356.
Oxford Township and District: Post office location for Fishing Creek in 1870. The Joseph B. Littlejohn House, Archibald Taylor Plantation, Paschall-Daniel House and Cedar Lawn Plantation (owned by the Marable family) were locate d in the Oxford area.
2) The second group are descendants of Samuel Hicks (Hix) of Goochland, Virginia. Sometime during the year of 1764 Samuel and Diana Hicks moved to North Carolina. We know this from the records of Granville Co. NC. On October 22, 1764, Robert Harris, Snr. Esquire, brother and executor of the estate of Captain Sherwood Harris, Snr., for an unknown sum of money, granted 100 acres of land to Samuel Hicks, Snr. This land was located on Tabbs Creek, Granville County, NC. Two of the witnesses to the deed were Absalom Hicks and Mary Harris Hicks, his wife.
In 1788 we find Samuel Jr. and his son David Hicks living in Tabbs Creek. I assume they moved earlier. Also we fing members of the Parham family and Rives (Reaves) family associated with Hicks in Virginia.
Absalom was married to Mary Harris, daughter of the above mentioned Captain Sherwood Harris and wife Jane. Captain Harris, who died in 1763, owned land on Tuckahoe Creek, St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co. VA during the years 1753-1755.
On November 29, 1769, Granville CO. NC, the Tax List of that county gave the names of Absalom Hicks and Samuel Hicks, Jnr. along with their father, Samuel Hicks, Snr. All three were listed again in 1770, but in 1771 Mary Harris Hicks replaced her husband, Absalom Hicks, who died in March, 1770.
Diana Hix Whitlow, her husband Nathaniel Whitlow and son Solomon Whitlow, moved to Granville County when Solomon was just 3 years old. He gave an affidavit when he was 70 in 1823. The moved close to Samuel, Diana and Nathaniel. His brothers Harris Hicks and Bishop Hicks also moved to Granville Co.
Harris Hicks; married Temperance Sears April 10, 1784 in Granville County, NC. They had nine children.
A. Absalom Hicks, born June 10, 1786. Married Sarah Ann Allen in Warren Co. NC December 7, 1809. Stephen Hester was the bondsman.
B. Jane Hicks, born July 1, 1788. Married Mills Taylor in Granville Co. NC on February 18, 1808.
C. John Hicks, born May 20, 1790. Married Polly Lamar in Granville Co. NC on October 23, 1816.
D. Elizabeth Hicks, born September 1, 1794. Married to Joseph Howell in Granville Co. NC November 26, 1819. Ransom Smith was the bondsman.
E. Willis Hicks, born May 4, 1897. Married Polly Harris in Granville Co. NC September 10, 1817. Bondsman was Anderson Sears.
F. Mary "Polly" Hicks, born January 20, Granville Co. NC. Married Ransom Smith on November 29, 1820, Granville Co.
G. Robert Hicks, born October 17, 1802. Married Sarah Grisham in Granville Co. NC on December 21, 1821.
H. William Hicks, born August 29, 1805. Married Jane Creth in Granville Co. NC on May 17, 1825.
I. Peyton Hicks, born March 7, 1808. Married Eliza Jourdan in Halifax County on April 13, 1831.
The seven children of Bishop Hicks and his wife Caty Jeter was provided by John Thomas Odom, a descendant of Mary "Polly" Hicks, wife of William Allen:
1. Martha "Patsy" Hicks
2. Anderson Hicks
3. Mary "Polly" Hicks
4. James Madison Hicks
5. Josiah Rux Hicks
6. Jeter Hicks
7. Willis Bishop Hicks
Tabbs Creek District: This district was between Fishing Creek and Epping Forest Districts, probably created from the Epping Forest District
See the book, Hicks History of Granville County North Carolina
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NY Hicks Line: William; Thomas; Robert
Another John Hicks (b. 1679, d. ca. 1730) mar. Eleanor Butler (whose maiden name may have been Ellison, not Butler) and had child including the Robert Hicks who was baptized in NY in 1713, mar. Sarah Revis (Reavis/Reeves/etc. - another very confusing surname), and raised a large family in Granville Co. NC; this is the Hicks-Doughty line of Hempstead, NY.
The three brothers Robert Thomas and William (William may be from the Virginia Hicks) moved to Oxford NC a small town in Garnville Co. not far from the Virginia Line where they had land deeds given to them from their father John. (willed to John's father Thomas from Earl of Granville).
Source: Joan Hicks
It is claimed that William Hicks, son of John and Elinor, is the William Hicks who ended up in Granville, NC, along with brothers Robert and Thomas, possibly having first lived in Surrey Co, VA, The dates still seem to me to make this connection questionable but it is evidently widely accepted so it is indicated here. Any descendant of this line would be well-advised to pursue further investigations in original source materal before accepting it.
The following notes are the closest thing I have found to date, offering proof of this theory (They were among the papers provided by Sondra Wakefield and are a photocopy of "Notes on the Hicks Family", Note 45, from , the "Sir Ellis" book which is identified as a source in many cases in this file. See the notes on its reliability.)
"Robert Hicks, (bpt 5-21-1713, Hempstead. LI); William Hicks (bpt 3-28-1725, Hempstead, LI); Thomas Hicks, (bpt 6-19-1726, Hempstead, LI) * * * * *
It is known that around 1740 three men, Robert, William and Thomas Hicks, left Long Island and went to what is now Granville Co, N. C., probably stopping a short while in Surrey Co, VA enroute. The Earl of Granville granted them land near the present site of Oxford. William's grant was dated Mar 5, 1749. * * * *
Ever since "memory of man runneth not to the contrary" there has been a tradition in the several Granville Co branches of the Hicks family that their ancestors were three bothers, Robert, William, and Thomas, who came from Long Island. All evidence points to the conclusion that they were sons of John Hicks and Elinor Ellison and grandsons of Thomas and Mary Doughty (sic - John was a son of 1st wife, Mary Butler. JH) Hicks. There is proof positive that in June 1758 the brothers Robert and William made a trip to Long Island, probably in connection with the settlement of an estate from which they received consderable sum of money on June 26th. Returning on horseback, they reached Oxford in October.
* * * As to Robert, William, and Thomas, quite significantly, except for their baptism and of being named in their father's will, there is no history of the them or of their descendants on Long Island. This indicates that when their prominent and wealthy grandfather, Thomas Hicks, died in 1740 without leaving a bequest to them, they had left home to seek their fortunes. They were then 27, 15, and 14 years old, considered in Colonial times to be of age.
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Additional proof that this Robert and William Hicks of Granville county were the two men who returned in June 1758 to Long Island for a brief stay is that in the N. C. Archives can be found the original of a surety bond among the estate papers of William Hicks, Orange Co, 1827. The bond evidences that in New York on July 3 , 1758, William Hicks, house carpenter of Granville Co, NC, made bond to Robert Hicks, merchant, of the same place. It sets forth that Robert had delivered to William 40 pounds for the use and benefit of John Hicks - an infant - meaning "not yet of age" - the nephew of Robert and the son of William. The bond provided that "before his next return to North Carolina", William would use 20 pounds to purchase a mare "within the Province of New York" and the remaining 20 pounds "in purchase of land in the County of Granville, N.C."
The instrument was signed by William Hicks and witnessed by Thomas Hicks, Esq. Stephen Hicks, and Thomas Hicks, Jr. * * * On July 6, 1758 Thomas Hicks, Esq appeared before Daniel Horsemanden, Esq, a Justice of the Superior Court of New York, and testified to the signing of the instrument by William Hicks. The paper was recorded on Sept 20, 1758, in the office of the town clerk of New York, page 32 of Book 35 of Conveyences.
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Herodias and John Hicks had:
Hannah b. ca. 1638; d. Mar. 1712; m. ca. 1653-4 William Haviland, b. 1618-25; d. 1697. They lived at Newport and
Narragansett, RI and Flushing, NY
Elizabeth b. ca. 1640; d. 1691; m. by Apr. 1672 Josiah/Josias Starr, son of Thomas and Rachel Starr. It is not certain
that Josiah Starr's wife Elizabeth was actually John and Herodias Hicks' daughter. John Hicks called Josiah "son-in-law" in
his will, but the term as used could also have meant that Josiah was John Hicks' step-son.
Thomas b. ca. 1642; will dated May 15, 1727; will proved Jan. 28, 1742 Little Neck, Queens, NY; m1) between Oct. 30,
1658 and 1660 Mary (Butler) Washburn, d. pre. 1677, widow of John Washburn, daughter of Richard Butler of
Stratford, CT; m2) license dated Jul. 1677 Mary Doughty, b. ca. 1658; d. 1713, dau. of Elias and Sarah Doughty of
Flushing. I have seen the surname of Thomas’ first wife as Cornell, but Torrey and other sources give Butler.
Thomas is father of John whose children- 3 sons came to Granville c. 1749.
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The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Lineages, Volume 14, p 9
Mrs. Carrie Jenkins Harris.
DAR ID Number: 13242
Born in North Carolina.
Wife of Cicero W. Harris.
Descendant of Capt. Benjamin Norwood and of Capt. William Hicks, of North Carolina.
Daughter of Robert Alexander Jenkins and Elizabeth Tatum Hicks, his wife.
Granddaughter of Robert Alexander Jenkins and Mary Norwood, his wife; Jasper Hicks and Mary Hicks, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Benjamin Norwood; William Hicks and Elizabeth Ann Tatum, his wife (m. 1778).
William Hicks served as lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment, Continental Line. he commanded a company at Guilford Court House, and his bravery at the battle is a matter of record. He was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., about 1750, and died at Oxford, N. C.
Benjamin Norwood served in the militia at Guilford Court House and was commended for daring and courage. He was born in Virginia, about 1745, and died in Granville county.
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Granville County, NC - Taxpayers, 1788
OXFORD DISTRICT.
Jeremiah Frasier 570 do 1
Thomas Hicks 380 do 1
Allen Howard 200 do 1
James Hilliard 300 do ..
Robert Hicks 530 do 1
Zachariah Hester 150 Surry. 1
TABBS CREEK
William Hicks
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WILLIAM HICKS
Notes:
[Item 1] T.T. Hicks writes that William (Robert Hick Sr's brother) Hicks' will "devised lands to his son Abner, made bequests of slaves and personal property to his daughters, and names his worthy friend Benjamin Hester and his sons, William and Abner, executors." (I think the means William Hick's sons William and Abner, and not Benjamin Hester's sons - TT is sometimes confusing that way) "Sketches of William Hicks, Jasper Hicks, George Harris, James Cress and John Earl and Something of Their Descendants With Comparisons of Present Conditions of Living with Those of Sixty Years Ago." by T. T. Kicks 1926.
[Item 2] (Court records copied from original found in the Orange, CO NC loose paper estate files of William Hicks) incident in 1758. Both records mention Thomas Hicks as witness. In the side margin on the first record is written "bond of Wm Hicks to Robert Hicks for securing a gift to his son John Hicks" In the Body of this record... William Hicks is bound to __ Robert Hicks by __ within written Obligation... sum of fifty pounds Sterling ... I have hereunto set my hand and seal the third day of July 1758. Sig: Robert Hicks.
Then in another record which is much easier to read (=less water marks, and not torn), " ... William Hicks of Granville County in the Colony of North Carolina House Carpenter... firmly bound unto Robert Hicks of the --water mark-- Place Merchant, in the sum of fifty Pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain to be paid to the said Robert Hicks or to his certain attorney Executors...payments will and truly to be made... sealed with my seal dated third Day of July in the thirty second year of the Reign of our love reign Lord George the Second ... 1758 ... "The Condition of the above Obligation is such that whereas the said Robert Hicks hath delivered to the said William Hicks the sum of fourty Pounds Current Money of the Colony of New York." In the side margin "Be it Remembered that on the 6th day of July 1758 personaly appeared before me Daniel ?Horssmander? Esq. (One of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the Province of New York) Thomas Hicks Esq. One of the subscribing Witnesses to this Agreement, and being duly sworne... did declare that he saw William Hicks sign seal & deliver this Instrument as his voluntary act ... and that he the deponent together with Stephen Hicks & Thomas Hicks Jurats ... did subscribe their names as witnesses therto ... order the same to be recorded Signed:Dan. Horsmander/Horsemanden
There is also another record that states that William and Robert were brothers. Seems William sued his brother Robert in about 1783 regarding a Settlement of affairs between the two. Ransone Sutherland, Robert Hester ?of? Ben. Hester, Mary White ?of? Malichiah Reeves, Wm. Reeves were summoned to appear ... dated Nov 6th of that year. Another record dated Jan 7th 1784 Ransone Sutherland Robert Hester William Hicks Ju.n and William Reeves to appear at Harrisbury on the Thursday the 15 Instant to give Testimony in behalf of William Hicks against Robert Hicks in Chancery. Sig: Sherwood Harris. & Another record
dated May 1784 "William Hicks to summon 4 witnesses in your arbitration at Col. Burtons, with your brother Robert Sig: Wiatt Wilkerson. Then another record William Hicks vs Robert Hicks meet at the Tavern of Rob.t Burton Esq. ... it was decided that ... William Hicks recover of the Def.t Rob.t Hicks Eighty three pounds Six Shillings Eight pence, and his costs, dated June the 12th 1784. Sig: John Young, John Taylor, Samuel Smith. In the accounting of William Hicks there is a charge of summoning 6 witnesses in 1783 "in your suit vs your brother Robert for Arbitration at Harrisburg" , then 4 witnesses in 1784, and another charge to summon 5 witnesses in 1784.
Children of WILLIAM HICKS and Mary Meredith are:
i. John Hicks, born 1747 in <Granville Co Nc>; died 1747
ii. William Hicks, Jr., born March 05, 1748/49 in Granville Co NC; died October 18, 1827 in Granville Co NC; married Elizabeth Ann Tatum May 14, 177880
Notes for William Hicks, Jr.: "Several children including Jasper Hicks" (handwritten notes)
iii. Mary Hicks, born 1754 in Granville Co NC; died December 20, 1821 in Orange Co NC; married Rev. Micajah Greenfield Debruler October 11, 1782; born December 30, 175480.
More About Mary Hicks:
iv. Martha Hicks, born 1764 in Granville Co NC; died 1796; married John Tatum Abt. August 01, 1782.
v. Ann Hicks, born 1768 in Granville Co NC; married William Matthews Abt. July 12, 1787.
vi. Susannah Hicks, born 1770 in Granville Co NC; married William Wilkins Abt. July 20, 1784.
vii. Priscilla Hicks, born 1774 in Granville Co NC81; died 1830 in Orange, NC; married Seamore Duncan Abt. November 26, 179282; born 177382; died 182682.
viii. Abner Hicks, born October 08, 1777 in Granville Co., NC; died December 26, 1857; married Elizabeth Harris August 28, 1800 in Granville Co. NC.
After Mary Ann's death he married Mourning Taylor, the widow of John Hunt. They had no children.
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WILLIAM HICKS JR. was b. 5 Mar 1748; Died 28 Oct 1827 (son of William Sr. who was b. 28 Mar 1725, Flushing Queens County New York d. Jul 1799, Granville County North Carolina) Mother was Mary Ann Meredith, b. 1729, Queens County New York
Marriage 14 Mar 1778 m. Elizabeth Ann Tatum, ( b. Abt 1750, Wake County) Granville County North Carolina
notes: Ensign Military First North Carolina Continental Regiment
Children
1. Jasper Hicks b: 1782 in NC
2. John Tatum "Franklin Jack" Hicks b: ABT 1786 in Granville Co., NC
3. James Thomas Hicks Dr. b: ABT 1792 in Granville Co, NC
4. Elizabeth Jane (Jennie) Hicks b: ABT 1779 in Granville Co, NC
5. Alfred Hicks b: 1795
6. Francis I. Hicks b: 1797
7. Howell Tatum Hicks b: 1800
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Abner Hicks Oct. 8, 1777 Granville County North Carolina d. Dec. 26, 1857 Granville County m. Elizabeth Harris
Notes: A church was started and Abner agreed to furnish the land. It was two acres including the use of the spring, which is still known as "The Meeting House Spring". There is a historical marker there now. Abner met his future wife Elizabeth Harris at the Harris meeting house, and married her in 1800 - her 18th year. They had 12 children, 3 of whom died in infancy.
"Sketches..." by T.T. Hicks
"Their first child was William Rufus Hicks, Born December 8th 1801....
2. James, the second child of Abner and Elizabeth Hicks, died in infancy.
3. The third child of Abner and Elizabeth Hicks was Mary A. F. Hicks, born April 4th 1805...
4. George Newton Hicks was the fourth child of Abner Hicks and Elizabeth Harris...
5. John B Hicks, the fifth child of Abner and Elizabeth was twice married. He was born May 29th 1810...
6. The sixth child of Abner and Elizabeth Hicks was Samuel Simpson Hicks, born December 30th 1812; died December 1881
7. The seventh child of Abner and Elizabeth Hicks was Joseph Martin Hicks born April 17th, 1815...
8. Elizabeth H. Hicks, the eighth child of Abner and Elizabeth, was born October 31st 1819, and died October 9th 1846, never having been married. There were two other children of Abner and ELizabeth, Harriet and Keziah who died in infancy in 1817 and 1822.
9. The ninth child of Abner and Elizabeth was Robert A. Hicks. He was born April 22nd 1824; removed to the neighborhood of Youngsville, then called Pacific..
10. The tenth child and youngest of Abner and Elizabeth Hicks was Benjamin Willis Hicks born October 15th, 1828; bought and lived until his death December 30th, 1899, at the William-Abner Hicks home place, which he renamed "White Oak Villa
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HICKS, WILLIAM, aged 77, and a resident of Greene County; private, Virginia Continental Line; enrolled on January 15, 1830, under act of Congress of March 18 ,1818, payment to date from January 4, 1830; annual allowance, $96; sums received to date of publication of list, $16; dropped under act May 1, 1820.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.
Asa HICKS b.1762 Franklin Co. NC:
d.1855 at 93 yrs. old in Greene Co. Al.
+UNKNOWN
Children Asa & ?
1.Tamsey HICKS abt.1792
2.Tilmon HICKS b.8-1797
3.Littleberry ( L.B.) HICKS b. 1801
4.Linney HICKS 1805
5.Linsey HICKS 1810
6.Wright HICKS 1813
7.Harriet HICKS 1816
8.Irvin or Irwin HICKS
+Sally MASSEY EDWARDS HICKS
Child of Asa & Sally MASSEY EDWARDS HICKS
9.Martha HICKS
**1.Tamsey Hicks b.Abt. 1792 Franklin, N.C.
d.Aft. 1850 Pickens, Al. d/of of Asa Hicks and ? INGRAM
+John COTTLES
**2.Tilmon HICKS b.Aug. 1797 d.11-1868
Burried Clinton Greeen Co. Al.
+(1) Polly DRIVER m.Nov 1823 Franklin C0., N.C.
+(2) Martha JONES m.1-23-1843 Green Co. Al.
**3.Littleberry HICKS b.1801 b.1870 Walker Co. Tx.
+Mary EDWARDS b.1806 m. 3-11-1822 in Franklin Co. N.C d/of Sally MASSEY
& Zedikah EDWARDS.
**4.Linney HICKS b.1805 N.C.
+Hardy HICKS
**5.Linsey (Lincey) HICKS b.5 JAN 1811 Choctaw Co., AL d. 2 SEP 1889
Choctaw Co., AL
Burial: United Methodist Church Cem. Cyril, Al.
+Caswell FELTS b. 5 DEC 1803 Raleigh, Wake Co. N.C. m.11-7-1828 Greene
Co., AL.
**6.Harrett HICKS b.July 19 1816 d.Aug 8 1895
+Elis HENDERSON of Green Co. A.
m.Jan. 4 1834 Listed 1850, 1860, & 1870 census Kemper Co. Miss.
**7.George Wright HICKS b.abt.1813 Franklin Co. N.C. d.1855 Newton Co.
Miss. Listed 1840 Newton Co. Miss. as "Rice HICKS"
+(1)Nancy A. TRUSSELL b.1813 Tenn.
m.Jan 31 1834 d.aft.1880 Smith Co. Tx.
**8 Irvin HICKS d.abt.1840
+Sarah Jane HATFIELD m.1834
**9.Martha HICKS
+ _____ DINKINS?
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THOMAS HICKS
"Thomas, a brother of William settled just north of where Oxford now is. His son Iverson succeeded him there and Edward Hubbel Hicks, a son of Iverson succeeded him... [T.T. Hicks 1926]
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ROBERT HICKS (b. c 1710 baptized 1713) m. Sarah Reeves; Moved to Garnville NC c. 1740s; died 1792
Notes:
[Item]
Will made April 15, 1788, proved May Court, 1792. Robert Hicks, Sr., wills to my daughter, Abagail Yancy, a large looking glass, all pictures and maps, silver tankard, 6 large silver spoons now in my possession provided that Thomas Hicks never marries, and also 40 pounds, in hands of Robert Hicks, Jr., also my coopers tools; also all household goods and furniture to my wife Sarah Hicks for her lifetime, and then to my daughter Betsey Hicks the bed and bedstead and all the furniture called her bed, cotton and flax wheels, 2 pair cotton cards, a Negro slave; and to my wife a horse also; to daughter Lucretia Lock and Betsey Hicks, 5 pounds each in the hands of Robert Hicks, Jr. to Abagail Cooper and Luty White, 20 pounds each. Execut: Thornton Yancey, John Young. Wit: Elizabeth Yancey, Wiley Yancey. Inventory, August term 1792, Robert Hicks, Sr., deceased, by Sarah Hicks, Adinstr.
[Item] Granville County NcArchives Deed.....Hicks, Robert - Reeves, Malachi (wife's family)
Written: August 10, 1766; Recorded: August 1766; Granville County, North Carolina; Deed Book K, Page 120
THIS INDENTURE Made the 10th day of August in the Seventh (?) year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the grace of God of great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the Faith &c and in the year of our Lord God one thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Six Between Malleky Reaves of the Province of North Carolina of the one part and and (sic) in the County of Granville and Robert Hicks in the County and Province aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that whereas he the said Maliciah Reaves for and in Consideration of the sum of Seventeen Pounds ten Shillings prochlamation (sic) Money to him in Hand paid by the said Robert Hicks at or before the Sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof he the said Malichy Reves doth hereby Acknowledge hath granted Bargained and sold alliened (sic) Enfeofed released and Confirmed and by these presenc (?) doth Doth (sic) grant bargain and sell allien Enfeoff release and Confirm unto the said Robert Hicks
his heirs and Assigns for ever all that Tract or parcel of Land Situated in the County of Granville in the province afoursaid (sic) Containing by Estimation one hundred Achres (sic) More or less and bounded as followeth to wit Beginning at a white oak in Robert Hicks his line running a westerly course 263 poles to a red Oak nere the Creek 30 yards below Hicks his cart road thence N 90 pole to a hicory Thence 250 pole E to a white oak corner tree thence S 51 pole to the Beginning and also the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents and Services and also all the Estate Right title (sic) Interest Claims and demands Whatsoever of him the said Malliciah Reaves of in and to the said premises and of in and to every part and parcel thereof To have and to hold the said Tract or parcel of Land and premises above Mentioned with the appurtenances unto the said Robert Hicks his heirs and Assigns to the only Proper use an dbehoof of him the said Robert Hicks his
heirs and Assigns For ever and the said Mallechy Reeves for himself his heirs Executors and Administrators doth Covenant & Grant to and with the said Robert Hicks his heirs and assigns that he the said Malichy Reves and his heirs and Assigns the said Tract or parcel of Land and premises against him and his heirs and against all and every other person and Persons whatsoever shall and will Warrant and for ever defend by these presents IN WITNESS whereof the said Malichy Reves hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year above Wrighten (sic)
Signed Sealed & Delivered } Malelchy Reeves (Seal) In Presence of } Abigail Hicks, Lucretia Hicks
Granville County Ss. August Court 1766. This Deed was duly proved in open Court by the Oath of Abigail Hicks a
Subscribing Witness thereto & on Motion it was Ordered to be Registereed - Teste Saml. Benton C.C.
Truly Registered Saml Benton P.R.
[Item 2] From Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina- John Hill Wheeler - 1884: Captain Robert Hicks lived about a mile from Oxford, in 1770.
The family is English, and settled in Brooklyn, New York, in the locality now known as Hicks street. The family was distinguished in England for its courage and ability, and one of them was knighted for his deeds of daring.
Robert Hicks entered the revolutionary army, and was in the battle of Guilford, with the North Carolina militia, where these raw and undisciplined troops were placed by General Greene in the front line, and there, overwhelmed by the British, fled; young Hicks stood his ground, and fought single handed, until nearly surrounded, and after his men had gone a considerable distance, he then escaped and shared, during the remainder of the war, its dangers and its glories.
He died suddenly of a disease of the heart, and left a large family, some of whom still live in Granville.
One of his sons [Robert Jr.'s sons] is a professor of a medical college in New Orleans, and another moved to Arkansas, another, Dr. John R. Hicks, one of the best and purest of men, died not long since, near Williamsboro in this county. The old homestead is now owned by a colored man, whose wife once belonged to one of Captain Hicks daughters. Her husband now owns the home from which her young mistress went years ago as a bride. How strange is the revolution of time and circumstance!
[Item 3] T.T. Hicks [a lawyer] says about Robert Hicks - writing in 1926: "My father told me that two brothers of William Hicks, Thomas and Robert Hicks, came with William from Long Island...
"Thomas, a brother of William settled just north of where Oxford now is. His son Iverson succeeded him there and Edward Hubbel Hicks, a son of Iverson succeeded him...
"The second brother, Robert, settled two miles east of Oxford on what has since been known as the John C. Taylor, later Henry Hester place. His son Robert was the father of Dr. J.R. or Jack Hicks. One of the two daughters of Robert, Jr., Mary married Jasper Hicks and the other, Parker F. Stone. Robert Jr.'s son, John R. Hicks married ____________wood [Rebecca Wood] and settled near Lewis station, the place known as Woodlawn, which has descended through her mother, Mrs. M. V. Lanier, to, and is still owned by her daughter, Martha Chewning. John R. or Jack Hicks was a physician. He settled later about six miles north of where Henderson N.C., now is, and his descendants long owned that land. Dr. Jack Hicks, the last to live there, died about the time of the Civil War. His son, Dr. Robert I. Hicks, then removed to Warrenton Virginia, where he had married and he lived to be old. His son, R. Randolph Hicks, is now a lawyer at 27 William Street, New York City. Another son of Dr. Jack was Samuel D. Hicks, who was a merchant in Washington D.C. and died within the last few years at a ripe old age. Mr. M. V. Lanier, of Danville Virginia married two of the daughters of Dr. Jack Hicks. Mr. Lanier lived and practiced law in Oxford., N.C., more than fifty years, dying early in this century. He was really a great lawyer, having a profound analytical mind. Of these two marriages to Mr. Lanier, there were numerous children..."
Granville County NcArchives Deed.....Hicks, Robert - Reeves, James November 25, 1765; Written: November 25, 1765
Granville County, North Carolina Deed Book H, Pages 112-113
THIS INDENTURE Made the 25th Day of November in the Sixth year of the Reign of
our Sovereign Lord George the third by the grace of God of great Brittain
France & Ireland King Defender of the faith &c and in the year of our Lord God
one thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Five Between James Reaves (sic Reeves) of
the County of Granville in the Province of North Carolina of the one part and
Robert Hicks of the County & Province aforesaid of the other part WITNESSETH
that whereas the said James Reaves (sic Reeves) For and in Consideration of
the sum of Eleven Pounds Current Current (sic) Money of Virginia to him in
Hand paid by the said Robert Hicks at or before the sealing and Delivery of
these presents the Receipt whereof he the said James Reaves (sic Reeves) doth
hereby Acknowledg hath granted bargained Sold Alliened Enfeoffed Released &
Confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell Allien Enfeoff
Releas (sic) and Confirm unto the said Robert Hicks his heirs & Assigns
forever all that Tract or parcel of Land Situate in the County of Granville in
the Province aforesaid Containing by Estimation one Hundred Acres more or less
and bounded as follows to witt (sic), Beginning at a black Jack oak in Hicks
his line thence down another branch a Sotherly new road the old mill thence
from said branch Beginning at a Dogwood from thence a Cross the Hill to a
Sweet Gum on the side of the Mill pond thence across the Mill pond to a Hicory
& to a red Oak thence to a Hicory in the Hord (?) line joining Thomas Persons
his land from thence Bounded by lands of Lawrence Pelliford (sic?) Benjamin
Bass and Robert Hicks to the first Station With Free Priviledg (sic?) and
Good Right to the said Robert Hicks his heirs and assigns forever to build and
Continued as a Mill on the chreek (sic) where the old Mill Stands and also the
Reversion and Reversions & Remainder and Remainders Rents and Services and
also all the Estate Right Title Interest Claim and Demand Whatsoever of him
the said James Reeves of in and to the said premises and of in and to Every
part and parcel thereof To have and hold the said Tract or parcel of Land and
premises abovementioned with the appurtenances unto the said Robert Hicks his
heirs & Assigns to the only proper use and behoof of him the said Robert
Robert (sic) Hicks his heirs and Assigns for ever and the said James Reves for
himself his heirs Executors and Administrators Doth covenant and grant to and
with the said Robert Hicks his heirs and Assigns that he the said James Reeves
and his heirs & Assigns the said Tract or parcel of land and Premises against
him and his heirs and against all & Every other person and persons whatsoever
shall and will Warrant and Forever Defend by these presents IN WITNESS whereof
the said James Reeves hath hereunto set his hand and Affixed his seal the day
& year above Written.
Signed Sealed & Delivered } Abigail Hicks } James (his mark) Reaves (Seal)
in presence of us ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ } Lucretia Hicks }
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Lucretia Hicks was indeed the d/o Robert Hicks and Sarah Reeves as proven by many(many) records filed in Granville CO NC. She married John Locke (huband #3) of Granville CO NC.
There is also some indication (see Granville CO NC records below) that she had been married to 1st Robert Boyd, & marr 2nd to Rowland Jordan.
PER Pg 8 (Pg 331 & 332 of records Bk 1) ABSTRACTS OF THE WILLS AND ESTATE RECORDS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 1746-1808, By Zae Hargett Gwynn, 1973, "Aug 25, 1778 - proved May Court 1782- Will of Robert Boyd - to wife Lucretia Boyd, during her widowhood, 7 negroes, reserving two of them to my son Robert when he marries; to daughters Margaret and Mary Boyd, 100pds. money each; to daughters Margaret and Mary Boyd, 100 pds. money each; to daughter Constant, a negro slave, bridle, saddle and horse valued at 20 pds. and if she die without issue, then to my son Robert; to my children, namely: John, Rachel, and Thomas Boyd, 7 shillings and 6 pence each; to daughter Sarah Boyd, 7 shillings 6 pence; all to son Robert at death of wife that is the portion left her and if he die without issue or if my wife should bear another child, then to that child if my son Robert die without issue, and daughter Constant to be given a share. Exrs: my wife, my friend William Ogelvie, Richard Harris, William Reeves [Jr] Wits: Reuben Searcy, Precilla Harris, Mary Harris."
Pg 46 of this source, Pg 89 of records, ABSTRACTS OF THE WILLS AND ESTATE RECORDS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 1746-1808, By Zae Hargett Gwynn, 1973, - Record of sales of estate of Rowland Jordan [s/o George per another Will record], deceased - Nov. 1774 - sold to Robert Hicks, George Bruce, Michael Wilson by Memican Hunt, D.S.
Pg 100 of this source Pg 439/440 of records
Jan 20, 1783- proved May Court 1785- Will of Lewis Anderson - to his eldest son Shadrack, land and plantation on east side of east fork of Fishing creek, 100 acres bought of Thomas Bradford, a cow and calf, an iron pot, a bed; to my son Lewis, the plantation whereon I live, also a cow and calf, feather bed, a gray horse; the remainder of my estate sold and money given to my four daughters and my granddaughter Liddia Anderson; daughters Elisha Tabourn, Tamor Bass, mary Bass, Sarah Tyler, and Lidda Anderson; my son Lewis is to be guardian for his brother Shadrack and nothing belonging to him disposed of. Exrs: Thomas Hicks, Robert Hester, Wts: Robert Hicks, Jr., John Lock, Lucretia Boyd.
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Granville County NcArchives Deed.....Hicks, Robert - Reeves, William Senr November 2, 1796
January 15, 2012, 5:04 pm
Written: November 2, 1796
Recorded: February 1797
Deed - William Reeves Senr to Robert Hicks
Granville County, North Carolina
Deed Book Q Page 24
2 Nov 1796
Know all Men by these presents that I William Reeves Senr. of the County of
Granville & State of North Carolina have bargained sold & delivered to Robert
Hicks of the County & State before one Negro Man by Name of Tom to the sd.
Robert Hicks his heirs & assigns & I the sd. William Reeves do warrant &
defend the sd. Negro Tom against all & every other person or persons
whatsoever & Witness my hand & Seal this 2 day of Novr. 1796
William Reeves (Seal)
Signd Sealed & Deliverd
in presence of us } State of N Carolina Granville County
Jno. Hall, Wm. Thomason } February Court AD 1797
The within Bill of Sale was duly proven in Open Court by the Oath of John Hall
Esqr. a Subscribing Witness thereto & ordered to be Registered.
Teste A Henderson Clk
Truly Regd M. Satterwhite PR
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ISAAC HICKS (son of Robert)
Isaac Hicks was born in an English Colony in 1758 in Granville County, North Carolina. He was the son of Robert Hicks Sr. and Sarah Reeves. His father was a cooper. He had two brothers and four sisters. Isaac enlisted as a private in Captain John Dickerson's Company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's Regiment of Light Horse, North Carolina Line on April 16, 1776. Isaac was in several skirmishes with the Tories. It seemed that Isaac was the only soldier who had a workable gun in constant use, which was noticed by Nicholis Long, Deputy Quartermaster General. He had Isaac transferred to his jurisdiction. Eventually Isaac was transferred to the Public Shops repairing arms for the Army . He was discharged on October 16, 1778, after serving for two and one half years.
In 1788 Isaac married Elizabeth Hines. She was born in 1763 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. Her father Thomas Hines was a very prominent American Revolutionary War soldier. The Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the Am
erican Revolution published in 1932 by the North Carolina DAR states " Thomas Hines, 2nd Major, Wake County, North Carolina" elected as a member, Common House Of Assembly for Wake County pg 784, Vol xlll Clarks State Records, House Journal, State of N.C., May 1779) owned considerable proper ty in Granville County, North Carolina.
Isaac was a cabinet maker by trade. During Isaac and Elizabeth's thirty five years of marriage theyhad six children; William Hines Hicks, Robert Hicks, Sarah Hicks, Kitty Hicks, and two unknown daughters. On June 21, 1824, in Ogelthorpe County, Georgia Isaac applied for a pension due to his American Revolutionary War services. Isaac was given a pension of eight dollars a month and 228 acres of land in North Carolina Isaac passed away in 1826, the pension ended on September of 1826. (From
the book "The Hicks Still Live" by Max Spangler)
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I think Thomas ?? Hicks might be Thomas Iverson Hicks 1795-1864. He was the son of Thomas Hicks and Constance Iverson Parham Hester Hicks. And Bennett Hester (b 1785) was probably the son of Constance Iverson Parham Hester and her first husband Robert Hester (so he and Thomas Iverson Hicks would be half brothers).
According to the reports, there were four sons of John and Ellinor Ellison Hicks - William, Robert, Thomas, and Ellis. The first three came to Granville County from NY. Abner Hicks (1777-1857) is the son of William. Robert Hicks (junior) is Robert's son, and I think Thomas Iverson Hicks is Thomas's descendent although he may have been Robert Jr.'s brother.
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Sarah Hicks d. of Robert Hicks m. Thomas bell Aug. 7, 1763
In a Pear Tree: The Story of Some of the Parhams in that Tree - Page 33
1987
2.1 ELIZABETH PARHAM m: 7 Bennett b: ca 1760 p: Virginia I found no Bennetts in Granville County in the 1800 census, but ... I think there is little doubt that her husband was David Hicks, who appears in both Granville and Elbert Counties.
Robert Hicks (Jr.?)(1759-1829) m. to Sarah Raven (no dates). I have 10 children
death year of Robt Hicks Jr. - - - do not know what to tell you. The Will is not dated. It was Proved Granville CO NC May Crt 1829 when Abner Hicks (no Jr. designation)and John R. Hicks came forward to open court. Then Aug Court 1829 Granville CO NC James Noel (no Jr designation) also came forward. The 'N' in Noel could be interpreted as an 'H' in this writing, but it definitely looks like an 'N' in the copy of the Will. Then Benjamin Hester came forward Feb Crt 1830 and stated that the Will was written in the year 1826.
Isaac W. Hicks, dob:September 14, 1841,dod: 1861.
He was son of Robert Hicks Jr.of Perry County, KY and Elizabeth Polley, and he was one of 12 siblings. Isaac's brother, William, is my great grandfather. I show no Isaac as son of Robert Hicks, Granville, NC and Winifret Combs Sumner Hicks.
Robert Hicks Jr of Perry County Ky also married Catherine Sweeten and had several children.
Hempstead, Queens, New York
Death: Died April 15, 1788 in Granville, NC, USA
Immediate Family:
Son of John Hicks and Elinor Hicks
Husband of Sarah Hicks
Father of Sarah Mederis/Maderis/Madearis; Abigail or Abigale Yancey; Thomas Hicks; Robert Hicks; Isaac Hicks and 1 other
Brother of Ellison Hicks; William Hicks and Thomas Hicks
HUSBAND
Name: Robert Hicks Sr. [1] Note Born: 21 May 1713 at Hempstead, Queens, NY Married: 1744 at , Granville, NC Died: 15 Apr 1788 at , Granville, NC
Father: John Hicks
Mother: Ellinor Ellison
WIFE Name: Sarah Reeves [5] Note
Born: at Petersburg, , VA
Died: Bet 1792 and 1806 at , Granville, NC
Father: William Rives
Mother: Margaret Burgess
CHILDREN 1. Name: Sarah Hicks
Born: 3 Oct 1746 at , Essex, VA
Died: 1820 at , Bedford, TN
Husband: Thomas Bell
2. Name: Abigail Hicks
Born: 15 Dec 1748 at , Granville, NC
Died: 29 Jun 1809
Husband: William Yancey
Name: Thomas Hicks
Born: 1753 at , Granville, NC
Died: 1791
Wife: Constance Crews
Name: Lucretia Hicks
Born: Abt 1755 at Granville City, Granville, NC
Died: 1806 at , Granville, NC
Husband: Rowland Jordan
Name: Robert Hicks Jr
Born: 1756 at , Granville, NC
Died: May 1829 at , Granville, NC
Wife: Sarah Raven
Robt Hicks Jr. The Will is not dated. It was Proved Granville CO NC May Crt 1829 when Abner Hicks (no Jr. designation)and John R. Hicks came forward to open court. Then Aug Court 1829 Granville CO NC James Noel (no Jr designation) also came forward. The 'N' in Noel could be interpreted as an 'H' in this writing, but it definitely looks like an 'N' in the copy of the Will. Then Benjamin Hester came forward Feb Crt 1830 and stated that the Will was written in the year 1826.
Name: Issac Hicks
Born: 1758 at , Granville, NC
Died: Aft 1824 at , Oglethorpe, GA
Wife: Elizabeth Hines
Name: Elizabeth Betsy Hicks
Born: 1760 at , Granville, NC
Died: at Y
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Showing Descendants of Hicks NY line- the Granville line is from son of Thomas of Flushing:
HICKS, FRANKLIN B. of Macedon Centre, N. Y., b. in West Walworth, N. Y.,June 23, 1859, merchant(m. Feb. 28, 1883, Julia N. Eldredge); son of Elias of Rochester, N. Y., b. in Pleasant Valley, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1825 (m. 1846, Eliz. Howland, a desc. of Henry Howland, brother of John, the Pilgrim); son of Samuel S. of Pleasant Valley, N. Y., b. there Dec. 3, 1795, d. there Mar. 31, 1869 (in. Sep. 4, 1816, Mary Peters); son of Samuel of Pleasant Valley, N. Y., d. in Clinton Corners, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1846 (111. Margaret Dory); son of Joseph of Pleasant Valley, N. Y., b. Aug. 12, 1714, d. Apr. 3, 1803 (m. Margaret Lester); son of Jacob, b. 1669, d. 1755, gr.-father of Elias Hicks, the Quaker preacher (m. Hannah Carpenter); son of Thomas of Flushing, L. I. (111. Mary Washburn); son of John of Flushing, L. I., one of the original incorporators 0f Flushing, Oct. to, 1645, member of the celebrated Hempsted convention that met in Hempsted Feb. 28, 1665 (m. Herodias Long of Eng); was a son of Robert Hicks, who came in the ship “ Fortune," Nov. 11, 1621, to Plymouth and settled in Scituate; he, Robert Hicks, was a gt.-gr.-son of Thomas Hicks of Trotworth, Eng., who inherited his estate from his father, John Hicks, a desc. of Sir Ellis Hicks, who was knighted by Edward, the Black Prince, 1356.
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Another John Hicks (b. 1679, d. ca. 1730) mar. Eleanor Butler (whose maiden name may have been Ellison, not Butler) and had ch. including the Robert Hicks who was baptized in NY in 1713, mar. Sarah Revis (Reavis/Reeves/etc. - another very confusing surname), and raised a large family in Granville Co. NC; this is the Hicks-Doughty line of Hempstead, NY.
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Thomas Hicks and Elizabeth Jordan also. My line goes:
Thomas b 1709 m. Elizabbeth Jordan
Daniel b 1739 m Lucy Butler
Littleberry b 1765 m Agnes Jordan
Gilbert b 1807 m Elizabeth Allen
etc down to me. Gilbert was my gggrandfather.
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From Genealogy.com:
Will of Thomas Hicks, 1775, Duplin NC;
Wife(not named), Rebecca,James, Leonard Borden, Trankful(Thankful), Ann, Laura, Betty, Sarah.
Will of Thankful Hicks, 1785, Duplin NC;
Tillie, Ann Miller, Rebecca Mills, Thankful, Mary, James, Shadrack, Frederick.
ROBERT HICKS warrant dated 30 July 1760 to THOMAS PERSON to survey 700 acres in Granville County near Haralds Creek - including all the Vacant land Between Hicks' own Line, JAS REAVES, JNO SALLIS, and GEORGE .
Captain Robert Hicks Oxford NC 1770 Battle of Guilford under General Greene- from NY
The three totaled 945 acres and all required that Robert Hicks pay to Lord Granville a yearly quit-rent of three shillings
Additional proof that this Robert and William Hicks of Granville County were the two men who returned in June 1758 to Long Island for a brief stay is that in North Carolina Archives can be found the original of a surety bond among the Estate papers of William Hicks Orange County, 1827. The bond evidences that in New York on July 3, 1758
William Hicks Granville 11-28-76 served under four different officers until 1781
Jamaica, Queens County NY John Hicks b. 1668 son of Thomas Hicks and Mary Butler Washburn. He received land which had been that of Richard Butler. issue: Robert; Ellis; William and Thomas wrote his will on 11/12/1727 and named his four sons
Jamestown, Southern Virginia Counties, Northampton County, ...
Mary Louise Donnelly - 2007 -
He had a son HENRY HICKS (U-14) bom in Granville County. His son HENRY HICKS received the 640 acres in Tennessee. According to a Tennessee deed HENRY HICKS had a son WILLIAM HICKS who inherited the Tennessee land.
With his brothers ROBERT HICKS (U-3) and THOMAS HICKS (U-6), he moved to North Carolina, and all three brothers received patents for land in Granville County. On 3/25/1749 WILLIAM HICKS received a patent for 225 acres on the east
THOMAS HICKS received land, which had been that of RICHARD BUTLER ... HICKS (U-3) and THOMAS HICKS (U-6), he moved to North
Carolina, and all three brothers received patents for land in ...
William, migrated to North Carolina, was not their full brother but was their half brother, son of Thomas Hicks by his first wife, Mary Butler, Widow Washburn (Note 21). ... The Earl of Granville granted them land near the present site of Oxford.
My Robert Hicks was the brother of William Hicks and they were the sons of John who died Queens, NY, (as proven by a record filed in the Orange CO NC probate file jacket of William Hicks located in Raleigh @ the NC State Archives) Both Wm. & Rbt. were of early Granville CO NC. This Robert Hicks married Sarah Reeves the d/o Wm. Reeves.
Elizabeth Marable is listed as one of the landowners who was within 4 miles of the Hicks homestead of Thurston Hicks. Thurston Hicks' book "Sketches" has a long list of the property owners within this radius. They include James Crews (husband of Sarah J. Earl and father of James A. Crews), Edward N. Crews (son of James Crews), and George A Harris (father of George Whitefield Harris). Absalom Davis is also mentioned in "Sketches" but in a different connection.
Thurston Hick's father was Benjamin Willis Hicks who was born at Red Garden 4 miles from Oxford, and died at White Oak Villa in Oxford.
"The Earl of Granville granted to the said William Hicks on March 5th 1749, two tracts of land aggregating 502 acres, "Situated on the waters" of Tabbs Creek...Said lands were retained by William Hicks fifty years and devised as above stated to his son Abner."
"The only adjoining owners called for in the deeds from the Earl of Granville to William Hicks were Medlock, Reavis and Tabbs Creek...The will.. names his worthy friend Benjamin Hester and his sons, William and Abner, executors. William Hicks, between the years 1749 and 1799, bought many other tracts of land that he conveyed to his daughters and his son William."
William Hicks and Abner Hicks were the grandfather and father of Benjamin Willis Hicks.
Elizabeth Harris, the sister of George Whitefield Harris married Abner Hicks.
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Samuel Hicks Line: son Absalom Hicks; Harris Hicks
NOTE: Pg 39, GRANVILLE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DEED 1755-1782, Abstracted by Timothy W. Rackley. State Grants. Item 180 (34) No. 137- Governor Richard Caswell to Samuel Hicks, 24 Sept 1779, 50 shillings for every 100ac granted a tract of land cont 640ac in Granville CO on the waters of Tab's Creek; Beg @ Hicks corner Red oak on Reaves' line, running Reaves line West 188 poles to pointers on Cruthcer's line, then his line South 156 poles to a Pine, then his other line West 40 poles to a Red Oak, then to & along Write's line 378 poles South to two Black Jacks, then East 228 poles to a Pine, the to & along Hicks line North to the beg.
NOTE: Pg 66, GRANVILLE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DEED 1755-1782, Abstracted by Timothy W. Rackley. State Grants. Item 339-(140) No. 285 Samuel Hicks corner & line mentioned in a Grant made March 1, 1780 to Thomas Johnston. On waters of Tab's Creek... Beg @ Samuel Hicks corner Pine
NOTE: Pg 67, GRANVILLE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DEED 1755-1782, Abstracted by Timothy W. Rackley. State Grants. Item 340-(140, 141) No. 239 Samuel Hicks line is again mentioned in a Grant to William Moore March 1, 1780. Beg at Joseph Hays' line... Samuel Hicks' line to Thomas Johnston's corner... to Couch's line...
The information you provided appears to be for Thomas Hicks and Thankful Weeks. The children I am looking for are Diana Maria Hicks born 1799 and William Hicks born 1805. I think your information would thus eliminate this "Thomas and Thankful" as being the parents of my ancestors.
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John Lemay Bible Records
Harris Hicks Revolutionary War Pension Aplication
John Hicks was the son of Harris Hicks and Temperance Sears.
He was the grandson of Absolam Hicks and Mary Harris.
He was the great-grandson of Sherwood Harris.
He was born May 20, 1790 Granville Co NC and died before 1853.
Polley F. (Lemay) Hicks must have died between the time her father made his will and the date of probate of the will in July of 1834. The records for John Hicks as guardian for his children's estate begin in August of 1834. The record in Feb. of 1837 states that the Hicks children received the "balance due the wards after paying for guardian bond, cash received of Samuel Lemay, executor of John Lemay deceased in part of ward's legacy".
John Hicks had remarried by 1840 as his household contained a female age 50-60. Where he lived after 1840 or what became of his children is not known. None of the family appear on the 1850 census or later Granville Co NC records.
Granville Co North Carolina Marriage Bond #3865.
John Hicks to Polly Lemay Oct. 23, 1816. Bondsman: David Satterwhite.
He son of Harris Hicks.
Granville County NC Guardian Accounts 1831-1841, p 224 ---- May Court 1835
Patsey, Cathrine, Fletcher, Minerva, Polly Ann and Nancy Hicks in account with John Hicks guardian makes charges from Aug. 1834 and gives balance for wards.
Granville Co NC Guardian Accounts 183l-41, p 270-27l ---- Feb. Court 1836
Martha C., Catherine, John Fletcher and Mary Ann Hicks in account with John Hicks, guardian, charged for board and tuition, credits with cash from Samuel Lemay, plus interest. Minerva Hicks also a ward.
Granville Co North Carolina Guardian Accounts, l83l-l84l, p 302 --- Aug. Court 1836.
Nancy Hicks in account with John Hicks, guardian, gives amount remaining from that received of Samuel Lemay after board and tuition paid.
Granville Co NC Guardian Accounts 183l-41, p 340 ---- Feb. Court 1837
Patsey Hicks, Catherine Hicks, Fletcher Hicks, Minerva Hicks, Polley Ann Hicks, and Nancy Hicks, my children in account with me, John Hicks, their guardian, Aug. Court 1834, balance due the wards after paying for guardian bond, cash received of Samuel Lemay, executor of John Lemay deceased in part of ward's legacy, and again received from Samuel Lemay
May Court 1835 and final amount balanced Jan. l, 1836 put to interest.
Granville County North Carolina Marriage Bonds
Samuel Cottrell to Catharine Hicks March 10, 1840. Bondsman: Thomas Rice.
Witness: J. M. Wiggins. She daughter of John Hicks
George W. Lumpkin to Martha C. Hicks Jan. 30, 1840.
Bondsman: Thomas D. Hays. Bond #3053.
1820 Census Granville Co North Carolina ---- p 31. John Hicks
under 10: 1 m; 2 f 26-45: 1 1
1840 Census Granville Co North Carolina ---- p 140.
10-15: 0 1
15-20 0 2
50-60 1 1
Births of two Hicks children but only the names are legible (Catherine and Martha C.)
John William De La Fletcher was born March 10, 1820.
Manervia Hicks was born Feb. 12, 1822.
Polley Ann Hicks was born Dec. 23, 1824.
Nancy Fullilove Hicks was born Aug. 4, 1826.
John Hicks was born May 20, 1792 (Revolutionary Pension Application says May 20, 1790).
Revolutionary War Pension Application of Harris Hicks, wife Temperance
No W-4989.
Washington Co Virginia ---- July 26, 1853. Power of Attorney to John W. Stevens of Abingdon, VA from William Hicks, heir of Harris Hicks, a pensioner in the State of NC, in right of pension due the widow from March 4, 1836 to Sept. 29, 1848. Said pension in right of the widow of Harris Hicks, viz. "My mother Temperance Hicks who died on Sept. 29, 1848".
State of North Carolina, Orange Co, Superior Court of Law, Fall Term l832.
Before James Martin, one of the judges of the superior court of law and court of equity, appeared Solomon Whitlow, aged 70 years the 22 April 1832, a resident of Person Co NC, declared as follows: That at about the age of 3 years his parents removed from Hanover Co VA to Tabbs Creek, Granville Co NC. That his mother was the sister of Absolam Hicks who had married and settled in the neighborhood of' his father, within a mile or mile and half of him. That said Absolam Hicks died and left three sons, Bishop, Absolam and Harris Hicks.
Bishop Hicks was apprenticed to Thomas Norman, and Absolam and Harris Hicks were
bounds to Harry Melton to learn the "art and mystery” of a blacksmith. Before his apprenticeship was completed, the said Harris Hicks, contrary to the wish of his master, "Eloped" from him and enlisted as a soldier in the U.S. army under John Farrar in a 9 months tour of duty. This affiant has seen the affidavits of Benjamin Hester (0), Zachariah Hester, James Grisham Sr., Thomas Parham (Short) and Agnes Parham his wife, and fully concurs in the statements made by them. This affiant was a soldier with the said Harris Hicks in the tour of Charleston. (Mentioned death of Genl. Davidson, killed at the Catawba). Said Harris Hicks served as a substitute for Jeremiah Frazier Sr. and as pay received a mare and 2 cows and calves. He also served part of a tour as substitute for his uncle, David Hicks, the latter was in service and desired to return home to his family. Said Harris Hicks was without a wife and family, being a "young, active man". Said Harris Hicks returned home with a “very sore leg", occasioned by the kick of a horse while on duty in this tour.
Later he joined the Light Horse, under Capt. John Henderson, Lt. John Dickerson, and Capt. Soloman Walker. Harris Hicks' old master, Harry Melton, told him (Harris Hicks) "if he had not run away from him and joined the army, he would not have had such a sore leg and be obliged to undergo the pain and misery of it --- and wished him to come and work with him in his shop ---telling him that if he would do so, he(?) sutton (?), would learn him a great deal in the Trade, which he had never learned him But Hicks declined". Harris Hicks' leg continued to bother him, and he got "old William Cocke to Doctor it for him and under his care it was entirely cured up--- But it very soon had like to have killed him and it broke out anew and then he felt some relief". Harris Hicks was also under the care of Mrs. Taylor, wife of Col. Joseph Taylor. James Satterfield and Thomas Morris of Person Co attest to the foregoing affidavit. An 1832 affidavit of Rankin McKee of Orange Co NC. Certified that he worked with Harris Hicks as a blacksmith, 12 or 14 years ago.
Sept. 10, 1838, Halifax Co North Carolina
Declaration of Mrs. Temperance Hicks, widow of Harris Hicks, aged 74 years,
re: his Rev. War service. That she married him on April l0, l784, and that he died in August l836. Signed by mark. She appeared before James J. Vaughan, a Justice of the Peace.
James J. Vaughan certified that the following page was cut from her family Bible containing ages of her children.
Absalom Hicks, the son of Harris and Temperance his wife, was born June 12, 1786.
Jane Hicks, daughter of Same, was born July lst, 1788.
John Hicks, son of Same, was born May 20th, 1790.
Elizabeth Hicks, daughter of Same, was born Sept. lst, 1794.
Willis Hicks, son of the Same, was born May 4th, 1797.
Polly Hicks, daughter of Same, was born Jan. 20, 1800
Robert Hicks, son of Same, was born 0ct. 17th, 1802.
William Hicks, son of Same, was born Aug. 29th, 1805.
Peyton Hicks, son of Same, was born March 7th, 1808.
Joseph John Hicks, son of Peyton and Eliza, was born Feb. 10th, 1832.
Elethe Caroline Hicks, daughter of the same, was born Jan. 9th, 1834.
Eliza Hicks, the wife of Peyton Hicks, was born June 16th, 1817
Temperance Hicks, the wife of Harris Hicks, was born Oct. 7th, 1765.
Granville Co North Carolina ---- Nov. 8, 1844.
Declaration of Willis Hicks, a resident of said County, aged 47 years, one of the children and heirs of Temperance Hicks, widow of Harris Hicks, who was a soldier in the North Carolina Militia in the War of the Revolution, and was placed on the North Carolina Pension Roll for Granville County under Act of l832. That said Pensioner was placed on the Pension Roll in May 1834 at $80 per annum. That Pensioner died April 6, l837, leaving a widow Temperance Hicks who died Sept. 29, 184l, leaving the following children surviving her, to wit: the declarant, Willis Hicks, John Hicks, William Hicks, Paiton Hicks, Robert Hicks, Jane Hicks and Mary who intermarried with Ransome Smith, all of lawful age.
"That the original Family Record is lost". Signed by name.
Washington Co Virginia ---- July 26, l853
Declaration of William Hicks, son of Harris Hicks (who received a yearly pension of $96 per year), that wife of Harris Hicks was Temperance Sears, married in l789 in Granville Co NC and they left issue: Absolom Hicks, Jane Hicks, Elizabeth Howell who is dead, Willis Hicks, Mary Hicks, Robert Hicks dead, William Hicks, Peyton Hicks, John Hicks dead.
Granville Co North Carolina ---- Sept. 4, 1838.
Affidavit of John Sears who stated that his sister Temperance Sears married Harris Hicks, Revolutionary War soldier, by Ambrose Barker at a place called Ellis in this county in l784.
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Absalom Hicks Sr. and his wife Mary Harris. The date 20 Apr 1760 is the birth date of one of the daughters Jeani Hicks in St. James Northam Parish of Goochland Co., Virginia as found recorded in the very reliable source commonly called "The Douglas Register". Jeani was baptized on 1 Jun 1760 in that parish as recorded in the above cited reference. Absalom Hicks, Sr. and his wife Mary Harris had another daughter Diana Hicks entered in the same record, "The Douglas Register". Her date of birth was given as 5 Dec 1761 and her baptismal date as 7 Mar 1762. She was obviously named for her grandmother (Absalom Hicks, Sr.'s mother, Diana "Willis" Hicks). The oldest known child to me thus far was Bishop Hicks born 1756 whose year of birth is calculated from his age that is given in the Granville Co., North Carolina Orphans Courts Records where in Bishop Hicks and his brother Harris Hicks are assigned by the court to others so that each may be taught a trade. Bishop Hicks would be the oldest of the children of Absalom Hicks Sr. and his wife Mary Harris. Absalom Hicks Sr. and Mary Harris were married abt. 1755 in Goochland Co., Virginia. Their son Nathaniel Hicks was b. abt. 1758 while Harris Hicks year of birth is confirmed as 1762 from the Orphans Courts Records as is Bishop's. I also have all of the Revolutionary War records of Harris Hicks that confirm his year of birth also. The other two known children of Absalom Hicks Sr. and Mary Harris were Absalom Hicks, Jr. b. abt 1763 and Willis Hicks b. abt. 1765. Both of these brothers removed to Christian Co., Kentucky.
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Wills:
Granville County:
1772: Samuel Hicks, Diana, Solomon, Bishop, Samuel, Henry
1792: Robert Hicks Sr., Sarah, Betsey, Lucretia, Cooper, Abigail
1797: William Hicks, Mourning, Abner
Unregistered Wills: 1770: Absalom Hicks, Mary (wife)
1763: Will of Sherwood Harris mentions his daughter, Mary Hix
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TAX PAYERS IN GRANVILLE COUNTY, 1788.
TABB’S CREEK DISTRICT
Samuel Hicks 200 Gr.
Hardy Reaves 200 Gr.
William Reaves 257 Gr.
William Hicks 293 Gr.
Frederick Reaves
William Parham 130 Gr.
John Parham 774 Gr.
Nathan Whitlow 50 ... .
David Hicks 103 ...
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there were nine children of Jonathan White, probably all by his first wife Faith. Four sons are mentioned in his will, and two others, John and Henry, are identified by receiving legacies from the estate. Daughter Mary and possibly an unmarried daughter Fatey brings the total known or suspected children to 8 out of 9 indicated from the settlement of Jonathan White ‘s estate. Issue: (1) Mary, born ca. 1730, married (1)Frederick Homes ca. 1746, married (2) Thomas Bradford. (2) John White, born ca. 1732, married Mary Bradford bef. 1763, died Chatham County, N.C. 1799. (3) Jonathan, born bef. 1735, married bef. 1777 Martha (___), died intestate or moved from Granville County between the census of 1790 and 1800. (4) William, born bef. 1739, married bef. 1773 Mary (___). (5) Henry, born bef. 1739, married Jemima Harris, died Granville County 1776. (6) Burgess, possibly moved to Davidson County, Tenn., before 1784 when a Burgess White was mentioned on a land grant. (7)Philemon, possibly the same Philemon who died in Granville County in 1803. (8) possibly, Fatey mentioned as Fatey White in the will of Robert Hicks in Granville County, and who was possibly named for her mother Faith White.
BISHOP HICKS
Bishop Hicks (not to be confused with Willis Bishop Hicks) was the son of Absalom Hicks. John T. Odom, Mena, Arkansas believes that Bishop was born shortly after Absalom and Mary Harris Hicks moved to Granville County, NC. When Samuel Hicks (Absalom's father) wrote his will, the only child of Absalom's that was mentioned was Bishop Hicks. The will was dated 1770 so Bishop was at least 21 years old that year. Bishop Hicks was horse breeder.
[Nov. 21, 1771 – Bishop Hicks, orphan of Absolem Hicks, bound to Thomas Norman to become a “taylor”.]
Bishop Hicks married Catherine "Caty" Jeter around the year 1780. Caty was the daughter of Samuel Jeter and Mary Dudley and was born ca. 1759, making her approximately 21 years old at the time of her marriage to Bishop.
By 1790 Bishop and Caty were living in Granville County, NC. They were listed in the Census in that county, and also witnessed a deed in Granville County that year.
On August 4, 1795, Samuel Jeter (Caty's father), distributed his property by deeds of gift. He gave Caty two slaves, Lucy and Delia. He also gave a slave named Bob to his grandson James Hicks, Caty and Bishop's son,"reserving the use of said Bob to Bishop Hicks and his wife Caty until grandson James comes of age of 21 years".I thought James might have been the oldest son but John Odom says that Anderson was the oldest.
Bishop Hicks was not listed on the 1796 Tax Polls, Granville County, which means that by that time they were in Wake County.
The Jeter Mosaic by Grata Jeter Clark states that "after Samuel Jeter's death Mary Dudley Jeter moved to Wake County, North Carolina where her daughter Catherine "Caty" Hicks and her son Dudley Jeter then resided".
Land records of Wake County show that Bishop Hicks acquired a large tract of land on Horse Creek, Newlight District in that county. He died intestate in September of 1798. The attached Estate papers of Bishop Hicks show that he was by no means a poor man. He owned at least 450 acres of land and his seven slaves were valued at $1700.00.
Willis Bishop Hicks was the youngest child of Caty and Bishop having been born approximately eight months prior to his father's death. In the Hicks Family Bible his date of birth was recorded as January 22, 1798.
On March 28, 1801, Caty Jeter Hicks, Bishop's widow, married Jehu Lowery. Wake County Probate Records show that Jehu and Wm. Allen were guardians of Caty's minor children.
According to Settlement of Estate Records, Book Nine,1809-11, Wake County, the tract of land near Horse Creek, Newlight District, owned by the late Bishop Hicks, was partitioned among eight heirs, as follows: Mary "Polly" Allen (wife of William Allen), Martha "Patsy" Allen (wife of Benjamin Allen), Jeter Hicks, Josiah R. Hicks, Willis Bishop Hicks, James Hicks and Caty Lowry.
You will note in the Estate Papers that Jeter is sometimes called Jethro and sometimes Peter; Willis Bishop is sometimes referred to as William B. Hicks.
Caty Jeter Hicks had a brother, Barnett Jeter, who apparently never married. When he made his will August 31, 1823, Caty and her children were among those tho were named as heirs to a portion of his estate. The children were listed as Anderson Hicks, Jeter Hicks, James Hicks, Josiah Hicks, William (the usual error) Bishop Hicks, Patsy Allen and Polly Allen.
The information on the seven children of Bishop Hicks and his wife Caty was provided by John Thomas Odom, a descendant of Mary "Polly" Hicks, wife of William Allen.
1. Martha "Patsy" Hicks
2. Anderson Hicks
3. Mary "Polly" Hicks
4. James Madison Hicks
5. Josiah Rux Hicks
6. Jeter Hicks
7. Willis Bishop Hicks
1 Bishop Hicks d: 1810 in Wake County, NC
+Catherine Jeter
2 Willis Bishop Hicks
+Dorothy B. Nance m: November 26, 1821 in Wake County, NC
2 James Hicks
3 Mary E. Hicks b: November 15, 1832 d: Bet. April 07 - 09, 1893 Burial: Forrestville Baptist Church, Forrestville, Wake Forest District, Wake Co. NC
+David W. Allen m: Bet. March - May 28, 1868
2 Josiah R. Hicks
+Prissilla Jones m: January 29, 1819 in Wake County, NC
2 Jeter Hicks
2 Anderson Allen Hicks
+Jane Crenshaw m: October 26, 1820 in Wake County, NC
2 Martha Hicks aka: Patsey/Patsy
+Benjamin Allen
2 Hicks
+William Allen
MARTHA HICKS
Martha "Patsy" Hicks, oldest child of Bishop Hicks and wife Caty Jeter, was born in 1786. She married Benjamin Allen who was born in 1774. Benjamin was the son of George Allen who was born in 1743 and died in 1835. No further information.
ANDERSON HICKS
Anderson Hicks, second child of Bishop Hicks and his wife, Caty Jeter, was born in 1788. He married Jane Crenshaw in Wake County, NC on October 26, 1820. Anderson, along with his two brothers, Willis Bishop Hicks and Josiah Hicks, and their sister, Mary "Polly" Hicks Allen with her husband and children, left North Carolina and migrated to Georgia during the winter of 1825-26. Anderson left Georgia and moved to Clarke County, AL in 1832 or 1833. Rev. T. H. Ball, in his Clarke County Alabama and Its Surroundings, stated that Anderson died shortly after arriving in Alabama. This was apparently so, because when the 1840 Clarke County, AL was taken, Jane was head of the household.
Jane Crenshaw Hicks, widow, age 30-40; one male, age 5-10 (Robert Covington Hicks); Two males, age 10-15 (Wm. C. H. Hicks and James J. Hicks); one female, age 5-10 (Mary A. Hicks); one female, age 10-15 (Louisa J. Hicks); and two females age 15-20 (Catherine Hicks and Sarah E. Hicks).
Anderson Hicks and Jane Crenshaw had seven children who lived to be grown. They are listed as follows:
1. Sarah E. Hicks 5. Louisa Jane Hicks
2. Martha Ann Catherine Hicks 6. Mary Ann Hicks
3. William C. Harrison Hicks 7. Robert Covington Hicks
4. James Jeter "Swampy" Hicks
MARY HICKS
Mary "Polly" Hicks, third child and second daughter of Bishop Hicks and Caty Jeter, was born in 1788. She married in Wake County, NC on October 12, 1807, William Allen, born in 1781. William was a brother of Benjamin Allen who married Martha "Patsy" Hicks, first daughter of Bishop Hicks and Caty Jeter.
John Thomas Odom, a descendant in this Hicks/Allen line, said that after February 10, 1826, the William Allen family left Wake County, NC and moved to Fayette (later Campbell) County GA before March 22, 1826.
According to Deed Cook 7, Wake Co. NC, on February 10, 1826, William Allen of Wake Co. NC granted 50 acres of land to Lewis Jones of Wake County.
on March 22, 1826, William Allen of Fayette Co. GA appeared before William Richards, Justice of Peace of that county, and appointed Peter Wynn of Wake Co. NC his lawful attorney, to sell 50 acres of land on Horse Creek, Wake Co. NC, said land belonging to William Allen, and being a part of the tract of land which was sold to Lewis Jones on February 10, 1826.
Mary Hicks and William Allen had five daughters and four sons, all born in Newlight District, Wake County, NC.
1. Cyrus Allen 6. Candis Allen
2. Stith Lee Allen 7. Julia Ann Allen
3. Mary Allen 8. William Benjamin Allen
4. Milton Allen 9. Narcissa M. Allen
5. Elizabeth Allen
JAMES MADISON HICKS
James Madison Hicks, fourth child and second son of Bishop Hicks and Caty Jeter, was born in Wake County, North Carolina in 1790, according to John T. Odom. So, he was not the oldest son after all. James married Elizabeth Gill in Wake Co. North Carolina on December 16, 1812 and they had at least seven children.
1. Latha Lucy Hicks; married Wyatt Mangum January 21, 1836 in Wake County, North Carolina.
A. Elizabeth Mangum; married Clinton Rogers and had a son.
a. James F. Rogers
2. James Anderson Hicks; married Sarah Sneed in Wake CO. NC on November 19, 1840. James died in 1863, and since he and his wife Sarah had no issue, she inherited one-half of his estate, with his brothers and sisters inheriting the remainder.
It was from the estate papers of James Anderson Hicks that John Odom learned the names of James' brothers and sisters.
3. Aradney Annie Hicks; married William H. Ward on April 22, 1841 in Wake County, NC.
A. John C. Ward B. James A. Ward
4. Laura Cassandra Hicks; married John W. Estes October 13, 1842, Granville Co. NC.
A. Mary A. Estes; married Clinton Emery.
B. Laura H. Estes
5. Alfred Burton Hicks; married Rowan Bailey March 28, 1843 in Wake Co. NC.
6. Fabian Lucius Hicks; married Hadvega Anderwald (born in Poland) on May 1, 1858, Bandera Co.Texas.
7. Mary Elizabeth Hicks; married David W. Allen in Wake Co. NC on March 28, 1868.
JOSIAH RUX HICKS
Josiah Rux Hicks, fifth child and third son of Bishop Hicks and Caty Jeter, was born in Ragland District, Granville County North Carolina on September 21, 1792.
Josiah married Priscilla J. Jones on January 29, 1819 in Wake Co. North Carolina. She was born March 31, 1801 in Wake Co., North Carolina, the daughter of Lucy Ann Waller and Henry Gray Jones of Southhampton County, Virginia.
Priscilla's brother, Henry Covington Jones, who was born in Wake County also, married Sarah "Sallie" Davis, daughter of Enoch Davis, Sr (see chapter on Sarah Davis in the Davis Section of this book).
Priscilla Jones' sister, Julia Ann Jones, married Solomon Wilder Portis, and their daughter, Lucy Ann Portis, married Malachi Stabler. Malachi had a sister, Ellen Janie Stabler, who was married to Thomas A. Cook November 16, 1872. In 1878 Thomas and Ellen had a son, Thomas Malachi Cook, who was married to Addie Belle Clark (see chapter on Lettie Ann Kennedy and Abasalom Clark in Kennedy Section of this book).
Also, Thomas A. Cook had a brother, Samuel Bernard Alexander Cook, who married Ada Byron Davis (see chapter on Johnson Davis in Davis Section of this book).
When Priscilla's father, Henry Gray Jones, died his widow, Lucy Ann Waller Jones, relinquished the right to be the Administrator of her husband's estate. This duty was granted by the Court in February of 1819 to Josiah Hicks, Henry and Lucy's son-in-law. Josiah's securities were his brother, James Madison Hicks, and his brother-in-law, William Allen, husband of Mary Polly" Hicks.
Josiah and Priscilla moved their family to Clarke County, AL in 1827 and he died there October 21, 1836. Priscilla died February 27, 1851. They are buried in Spinks Cemetery, Grove Hill, Alabama.
Josiah and Priscilla lived in the Lower Peach Tree Precinct of Wilcox County and they had the following eight children:
1. Joseph Oscar Hicks
2. Martha Ann Hicks
3. Henry Gray Hicks
4. Catherine Hicks
5. David Payne Hicks
6. Cassandra A. Hicks
7. Emma Delia Hicks
8. Aradney Elmira Hicks
JETER HICKS
Jeter Hicks, son of Bishop Hicks and Caty Jeter, left home at an early age, according to a letter from Fabius Haywood Hicks to Robert Covington Hicks of Sulphur Springs, Texas. Jeter settled in Missouri and raised a family there. One of his sons or grandsons was the "famous weather prophet". The letter also stated that Jeter Hicks became a Presbyterian minister (see attached copy of letter).
History buffs will recall that the State of Missouri remained in the Union, but some residents joined the Confederate Army. One of the latter was John Nelson Hicks, son of Jeter Hicks. This fact must not have sat too well with Thomas E. Hatcher, Clerk of the Marion County Court in Missouri. John Nelson Hicks was supposed to administer his father's estate but his whereabouts were unknown, and Hatcher stated....... it is generally supposed that he is in the Rebels or so-called Confederate Army.......
Before settling in Missouri, Jeter Hicks lived in Wake Co. NC according to John Thomas Odom. Wake County Deed Book 6, p.120, shows that he sold land on January 9, 1819. He then moved to Washington County, Tennessee, and from there, went to Missouri, as far as we know.
Jeter Hicks married Julia A. D. Nelson. In the 1850 Census his occupation was listed as "Miller", with no mention of his being a Presbyterian minister, as Fabius Haywood Hicks stated in his letter.
Jeter Hicks, miller,age 53
Julia A. D. 49
Martha L. 17
John N. 15
Samuel K. 13
Catherine E. 11
Ann J. 7
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Willis Bishop Hicks who married Dorothy B. Nance near Horse Creek, Newlight District, Wake Co., NC, and came to Clarke Co., AL in 1836. His father was Bishop Hicks b. circa 1740 in Granville Co., NC, d, 1798 in
Wake Co., NC. He married Catherine "Caty" Jeter. His father was Absalom
Hicks, who was born in Henrico Co., VA circa 1733 and married Mary Harris.
He died in Granville Co., NC in 1770. Absalom was the youngest son of Samuel
Hicks, Sr. and Dianah Willis, also of VA. Samuel Hicks, Sr. was probably a
son of Henry Hicks of Goochland Co., VA.
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Nina,Willis' father and mother were Goulder andAbigail Oaks Hicks.They had 10 ch:Joseph,David,William,Andrew,Nancy,Willis,your ancestor),Elizabeth,Samuel,Sarah,Delbert.
Goulders' father was "Big" Sammy Hicks and his wifes name was said to be Sarah (possibly Harmon)They had 9 ch probably:
David,Goulder,Samuel (little Sammy),Harmon,
William,Sabra
Big Sammys'father was David Hicks the original settler in Valle Crucis and the banks of the Watauga river.
I detailed a long list of spouses and children and then was cut off from Ancestry
so lost ,this is much abbreviated DON
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Muster roll for John Sallis' company of the Granville County Militia, including cover letter from Sallis to Arthur Dobbs
Sallis, John
September 06, 1755
Volume 22, Pages 365-366
GRANVILLE COUNTY.
The Muster Roll of a Company of Foot in the Regiment of Granville, commanded by the Subscriber, taken Sept. 6th, 1755.
James Mitchell, Acting Lieut.
Soloman Howard.
Jacob Perry, Acting Lieut.
Jonathan Barrett.
Henery Howard, Acting Ensign.
Christopher Osborn.
John Banes, Sergeant.
Christopher Harris.
Jesse Parker, Sergeant.
William Carey.
William Hicks, Sergeant.
Benjamin Ryans.
Richard Harris, Corporal.
Thos. Bradford.
William Jordan Corporal.
Robert Bandy.
Henery Jordan, Corporal.
Jeremiah Frazier.
Thomas Morris, Corporal.
Jeremiah Cleton.
Thos. Newbey, Corporal.
James Hembree.
George King, Drummer.
James Bandy.
Peter Perkins, Drummer.
Sherwood Harris.
Robert Hicks.
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Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of Harris Hicks W4989
Temperance fn63NC
Transcribed by Will Graves
[fm p. 16] State of North Carolina, Granville County: Superior Court of Law Fall Term 1832
Personally appeared in open Court this 5 day of September A.D. 1832 Benjamin Hester 1
(O) who being duly sworn according to law doth depose, Testify and declare as follows viz.
That he has long known Harris Hicks of the said County and State, who was bound apprentice to the Blacksmith's trade under Harry Melton upon the death of his father of the said Harris Hicks. That he was serving his apprenticeship when the War of the Revolution broke out and it being understood that if an apprentice enlisted in the Army his indentures were canceled Harris Hicks eloped from his said Master and Enlisted I think under Captain John Farrar I belonged to the same detachment which was marched to Peytonsburg in Halifax County, in the State of Virginia. We were he re drilled & mustered for about four months and discharged on furlough as no pressing call required our further Service at that time. Harris Hicks was a Private in this detachment. We were shortly afterwards called upon and marched to the South. Harris Hicks Joined the detachment and we were marched through South Carolina where we halted about a Week within Ten Miles of Charleston S. Carolina and were
marched thence to Purysburg [Purrysburg] on the Savannah River. After various duties here and theadjoining Country we were marched up that River to Golphins' Mills [sic, Galphin's Mill]. While we were stationed at Purysburg the Battle of Briar Creek took place. The year I cannot remember but we were under the Command of General Lincoln [Benjamin Lincoln]. The British having crossed Savannah River, we retreated before them to Dorchester in South Carolina, at Bacon's Bridge within
about 20 miles of Charleston. The enemy having turned & encamped at Stono we were marched in pursuit of them and then the affair at Stono took place. The enemy have retreated toward Savannah River, we followed them as far as Dorchester where we halted. Our term of Service having nearly expired we were marched to Sheldon Hill where, upon its completion we were discharged. Harris Hicks came home with this affiant after having completed his full tour of nine months service in this
Campaign in addition to the four months Tour at Peytonsburg as before stated.
This affiant testifies that he served with Harris Hicks another tour of three months duty and we were marched & stationed in Charleston S. C. Zach Hester a Cousin of this affiant who is now living also performed the same month tour. Harris Hicks and Zach Hester, having performed the full term of three months service were discharged three days before the attack was made on that city which eventuated in taking it and all our men as Prisoners & this affiant, who had enlisted for another tour after the discharge of his said comrades, among the rest.
This affiant also served another tour of th
ree months duty with Harris Hicks. In the course of
this Service our detachment was marched to and joined the American Army under General Greene
[Nathanael Greene] at the Catawba [River]. We were present at the engagement in which General
Davidson [William Lee Davidson] was killed, at the attack of Tarleton's light Horse upon our men in
Mrs. Tarrance's Lane. From these disasters we retreated in confusion to the Yadkin [River] & thence to
Halifax C. H. and Charlotte C. H., Virginia. From this place this affiant was dispatched to North
Carolina for more troops, and agreeably to orders joined the forces that had collected at Granville old
Court House under General Butler [John Butler]. From this place we marched after the enemy through
Hillsboro to the High Rock on Haw River at which place Harris Hicks, his term of service of three
months having expired, was discharged- but this affiant engaged in another tour of duty and remained
in the Army.
This affiant has not seen Harris Hicks for several years, nor since he has lost the use of one side, and the power of speech as he is informed & believes. Harris Hicks must be not less than 70 years of age.
The foregoing is a recital of all of the Service of Harris six which comes within the personal knowledge of this affiant. He has no doubt that performed various other Service but is unable to Statetheir own.
S/ Benjamin Hester (O), X his mark
[fn p. 18] Zachariah Hester2
being duly sworn according to law, testified & declares that he knows very well Harris Hicks spoken of in the foregoing affidavit of Benjamin Hester (O) that he was a Soldier and performed various service in behalf of his country during the War of the Revolution, but he has no personal knowledge of any particular Tour of duty except the one spoken of by the said Benjamin
Hester (O) in his affidavit aforesaid when the said Benjamin Hester, Harris Hicks & this affiant were marched from Granville County and were stationed in the town of Charleston South Carolina as before stated. That a very short time before the attack upon and capture of said City this affiant and Harris Hicks having performed our term of service were discharged and we ca
me home to North Carolina together– leaving our Comrade Benjamin Hester (O) in said town, he having engaged for another tourof service.
Upon further consideration this affiant declares that he remembers another tour of Duty of three months he believes this was as a substitute for Jeremiah Frazier Senior– subscribed & sworn to in open court 5th September 1832.
S/
Zachariah Hester, X his mark
[fn p. 11] State of North Carolina Granville County: Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions August Term A.D. 1832
William Hargrove Searcy a Resident of the County & State aforesaid came into open Court and being duly sworn, according to law and upon his oath Testifies & Declares that Harris Hicks a man about his own age or perhaps a little younger was a soldier of the Revolution and a Private in the Expedition to Raft Swamp in the summer of 1781– and that he left him on duty when he this affiant obtain leave to quit the service & came home on account of sickness. That tour of the Soldiers from this County of which Harris Hicks was one was for 3 months on this Expedition – Subscribed & sworn to 11th of August 1832
[fn p. 12] State of North Carolina Granville County: Superior Court of Law Fall Term 1832
Personally appeared in open court this 7th day of September A.D. 1832, James Grisham Senior
3
who being duly swor
n according to law, doth, depose, Testify and declare as follows viz.
That he is a Citizen resident of Granville County a little more than
seventy-three years of age– That he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War– and among other service he performed a
three months tour at Harrisburg in Granville County at Work in the Public Factory at that place– Harris Hicks a resident of Granville County but who is deprived of the use of speech by a visitation of Providence, performed a like tour of Duty
at the same place and in the same business.
The superintendent of the Establishment was Captain Batt Birdsong– upon the expiration of our Term of service the said Harris
Hicks & myself were discharged and we went home. This affiant further Testifies that he knew that said Harris Hicks
performed several Tours of service in the Army and one he well remembers was as a substitute for three months service he believes for Jeremiah Frazier Senior. This affiant knows the fact that Harris Hicks took the place of said Frazier and marched off with the detachment to which he belonged but he does not know that the whole Tour was performed. This Tour was for a period
anterior to that at Harrisburg. For this affiant assisted the said Harris Hicks to drive & carried from the house of the said
Jeremiah Frazier Senior [several words
written over and illegible]
mare [?] and two cows & calves
which he had received from said Frazier for
taking his place as a substitute as aforesaid.
The said mare & cows & calves were carried and left with Bishop
Hicks the brother of the said Harris, who is now dead.
This Affiant further Testifies that after the close of the revolutionary War he lived in the same County & within a few miles of said Harris Hicks. That said Hicks had a very soar leg, and that he was after unable on account of it to do his ordinary labor; and further that although he has no personal knowledge of the time or manner in which he received the said injury in the leg, yet he well remembers that it was the universal understanding & belief of all the neighbors of the said Harris Hicks
that said in jury was received & occasioned by the kick of a horse while in service in the Army.
He further declares that said Harris Hicks
was at times much afflicted by the pain & soreness of
his leg: and that he on one occasion he saw
him at the house of old Colonel Joseph Taylor at Harrisburg
near Granville Court
House. That Mrs. Taylor the wife of the said Joseph Taylor was very skillful in
curing such ulcers, and she was then engaged in doctoring and administering to him for the cure of his
soar leg
–
but how long
he remained there this affiant is unable to state.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 7th September 1832 S/
James Gresham[fn p. 14]
Henry Wilson a Citizen of Granville County aged
sixty- eight
years the 16th of November 1832
who being duly sworn according to law, in open Court testified an
d declares as follows viz.
That during the Revolutionary war, but the year he is unable to state he volunteered as a private
in a company of Infantry from Granville County under the command of Isham Harris as Captain Joseph
Johnson Lieutenant and John East
[could be John Earl
]
as Ensign. This tour was for three months, and when our Company reached Cross Creek now Fayetteville, we were placed under the command of Colonel Stephen Moore then of Caswell County and General Caswell was commander in Chief of the
whole detachment consisting of about seven hundred men
–
We were kept on duty during the whole term of three months in and about our place of
rendezvous and in Randolph and the adjoining Country, nor were we out of the State during this Tour
as well as he can recollect.
During the whole of this tour Harris Hicks, a citizen of Granville who is afflicted by a severe dispensation of divine Providence and who is a little older than this affiant was a private in the same
Company and performed his duty as such. The year
of this service he cannot recollect, but he knows it was before the British Army invaded the State of North Carolina. Upon the completion of their term of service we were discharged at a place called the Cross roads in Randolph County.
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court this 7th day of September 1832 S/Henry Wilson, X his mark
[fn p. 19] Thomas Parham 4 makes oath that heis well acquainted with Harris Hicks: that he is about two years younger than said Harris – That said Hicks was born and raised in Granville County and still resides therein– That said Hicks was repeatedly on duty in the American Army as a private Soldier in the Revolutionary War– That he saw him on several occasions when he returned home from tours of duty.
That onone tour this affiant served as a Brother Soldier with him. The company was raised in Granville County, but whether said Hicks was a volunteer or was drafted he is unable to state – But he knows that he himself was drafted, and that his Captain was Isham Harris & his Lieutenant was _________Moore. The tour of duty was for 3 months. We were marched to Hillsboro, where we were placed in a Regiment which was commanded by William Moore as Colonel Elijah Moore as Major. The
detachment was commanded by General Butler – we were marched to the Yadkin River where we were stationed for 2 or 3 weeks then marched through Salisbury to the Waxhaws in the edge of South Carolina our duty was principally to watch and restrained the Tories in their depredations upon the Whigs – and we were called in various parts of the country round about to do duty.
During the whole of this Tour Harris Hicks was a private in the same company with me, and a messmate with me, performed duty as such and faithfully served his time out– as a valiant & dutiful soldier should do. To the best of the recollection, for
he cannot speak with assurance of its certainty, this tour was in the year 1779 – we were discharged at Bell's Mill upon the completion of our tour of duty.
This affiant further certifies that he was at home when the war ended upon the capture of Cornwallis and when the said Harris
Hicks returned from a Tour of duty to the Raft Swamp below Fayetteville. He further certifies that in the Tour before mentioned to the Waxhaws, the said Harris informed him & he has no doubt of the truth of the fact for it was mentioned to him and other soldiers in the Camp that he had received a kick from the horse of one of the wagons on his leg and he was present and saw the wounds before it was bound up. That the injury was so great that said Hicks was unable to perform duty for some time, and was carried when the detachment moved from place to place in one of the wagons. How long it was before he was able to do duty, this affiant is unable to state, but he well knows that the leg of the said Harris Hicks continued to be very painful and distressing to him immediately after the close of the war and for a great many years afterwards, nor did he know until this day he has been so informed that the leg of the said Harris Hicks continued to be a distressing and painful one to him until about a year after the awful visitation of Providence in the privations of one whole side of him and of the use of speech, since which time he learns the leg has cured up.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day & year above stated day he has been so informed that the leg of the said Harris Hicks continued to be a distressing and painful one to him until about a year after the awful visitation of Providence in the privations of one whole side of him and of the use of speech, since which time he learns the leg has cured up.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day & year above stated.
[fn p. 21]
Personally appeared in open Court now sitting at Oxford this 7th September 1832 Richard Glasgow 5 a resident of Granville County, aged about 77 years, and who has this day made & sworn to a declaration for a pension as a soldier in the room Revolution under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, who being duly sworn according to law, in open Court, certifies and declares as follows viz.
That in the nine months Tour which I have described in the said declaration in which I marched to the Savannah River and was stationed at Purrysburg and after the completion of said Tour our company was discharged at a place called the Sisters [Two Sisters Ferry], that Harris Hicks was a private in the same company to which I was attached that he marched with us, performed his tour with the melody, as a good Soldier was in duty bound to do and was discharged with the balance of the
Company at the Sisters upon the Completion of our term of Service.
This affiant further certifies that he performed part of another tour of 3 months service at the public factory at Harrisburg in Granville County. It was partly if not entirely under the contract & management of a man who was named Batt Birdsong. He certifies that Harris Hicks was there in service in the same factory at work as a Blacksmith, but how long he served this affiant is unable to state.
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court the day & year above. S/ Richard Glasgow, X his mark
[fn p. 22: Agness Parham,
67, wife of Thomas Parham
(Short) and
a cousin of Harris Hicks, also gave a
supporting affidavit as to her understanding of th
e services and injury of Hicks in the
Revolution
.]
[fn p. 23:
The Reverend James Harvey Harris and the Reverend Shadrach Parrish also gave supporting
affidavits as to the character and rep
utation of the veteran.]
[fn p. 26]
State of North Carolina Orange County: Superior Court of Law Fall term A.D. 1832
Personally appeared in open court now
held
for the County and State aforesaid at Hillsboro
before the Honorable James Martin one of the Ju
dges of the Superior courts of Law & Court of Equity
for said State, Solomon Whitlow,
6
aged
seventy
years the 22nd of April 1832, who is a citizen and
resident of the County of
Person and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law in open
court, doth
on his oath, depose, testify and declare as follows viz.
That at about the age of
three
years his parents removed from Hanover County in the State of
Virginia and settled on
Tabbs
Creek in the County of Granville & State of North Carolina. That his
mother wa
s the sister of Absalom
Hicks
who had married and settled in the neighborhood of his father
and
within about a mile or mile and a half of him
–
That said Absalom
Hicks
died and left 3 sons,
Bishop
Hicks
, Absalom Hicks, and Harris
Hicks–
Harris Hicks was bound apprentice to Thomas
Norman
, Absalom
Hicks
and Harris
Hicks
were bound to Henry Melton to learn the art & ministry of a
blacksmith. That before the completion of his apprenticeship, the said Harris
Hicks
contrary to the
wish of his master, escaped from him and enliste
d as a Soldier in the Army of the United States under
John
Farrar
in a
nine
months tour of duty
–
This affiant has seen the affidavits of Benjamin Hester,
Zachariah Hester, Ja
mes Grisham Senior, T
homas
Parham (Short) and Agnes
s
Parham his wife and
fully concur in the statements made by them
of the services of the said Harris
Hicks
in the
revolutionary War so far as they stat
e it in the tour
before spoken of in this Certificate,
–
and of a
three
months tour at Charleston South Carolina, of a
three
months, to the Waxhaws in South Carolina, of
another
three
months tour to the Catawba at the time General Davidson was killed at the
Catawba, and
of his discharge at the High rock on Haw River as stated by t
hem, also
as to another Tour of 3
months
duty in the Public
Factory at Harrisbu
rg. This affiant was a soldier with the said Harris
Hicks
in the
Tour to Charleston that to the Catawba just before the battle of Guilford, and that in the factory at
Harrisburg, and knows of his own knowledge that the said Harris performed his duty in thos
e tours as a
faithful soldier should do
–
And although this affiant did not serve in the other Tours mentioned in said
affidavits, yet he well remembers that said Harris
Hicks
, being a young active man without a wife or
family or other encumbrance, he was, w
ith but little or at least very short animation in service, almost
in constant service in the Army either by draft or as a substitute
–
This affiant well remembers that he
performed a tour of 3 months duty for Jeremiah Frazier Senior but where he was calle
d in this service,
he is unable to say but he knows
that said Harris received of the said
Frazier a mare a
nd 2
cows and
calves for taking his place in the Army. He also remembers that Harris
Hicks
performed part of another
tour as a substitute for David
Hicks
his uncle
–
David
Hicks
was in service and desirous of going home
t
o his family. A tour of Harris had just expired and he was prevailed upon to take his uncle's place and
did so for some compensation but what this
affiant cannot remember
–
The Term of service of Harris 6
in this Tour this affiant thinks was for 2 months.
This affiant remembers the
tour spoken of by Thomas
Parham (Short) to the Waxhaws and thinks it was for 3 months. He is
en
able
d
to recollect of this tour,
but does not
remember the year it was performed, from the fact that, that upon his return home
from
this tour, said Harris
Hicks
had a very
sore leg which it was said and believed by every person was
occasioned by the kick of a horse while on duty in this tour. By r
est and care and proper application his
leg was so far cured as to enable him very shortly again to end of the Service which he did
–
and this
affiant
is confident that a tour was performed by said Harris
Hicks
in the light horse,
which
he does
not
rec
ollect to have been stated in any of the affidavits he has seen. This affiant th
inks that Harris
Hicks
went out
at this time in the light horse but whether he was under Captain John Henderson an
d John
Dickerson Lieutenant or shortly after that under Solomon Walker as Captain
this affiant is unable to
state with any sort of confidence
–
but he is confident that he did per
form a tour of duty in this
light
Horse.
This affiant further remembers that after th
e close of the war upon the capture of Cornwallis,
Harris
Hicks
returned home from a tour of duty in the South Eastern part of North Carolina against the
Tori
es. He
also remembers that
his leg still continued at this time to be very sore. He remembers
hearing a conversation after the close of the war between Harris
Hicks
& Henry Melton his old master
–
Mel
ton told
him if he had
not run away from him and joined the Army, he would not have had
such a
sore
leg
& be ob
liged to undergo the pain &
misery
of it
–
and wished him to come &
work
with him in
his shop
–
telling him that if he would do so, he Melton, would learn him a great deal in the trade,
which he had never learned him
–
But
Hicks
declined it
–
This affiant
well knew & was
familiar
ly
acquainted with Harris
Hicks
as long as he
this affiant continued to live in Granville
–
and knows that
his leg continued to be very sore and painful to him during that time
–
often becoming so bad as to
prevent him from work. He remembers that he got old William
Coke
to Doctor it for him and under his
care it was entirely cured up
–
But it very soon had like to hav
e killed him and it broke out a
new
and
then he felt some relief
–
He also remembers that Harris
Hicks
was under the care of Mrs. Taylor wife
of Colonel Joseph Taylor Senior as stated by James Grisham in his affidavit
–
and he believes that he was under the care of some others for the same purpose, but whom he cannot remember.
Sworn to & subscribed in open
Court this 11th day of September A.D. 1832
[signed Solomon whitlow]
was under the care of some others for the same purpose, but whom he cannot remember.
Sworn to & subscribed in open
Court this 11th day of September A.D. 1832
[fn p. 31:
On September 10, 1838 in Halifax County North Carolina, Temperan
ce
Hicks
,
74,
widow of
Harris
Hicks, filed for a pension under the 1838 act stating that she married Harris
Hicks
April 10, 1784; that her husband died in August 1836 and that she has remained his widow.]
[fn p. 33: family record]
Absalom Hicks, the sum of Harris & temperance his wife was born June 12, 1786
Jane Hicks daughter of same was born July 1st 1788
John Hicks son of same was born May 20th 1790
Elizabeth Hicks, Daughter of same was born September 1st 1794
Willis Hicks son of same was born May 4th 1797
Polly Hicks Daughter of same was born January 20th 1800
Robt [Robert] Hicks son of same was born October 17th 1802
William Hicks son of same was born August 29 1805
Payton 6 son of same was born March 7th 1808
Joseph John Hicks son of Payton & Eliza was born February 10 1832
Elithe Caroline Hicks daughter of the same was born January 9th 1834
Eliza Hicks the wife of patent Hicks was born the 16th of June 1817
Temperance Hicks the wife of Harris Hicks was born the 7th of October 1765
[facts in file: the widow died September 29, 1841 leaving the following children surviving her, Willis, John, William, Paiton [sic], Robert, Jane & Mary who intermarried with Ransom Smith [Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $80 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for two-year service as a private in the North Carolina militia.
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Granville Co., NC Court
May 1762, Willia. Hicks vs. Isham Parham.
Feb 1763, John Parham is a witness to a deed.
May 1763, Mathew Tanner deed to George Brassfield.
Aug 1786, James Hunt vs. Robert Malone and Abraham Hester. Jury is John Washington, Thomas Hicks, John Hunt, Jeremiah Frazier, James Crews, Roland Bryant, Grover Howard, Lewis Burnett, Rueben Talley, Charles Partel, John Parham and Johnathan Knight.
Nov 1786, Thomas Hicks, Stephen Sneed and John Hunt on jury.
May 1791, William Hicks Jr., William Reaves, Lewis Parham and Charles Mitchell are ordered to settle a dispute.
Nov 1791, John Hall is appointed overseer of the road from Fishing Creek to Poplar Creek, with the hands of William Hicks, Lewis Parham, Ephriam Parham, William Hicks, Cannon Parham, William Parham and Benjamin Hester.
Nov 1792, Thomas Hicks on jury with Samuel Hunt, Robert Hicks, Joseph Cash, Benjamin Hester and Zachariah Hester.
Nov 1792, Lucy and Bennett Hester, orphans of Robert Hester dec’d, is bound out to Thomas Hicks, bond is with John Pulliam and Robert Hicks.
Nov 1792, Joseph Cash to Bryant Cash, wit. Thomas Culverhouse.
Feb 1793, Robert Hicks is md to Constance w/o Robert Hester and asks for her dower land.
May 1795, Ordered that the following jury be appointed to lay off a road setting out from Bankers Path to Cauthorn’s Mill. John Morris, William H. Searcey, Thomas Thomersen, William Upchurch, Robert Lewis, Zack Beggs, John Allison, James Allison, Rueben Jones, Isham Parham, Isham Parham Jr., SAMUEL HICKS, Caleb Crews, Thomas Newberry, William Reaves, Thomas Parham, David Parish, BISHOP HICKS, John Champion, John Parham Jr., Avery Parham, William Fowler, John Byrum, J. P. Davis, Richard Hudspeth, Rueben Talley and Joshua Bell.
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ENSLAVED ANCESTORS ABSTRACTED FROM GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
DEED BOOKS, 1746 - 1828
Hicks, James to Israel Hargrove. "...two Negroes, one named Judah about thirty eight years old, & the other named Lewis about three years of age..." (BOS-1798, p. 211, book Q)
Hicks, Richard willed slaves to Jane Hicks, which descended to Chisley Daniel heir of Jane Hicks. "...Nannah, Sam, Chartie, Patience, Harry, Annekey & her two children & their increase... being now in the possession of my two nephews James & Leonard Edwards... assign all my right, title & interest to James & Leonard Edwards..." (Quit-claim -1798, p. 393, book Q)
Hicks, Robert to Parker F. Stone. "...girl named Nancy..." (BOS-1816, p. 95, book X)
Hicks, Robert to Robert Hicks, Junr. "...also my Negro man Dick and my Negro girl Fillis & my Negro wench Bet, and my Negro girl Gean[?], and my Negro boy Cato..." (DOG-1783, pp.327-328, book S)
Hicks, Thomas as guardian of Lucy Hester, orphan of Robert Hester, dec'd, to Thomas Vass [Voss?], Junr. "...one Negro girl named Molly..." (BOS-1805, p. 300, book S)
Hicks, Robert to his daughters Mary and Kindness Hicks. "...Dick, Daniel, Crawley & Tuck to be equally divided between them..."(DOG-1805, pp.174-175, book S)
Hicks, Robert to Thomas Hicks [his son]. "...also a Negro man named Primus & a Negro boy named Boston..." (Deed-1778, pp. 305-306, book S)
Hicks, Nathaniel to Anne Rainwater. "... My well beloved friend..three Negroes, one man named Charles, one woman named Ester, one boy named Jack & also all & singular my goods, chattels, household..." (Gift-1781; p. 147, book O)
Hicks, Harris to Phillip Bishop. In exchange of a Negro woman & child, not named, Harris Hicks grants to Bishop 150 acres of land. (Deed-1793, p. 161, book N)
Hicks, Robert to Thomas Hicks [his son]. "consideration of the love and affection... Negro man named Primus -?- Negro boy named Boston... track of land and Negroes to remain to the use of Robert Bell, son of Thomas Bell & Sarah Bell & grandson of the said Robert Hicks..." (DIT-1778, p.208, book L)
Hicks, Harris to Jams Satterwhite. " girl Liddy about eight years old..." (BOS-1794, p. 147, book P)
Hicks, Robert, Snr. to Robert Hicks, Jnr. (his son) Land and property to include "...also my Negro man Dick & my Negro girl Fillis & my Negro wench Bet & my Negro girl Geen(?) and my Negro boy Cato..." (Deed-1783, pp.259-260, book O)
Hicks, Bishop to William Floyd. "... woman named Alie..." (BOS-1796, p. 272, book P)
Hicks, Abner to Daniel Stone & wife [his son-in-law & daughter]. "...my Negro woman Denise and her child John..." (DOG-1825, p. 291, book 2)
Hicks, Robert to Robert B. Hicks [his son, of Warren Co.] "...a Negro woman named Viney, daughter of Milley aged about fifteen years..." (DOG-1825, p. 329, book 2)
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Sherwood Harris Jr. Sherwood Sr. father of Marry Harris m. Absalom Hicks in Goochland
Harris, Samuel to Lewis Amis. "...one certain Negro boy by the name of Luke..." (BOS-1798, p. 276, book Q)
Harris, Sherwood to James Allison. "...a certain Negro girl known by the name of Sally about three years old..." (BOS-1802, p. 552, book Q)
Harris, Sherwood to Robert Allison. "...one Negro boy called & known by the name of Sam..." (BOS-1799, p. 292, book Q)
Harris, Thomas to James Allison. "...one Negro slave named Winne about fourteen years old..." (BOS-1799, p. 278, book Q)
Harris, Sherwood to Robert Allison. "...one Negro girl called & known by the name of Penny..." (BOS-1801, p. 416, book Q)
Harris, Mary to Elizabeth Harris [her daughter]. "...one Negro girl named Rebecca and her future increase...." (DOG-1804, p. 384, book R)
Harris, Sherwood to Joshua Bullock. "...one Negro fellow by the name of Newburn..." (BOS-1803, p. 157, book R)
Harris, Samuel to Thomas Potter. "...one certain Negro slave about eight years old, yellow complected, known by the name of Patsy..." (BOS-1807, p. 168, book T)
Harris, Robert to John Amis. "...a certain Negro girl by the name of Nancey..." (BOS-1805, p.123, book S)
Harris, John to his daughter Henretta Wilkerson. "...a Negro girl slave named Rose and her increase..." (DOG-1806, p. 223, book S)
Harris, Augustine to Richard Cooke. "...one Negro boy by the name of Granville..." (BOS-1808, p. 222, book T)
Harris, Rowland to Lewis Reavis. "...Dilcy and her three children known by the named of Woodley, Debolak?, & Diner..." (BOS-1816, p. 47, book Y)
Harris, John Senr. to Overton Harris. "...girl named Amy about thirty years of age..." (BOS-1813, p. 9, book Z)
Harris, Samuel to Thomas A. Harris [of Tennessee]. "...for the good will and affection ... woman by the name of Cloey, one Negro boy by the name of Sam..." (DOG-1822, p. 231, book 1)
Harris, David & Joseph Hart to George and Thomas Brown. "...one woman named Vina about eighteen years of age and her child Ritter about 2 years of age..." (DIT-1817, p. 27, book Y)
Harris, Samuel to George L. Moore. "...girl named Betty..." (BOS-1817, p. 58, book Y)
Harris, John to [his son] Overton Harris. "...Joseph a boy about ten years of age, Winney a girl about nine years of age, Buck a boy about five years of age, and Charity a girl about two years of age..." (BOS-1811, p. 359, book Y)
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Granville County Marriages [From: Hicks History of Granville County North Carolina]
Aug. 3, 1763 Hicks, Sarah (dau of Rober & Sarah Hicks) Bell, m. Thomas Parrott, Benjamin
May 28, 1849 Hicks, Mariah Goodwin m. Allen, William A. of Duplin Co., N.C. Allen, Henry
June 13, 1867 Hicks, Caroline m. Byrd, Frank /Jenkins, Adkin
Jan. 23, 1867 Hicks, Betty m. Blackley, Charles R. /Harris, Alexander
July 12, 1837 Hicks, Margaret m. Cook, James R. /Pattrson, Hardy
Mar. 10, 1840 Hicks, Catherine (dau of John Hicks) m. Cottrell, Samuel /Rice, Thomas
Apr. 3, 1845 Hicks, Amelia m. Coley, William /Garrett, Seth J.
Mar 3, 1865 Hicks, Molly m. Curtis, ABram /Crews, W.H.
Oct. 11, 1782 Hicks, Mary (dau of William Hicks, Sr.) m. Debruler, Micajah (son of Greenfield Debruler of Maryland) /Tatom, John
Nov. 26, 1792 Hicks, Pricilla (dau of William Hicks, Sr.) m. Duncan, Seamore (son of John Duncan) /Elliott, Robert
June 29, 1846 Hicks, Martha m. Davis, William /Hunter, William
Oct. 13, 1842 Hicks, Capanda m. Estes, John W. /Wiggins, G.C.
Dec. 7, 1857 Hicks, Ann W. m. Ellington, John M. /Johnston, W.A.
Feb. 7, 1861 Hicks, Martha m. Faulkner, James /Cook, Benjamin
May 30, 1864 Hicks, Rebecca M. m. Fuller, Isiah R. /Landis, A.
Sept 20, 1867 Hicks, Cary Ann m. Floyd, Rufus /Landis, A.
Mar. 7, 1816 Hicks, Sally m. Gill, William A. /Nuttall, James
May 1, 1861 Hicks, Sallie R. m. Goodwin, Stephen A. /Lanier, Mark V.
Dec 22, 1868 Hicks, Amanda Jane (dau of Thomas C. and Susan Fenner Hicks) m. Gatch, Thomas A. (son of Benjamin W. and Martha R. Gatch)
May 27, 1778 Hunt, Mourning (widow of John Hunt) m. Hicks, William Sr. (widower) /Searcy, John Sr.
Feb. 22, 1810 Hicks, Mary (dau of Robert Hicks, Jr.) m. Hicks, Jasper (son of William Hicks, Jr.) / Mitchell, Anson
Nov. 26, 1819 Hicks, Elizabeth m. Howell, Joseph /Smith, Ransom
Aug 27, 1800 Harris Elizabeth m. Hicks, Abner /Hicks, Thomas
Sept. 10, 1817 Harris, Polly m. Hicks, Willis /Searcy, Anderson
Oct 23, 1858 Hicks, Eliza Ann m. Hunt, James P.H. /McClanahan, Thos. W.
July 15, 1840 Horner, Evelina m. Hicks, Joseph Martin /Jackson, S.J.
Dec 20, 1851 Hester, Susan A. m. Hicks, Benjamin Willis (son of Abner and Elizabeth) /Cook, Benjamin C.
Nov. 15, 1865 Hicks, Kitty m. Hunt, Elijah /Landis, A.
Dec 25, 1865 Hicks, Patty Ann m. Hester, Edward /Landis, A.
Apr 25, 1866 Hicks, Mariah m. Harris, John /Landis, A.
Dec 27, 1865 Hester, Indiana m. Hicks, Joseph/ Landis, A.
Dec 25, 1865 Hester, Delia m. Hicks, James /Landis, A.
Mar 20, 1780 Hunt, Judah (dau of John & Mourning Hunt) /Jackson, Samuel /Hicks, William Sr. (stepfather)
Oct 25, 1845 Hicks, Elizabeth T. m. Jenkins, Robert A. /Cooper, J.C.
Nov 27, 1868 Hicks, Ella m. Jones, Lewis J. /Betts, J.
Jan 30, 1840 Hicks, Martha C. m. Lumpkin, George W. /hays, Thomas D.
Dec 31, 1846 Hicks, Susan Ann m. Loyd, Wilson /Elliott, Robert
May 11, 1847 Hicks, Lucretia m. Lanier, Marcellus V. / Cook, Benjamin C.
Nov 19, 1848 Hicks, Sarah Ann m. Loyd, James /Frazier, Elijah
May 3, 1867 Hicks, Bettie m. Lanier, Mark V. /Landis, A.
Jul 12, 1787 Hicks, Annie (dau of William Hicks, Sr.) m. Matthews, William /DeBruler, Micajah (bro-in-law)
Jan 3, 1866 Hicks, Sallie C. m. Mitchell, A.C. /Hicks, Robert A.
Feb 1, 1867 Hicks, Christiana m. Morton, Joseph /Jenkins, Jonathan
Sep 12, 1842 Hicks, Lucy (sister of Ellen) m. Overby, James /Cooper, J.C.
Jan 19, 1853 Hicks, Ellen H. (sister of Lucy) m. Overby, David Jr. (bro of James) /Paschall, D.A.
Apr 19, 1785 Hicks, Agnes m. Parham, Thomas /Parham, Coson
Apr 28, 1827 Hicks, Elizabeth m. Parish, William /Jenkins, John (son of Wm. Jenkins)
Oct 16, 1830 Hicks, Lethia m. Paschall, Donaldson P. /Cheatham, Isham
Apr 1, 1835 Hicks, Mary m. Parham, Lewis R. /Parham, Lewis W.
Sep 9, 1836 Hicks, Ann R. m. Paschall, Daniel A. /Knight, Alfred
Nov 26, 1842 Hicks, Mary m. Purgerson, Seth /Ellington, Guilford
Oct 17, 1845 Hicks, Sarah Dorothy m. Poole, Thomas W. /Sanford, John T.
Dec 29, 1846 Hicks, Angelina m. Pleasants, William B. /Wiley, C.H.
Sep 28, 1866 Hicks, Mary E. m. Roberts, William mcBee /Landis, A.
Sep 3, 1868 Hicks, Mearer m. Ridley, Robert /Betts, J.W.
Jan 9, 1813 Hicks, Kindness (dau of Sarah Raven and Robert Hicks) m. Stone, Parker F. /Hicks, Thomas I.
Nov 29, 1820 Hicks, Mary m. Smith, Ransom /Robards, Nathaniel
Jan 14, 1822 Hicks, Mary A.F. (Ann Fletcher) m. Stone, Daniel /Cheatham, Isaac
Nov 13, 1838 Hicks, Caroline M. m Skinner, William C. / Robards, H. L.
Jan 14, 1864 Hicks, Mollie (dau of John R. and Lucretia Hicks) m Smith, Joseph M of Petersburg, Va / Gilding, Thomas
Aug 1, 1782 Hicks, Martha (dau of William Hicks, Sr.) m. Tatum, John Jr. (son of John Tatum, Sr.) /Hicks, William Sr.
Oct 20, 1784 Hicks, Betsy m. Tudor, Valentine /Tudor, Henry
Feb 18, 1808 Hicks, Jennie (dau of Howell Hicks) m. Taylor, Mills /Hamilton, Alexander
July 20, 1784 Hicks, Susannah (dau of William, Sr.). m. Wilkins, William /Harris, Darwin
Jul 7, 1830 Hicks, Sally m. Ware, Henry F. /Sneed, Stephen K.
Nov 13, 1767 Hicks, Abigail (dau of Robert Hicks, Sr.) m. Yancey, William /Yancey, James
This might be the line you're looking for:
Samuel(goochland va)-David-David Jr-William(1770's).
No record of Wm but brothers Vines, James,Jesse,
moved to Ill.
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Capt. Thomas Hicks born April 13, 1725 in Brunswick County, Virginia - died 1776 in Duplin County, North Carolina.
Married to Elizabeth Williams (born March 30, 1740 in Hanover County, Virginia - died April 22, 1798 in Duplin County, North Carolina) Married in Wake County, North Carolina in 1782 (as per "Family Search.Org.".
The son of Capt. Thomas and Elizabeth Hicks would be "Thomas Hicks" born 1757 in Onslow County, North Carolina died Unknown and married 1782 in Wake County, North Carolina to Elizabeth Brewer who was born abt. 1763 in Wake County, North Carolina and died unknown possibly in Duplin County.
I have the father of Capt. Thomas Hicks as "Daniel Hicks" born abt. 1688 in Brunswick County, Virginia and his mother as "Edith Unknown" born abt. 1693 died unknown.
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THE NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL, Volume XX, No.2, May 1994
…while going through South Carolina’s DOCUMENTS RELATING to INDIAN AFFAIRS, several lists of Indian traders appeared. These lists were generated by laws created by the colonies of Georgia and South Carolina to control Indian trade within their own borders. The first laws monitoring Indian traders in South Carolina were inacted in 1702. They were specifically directed against Virginia Indian traders. One of the first Virginia Indian traders whose property was “confiscated” becasue of this act was Robert HICKS[Sr.]of Virginia in 1707.(18)
Similar acts were also made in Georgia. On 9 January 1735, “An Act for the Maintaining Peace with the Indians in the Province of Georgia” was passed by the Common Council of Trustees at Governor OGLETHORPE’s insistence. It was sent to the Privy Council for review and a favorable report was rendered on 3 April 1735. It said:
..”that all such Persons that shall trade, traffik or Barter with any Indian (except the Chickasaw traders)shall come to the Town of Savannah at least once every Year; in order to take out a new License, in his own proper Person, that is to say, in the Month of March, April, May or June in which Months all Licenses shall expire [except] the Chickasaw traders shall take out their Licenses once in eighteen months…”(19)
Using the names of “Licensed Indian traders”, a list of Virginai, North and South Carolina traders was created. A partial list includes Robert LONG, Charles HICKS, John BROWN, William GILCHRIST, Abraham COLSON, James ANDERSON, William KEMP, James MOORE, Richard HYDE, John SIMS, William WILLIAMS, and John PETTYGREW.
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Lewis Peeples married Jane Hicks, daughter of Robert Hicks from Hanover, Virginia. Lewis peeples father of Tabitha Vaughan Love, family of Luhannah Hutchins Middleton. They were in Rockingham and Guilford Co.s North Carolina.
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By 1714 the Saponi were found at Fort Christianna with Captain Robert Hicks/Hix who was associated with John Bunch and Gideon Gibson.
Robert K. Thomas a Cherokee Indian, professor and anthropologist researched many of these tribes and wrote;
"In my research I find a small group of Saponi Indians in Granville County, North Carolina (now Vance County) who lived in that region between 1743 and sometime in the 1760’s. The Saponi originally lived several miles further north on the Roanoke River in Virginia when they were contacted by early Europeans in the late 1600’s. Later, because of pressure from whites, they moved west to the Yadkin Valley, near modern Winston-Salem, North Carolina. About 1710 they were migrating east and appear to have gotten caught “in between” the whites and the hostile Tuscarora Indians. The Saponi “sat out” the war in the neutral Tuscarora country near Windsor, North Carolina.
It appears that this band of Saponi were not the only Indians in the area (Granville County). Individual Indian families from broken tribes further east were gravitating into this same area, perhaps to attach themselves to the Saponi or perhaps just to live in an area where there were other Indians....... In the 1730’s and 40’s the Yawpim and Potoskite tribes near the coast in extreme northeastern North Carolina had lost their lands. Individual Indian families were moving to the frontier from this region. ......So that by the 1750’s there appears to have been fairly extensive number of Indian families other than Saponies in that region. Read his report here
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Granville District, North Carolina, Bk L Pg 208 - Robert Hicks to son Thomas Hicks if sd Thomas should die with out heirs property to go to Robert Bell, s/o Thomas Bell and his wife Sarah Bell, and grandon of sd Robert Hicks Feb 1, 1778.
Granville District, North Carolina, Deed Bk S, Pg 305 - Robert Hicks deed of gift to his son Thomas Hicks Feb 1, 1778:
Robert Hicks to Thomas Hicks [his son]. "...also a Negro man named Primus & a Negro boy named Boston..." (Deed-1778, pp. 305-306, book S)
Robert Hicks to Thomas Hicks [his son]. "consideration of the love and affection... Negro man named Primus -?- Negro boy named Boston... track of land and Negroes to remain to the use of Robert Bell, son of Thomas Bell & Sarah Bell & grandson of the said Robert Hicks..." (DIT-1778, p.208, book L)
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