John Hicks (also Hix) (b. 1685) & Rebeckah Rives (Rieves- Reeves) (1692) Surry Co; Brunswick Co. Bedford Co.
[John Hicks left a will on 1728 (ref. Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671-1750) which proves some of his ancestry. As of now I have not documented who his father is. It has been suggested that John's father is Robert, the Taylor of Surry County and that his bother is the famous Captain Robert Hicks.
Rebecca (Rebeckah) Rives (Reeves; also Rieves) is this John Hix wife. There is also a John Hix, who is a son of Captain Robert. The Rives family is also connected to Captain Roberts family.
Another possible candidates is: On August 6, 1671, Wm. Corker of Surry County, received 1850 acres, for transporting 17 persons, and among them was John Hix. Then John Hix is listed Surry Co. tithe tables in 1678. This John Hix would be born circa 1651, giving his age as 20 years-old in 1671.
R Matteson 2014]
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Descendants of John Hicks & Rebecca Rives
Generation No. 1
[It has been suggested that JOHN [1] is the brother of Captain Robert the Indian trader and the son of Robert, the tailor. Certain they occupy the same territory and I'm creating a chart with them as brothers also. It's possible that Robert, the tailor had a younger brother, probably John (sponsored by Wm. Corker 1671) and he could be the father of this line.]
1. JOHN[1] HICKS was born Abt. 1685 in Virginia, and died 1729 in Surry/Sussex Virginia. He married REBECKAH[1] RIEVES (REBECCA RIVES) Abt. 1710 in Surry/Sussex Virginia. She was born Abt. 1692. REBECCA is the Daughter of Timothy (b. 1670) and Judith Rives. Timothy's father William Rives (b. 1636) emigrated to Virginia in 1653 when he was 18.
Notes for JOHN HICKS:
[Item 1] Will of John Hicks, dated the 30th day of September, 1728, and proved August 20, 1729.
In the name of God Amen I, John Hicks, of Surry Co. being of sound perfect & disposing & memory, Thanks be to the Almighty God & calling to mind the uncertain state of this transitory life and that all flesh must yield unto Death when it shall please God to call do make and ordain this my last will & testament in manner and form as fol-loweth--Imprimis I recommend my soul unto ye hands of Almighty God my Saviour Jesus Christ in whom alone I trust to be assuredly saved & for my body I commit it to ye earth to be decently interred at ye discretion of my executrix hereafter named & for my temporal estate I give, devise and dispose of ye same in manner following. Item, I desire that all my just debts & funeral expenses be first paid & allowed. Item, I give & devise unto my son Robt Hicks & his heirs forever the tract of land I now live on & my wearing clothes & my will & desire is that my son Robt. shall goe and live with my son-in-law Edward Tatum until he comes to ye age of 18 years.
Item I givwe & devise unto my two sons Jno. Hicks & Dan'l Hicks and their heirs forever my tract of land which I took up on Stevenss' branch in Brunswick Co. to be divided between them & my will & desire is that my son John Hicks go and live with my son-in-law John Rose untill
Abstract:
To son, Robert Hicks, tract I live on and it is desire that son shall go and live with my son-in-law, Robert [also published as Edward] Tatum, until he is 18 years of age. To two son, John and Daniel Hicks, tract on Stephens Branch in Brunswick County. Desires that son, John Hicks should live with son-in-law, John Rose, until he arrives at the age of 18 years. To son, Joshua Hicks a copper kettle, the rest of the estate to wife Rebeckah Hicks. Wife, Rebeckah Hicks, named as Executrix, with her brother, George Rieves. Witnesses were Ursilla (Arsilla ref. Boddie] Rieves, Elizabeth Rieves and Christopher Tatum. [Wills and Deeds Book 1715-1730, page 963, Surry County, Virginia.]
[Item 2] The Tatum appears as "son-in-law Robert" in 1980 book, Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671-1750. Appears as "son-in-law" Edward in 1976 book, William Rose of Surry County, Virginia: Page 46 [also in Boddie]. After viewing a transcription of the actually will- it's clear John refers to son-in-law Edward Tataum. In the Will of Nathaniel Tatum, 1714 he mentions his sons: Edward Tatum (d. 1744 m. Martha -will), Peter, Christopher, Henry. His son Edward Tatum m. Martha in his 1744 will children are: Jesse, Edward (Jr.), Cheney, and John (his will witnessed by Robert Hicks, whose daughter Elinor m. Paul Tatum). There is no Robert mentioned in either will and Edward is married to Martha-- so he is not the correct Edward Tatum.
[Item 3] Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671-1750; 1980: under Hawthorne, John- "John Hicks to sell the slaves and to wife and all my children. Wants land at Maratick River and now called North Carolina to be sold. Wife and John Hicks, Exers. 5 Apr., 1720. Prob.: 19 Oct., 1720. Wit: Robt. Jeffry's, Geo. Rives,"
Children of JOHN HICKS and REBECKAH RIEVES (REBECCA RIVES) are:
i. ROBERT[2] HICKS, b. Abt. 1715, Surry Co., Virginia. m. Mary Courtney
ii. JOHN HICKS, JR b. Abt. 1717, Surry Co.
iii. DANIEL HICKS, b. Abt. 1719, Surry Co. m. Sarah Shackleford
iv. JOSHUA HICKS
v. ABIGAIL HICKS m. John Rose (John Rose, son of William and Lucy (Corker) Jordan Rose, was born ca 1696 in Surry County, Virginia.)
vi REBECKAH (REBECCA) HICKS (1720 - March 14, 1750) [m. Robert Tatum ]
Generation No. 2
REBECCA [2] (REBECKAH) HICKS TATUM (JOHN1) m. Robert Tatum [or some line have Edward Tatum]
Notes: In my opinion the original Will of John Hicks will need to be checked to determine if a mistake has been made since Rebecca's husband is either Robert or Edward Tatum.
ROBERT[2] HICKS (JOHN[1]) was born Abt. 1715 in Surry/Sussex Virginia. He married MARY COURTNEY Abt. 1740. She was born Abt. 1720.
Notes for ROBERT HICKS:
[Item 1-- Will of Robert Hicks] In the name of God Amen I Robert Hicks of the parish of St. Andrews and the County of Brunswick being in health and sound memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following: Imprimis My will and desire is first that all my just debts be duly paid and discharged. Item I give and bequeath to my son Nathan Hicks five pounds current money of Virginia to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath to my son-in-law Paul Tatum my coopers tools to him and his heirs forever. [note that Robert had
been sent to live with Robert Tatum per John Hix Will. LS.]
Item I give and desire all the remainder and residue of my estate not before given in legacies to be sold by my executors hereafter named and money arising from such sale after paying my just debts to be equally divided between Paul Tatum, Mary Hicks, Tabitha Hicks, James Vaughan, James Bruce and Lewis Peebles, and lastly I constitute and appoint my son-in-law Paul Tatum my whole and sole executor of this my last Will and Testament. Brunswick County Court 28th January, 1782.
[The fact that Nathan was willed money instead of land supports the idea that he was not in Virginia, but in Georgia. LS. Note that Robert of John was willed the land in Surry/Sussex county, his brothers the land in Brunswick county, and Robert ended up in Brunswick county. LS.
[Item] Note that Robert's daughter Elinor (Eleanor) marries a Tatum (Paul) and that an Edward Tatum is his son-in-law. The only extant Edward Tatum in the Tatum line in Surry at that time has a will that proves he married a Martha, so he is not the correct Edward Tatum.
[Item] Benjamin Bass who married Sarah Hicks and had the following children: Eliza (2/10/1790-12/28/1857) who married Samuel Thomas (7/16/1772-4/6/1841) and Frederick Bass who may have married Polly Vaughn. The family moved to Rutherford County Tennessee and live d with various members of the Thomas family.
Robert Hicks married Mary ??? and had the following children: Sarah who married Benjamin Bass, Penelope married Paul Tatum, Susannah married John Vaughn, Ann Hannah married James Bruce, Jean married Lewis Peebles on 1/25/1779, Mary, Tabitha married Samuel Bracey on 4/1/1785 and Benjamin Goodrich on 5/25/1789, Nathan and Stephen.
Henry Thomas married Martha Kinchen and had the following children: Sarah who married William Barham. They had Mary "Polly" Thomas Barham who married John Robertson. They moved to Wake County North Carolina.]
[Item] Jan 8, 1756: Indenture made the 8th day of January, 1756, between Nathaniel Green and Phebe, his wife, and Lewis Charles of Warwick County, for 35 pounds, conveying 140 acres on South side of Reedy Creek, adjoining lands of Jesse Tatem and James Clack. Witnesses were William Scogin, Sen., Robert Hicks, Edward Tatum, Jno. Clack, and Patrick Hall. Indenture proved in Court on January 25, 1757, by the oaths of Robert Hicks and Edward Tatum and further proved in Court on September 26, 1758, by the oath of Jno. Clack and Phebe Green appeared and was privately examined. Deed Book 6, page 293.
Children of ROBERT HICKS [2] (b. 1720, d. 1782) [lived with John Tatum] and MARY COURTNEY (b. 1718, d. 1770) are:
i. MARTHA [3] "SARAH" HICKS (1740 - May 23, 1791) m. Benjamin Bass (Sarah Leigh)
ii. AMY [3] HICKS (March 7, 1742 - 1775) m. William Cullum
iii. NATHAN[3] SR. HICKS, b. abt.1740, Surry/Sussex Virginia; d. 1829 Cherokee Nation Georgia. He married NA-YE-HI ANI'-WA'YA Abt. 1758, daughter of JOHANN CONRAD and JENNIE ANI'-WA'YA. She was born Abt. 1743.
Notes for NATHAN HICKS, SR:
[Item] possible birthdate: The November 6, 1743
Children of NATHAN HICKS and NA-YE-HI ANI'-WA'YA are:
1. ELIZABETH[4] HICKS, b. Abt. 1760, CNE [GA].
2. NATHAN[4] HICKS, JR, b. Abt. 1764.
3. SARAH HICKS[4], b. Abt. 1765; d. September 24, 1816, CNE [Chattanooga, TN].
4. CHARLES RENATUS[4] HICKS, CHIEF, b. December 23, 1767, Tamali, on the Hiwassee River, CNE [GA]; d. January 20, 1827, Fortville, CNE [GA].
5. CHIEF WILLIAM ABRAHAM[4] HICKS, SR, CHIEF, b. Abt. 1769, CNE [GA]; d. Bef. November 1837.
iv. TABITHA[3] HICKS Married 25 May 1789 to BANJAMIN GOODRICH
v. MARY[3] HICKS Married 26 Aug 1782 to WILLIAM ATKINSON
vi. ELINOR "NELLAPY" HICKS m. PAUL TATUM
vii. SUSANAH HICKS; Married to JAMES VAUGHAN
viii. ANN HICKS; Married to JAMES BRUCE
ix. JEAN HICKS; Married 25 Jan 1779 to LEWIS PEEBLE
JOHN[2] HICKS (JR.) m. ELIZABETH
Notes:
[Item 1] Indenture made the 22nd day of June, 1756, between John Hicks and Robert Rivers of Dinwiddie County, for 42 pounds, 10 shillings conveying by estimation 200 acres on both sides of Stevens Branch on North side of Maherrin River, and is part of the Patent granted to John Hicks of Surry County for 400 acres on the 28th day of September, 1728, and devised to his son, John Hicks, in the Last Will and Testament of John Hicks. Witnesses were William Vaughan, Thomas Vines, and Peter Smith. Presented in Court on June 22, 1756. [Deed Book 6, page 60, Brunswick County, Virginia]
DANIEL[2] HICKS Born in Hanover, Virginia, USA on 1720 to John Hicks and Rebecca Rives. Daniel married Sarah Shackleford.
Notes:
[Item] Amos Hicks of Mecklenburg Co. also had a son Daniel.
[Item 1] Deed Book 3, Page 121- Indenture made 19 October 1745 between Daniel Hicks of Brunswick County, Son and Devisee of John Hicks late of Surry County, Deced. and Francis Stainback of Brunswick, Whereas the said John Hicks in his Lifetime and at the time of his death was Seised in Fee of and in four hundred acres of Land Situate lying and being on Stevens's Branch in the sd. County of Brunswick and being so Seised by his last Will and Testament in Writing did Devise the same to his two Sons John and Daniel and to their Heirs forever to be equally divided between them as by the said Will proved and Recroded in the Court of the sd. coutny of Surry relation being thereunto had more at large may appear Now this Indenture, £15, All that moiety or undivided half part of the said four hundred Acres of Land so as aforesaid Devised to him by the said John Hicks deced. his Father. Signed Daniel Hicks (bhm). Witnesses: Sterling Clack, Wm. Parker (bhm), James Carter. Court February 6, 1745, Indenture acknowledged by Daniel Hicks. Deed Book 3, Page 121.
ABIGAIL[2] HICKS ROSE m. John Rose
Notes:
John Rose was born about 1696 in Surry County, Virginia. In 1732 he was appointed surveyor of the road from Reedy Creek to the Court House. It was the responsibility of the surveyor to keep the road in good repair. Records also show he served as a juror in 1741 and was appointed surveyor of the road from the old Court House Church to the Great Creek bridge in 1752. Records also show he owned slaves. John Rose must have lived a quiet life as far as the court records are concerned living the life of a planter and rearing a large family. Perhaps he also ran a mill as a later deed would indicate.
John Rose married Abigail Hicks before September 30, 1728 as he is listed as a son-in-law on John Hicks will.
To this union six known children were born:
1. John Jr.
2. William
3. Amy
4. Martha
5. Eleanor
6. Tabitha
William Rose must have been the elder son as "John Rose of St. Andrews Parish, Brunswick County, conveyed to his son William, same parish and county - for love and affection - 400 acres lying on the Great Creek - on the mill path - thence to Mr. Henry Brown's corner (Note: the Browns and Roses were once neighbors in Surry County), to Wards Branch, then to Roses Creek and up the said creek 'to where my mill dam stands'. This included part of the lands patented by John Rose July 7, 1726 and August 17, 1733. Signed John Rose"
John Rose died sometime between August of 1780 and January 1781. Abigail was probably dead by this time as she is not mentioned in his will. His will is filed in Brunswick County, Virginia.
[Item: John Rose Will] The following is the will of John Rose. The spelling may not be accurate, but done as the original will. John Rose's will is filed in Brunswick County, Virginia, Will Book 5, 1778-1795, page 123-124.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I John Rose of Brunswick County & Parish of Saint Andrew being of Perfect mind & Memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Words and manner following (Viz) Imprimis I give and Bequeath unto my son John Rose four Negroes (to wit) Kate?, Ben, Alec?, & Hal to him his heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and Bequeath unto my daughter Amy Williams one Negro Woman named Hannah with her present increase to her, her heirs and assigns forever. Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Martha Sadler the Tract of Land whereon she and her Husband now lives Containing one hundred acres more or less also one Negro Woman named Sue with all her increase during the said Martha Sadler's life and after her decease to her heirs & their assigns forever meaning that the said Negroes shall not be sold during my said Daughter's life. It Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Eleanor Rose one Negro Woman named Judy & one Negro boy named Isham one black mare & filly one Bed & furniture and three hundred pounds Current money to her & her heirs and assigns forever. Also two Cows and Calves. Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Tabitha Davis sixty five acres of Land with the Plantation on which She and her Husband now lives also one Negro woman named Sarah with her increase to her & her heirs and assigns forever. Item I Give and Bequeath unto my aforesaid son John Rose all the residue of my Estate not heretofore given after all my Just Debts are paid to him and his heirs and assigns forever. Lastly I do nominate and appoint my son John Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking & Disannulling all former Wills by me made IN WITNESS whereof I have her unto set my hand & affixed my seal this 7th day of August 1780. Signed, Sealed, Published & declared by the Testator as & for his Will & Testament in presence of Henry Nicholson and Nancey Davis
John (his mark) Rose
Will Dated August 7, 1780 Probated January 22, 1781
Note: William Rose his eldest son, is not mentioned as he was deeded property earlier.
Generation No. 3
NATHAN[3] HICKS (ROBERT[2], JOHN [1])
Notes:
[Item] There are several Nathan's in Virginia. I agree with other researchers that this is the Nathan, son of Robert [2] and John[1] who married into the Cherokee blood line. The other Nathan born who is about the same time in Virginia and ends up in Georgia is Nathan[3], son of Amos[2], son of Nathaniel[1] who died in Goochland in 1735.
[Item] William Abraham Hicks (1769 - 1837?, age 68) (Cherokee)[Wiki]:
Charles and William's father was Nathan Hicks (1740–1829), a Scottish trader, son of Robert Hicks and Mary Courtney. Their mother was Nancy Conrad (1740–1770), a half blood, daughter of Swiss immigrant, Johann Conrad (1720–1754) and Jennie Oconastota (b. 1724), daughter of Oconastota Rainmaker (1702–1783) and Ahneewakee of the Red Paint Clan (b. 1704). As the Cherokee had a matrilineal system, the children belonged to their mother's clan, where they gained their social status, and boys were guided by males in their mother's family.
Nathan Hicks and Nancy Conrad had:
1.Sarah Gosaduisga (1758)
2. Elizabeth (1759)
3. Mary (1760)
4. Nathan Jr (1764)
5. Elizabeth (1766)
6. Charles (1767)
7. William (1769).
DANIEL[3] HICKS (ROBERT[2], JOHN [1]) m. Sarah Shackleford
Note:
[item] Francis Sanders' widow was the Lucy Sanders who married The Rev. William Peasley in 1764, and subsequently moved to Buckingham Co., Va. Lucy's son, John Sanders (b. 1754) was married to Betsey Shackleford, daughter of James Shackleford, also of Buckingham Co., Va. Betsey's sister, Sarah Shackleford, married Daniel Hicks who was also in Buckingham Co., Va. briefly. The Sanders, Shackleford, Hicks and Peasley families all moved to Madison Co., Ky. in the 1780s.
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This is published information from: Our Turner and Walker families in Mississippi: our family ancestors from Europe to America and on to Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi by W.W. Turner, 2005:
William Rives born in 1636 came to Virginia in 1653 when he was 18. Married in 1658 and had four sons. Timothy born 1690 in Surry Co. Timothy and Judith Rives had 5 children:
Ursula b. 1691
Rebecca b. 1692 m. John Hicks
Our Turner and Walker families in Mississippi: our family ... - Page 184; 2005
8-148 William Hicks was born in 1730 [probably wrong] in Brunswick County, Virginia. His father [John d. April 24, 1760 Anson Co.] moved his family to Anson County, North Carolina in 1741 when William was age 11. He and his younger brother John Hicks, Jr., helped build the family tobacco plantations in North and South Carolina. He married Sarah Elizabeth Rives in January 1750 in Granville County, North Carolina and received a wedding gift of 200 acres of land in Anson County from his father on 13 January 1750. He also obtained a land grant of 150 acres in North Carolina. . .
William m. Sarah Elizabeth Rives in 1750 (seven)
John Jr.
Frances
Mary
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m John Hicks m Frances Tatum = 6 children Virginia ...
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From Historical Southern Families, Volume 20 by John Bennett Boddie:
Rebecca Rives was born c. 1692 and died after 1729. She married John Hicks who made his will in Surry County, Virginia, 31 July 1738; and it was probated there 20 August 1739, naming his wife Rebecca Hicks and her brother George Rieves". Dated last Day of September 1728. Sgd: John Hicks. Wit: Artilla (her mark) Rieves , Elizabeth (her mark) Rieves, X, Tatum. Proved Aug. 20, 1729 by oaths of Christopher Tatum and Artilla Reeves.
John Hicks daughter Abigail Hicks m. John Rose and they had children: William Rose before 1733; Amy Rose m. Williams.
John Rose was born in Surry Co. in 1696, the son of William Rose and Lucy Corker. John is mentioned in one will, and William his brother (son?) the other.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA - DEEDS (BOOK 6) Indenture made the 22nd day of June, 1756, between John HICKS and Robert RIVERS (Rives) of Dinwiddie County, for 42 pounds, 10 shillings conveying by estimation 200 acres on both sides of Stevens Branch on North side of Maherrin River, and is part of the Patent granted to John HICKS of Surry County for 400 acres on the 28th day of September, 1728, and devised to his son, John HICKS, in the Last Will and Testament of John HICKS. Witnesses were William VAUGHAN, Thomas VINES, and Peter SMITH. Presented in Court on June 22, 1756. Deed Book 6, page 60.
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Father of Edward Tatum: Names Edward (Jr.), Henry, Christopher and Peter
Prince George Co., VA Will of Nathaniel Tatum, 1714
(Deeds etc. 1713-28, page 370, Prince George Co.VA.)
In the name of God, Amen. The twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord God 1714. I Nathaniel Tatum of Prince George County being weake of Body, but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God, therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to dye, Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all, I give & recomend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and for my
Body I commend to the Earth, to be buryed in a Christian like and Decent manner, at the Discretion of my Executors nothing Doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as to _____ing such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form. Imprimis. I give to my son Henry Tatum and his heirs forever the plantation and Land whereon I now live, and two hundred and nine acres of Land, Lying between the blackwater and the second swamps, joining on Mr.Batts Line.
2dly. I give to my son Christopher Tatum, and his heirs for ever, one halfe of a tract of Land that I bought of Thomas Busby, Lying in Surry County, with the plantation whereon my said son lives, and the other halfe to my son Peter Tatum and his heirs forever Christopher to have the upper part of the said tract, beining on Joseph Swamp, Down the same to a branch, thence up the said branch to an old field, which branch I take to be near the middle, thence to the Land that I have taken up.
3dly. I give to my three sons Edward, Christopher and Peter Tatum, and their heirs forever, each of them one Hundred acres of Land, out of a tract that I have taken up on Joseph Swamp, to be divided as followeth, Edward to have the outer part joining to John Doley, and Peter to have the middle, and Christopher to have his hundred joining to his Land before bequeathed.
4thly. I give to my son Edward Tatum, and his heirs for ever, all the rest of my Land not before bequeathed.
Lastly. I Likewise constitute make and ordain Edward Tatum and Christopher Tatum Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and Disanul, all and every other former testament, Wills, Legacys, Bequests & Exec'rs. by me in any waye before this time named, willed bequeathed sattisfying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above
written.
Nath'l.(hisNmark)Tatum Seald wth.red wax
Signed Seald published pronounced and Declared by the said Nath.Tatum as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us the subscribers, viz: Thomas(hisHmark)Howell Thomas Hood Henry Tatum Stith Bolling
At a Court held at merchants hope for the County of Prince George on the second tuesday in November being the fourth day of the said month, Anno Dom. 1719. The above written Last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Tatum dec'd. was presented into Court by Edward Tatum one of the Executors named therein, who made oath thereto, and it being proved by the oath of Stith Bolling, Henry Tatum and Thomas Hood, witnesses thereto, is by order of the Court truly Recorded.
Test Wm.Hamlin ClCur
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[There another Edward Tatum, who would be Edward III, who witnessed the will- as did Robert Hicks. Mentioned are sons Edward, John, Jesse, daughter Maartha ]
Last Will and Testament of Edward Tatum
In the Name of God Amen I Edward Tatum of Brunswick County being very sick and weak but of sound and perfect memory and mind do make this my last will and Testament as Followeth Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my son Jesse Tatum all the land I hold on the north side of the branch that runs into the Reedy Creek between the plantation I now live on and Parhams Mill being for the quantity of two hundred and fifteen acres more or less to him his heirs and assigns for ever I give and bequeath unto my son Jesse the gray horse named Spark one young mare one cow and heifer one bed and furniture and two sows and piggs one iron pot and his wairing cloaths ITEM I give and bequeath unto my son Edward the plantation I now live on and two hundred acres of land more or less and bounded beginning at the branch between the plantation and Parhams Mill running up the branch to Cracks line and from thence long Cracks line to the corner red oak from thence along the head of a little slash that runs into the Cabin branch down the slash to his line at Cracks Mill path and from his line to the creek and up the creek to the mouth of the branch to the beginning to him his heirs and assigns forever and one iron pot ITEM I give and bequeath to my son John Tatum all the rest of my land and one copper kettle ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha one bed and furniture after the decease of her mother ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter Frances one chest of drawers after the decease of her mother ITEM I lend to my beloved wife Martha Tatum all the rest of my Estate after my debts is paid during her widowhood and afterwards to be divided among my four youngest children whom I likewise constitute make and ordain my wife Martha Tatum executor and my son Jesse Tatum executor to my Last Will and Testament. Witnessed by Robert Hicks, Cheney Tatum, and Edward Tatum.
At a court held for Brunswick County April 5th, 1744. This Last Will and Testament of Edward Tatum dec'd was presented in Court by Martha Tatum and Jesse Tatum the excors therein named who made oath thereto according to Law and the same being proved by the oaths of Robert Hicks and Cheney Tatum the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded on the motion of the said excors certification is granted them for obtaining a probat in due form. [Will Book 2, pages 79-80, Brunswick County, Virginia]
Edward Tatum (son of Peter Tatum and Mary Lyall) was born Abt. 1700, and died Bef. April 05, 1744 in Brunswick Co., VA. He married Martha on Bef. 1724.
Notes for Edward Tatum:
Edward Tatum was in Brunswick County, Virginia by 1732. Edward Tatum leased 227 acres from Peter Tatum in 1732 (Brunswick County deed book 1 page 31,32) for five shillings. The location of this land was on the south side of Reedy Creek, which is on the north side of the Meherrin River. This land between their plantations, was half the land granted to Peter Tatum in September 1728. Apparently from the wording, between their plantations, may imply that Edward had land in this county at the time of this lease agreement. Since Edward Tatum left a little over 600 acres to his three sons after his death. These lands could have been purchased or inherited, but we may never know because of the loss of records from Prince George County.
Edward Tatum was active in the affairs of this new county, as we can see from the early records of Brunswick County, Virginia. We find on November 2, 1732 that Edward was "appointed surveyor of the High Ways from the reedy Creek below Jackson's Mill...to the church and it is ordered that all the male laboring tithable persons assist him..." On March 1, 1733 from the same record page 18 we find, "...Charles Kimball and John Ross ordered to assist Edward Tatum and his gang in clearing a bridle way from the Reedy Creek below Jackson's Mill the most convenient way into the road that leads from this courthouse to Surry County." This road was called Tatum's Road, but was later changed.
He also served on the Grand Jury of Brunswick County several times until his death. Edward was appointed clerk of St.Andrews Parish in 1732, where he served until his death. Tobacco was the payment he received for serving as clerk. He served as clerk each year from 1732 to 1744. In 1737, he served as the clerk at both St. Andrews and the Meherrin Parish. The year Edward died his son Jesse was paid for helping with the duties as clerk of St. Andews Parish. We find that it was ordered that the church wardens give the payment of tobacco to the administrator of his will for services by Edward and Jesse for that year. Jesse later served as clerk at the Rattle Snake Chappel from 1750 to 1753. The will of Edward Tatum dated April 5, 1744, (recorded in Brunswick Co. Va., will book 2, page 79,80) listed sons Jesse, Edward, John, and daughters Martha, Frances, and wife Martha. Jesse received land on the north side of a branch that ran into Reedy Creek. Edward received 200 acres with the plantation. John received the remainder of the land that belonged to Edward Tatum. "To my beloved wife Martha all the rest of my estate..." Martha Tatum married William Scoggins after the death of Edward Tatum. William Scoggins was appointed guardian in 1753 of Edward Jr., John, and Frances. And remained so until 1759. In that year Edward Tatum, Jr. was appointed guardian of John and Frances. He was guardian of Frances until 1760 and John until 1761. What happened to Frances and Martha, the daugthers of Edward d.1744, is unknown. After the death of William Scoggins, Martha received money from St. Andrews Church in 1769, 1770. We then find the following entry in the vestry book on November 30, 1771. "To Edward Tatum for maintaining his mother from 15th Dec. last till the 11th April being the time she died." There was an interesting notation made in the same vestry book after the death of Martha Scoggins. "Ordered that the church wardens examine and discharge Doctor Ridley's accusation against Edward Tatum for attending his mother in her sickness."
1. Edward Tatum, Testator, Will Book 2, page 79, 80, Office of the County Clerk, Brunswick County, Virginia.
2. Peter Tatum to Edward Tatum, Lease of Land, Deed Book 1: 31,32.County Clerk's Office, Brunswick County, Virginia.
3. Historic Roads of Virginia Brunswick County, Road Orders 1732-1746, by Nathaniel Mason Pawlett: Faculty Research Historian, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Virginia 1988.
4. Orphan Records of Brunswick County, Virginia.
5. Saint Andrew's Parish, Vestry Book, 1732-1798: Filmed by Genealogical Society of Utah, 1947, 1949 2 reel. Microreproduction of org. records at the Virginia State Library.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tatum/tatum/main/index.htm is website for above, and includes information on his descendants
Edward Tatum [1600.4.3.7] was likely the eldest son. His father gave him 227 acres in 1732. Edward appeared in records with Joseph Tatum. Edward died in Brunswick County by 1744 (will recorded 5 April 1744) naming wife, Martha. He identified four children in his will but spoke of "my four youngest children" suggesting he had more.
Children:
1. Edward Tatum [1600.4.3.7.1] inherited 215 acres on the north side of the branch that runs into Reedy Creek. Edward had wife, Susanna, when they sold 200 acres on Reedy Creek to Thomas Jones of Sussex County 22 March 1784.
2. John Tatum [1600.4.3.7.2] inherited 200 acres near Cabin Branch.
3. Martha Tatum [1600.4.3.7.3].
4. Frances Tatum [1600.4.3.7.4].
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Notes for Timothy Rives:
His wife Judith presented to the Surry County Court an inventory of his estate on December 15, 1716, wherein it appears that he owned 200 acres of land and a long list of household and farming personalty.
Descendants of Timothy and Judith Rives:
........... 3 Rebecca RIVES b: Abt 1692 Surry Co., VA src: #5 = Tyler's Quarterly; 1923-24 Reliques of Rives; Childs d: Aft 1742 =09
............... +John HICKS, Sr. b: Surry Co., VA m: Bef 1712 d: = Abt Jul 1729 in Surry Co., VA src: Surry Co. WB 7 P. 963 & 964 Father: = Robert HIX, Sr. Mother:
.................. 4 John HICKS, Jr. src: WB 8:963 Surry Co., VA =09
...................... +ELIZABETH
.................. 4 Abigail HICKS src: WB 8:963 Surry Co., VA d: = Bef 1781 src: Historic Southern Families; Boddie, Vol. XX =09
...................... +John ROSE, Sr. b: Abt 1694 Surry Co., VA src: = HSF; Boddie, Vol. XX m: Bef 1728 src: Historical Southern Families; = Boddie d: 1781 in Brunswick Co., VA src: Brunswick Co., VA WB 5:123 & = WB 4:126 Father: William ROSE, Jr. Mother: Lucy CORKER
.................. 4 Rebecca HICKS src: WB 8:963 Surry Co., VA =09
...................... + TATUM I src: OB 1714-1720 Prince George = Co., VA; WB 1713-1728 P. 371 src: Surry Co., VA Bk 9 P. 62 d: Abt 1739 = in Surry Co., VA src: Surry Co., VA Bk 9 P. 62 Father: Nathaniel TATUM = Mother: ELIZABETH
.................. 4 Joshua HICKS src: WB 8:963 Surry Co., VA =09
.................. 4 Daniel HICKS src: WB 8:963 Surry Co., VA d: Bef = 1759 src: Brunswick Co., VA WB 3 P. 279 =09
.................. 4 Robert HICKS b: Abt 1712 Surry Co., VA src: = Surry Co., VA DB 4, P. 19 & WB 8:963 d: 1781 in Brunswick Co., VA src: = OB 13 P. 411 & 412 Brunswick Co., VA =09
...................... +Mary COURTNEY? m: 1739 in Surry Co., VA src: = Twigs & Branches; Cosby d: Bef 28 May 1770 Father: ? COURTNEY Mother: = Ann CLACK
........... *2nd Husband of Rebecca Rives: =09
............... +William PARKER m: Aft 1729 src: Surry Co., VA DB 4, = P. 19
.................. 4 John PARKER b: 02 Apr 1742 src: A.P.R. d: Bef = Aug 1774 in Brunswick Co., VA src: DB 13 P. 401; WB 4 P. 202 Brunswick = Co., VA =09
...................... +JANE src: WB 4 P. 202 Brunswick Co., VA
............3 ANCESTOR GEORGE RIVES (see more)
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George Rives (b. Abt. 1698, d. June 01, 1746) [Rebecca's brother]
George Rives (son of Timothy Rives and Judith Moore) was born Abt. 1698 in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, VA, and died June 01, 1746 in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, VA. He married Frances Tatum on Bef. 1737, daughter of Christopher Tatum and Bridgett Scott.
Includes NotesNotes for George Rives:
By a first marriage, George was the father of Judith Rives and of John Rives who married Sarah Gee, daughter of Capt. James Gee. His estate included more than 2,000 acres of land in that and adjoining counties, and at least 25 slaves. George died in Surry Co. (will dated 14 May 1746, recorded 20 Aug. 1746). Three of their children below are listed in the Albemarle Parish Register.
Their children:
Timothy Rives [1600.4.2.3.1] (21 Jan. 1742/3 ) married twice in Sussex County. His first wife was Martha Binns [W.3.8.2.2] whom he wed 8 February (bond) 1773. They were the parents of three. Timothy wed second Rebecca Mason [3564.3.5.5] on 4 February (bond) 1780. They had no children. In 1796 Timothy and Rebecca sold about 100 acres in Jones Hole Swamp to Reaps Mitchell [6648.1.1.4.1.6]. Timothy was dead by 6 December 1804 when his son Charles Binns Rives sold the 500 acres where his dead father lived to his brother Anthony Rives. They recorded his estate in 1810. Rebecca left a will in Sussex County (will dated 9 May 1811 , recorded 6 April 1815).
Charles Binns Rives [1600.4.2.3.1.1] (14 Feb. 1774 ) married Nancy (Colyer) Goodwin.
Archibald Rives [1600.4.2.3.1.2] (9 June 1775 ) died young.
Anthony Rives [1600.4.2.3.1.3] (22 Nov. 1776 - 31 July 1844) married Mary Browne Green [G.6.2.1]. Anthony and Mary lived at "Chalamaria" in Dinwiddie County before moving to Tennessee and then on to Hinds County, Mississippi.
Frances Rives [1600.4.2.3.2] (2 April 1745 ) married Nathaniel Jones [7130.5.2.7].
George Rives [1600.4.2.3.3] married Sarah Eldridge [W.3.8.1.9] in Sussex County 9 January (bond) 1762. He was head of a household of nine with forty-three slaves in Sussex County in 1782. George died in Sussex County in 1795 (will dated 23 Feb. 1795 , recorded 6 Mar. 1795). His wife had preceded him.
Judith Rives [1600.4.2.3.3.1] (29 Oct. 1765 ) married Thomas Blunt of “Blackwater,” in Sussex County 6 January (bond) 1790. Rev. John Cameron united them in marriage. In 1801 she sold 100 acres that had belonged to her brother Eldridge to her brother George.
Capt. Thomas Eldridge Rives [1600.4.2.3.3.2] (15 Dec. 1764 ) married Keziah Tucker, daughter of Rev. Wright Tucker of Dinwiddie County.
Martha Rives [1600.4.2.3.3.3] (22 Feb. 1767 ) married John Wilkinson (22 Mar. 1761 ). The groom was a son of William Wilkinson and Elizabeth Stith. John served during the Revolution.
Martha was dead by the time her father wrote his will in 1795.
Capt. George Rives [1600.4.2.3.3.4] (10 Jan. 1769 ) married first Martha Goodwyn in Sussex County 25 November (bond) 1795. He was later in South Carolina where he married a second time.
Ann Kennon Rives [1600.4.2.3.3.5] was still unmarried in 1795. In 1801 she sold about 45 acres that had belonged to her brother Eldridge to her brother George. She married Stith Parham Jr.
Elizabeth Parham [1600.4.2.3.3.5.1] received bequests in the 1793-will of her grandfather Stith Parham.
Frances Rives [1600.4.2.3.3.6] (2 Aug. 1774 ) was dead by the time her father wrote his will in 1795.
Eldridge Rives [1600.4.2.3.3.7] (6 May 1776 ) died young according to a deed in Sussex County.
Pamela Rives [1600.4.2.3.3.8] (31 May 1778 ) married Thomas Lewis in Sussex County 7 November (bond) 1818.
CHRISTOPHER RIVES [1600.4.2.3.4] (20 Dec. 1739 - 16 July 1772 ) married ELIZABETH BRIGGS MASON [3564.3.5.2] in Sussex County 2 July (bond) 1759.
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Overview for Edward and Rebecca Tatum
Edward Tatum married to Rebecca ___. Earlier reports incorrectly stated her maiden name was Hicks (Hix), daughter of John Hicks. Edward was living in Surry County before 1709. In 1729, he and Rebecca sold to Robert Doby 100 acres on the south side of Joseph Swamp, part of 300 acres he inherited from his father (Nathaniel Tatum II). Edward Tatum died in Surry County (will dated 3 September 1736, and proved 16 May 1739).
Ed Tatum disputes the Hicks name: "...Sara Hill is convinced that Edward's (d. 1739) widow Rebecca is not a Hicks. She thinks that when John Hicks sent his son Robert to live with "son-in-law" Edward [Robert not Edward] Tatum, he was actually referring to (another) Edward Tatum who died 1744 in Brunswick County. Robert Hicks is closely associated with this Tatum group in Brunswick. John Hicks' will mentions wife Rebecca but never mentions any daughter by this name, only 'son-in-law Edward Tatum.'" Robert Hicks witnessed the will of Edward Tatum (~1700 to 1744 Brunswick County).
(Courtesy of Ed Tatum, email of 1 December 2009 and 13 September 2010)
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CHILDREN OF EDWARD TATUM SR. and REBECCA HICKS (TATUM)
I. NATHANIEL TATUM 2
II. RUTH TATUM
III. ELIZABETH TATUM
IV. PETER TATUM MARRIED DICEY HAYS Nov. 1818
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These are very interesting. Notice the TATUM connections all through these deeds. FYI, Edward TATUM married Rebecca HICKS, d/o John HICKS and Rebecca RIVES and g/d of either Capt. Robert HICKS, Jr. of Brunswick or John HICKS, his brother. Regardless, all of these families are all over the HICKS family of Brunswick County, VA.
Peter and Edward are brothers and children of Nathaniel TATUM of Brunswick, as best I can tell.
The EPPES family is all tied up with the RANDOLPHS, ROYALS and ISHAMS, which, I am sure, is where the name, Isham DANIEL originates. The Randol DANIEL listed in this is probably Randolph DANIEL and we know the name, Peter, is all through the RANDOLPHS, JEFFERSONS, etc. The Chaney TATUM name also is probably from the CHENEY family which was tied to the Middlesex DANIEL family from where I think most of these folks were from.
The William LANIER listed in one of these deeds was the brother of Thomas LANIER who married Elizabeth HICKS, d/o Robert HICKS, III. Peter TATUM was also the security for the estate of Elizabeth IRVIN, wife of Nathaniel IRVIN (or URVIN), the wife of Robert HICKS, III (ABT 1687-1736).
Do not overlook the EDWARDS in these deeds, either. John ROSE married a niece of Robert HICKS, III. Nor, when Nathaniel TATUM died (1736).
There is just too much smoke in the names, here, for them not to be related in some way to the family of James DANIEL and Jane HICKS.
Brunswick County, VA Deeds
Deed Book 6, page 215, 23 January 1759
Peter Daniel and his wife Sarah of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick County to George Tatum of Bath Parish in Dinwiddie County 13 December 1758. 136 acres on the south side of Nottoway River, joining Crab Louse Run, John Avery, Isaac Howze, Short, Grasse Branch. Witnesses: John Daniel, Thos Simmons, Randol Daniel, James Harwell. Proved 23 January 1759. Archd Wager CC
Deed Book 6, page 361, 28 July 1760
John Daniel of Brunswick County to John Pearson of same. 7 July 1760 100 acres in St Andrew Parish, joining Crablouse Run, Isham Daniel, William Eppes, sd Pearson. Witnesses: Thomas Hour, George Tatum, John Tillman. Proved 28 July 1760. Mary the wife of sd John Daniel relinquished her right of dower. John Robinson CC
Deed Book 7, page 529, 26 April 1762
Hugh Edwards and his wife, Sarah, of Halifax County, North Carolina, to Wm Snipes of Dinwiddie County. 30 December 1761 86 acres in St Andrew Parish on the south side of Crablouse Run, joining Isaac Howze, Grassy Branch, George Tatum. Witnesses: William Edwards, John Howze, George Tatum. Proved 26 April 1762. John Robinson CC
Deed Book 7, page 804, 26 March 1764
Isham Daniel and his wife Martha and John Jones of St Andrews Parish in Brunswick County to Thomas Harvey of said parish. 22 August 1764 100 acres, joining John Bounshire, myself, George Tatum, Grasse Branch, Williams Epps' former land. Witnesses omitted
Deed Book 9, page 620, 27 November 1769
William Snipes and his wife Sarah of St Andrew Parish in Brunswick County to Buckner Lanier of said county. 27 November 1769 86 acres on the south side of Crablouse Run, joining Isaac House, Grassey Branch, George Tatum; also 100 acres which had belonged to Isham Daniel who conveyed it to John Jones gentleman who conveyed to the said Snipes, joining George Tatum, John Bounsher, Eppes, and also joining the land where said Snipes now lives. Witnesses: William Lanier, Nathl Harrison, Benjamin Simmons, John B. Goldsberry. Proved 27 November 1769. Edward Fisher DCC
Deed Book 11, page 462, 24 May 1773
List of Tithables:
Chaney Tatum
Edward Tatum
F. Tatum
George Tatum
Jos. Tatum
Nathaniel Tatum
Brunswick County, VA Order Book
Page 125, 1 April 1736 - Peter Tatum secruity on Administration of estate of Elizabeth Urvin
Page 14, 2 November 1732 - Peter Tatum acknowledges his deed to Edward Tatum
Page 14, 2 November 1732 - Edward Tatum is appointed surveyor of the highways from Reedy Creek below Jackson's Mill the nearest way to the chur. All male laboring tithables on Reedy and Rocky Creek to assist.
Page 18, 1 March 1732/33 - Charles Kimball and John Rose are ordered toassist Edward Tatum and his gang in clearing bridle way from Ready Creek below Jackson's Mill to most convenient way into the road that leads from this court house to Surry County.
Page 24, 6 April 1733 - In the case between Thelphilus Field, plaintiff, and Peter Tatum, defendant, the plantiff not prosecuting, the same is dismissed.
Page 101, 7 August 1735 - Edward Tatum and Peter Tatum appointed to appraise estate of John Bartholomew
Page 102, 7 August 1735 - In the action between Robert Bolling, esquire, plaintiff, and Peter Tatum, defendant, the plantiff not prosecuting, case dismissed and defendant to pay no costs.
Page 123, 6 February 1735/36 - Lewis Parham granted permission to build a
mill on Reedy Creek "opposite to a parcel of land appertaining to Edward
Tatum" land bought from John Watson
Page 139, 3 November 1736 - payments: William Maclin gent (for an
inquistion on the body of Nathaniel Tatum)
John R. Clarke
Thomasville, GA
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First Generation
1. John1 Hicks was born before 1700. John died September 30, 1728/1729 in Prob, Surry Co, Va.
He married Rebekah Rieves before 1708. Rebekah was born before 1708. She was the daughter of Rieves. Rebekah died after 1728. Per Boddie: HSF, v 20; will proved 20 Aug 1729
John Hicks and Rebekah Rieves had the following children:
child 2 i. 2 Hicks was born before 1710. She died after 1729. Per Boddie: HSF, v 20; mentioned in fa's will
child 3 ii. Daniell Hicks was born before 1710. Daniell died after 1729. Per Boddie: HSF, v 20; mentioned in fa's will
child 4 iii. Joshua Hicks was born before 1710. Joshua died after 1729. Per Boddie: HSF, v 20; mentioned in fa's will
child 5 iv. Abigail Hicks was born about 1710. Abigail died before 1780. She married John Rose before 1728. John was born in Prob, Surry Co, Va about 1694. He was the son of William Rose and Lucy Corker. John died after August 1780 in Brunswick Co, Va. (See John Rose for the continuation of this line.) Per Boddie: HSF, v 20;not mentioned in husband's will, poss d date
child 6 v. Robert Hicks was born after 1710. Robert died after 1729. Per Boddie: HSF, v 20;
child 7 vi. John Hicks was born after 1710. John died after 1729. Per Boddie: HSF, v 20; mentioned in fa's will
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1642: Charles River Co., VA John Hickes by John Brooch (land patentee or party bringing him over) (src. 27)
John Bennett Hicks born abt. 1657 Charles City, Co. Va
Denias Christiana "Unknown" born abt. 1661 in Chas.City, Va.
five Children: Thomas - William - Joseph - Christiana - Samuel
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**Hays and Breeze ancestors: a genealogy of the parents of my father Ralph E. Hays : researched and compiled solely by the author, from records found in the United States at the National Archives, state archives, county court houses, in the U.S. census, and cemetery records
by
Eugene Thomas Hays
Gateway Press, 1993 -
First a John Hix received 400 acres on both sides of the Great Cherrystone Creek on August 3, 1771
Bedford Co.
Sarah Hix, daughter of Jon Hix (b. before 1730) married Samuel Huff
Mentions will of James:
Will of James Hix, dated January 28, 1776, proved on May 23, 1776, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
James Hix very sick and weak in body but of sound mind and perfect memory.
Just debts to be paid by selling stock as best determined by my executor and by the collection of a Bond on Thomas Claibourne of Brunswick County in the hands of Benjamin Hix and to collect, also three pounds eight shillings due from George Elliott of this county.
I lend unto my well beloved wife Frances Hix during here widowhood 4 working negros VIZ: Andrew, Hannah, Sarah and Peter, only that Peter be sold if required. Also to my wife possession of the lands and improvements where I now live during her widowhood, also my riding horse, 10 choice cows, 15 head of sheep, all of my working tools, all household furniture except 1 feather bed and furniture which I give to my wife and for her to dispose of as she thinks proper.
The land where I now live after the decease of my wife, I give to my son Miles Hicks (Hix) to be directed by the executor until he comes of age.
Son Miles when he comes of age shall pay to the child with which his mother Frances Hix is now pregnant, one hundred fifty pounds on the child coming of age, whether the child be a son or daughter. Should the child not live, the money to be divided amongst the other surviving children and their heirs: Nancy Hix, Elizabeth Hix, Franky Hix, Dolly Hix, the daughters of the said James Hix.
Also to my son Miles Hix, a negro boy Abraham. Should Miles not live to enjoy the estate, the same boy to be sold and the money divided among my living children and the residue of my negros to wit: Andrew, Charlotte, Tazzy, Ben, Amea - I will to the first of my daughters that comes of age and divide the last mentioned negros into equal lots and the eldest daughter to have the first choice.
After the decease of my wife Frances, all things lent to her to be sold and the funds equally divided among all of my children. Appoint my wife and my brother, Benjamin Hix of Brunswick County my executors. Signed by James Hix. Witnesses were John Salmon, Elisha Harbour, David Lanier, and Thomas Jamison.
Security for the executors are John Salmon, James Shelton, Jesse Chandler, and David Lanier.
Deeds & Will Book 5, pages 416-418, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
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Edward TATUM (b. 1681, d. May 16, 1739)
Edward TATUM (son of Nathaniel TATUM and Elizabeth TURNER) was born 1681 in Prince George Cty Va ., and died May 16, 1739 in Surry, Va.. He married Rebecca HICKS on Abt. 1739 in Va..
More About Edward TATUM and Rebecca HICKS:
Marriage: Abt. 1739, Va..
Children of Edward TATUM and Rebecca HICKS are:
+Edward TATUM, b. 1739, Brunswick, Va., d. 1811, Guilford, N.C.
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Edward TATUM (son of Edward TATUM and Rebecca HICKS) was born 1739 in Brunswick, Va., and died 1811 in Guilford, N.C.. He married Elizabeth DANIEL on 1770 in Pennsylvia Cty. Va..
Includes NotesNotes for Edward TATUM:
Shown as having two wives, Susannah HEATH and Elizabeth DANIEL.
More About Edward TATUM and Elizabeth DANIEL:
Marriage: 1770, Pennsylvia Cty. Va..
Children of Edward TATUM and Elizabeth DANIEL are:
+Annie Charity TATUM, b. 1779, Northampton, Va., d. Abt. 1843, Giles Cty. Tenn..
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Joshua and Jean Hicks [apparently they are from Maryland not part of this line]
[places of birth unknown] are:
1. Joshua Hicks Jr. B: about 1779
2. Elizabeth Hicks B: about 1781 She married in Rockbridge Co., VA on 23 Aug 1796 to Nicholas Spring--Marriage bond, Joshua Hicks surety.
3. Margaret "Peggy" Hicks B: about 1783 married Robert Lawson Jr. on 31 Jan 1800. They moved to Jackson Co., TN in 1815. Marriage bond
4. Joseph Hicks B: about 1785 D: before 1824 Married Polly Campdon 27 Aug 1812. Her father was Benjamin Campdon. Source: LDS Microfilm # 0033799, Item 1 Record of Marriages 1782-1830
Polly Hicks remarried to Benjamin Children on 12 April 1824. ??records not found
Sarah A. Hicks, daughter of Joseph Hicks and Polly Campdon Hicks Childress married David M. Hall in Rockbridge Co., VA on 31 Jan 1833. Source: Rockbridge Co., VA Marriages 1778-1850 in Virginia Historical Marriage Register
5. Jane Hicks B: about 1786 Married John Cunningham 22 Jan 1804 Rockbridge Co.., VA 1778-1859 Historical Marriage records
6. Mary Ann "Polly" Hicks B: about 1788 Married David Hostetter 03 Nov 1808 By G. A. Baxter Rockbridge Co.., VA 1778-1859 Historical Marriage records
Unverified if they are our Mary and David Hostetter:
1840, 1850 & 1860 Census Reports Montgomery Co., IN David and Mary Hosteller enumerated verifying place of residence for a Mary and David Hostetter.
Mary Ann d: 17 Feb 1868 Montgomery Co., IN & buried with husband in Lagoda Cemetery, Lagoda, IN
David Hostetter b: 27 July 1776 York Co., PA d: 07 Jan 1862 Montgomery Co., IN. Parents: Henry Hostetter & Anna Sherman
7. Hannah Hicks B: 07 Feb 1785 Married James Wilson 07 Sept 1809 Rockbridge Co.., VA 1778-1859 Historical Marriage records.
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Also found a marriage for David Hicks in Rockbridge on
04 Dec 1823 to Susan Guthery services by Jno. D. Ewin. Source: Rockbridge Marriages LDS Microfilm # 0033799, Item 1; Record of Marriages 1782-1830 Unknown if this is a grandchild of Joshua???
Joshua Hicks is first found in Rockbridge Co., VA in court records on 02 Aug 1803. Source: Rockbridge Co., VA Court Order Book 1802-1803 Page 380
Copy of original land granted in an exchange Treasury Warrant # 1813 by Governor John Tyler, Governor of the Commonwealth of VA in Rockbridge County on the waters of Kerr's Creek Surveyed 21 April 1809 adjoining lands of Robert McCampbell, his own, and land belonging to the heirs of John Symons. 15 June 1808 granted by the said Commonwealth unto Joshua Hicks a certain tract or parcel of land, containing 2 ¾ acres & 28 poles.
Joshua Hicks enumerated in 1810 census of Rockbridge Co., VA Joshua HH 2 males 10-16, 2 males 26-45, 1 male 45 and over; 2 females 10-16, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 45 and over.
17 March 1813 Joshua Hicks & Jean his wife sell to John Miller, all of Rockbridge Co., VA for the sum of $4,000- a tract of land containing 264 acres with an adjoining tract containing 2 ¾ acres. The tracts join the lands of Robert McCampbell and John Simonds' heirs
Source: Rockbridge Co., VA Deed Book H page 8
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Joshua Hicks and Jean [surname unknown] have a 7th child, Hannah Isabella Hicks. She is the only child of theirs who is listed as being born in Rockbridge Co., VA on 07 Feb 1785, although there may have been earlier children born in Rockbridge, the records are incomplete. We have found another daughter, Elizabeth, who married to Nicholas Spring on 23 Aug 1796 in Rockbridge. Their daughter, Margaret "Peggy" Hicks married Robert Lawson [above], son of Isaac, on 30 Jan 1800 in Rockbridge, they are my ancestors. There are several court records with Joshua Hicks beginning in 1809. There is a land grant for Joshua Hicks dated 15 June 1808 in Rockbridge on the water's of Kerr's Creek adjoining the land of Robert McCampbell.
The children we have listed for Joshua and Jean/Jane Hicks are:
1.Joshua Hicks Jr. b: about 1779 Married [name unknown] She is thought to have been born after 1784
2.Elizabeth Hicks B: About 1781 Marriage Bond 23 August 1796 : Nicholas Spring and Joshua Hicks, surety. Nicholas Spring and Elizabeth Hicks, daughter of Joshua Hicks Married by Rev. John M. Crea
3.Margaret "Peggy" Hicks B: About 1780/83 D: After 1840 Jackson Co., TN Married Robert Lawson, son of Isaac Lawson, Marriage bond 30 Jan 1800 Rockbridge Co., VA
4. Joseph Hicks B: about 1784 D: before 12 April 1824 Rockbridge Co., VA Married Polly Campden 27 Aug 1812 Rockbridge Co., VA by D. Blair. The only child found recorded for Joseph Hicks and Polly Campden is Sarah N. Hicks who Married David W. Hall 31 Jan 1833 Rockbridge Co., VA by Allen D. Metcalf, Presbyterian minister [after her father's death and her mother remarriage to Benjamin Childress.]
5.Jane Hicks B: About 1786 Married John Cunningham 22 Jan 1806 Rockbridge Co., VA Bond and license date only
6.Mary Ann "Polly" Hicks B: About 1788 D: 17 Feb 1868, Montgomery County, IN. Buried 1868 Ladoga Cemetery, Ladoga, IN Married David Hostetter 03 Nov 1808 Rockbridge Co., VA by George A. Baxter Presbyterian minister
7 Hannah Hicks B: 07 Feb 1792 Rockbridge Co., VA [date per tombstone] D: 23 Jan 1865 McNairy Co, TN. Burial: Mt. Zion, Enville, TN 1st Married James R. Wilson 07 Sept 1809 Rockbridge Co., VA by George A. Baxter, Presbyterian minister Other marriages did not occur in Rockbridge.
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Indenture made 25 January 1745, between Thomas Hicks of the Province of North Carolina and Nathaniel Edwards of Brunswick
County, £40, 250a, is the lower part of a Tract of Land containing about 400a whereon Daniel Hicks late of Brunswick County aforesd. at the time of his Death did Dwell &; which said 250 acres of Land the said Daniel Hicks by his last will &; Testament dated 17 December 1734 did Devise to the said Thomas Hicks as by the said last will &; Testament of the said Daniel
Hicks duly proved and recorded in the County Court of Brunswick. Signed Thomas Hicks. Witnesses: John Wall, Junr., George Hicks, James Hicks, Junr., John Irby, Junr. Henry Bedingfield, Francis Price. Court February 6, 1745, Indenture, Memorandum and Receipt proved by the oaths of James Hicks Junr., Henry Bedingfield &; Francis Price. Deed Book 3, Page 141.
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Oct. 11, 1782 Hicks, Mary (dau of William Hicks, Sr.) Debruler, Micajah (son of Greenfield Debruler of Maryland) Tatom, John
Nov. 26, 1792 Hicks, Pricilla (dau of William Hicks, Sr.) Duncan, Seamore (son of John Duncan) Elliott, Robert
May 27, 1778 Hunt, Mourning (widow of John Hunt) Hicks, William Sr. (widower) Searcy, John Sr.
Aug 27, 1800 Harris Elizabeth Hicks, Abner wit Hicks, Thomas
Jul 12, 1787 Hicks, Annie (dau of William Hicks, Sr.) Matthews, William DeBruler, Micajah (bro-in-law)
Apr 19, 1785 Hicks, Agnes Parham, Thomas Parham, Coson
Aug 1, 1782 Hicks, Martha (dau of William Hicks, Sr.) Tatum, John Jr. (son of John Tatum, Sr.) Hicks, William Sr.
Nov 13, 1767 Hicks, Abigail (dau of Robert Hicks, Sr.) Yancey, William--Yancey, James
Oct 20, 1784 Hicks, Betsy m Tudor, Valentine --Tudor, Henry
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Joshua Hicks - possibilities
Virginia's Colonial Soldiers - Page 112
Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck - 1988
ANDREW LEWIS'S COMPANY WANTING NECESSARIES SEPT. 1757. John Humphries, William Smith, Thomas Wright, Robert Elliott, Jesse May, Joshua Hicks,
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: ...
Augusta County (Va.), Lyman Chalkley - 2010 -
Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 Augusta County (Va.), Lyman Chalkley. 1796 — August 23, Nicholas Spring and Joshua Hicks, surety. Nicholas Spring and Elizabeth Hicks, daughter of Joshua Hicks
Cyndi's List: A Comprehensive List of 70,000 Genealogy Sites on ..., Volume 2
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Joshua Hicks and Diana Adams of Surry Co. NC 1765-1848
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Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of
Michael Thorn S16272
Transcribed by Will Graves
On this 12th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable Amery Kinney President Judge of the Circuit Court of said County, now sitting, Michael Thorn, an old and respectable resident of said County and State aged about sixty-eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration: That he was born on the South branch of the Potomac [River], near Romney, Virginia, in the year 1764, according to a record made by his father in the family Bible, That he removed to near Pittsburgh with his father and the family at an early age– he believes the same year Lord Dunmore held a treaty with the Indians at Pittsburgh; that he entered the service of the United States after the commencement of the Revolutionary war, and served as he is herein related: That in the year 1778 or 1780, he entered a militia company raised him Turtle Creek, under Captain Ellison, as a substitute for Joshua Hicks , for a three month tour of duty to guard the frontier:
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William Abraham Hicks (1769 - 1837?, age 68) (Cherokee) was a leader and chosen interim Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in October 1827. He succeeded his older brother Charles Hicks, who died in office in January that year, two weeks after coming to the position. The Cherokee Council named John Ross as second chief, and Elijah Hicks as President of the National Committee. William Hicks served until October 1828, when the Council elected John Ross as principal chief.
Hicks was of mixed race and became a wealthy farmer in the Oothcaloga Valley of present-day Georgia; he supported European-American education for his and other Cherokee children, as well as the opening of a mission and school in the valley. He was baptized as a Christian about 1819, as was his brother and other allies among the Cherokee.
Early life and education
Charles and William's father was Nathan Hicks (1740–1829), a Scottish trader, son of Robert Hicks and Mary Courtney. Their mother was Nancy Conrad (1740–1770), a half blood, daughter of Swiss immigrant, Johann Conrad (1720–1754) and Jennie Oconastota (b. 1724), daughter of Oconastota Rainmaker (1702–1783) and Ahneewakee of the Red Paint Clan (b. 1704). As the Cherokee had a matrilineal system, the children belonged to their mother's clan, where they gained their social status, and boys were guided by males in their mother's family. Nathan Hicks and Nancy Conrad had: Sarah Gosaduisga (1758), Elizabeth (1759), Mary (1760), Nathan Jr (1764), Elizabeth (1766), Charles (1767) and William (1769).
Career
William Hicks became active in the tribe, supporting his brother in many actions. He developed a farm in the valley of Oothcaloga Creek, as did Major Ridge and numerous other Cherokee, turning it into a recognized "garden spot". (It was near present-day Calhoun| in Gordon County, Georgia.)[1]
During these years Hicks became allied with Major Ridge, who also had a farm at Oothcaloga. They shared some ambitions for their children and the Cherokee people. They both sent sons to study with the Moravian missionaries, the Gambolds. In addition, William Hicks became baptized as a Christian, as did his brother Charles and his wife, and Ridge's wife Susanna. Ridge later hired a private tutor for his son John Ridge and sent him to a private white school. About 1822 Ridge and Hicks urged Father Gambold to open a mission at Oothcaloga and to establish a missionary school, as they had more children to be educated. Charles R. Hicks, William's older brother, advanced to become Second Principal Chief of the Cherokee, serving for years in that position. Two weeks after the death of Pathkiller and succeeding him as Principal Chief, Charles also died, on 20 January 1827. The tribe was without a leader and under pressure for land cessions by Georgia and North Carolina. At the time, Major Ridge was Speaker of the Council; he assumed leadership of the lower house. John Ross continued as President of the National Committee, or upper house. Following increasing centralization of leadership for nearly a decade, in 1827 the Cherokee changed their government to a constitutional republic, which incorporated many aspects of Cherokee tradition. [2]
Perhaps because the adoption of a new constitution had provoked an outcry from representatives of bordering states (Georgia appealed to President John Quincy Adams), the Council chose to put in place an interim government. At its meeting in October 1827 at New Echota, it named Hicks as principal chief, John Ross as second chief, and Elijah Hicks as President of the National Committee. William Hicks succeeded his older brother.[3] William Hicks served until October 1828 during a time of tension; in December 1827 the Georgia government claimed Cherokee territory was under its jurisdiction.
While the Council was meeting, General Cocke asked it to meet him and two other federal treaty commissioners at Hiwassee, but the Council declined. It said those meetings were only about ceding land to the United States, and the Cherokee had no more land to give.[4]
John Ross became Principal Chief in October 1828. Of European and Cherokee ancestry, he had been educated in American schools, was bilingual, and was among the mixed-race elite leaders of the tribe, who were more acculturated to European-American ways. Most of the tribe did not speak English.[5]
George Lowery was elected Second Principal Chief, Lewis Ross as President of the National Committee, Going Snake as Speaker of the Council, John Martin as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. At that time, William Hicks and Major Ridge were chosen as counselors to the chiefs. Like Ross, the leadership of this National Committee was predominately men of mixed race, who were wealthy and bilingual in English. Members of the National Council, the town chiefs, tended to be full-blood and spoke only Cherokee. Among the issues they were considering was trying to regulate missionary expansion, which both Hicks and Ross discussed. The tribe had asked the missionaries to get their permission before bringing in more personnel but were ignored by the Tennessee Methodist Conference.[6]
Disappointed that Ross was chosen as Principal Chief over him, Hicks was considered to have become eccentric. Ross took him with a delegation to Washington to discuss land issues, but afterward Hicks' actions were considered increasingly erratic.[7]
Hicks died at age 68 at Oothcaloga Creek, Georgia before the Removal.
Marriage and family
William Hicks married (1) Lydia Qua-La-Yu-Ga Halfbreed, born about 1792 in Spring Place, Georgia, daughter of James Stands Big Halfbreed (1750-1834) and Hannah Qua-La-Yu-Ga Critterden (1756-1838, daughter of Critter Den and Jennie Dougherty). She was born about 1776 in CNE [GA], and died 1849. Their son Chief George Augustus Hicks, was a Conductor on the Trail of Tears that went through Ft. Smith Arkansas. Lydia also married Leonard Shaw, son Fred Shaw; Daniel McCoy, daughter Catherine McCoy; James Chisholm, children unknown; James Foster, children John Tyler, Wat and Tom Foster; George Chisholm, children Nelson, Lydia and Polly Chisholm.
He married (2) Sarah Bathia Foreman, called Sallie, 1804 in Tennessee, daughter of John Foreman and Susie Ti-Ta-S-Gi-S-Gi Rattling Gourd 1760-1830 (daughter of John Gourd and Teetarskeekee 1741-1828). She was born about 1788 in Cherokee territory in present-day Tennessee and died September 01, 1839 in Fairfield, Cherokee Nation (Indian Territory). Children: Elly, Judge Jay, William Jr, Ruth, Carrington, Margaret, Abijah, Ella, and Sallie. Sallie died on the Trail of Tears Sept 1, 1839
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[post by Ace]
"Capt. Henry Batte ordered to assign and swear appraisers of Estate of Timothy Rieve" (the French pronunciation of the name apparently still persisting).
I suggest now the likelihood that this Timothy "Rieve" or Rives was the emigrant ancestor and that he was identical with 206, Timothy Ryves, born 1625, son of Timothy and Mary Ryves of (Oxford (p.51), and that he was the father of George, Robert, John, and Timothy Rives, of Virginia. The William Rives living in Surry in 1684 and 1695 may well have been another son of this this Timothy. At any rate I advance the hypothesis as one for future investigators to bear carefully in mind.
The earliest records of Rives in Virginia are found in The Original Lists of Persons of Quality
Lists of the Livinge and Dead in Virginia Febr: 16th 1623.
NATHANIELL REEUE [REEVE]
JOHN REEVES
JOHN REEVES
[Regi]ster of the names of all ye Passinger wch Passed from ye Port of London for on whole yeare Endinge at Xpmas 1635.
THO: REEVE 24
JO: REEVES 19
WM REEVE 22
Prince George Co., Virginia Deeds, 1713-28, page 350
George Rives, age 59 years or thereabouts Deposeth that some time in the month of April Last while he was trading in the Province of South Carolina, he did both see and oftentimes did converse with a runaway Malatta [sic] man slave named Jack, belonging to Samuel Harwood, the younger, of Charles City County, that the said Slave came into that Province in the company of Mr. Robert Hix, and other traders, as the s'd Traders informed this Deponant that the said Malatta man slave there goes by the name of John Bunch, and would have returned home to his said master, but was forcibly detained in the Province by one Capt. How and other traders there. This Deponent further saith that he very well knows that said runaway Slave to belong to the said Harwood and for some years past did Live upon the Plantation on the Poplar Swamp under him, and further saith not. This 8th day of Sept. 1719.
George(X)Rives .
One family by one family at a time then the tie in with the Portguese Lumbee Emanual family back to the the Portguese Blacks called by the Dutch Negger ,New York Dutch for Negro. Their migrations out of New York to Maryland then arrival in North Carolina some of thier relatives the Lumbee Kitchings and their white relative family Kitchings in South West Va.
George Rives
In 1729 he had been made co-executor, with his sister, Rebecca Hicks, of the estate of his brother-in-law, John Hicks. On December 16, 1739, he purchased for £73 from Theoderick Bland two tracts on the southside of the main Blackwater in