Robert Hicks (Hix) Workpage 1600s-1820 Mainly VA-NC
[One of the most popular Hicks names and lines in VA-NC. The Captain Robert line is the most important and most of it is documented.
The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: Who Came to Plymouth By Charles Edward Banks
Robert Hicks (Hix) born about 1570 was a fellmonger, of London, residing in Southwark in 1616. He had married before emigration but drew only one lot for himself in the 1623 division. In 1627 his wife Margaret participated in the division. His name does not appear in the Subsidy of 1620 for Southwark but the parish registers of 1620 for St. Saviour and St. George should give some record of his family. The adjoining parish of Bermondsey furnishes the following information about his family relating to the baptisms of his children viz.: Thomas 19 Feb. 1603/4, (bur. April 1604); John 12, Oct. 1605; Sarah 25 Oct. 1607. He probably moved to Southwark after the last date.
1) Captain Robert Hicks. Robert Hicks the Taylor.
Confusion exists between the Surry Co. lines. The original Robert is the emigrant is known as Robert, the taylor. His father? could be born c. 1620 and coming to Virginia c. 1635. He is the Robert who owned land in 1654. It is reported in some charts that he married Winnifred Evans daughter of John Evans. In most charts Robert, the taylor, is the father of Captain Robert Hicks, who first married Winnifred and then married Frances House. Captain Robert had a son Robert, who died before he did.
[Concerning John Hicks, one of that name (who d. after Sep. 1728 in Surry Co. VA and was prob. born there as well) mar. Rebecca Rives and had 6 ch., including a son Robert who mar. Mary unk. This John Hicks was the son of a Robert Hicks Sr. and Winifred Evans, which couple also had a son whom I call Capt. Robert Hicks, the Indian trader who mar. Frances House and had perhaps 11 children. Although Carol Morrison has said that Robert Sr. and Capt. Robert are the same person who mar. first Winifred Evans and then Francis (House), the website http://www.virginians.com mentions a patent in Charles City Co. VA which identifies Robert Sr. as a tailor, apparently to distinguish him from Capt. Robert who traded with the Indians. The records of this Surry/Brunswick Co. VA family require more study. Where Rebecca Rives is concerned, I have her as the dau. of Timothy Rives b. ca. 1670 probably in Surry Co. VA (mar. Judith unk.), son of William Rives Sr.b. 1636 in England (mar. Elizabeth unk.), son of Timothy Rives d. Sep 1643 in England (mar. Elizabeth unk.) - I believe this line was from http://users.erols.com/someday/rives.html and possibly from the data of J. Rives Childs, author of Reliques of the Rives.
2) Robert, son of John Hicks and Rebecca Rives. . Some charts have his as Captain Roberts son but he not mentioned in the will.
3) [James Rives Childs, Whitmore Morris - 1929:]
Robert Hicks and Elizabeth Rives had issue:
i. William b. 1748
ii. Martha (Patsy) b. 1750
iii. Nathaniel, b. about 1753.
iv. Irvin, b. about 1755 ; d. s. p., before 1782, as he is not included in the Prince George county tax lists for the year 1782, or subsequently. In the chancery proceedings in Greensville county he is referred to as having died without issue before 1785. Irvin Rives received from his father's estate the plantation on which his father lived and also. . .
[Will] Va., March so, 1735, mentioning his wife, Elizabeth, his son, Nathaniel Hicks, and daughters, Elizabeth, Winifred, ..
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4) Robert Hicks + Esther Lutin NC
Gordon Faber earlier provided the following, which he said was not necessarily correct or proven:
01. Robert Hicks + Esther Lutin (Found in Chowan County, North Carolina in the early 1700's)
02. Thomas Hicks +
03. Daniel Hicks + Lucy Butler
04. Robert Hicks + Sarah Jordan
05. Sarah Hicks + Armstrong Nichols (that this Sarah is the dau. of number 4 is an error - see below)
In fact, Robert Hicks did marry Esther Luten (the spelling I have chosen to use because it is the one most often found in the Chowan Co. NC records), the dau. of Maj. Thomas Luten, whose will of 16 Feb 1729 Chowan Co. NC mentions his dau. Esther Hicks and his son-in-law Robert Hicks, as well as a number of other children. In the will of this Robert Hicks dated 25 Nov 1733 Chowan Co. NC, Robert Hicks mentions his son Thomas. This information is taken from published will excerpts; if the original wills are still available, the accuracy of the excerpts could be verified.
There are many other land records and misc. public records which mention these people, especially in Chowan Co. NC; a comprehensive analysis of them could paint a much more complete picture of the dates of birth and marriage, places of residence, property owned, and relationships with other families. Perhaps the Dr. Elmer Hicks along with Clark B Hicks of Indianapolis, the gentlemen mentioned by Donna Shufelt, were involved in such an analysis. Hopefully the results of their efforts can be located and shared.
My information says that Thomas Hicks b. ca. 1710 Chowan Co. NC, d. ca. 1775 Wylliesburg, Charlotte Co. VA (the son of Robert Hicks and Esther Luten) married Elizabeth Jordan, the dau. of Charles Jordan. My information also says that Thomas Hicks and Elizabeth Jordan had a son Daniel Hicks b. ca. 1740 near Edenton, Chowan Co. NC, d. ca. 1793 or 1797, who mar. ca. 1764 in Charlotte Co. VA Lucy Butler b. ?, d. ca. 1814, parents unknown. Lucy Butler's middle name is said to be Sage. The above information has been provided to me without proof, so the records of the areas involved must be studied further. It is likely that many of these earlier families were Quakers; it is known that many Jordan families were, and I found last night that Gov. John Archdale of NC, an ancestor of the Pendleton and Connor families, among others, was a Quaker. This opens up another vast collection of records that may be pertinent to our Hicks families, even if our Hicks families were not Quakers!
themselves.
My information says Daniel Hicks and Lucy Butler had a son Robert, specifically Robert V. Hicks b. 1770 Pittsylvania Co. VA, d. 1853 Masseyville, McNairy Co. TN. This Robert V. Hicks mar. 1789 Montgomery Co. NC Sarah Jordan b. 1773, dau. of Francis Jordan. Their daughter Sarah Ann Hicks b. 1 Feb 1812 Montgomery Co. NC, d. 25 Dec. 1889 McNairy Co. TN mar. Harvey Davidson, not Armstrong Nichols. Harvey and Sarah (Jordan) Davidson lived near her parents Robert and Sarah (Jordan) Hicks according to the 1850 census of McNairy Co. TN.
It was not Sarah Ann Hicks but rather Sarah Ellen Hicks b. 1825 d. 1890 who mar. Armstrong L. Nichols. Sarah Ellen Hicks was a dau. of Jacob Hicks and Anna Beaman, Jacob Hicks being a son of Robert V. Hicks and Sarah Jordan. This is the line of Shirley Naughton.
This information is probably all verifiable through various records, but I do not have all the necessary references. Perhaps together we can collect the bits and pieces of substantiating data.
I connect to the above through my 5g-gfather Littleberry 'Berry' Hicks b. ca. 1765 Wylliesburg, Charlotte Co. VA, d. 1839 Aetna, Hickman Co. TN (son of Daniel Hicks and Lucy Butler) who mar. Agnes Jordan, sister of the Sarah Jordan who mar. Robert V. Hicks. I am interested in obtaining proof of the above if anyone has such information.
Sorry about the obvious error in my previous message - I said "Harvey and Sarah (Jordan) Davidson lived near her parents Robert and Sarah (Jordan) Hicks". Sarah (Jordan) Davidson is of course incorrect; the text should have read "Harvey and Sarah (Hicks) Davidson lived near her parents Robert and Sarah (Jordan) Hicks"
[I don't think either of the above John Hicks families have been connected to the Robert Hicks of Edenton and Sandy Point, Chowan Co. NC; this Robert was the precinct registrar of Chowan Co. NC and does appear on many deeds. He married Esther Luten and had two children, Thomas (b. ca. 1710, mar. Elizabeth Jordan; this is my line) and Mary (mar. Daniel Halsey). I placed the marriage of Robert Hicks and Esther Luten about 1686 in Chowan Co. NC and believe that Esther was one of the oldest children of Maj. Thomas Luten (and Mary Currier?). Esther Luten was probably b. ca. 1673 and still alive in 1754. I saw Larry's mention of Africa McGregory d. 1711 as the first wife of this Robert Hicks, but I have no info on her or any children she may have had and have not yet studied this possibility. But note that this Robert Hicks left a will in Chowan Co. NC dated 25 Nov 1733 which was probated January 1734, so I don't believe he died in 1738 or 1739 as stated elsewhere, unless thes!
e will and probate dates have been given incorrectly (the ref. is NC Hist. and Gen. Register, v. I, p. 49; note that an abstract of this will in Boddie's Historical Southern Families v. 5 is partially incorrect). The descendants of this Robert's son Thomas Hicks include the Hicks families of Montgomery Co. NC and Hickman Co. TN, and most of the Hicks families of Fayette Co. IL and Carroll Co. TN (18th district, not those in the 8th district). This line is connected to Jordan and Butler families in several different generations.
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Robert Hicks b. abt 1670 Death abt 1734 NC, Chowan Co
Aged: 64 years
m. Esther Luten b. abt 1673 death aft 9/1748
Docs
Deed, 1/20/1713: John Early and wife Mary to George Smith; land north side Wicacon Creek; test, Robert Hicks, Thomas Luten Jr
Deed, 1/17/1715: Henry Bonner to Joseph Jessop of Perquimans, 200 acres on Mattacomack Creek, bounded by lands of James Blount and John Yelverton; Test, Nicholas Crisp, Robert Hicks
Deed, abt 1718: Joshua Porter to John Lillington, 200 acres on north side of Pampticough River, left me by will of my father John Porter. Test, Thomas Harvey, Jas. Ward, Christopher Butler, Robert Hicks
Deed, 5/31/1726: Thomas Luten to his daughter Mary Evans, 300 acres at Sandy Point; Test, Robert Hicks, Henderson Luten
Will, 2/16/1729: will of Thomas Luten, probated 3/31/1731: sons William, Constance, Thomas, Henderson, daughters Christian, Martha Holey, Rachel Farlow, Ann Brinn, Sarah Standing, Mary Haughton; John Lovick, John Randolph of Williamsburg VA; William Little, son-in-law Robert Hicks; wife Mary, and son Henderson exrs; test, Francis Beasley, Henry Bonner
Will, 11/25/1733: will of Robert Hicks, of Sandy Point, Chowan Precinct, probate January Court 1734; son Thomas, son-in-law Daniel Halsey, wife Esther Hicks, my children
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William Reeves was recorded as early as February of 1718 in Chowan County, North Carolina where he and his son-in-law Robert Hicks were said to have been traders among the indian tribes in addition to being property owners. Accordingly it is not unreasonable to believe that his first wife, as well as Margaret who is believed to be a second wife, could have been Native American and therefore considered "mixed-race".
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Genealogy of Yancey, Medearis, and Related Lines - Page 32
1958- Snippet view
From Mrs, Elizabeth Hummel of Durham N.C. (a descendant of William Hicks, brother of Robert Hicks, Sr. of 1792 will) : "Robert Hicks marries a Reives, "Rives", Sarah and she lived with him the rest of his life or he married another Sarah
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Robert Hicks m. Miss Raven issue:
John Rives Hicks of NC
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Robert Hicks (d. June 25, 1804)
Robert Hicks (son of James Hicks) died June 25, 1804 in Brunswick Co., VA. He married Rebecca Harrison, daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Elizabeth.
Notes for Robert Hicks:
Linda Cross Notes: "VA Land to Robert Hicks: 6 Apr 1769, Brunswick Co., 454 ac adjoining the land of Haley and Hows land. Patents #38, 1768-1770, p. 527 27 Aug 1770, Brunswick co., 27 ac. on the north side of the Maherrin River. Patents #39, 1770-1771, p. 102 Found on the USGenWeb FTP site for Brunswick Co., VA, submitted by Carol Morrison.
Indenture made the 24th day of February, 1756, between Benjamin HICKS and Nathaniel EDWARDS, Esq. for 23 pounds, 8 shillings and 9 pence, conveying 150 acres on Fork of River's Swamp, being all the land devised by the Last Will and Testament of Robert HICKS, dated March 6, 1738 to the said Benjamin HICKS. Witnesses were Miles CARY, J. EDMUNDS, W. EDWARD, and Nathaniel EDWARDS, Jr. Presented in Court on February 24, 1756. Deed Book 6, page 34. --------------------------- Will of Robert Hicks, dated January 3, 1803, and proved June 25, 1804. Wife, Rebecca Hicks. Sons, Paschal Hicks, Abner H. Hicks, Hamlin Hicks, Isaac Hicks. Daughters, Tabetha Bracey and Frances James. Will Book 7, page 29, Brunswick County, Virginia To all to whom these presents shall come greeting Know ye that I Robert Hicks of Brunswick County in the State of Virginia have named appointed & constituted & do by these presents name appoint and constitute Abner Hill of Greensville in the said State of Virginia by Attorney with full power and authority for me and in my name to demand & receive all and every sum or sums of money or other property which was belonging to or owing to my son Harrison Hicks deceased & late of County in the State of South Carolina and in my name as my attorney give sufficient receipts for all sums of money or other property to any person or persons of whom he shall receive any money or other property that is or my be owing to or belonging to the estate of my said deceased son Harrison Hicks & I do hereby give and grant to my said attorney full & compleat [sic] power & authority to use and exercise all such acts and devises in the law as shall be necessary in the premises as fully as myself could act & do if I was personally present hereby ratifying confirming & allowing all and whatsoever my said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done therein by virtue of these presents. In writing whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 8th Day of February, 1790. Signed by Robert Hicks, and witnessed by Lewis Hicks, Geo. Hicks, and Binns Jones. Brunswick County Court November 22nd 1790. This Letter of Attorney was proved according to Law by the oaths of George Hicks & Binns Jones two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Deed Book 15, page 6.
Children of Robert Hicks and Rebecca Harrison are:
+Lucy Harrison Hicks, b. March 07, 1768, d. Abt. 1850, Sumter Co., SC.
Tabitha Hicks, d. date unknown.
Paschal Hicks, d. date unknown.
Abner Harrison Hicks, d. date unknown.
Hamlin Hicks, d. date unknown.
Isaac Hicks, d. date unknown.
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Descendants of John Harris
1 John Harris i: p. 14, 41
. +Elizabeth Watts aka: Molly/Polly Watts m: Bef. 1752 i: p. 14, 41, H246
.... 2 George (A.) Harris b: 1752 d: Abt. Apr 1820 in Granville Co, NC i: p. 1, 6, 7, 14, 20, 23- 26, 40-41, H246
........ +Keziah Earl b: 1753 m: 1772 d: 15 Apr 1849 in 95 years old i: p.14, 23, 26, H246
........... 3 Mary Harris aka: Polly Harris b: 1773 d: Aft. 1839 i: p. 14
............... +Anderson Paschall b: 1769 m: 25 Oct 1820 d: 1839 in Granville Co, NC i: p. 14
........... 3 Pressley Harris b: Abt. 1775 d: Abt. 1777
........... 3 George W(hitfield) Harris b: 04 Feb 1778 d: 29 Apr 1852 i: p. 14, 23, H246, V p. 38
............... +Sarah Wright aka: Sally Wright, Sarah C. Wright b: 04 Jun m: 1802 d: Aft. 1813 i: p. 14, H246, V p. 38
........... 3 James Harvey Harris b: 1780 d: Bef. 1881 i: p. 6, 7, 14, 16
............... +Elizabeth Glover b: Abt. 1782 m: 20 Sep 1801 d: Aft. 1814 i: p. 16
........... *2nd Wife of James Harvey Harris:
............... +Elizabeth ?? m: Aft. 1814 i: p. 17
........... 3 Elizabeth Harris aka: Betsy Harris b: 27 Nov 1782 d: 28 Dec 1857 in NC i: 77, p. 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14,17, 33, 49, H246
............... +Abner Hicks b: 08 Oct 1777 m: 28 Aug 1800 d: 26 Dec 1857 i: 140, p.8, 11, 12, 20, 25, 49, 52, 56, H246
This is NY line:
I do not think that Samuel or Stephen Hicks are in the direct line from the three brothers William, Robert and Thomas that came from Long Island NY. There are various unrelated Hicks' in Granville Co at that time.
I have some of the people in Eugene Hick's book listed in my database (the plain number before the page numbers for TT Hick's book are the reference numbers for that book). I have a Samuel descended from Jacob
Descendants of Jacob Hicks
1 Jacob Hicks b: Jun 1669 d: 22 Mar 1755 i: 30
. +Hannah Carpenter b: 1672 m: 1701 d: Aft. 1718 i: 30
.... 2 Samuel Hicks b: Oct 1702 d: 10 May 1735 i: 43
........ +Martha Doughty aka: Mary Doughty b: 1705 m: 1723 i: 43
.... 2 Stephen Hicks b: 18 Jan 1703/04 d: 04 Jan 1775 i: 43
........ +Elizabeth Moore b: 07 Oct 1734 m: 08 Sep 1755 i: 43
.... 2 Thomas Hicks b: 02 May 1706 d: 10 Mar 1776 i: 43
........ +Temperance Titus b: 14 Oct 1707 m: 14 Nov 1729 i: 43
.... 2 Jacob Hicks, Jr. b: 04 Jun 1708 d: 06 Mar 1769 i: 43
........ +Mary Seaman b: Abt. 1710 m: 08 May 1732 i: 43
.... 2 Sarah Hicks b: 08 Aug 1710 i: 43
........ +Jacob Hoyt b: 03 Apr 1705 m: 06 Nov 1732 i: 43
.... 2 John Hicks b: 25 Dec 1711 d: 1789 i: 43
........ +Martha Smith b: 30 Sep 1709 i: 43
........... 3 Elias Hicks b: 19 Mar 1747/48 d: 27 Feb 1830 in Westbury, Long Island i: 68, p. 2
............... +Jemima Seaman b: 21 Sep 1750 m: 02 Jan 1771 i: 68
.... *2nd Wife of John Hicks:
........ +Phoebe Powell b: 16 Mar 1715/16 m: 1764 i: 43
.... 2 Benjamin Hicks b: 29 Jun 1713 d: 18 Jun 1744 i: 43
........ +Phoebe Titus b: 1717 m: 02 Dec 1736 i: 43
........... 3 Silas Hicks b: 10 Jun 1737 i: 69
............... +Rachel Seaman b: 1742 m: 03 Feb 1762 i: 69
........... 3 Samuel Hicks b: 30 Aug 1741 d: 20 Nov 1819 i: 69
............... +Phebe Seaman b: 04 Jun 1747 m: 26 Jun 1765 i: 69
.... 2 Joseph I. Hicks b: 12 Aug 1714 i: 43
.... 2 Elisabeth Hicks b: 1716 i: 43
.... 2 Hannah Hicks b: 1718 i: 43
........ +David Titus b: 20 Apr 1719 m: 26 Jun 1741 i: 43
.... *2nd Husband of Hannah Hicks:
........ +Thomas Hallet b: Abt. 1715 m: Aft. 1742 i: 43
There is another Samuel who is the son of Benjamin grandson of Jacob as above, and a Samuel who was the son of George Newton Hicks, and a fourth one (Samuel Downey Hicks) who was the son of J. R. Hicks.
Father: William Hicks b: BEF 28 MAR 1725 in Flushing, NY
Mother: Mary Ann Meredith
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Will of Robert Hicks, Greensville Co., VA 1798
I Robert Hicks of the County of Greensville and State of Virginia
being weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory do make this my
last Will and Testament in manner and form following vizt. Item I
lend unto my trusty friend John Watson during his natural life my
plantation named New Market in South Carolina with fifty Acres of
Land on Raeford Creek bought of Frederick Spagner Also nine Negroes
and their increase vizt Jack, Pamela, Cyrus, Toney, Jenny,
Charlotte, Robin, Sizey and Delsey, also my young black mare and bay
Horse named Parker together with the Stock of Cattle and Household
furniture for the use & benefit and support of himself my daughter
Mary the daughter of my first wife Angelina Hicks deceased, and
Children if there should be any surviving begotten of her Body. If
John Watson should decease before my daughter Mary I leave the
Estate in the hands of Hicks Chappell and John Hopkins as Trustees
for my Daughter Mary and Children if there be any. After the death
of John Watson and my Daughter Mary if my daughter should have any
Children that should live to Lawful Age begotten of her Body my will
and desire is that Estate shall belong to them share and share alike
to them and their heirs and assigns forever. if there is not any
Children that survives, the Issues of my Daughter Mary, My will and
desire is that the above Estate shall belong to my Daughter Martha
Dixon Greenway Hicks and the Child my wife Mary Hicks is pregnant
with, to them their heirs and Assigns forever. Item I lend unto my
loving wife Mary Hicks all my Estate both real and personal not
heretofore lent nor given during her widowhood for the benefit and
support of her and her Children. If she should mary (sic) I lend
her one third part of the Estate during her natural life, and the
remainder of the Estate both real and personal I give to my Daughter
Martha Dixon Greenway Hicks and the Child that my wife is pregnant
with and if either of them should die before they comes of lawful
Age the surviving one of the two it shall belong to, to them their
heirs and Assigns forever. My will and desire is that if both my
Children of the wife of Mary Hicks should die before they comes of
lawful age that the Estate may descend unto my Grand Children if
they be any surviving one of my Daughter Mary's to them their heirs
and Assigns forever. I do appoint my friends Winfield Mason, and
James Parham, and my wife Mary Hicks Executors, and Executrix of
this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto
set my Hand and affixed my Seal this first Day of March being in the
Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Six.
Signed Sealed delivered & acknowledged
Robt. Hicks (L.S.)
in the presence of
Jas. Parham
Eliza Parham Dolly Peterson
Greensville County Court June 1798. This Will was proved according
to Law by James Parham and Eliza Parham, Witnesses thereto and
ordered to be recorded and on the Motion of Mary Hicks the Executrix
therein named who qualified thereto according to Law and with Martha
Greenway and John Blunt Turner her Securities acknowledged Bond in
the Penalty of Twenty Thousand Dollars with Condition as the Law
directs Certificate was granted her for obtaining a probate thereof
in due form. Liberty being reserved for the Executors therein named
to qualify thereto when they think fit.
Teste P. Pelham
Will Book 1, page 378-379, Greensville County, Virginia
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John Poythress(3) (c. 1676-aft. 1724), son of John Poythress(2)
Poythris, John 24 Oct. 1701, Charles City County, 350a. On the North side of Nottoway river on the upper end of Umatora old fields....in Surry. Patents 9, 1695-1706, p. 396.
In 1701, John Poythress, Sr., of Deep Bottom, was credited with transporting Henry Snellgrove to Virginia: "Grant to John Poythress, Sr., of Deep Bottom, 350 acres lying on the north side of the Nottoway River, for the transportation of seven persons; John Lee, Robt. Boreman, Humphry Hix, Henry Snelgrove, Mary Drin, U. Standback, Wm. Lambud. 24, Oct 1701."
According to Dr. Claiborne T. Smith, Jr., these abstracts, from the same deed, refer to John Poythress(3), son of John Poythress(2). These abstracts refer to John Poythress of Deep Bottom. John Poythress'(3) father was still living at this time, but John Poythress(3), according to Dr. Smith, is still referred to as John Poythress, Sr., in this deed. If he is in fact the man referred to as an attorney by William Byrd, in Byrd's diaries, then it should be easier to identify him in subsequent records. He would be John Poythress'(2) oldest son and would be entitled to the benefits as the oldest son, according to that time frame and custom. However, it is noted that his cousin John Poythress(3), son of Francis Poythress(2), is addressed as a Captain also in some of the forthcoming material.
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From The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Volume XX, No. 2, May 1994, pg. 82.
This manuscript traces several Chickasaw Indian traders who lived along the Roanoke River near Plumtree (Mush) Island, the Occoneechee Neck, and Quankey Creek. Using the names of "Licensed Indian traders," a list of Virginia, North Carolina 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. One of the first families to live at Sandy Bluff was the Turbevilles. North Carolina records show that between 1713 and 1726, the Turbevilles had lived on the Occoneechee Neck of the Morattuck (Roanoke) River (in present day Northampton County). In May of 1726, William and Walter Turbeville moved to Plumbtree Island (now called Mush Island in Halifax County). In addition to the Turbevilles and Colsons, many other families that had previously lived on the Roanoke River moved to Sandy Bluff. Among th!
em were the Gibsons, Chavis [Chavers], Goins [Goings], and Sweets [Sweat]. According to Gregg, Gideon Gibson was one of the wealthiest men at Sandy Bluff. He was also a "Free Man of Color." So were the Chavis, Goins and Sweat families. All four families were related by marriage. The Goins family had originally come from Virginia before migrating to North and South Carolina. (Goins Island is located at Lake Gaston on the Roanoke River a few miles up river from Hyde Island and Plumbtree Island). Chavis [Chavers], on the other hand, lived on the Quankey Creek, which is below Plumbtree Island. Gideon Gibson had lived near the Occoneechee Neck adjacent to land owned by Arthur Kavanaugh, Ralph Mason, and Richard Turbeville before buying land on Quankey Creek from Robert Long [Lang], a Chickasaw and Cherokee Indian trader. Long also owned land at Elk Marsh and Plumbtree Island. Long had received his land patents at Quankey Creek and Plumbtree Island on 1 March 1719/1720. According !
to Gregg, Gideon's brother, Jordan, went West with Daniel Boone. Benjamin Cutbirth (also known as Calvert/Colbert) was also a member of Daniel Boone's
entourage. Robert Long and Gideon Gibson were not the only woodsmen who lived at Quankey Creek in North Carolina. Joseph Sims and James Moore also lived there. Like the Colsons and Turbevilles of Plumbtree Island, these woodsmen traded with the Chickasaws. During the off-season they often rested at Sandy Bluff before returning to North Carolina. In 1732, Joseph Sims and James Moore witnessed the selling of land between two men from Albermarle County, North Carolina, at Quankey Creek. A third witness was James Logan. William Williams, a former owner mentioned in the above sale, had traded with the Chickasaw Nations since the early 1720s. Peter Jones had accompanied Joseph Colson, Robert Hicks, Major Mumford, and William Byrd II during the survey of "Eden." "On the south side of the James below the mountains the frontier at this time was represented by the Welsh settlement on the Mcherrin; Col.Byrd's improvements on the Roanoke above Sandy Creek, including the three charming i!
slands, Sapponi, Occoneechee and Totero; Major Munford's Quarter near-by; Col.Byrd's Land of Eden on the Dan and Major Mayo's Survey adjoining; Richard and William Kennon's grant on Cub Creek which supplied farmsteads for John Caldwell's Presbyterian Colony... Three years later, on 24 June 1724, Joseph Calvert bought an additional 250 acres from John Gray "on Morratuck River and Plumbtree Island adj. William Green, Near Foltera Fort." The lands bought by Colson/Calvert, and Turbeville on the north side of the Morratuck (Roanoke) River were near an Indian path leading to the courthouse in Brunswick County, Virginia, and to the plantation of Major Robert Mumford [Munford]. Further research revealed that the Turbevilles, Colsons, and Calverts worked for Major Robert Mumford of Brunswick County, Virginia, and with Thomas Whitmell. Major Mumford was a large land speculator and the descendant of an Indian trading family. The Mumfords had traded alongside men like Abraham Wood, Ben!
jamin Harrison, Robert Bolling, William Byrd I, Peter Poythress, and Robert Hicks since the late 1600s. The Turbevilles learned of the Occoneechee Neck on the Roanoke through their association with Arthur Kavanaugh and Major Robert Mumford. By 1712, both Kavanaugh and Mumford were large landowners in Virginia and North Carolina. Kavanaugh began selling his North Carolina patents in 1713 and Mumford acted as his attorney. Thomas Whitmell, the Indian trader, bought six hundred acres from Kavanaugh on the north side of the Morattuck River in 1715. Before moving to North Carolina, the Turbevilles sold land they owned in Prince George County, Virginia, to Peter Mitchell, an Indian trader and land speculator. (Mitchell lived high on the Roanoke River near the Caldwells and James Logan). Anderson was also an Indian trader and land speculator who worked with Mumford. Prior to 1722, Anderson lived with his family on the Occoneechee Neck of the Roanoke River. Before moving to the Roan!
oke River and the Occoneechee, Anderson
had lived in Prince George County, Virginia. Prince George County records reveal that in the 1740 "Rent Roll of all the Lands held in the County," the following names were listed: Jno. Anderson, Lewis Green, Peter Jones, Peter Mitchell, Hubert Gibson, Coll. Bolling, Coll. Harrison, Arthur Kavanaugh, Francis Poythres, Sr., Dan'll Hickdon [Higdon], Coll. Byrd, Rob't. Hix, Robt. Munford, Rich'd. Turberfield, and Wm. Eppes. In 1722, Major Mumford and John Anderson were the first individuals to apply for a patent in present-day Mecklenburg County in Virginia. It was for "2811 acres in the fork of Cock's (now Poplar) Creek" and the Roanoke River. When Richard Turbeville and his family moved to North Carolina, they lived on the Occoneechee with other Chickasaw traders and next to Anderson, Colson, Pace, Mason, Gibson, Lang (Long), and Thomas Whitmell. On 1 March 1720, the Lords Proprietors of North Carolina issued patents to Plumbtree Island and on the south side of Plumbtree Swamp!
abutting the island. These patents went to Thomas Whitmell, William Green, John Cotton, John Geddes, William Reeves, Barnaby Milton, and Robert Lang (Long).