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William Hicks

Male 1793 - 1859  (~ 66 years)


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  • Name William Hicks 
    Birth ~ 1793  Commonwealth of Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Death 0___ 1859  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Person ID I4255  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2015 

    Father Meshack Hicks,   b. ~ 1740, Rockingham County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. (Warren County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother (Elizabeth Harris) 
    Marriage (Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Residence (Family) Russell County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence (Family) Washington County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1812  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F10145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah G. "Sally" Magness,   b. 0Sep 1794, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1880-1890, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 95 years) 
    Marriage ~1809  (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 7] 
    Residence (Family) 1850  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Divorce 27 Oct 1854  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9] 
    • “Sarah Hicks vs. William Hicks: Complainant and defendant have been married more than 40 years. The defendant, some three years since, maliciously and without any reasonable cause, abandoned complainant and has refused to live with or provide for her. The bonds of matrimony are dissolved. 27 October 1854."
    Children 
     1. Rebecca "Becky" Hicks,   b. 3 May 1810, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1851, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     2. Abram C. Hicks,   b. 0___ 1815, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Perry Green Hicks,   b. 0___ 1820, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~ 1849, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 29 years)
     4. Achilles D(urham) Hicks,   b. 0___ 1824, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1858, Letona, White County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 34 years)
     5. George W(ashington) Hicks,   b. 0___ 1826, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. FNU Hicks,   b. 0___ 1828, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. James D. Hicks,   b. 0___ 1832, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Hicks,   b. 20 Mar 1834, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1902, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     9. John C. Hicks,   b. 1836, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1649  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - ~ 1793 - Commonwealth of Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - ~1809 - (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - 1850 - Warren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorce - 27 Oct 1854 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 0___ 1859 - Warren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • WILLIAM HICKS - VIRGINIA TO TENNESSEE

      William Hicks, born circa 1793, VA, occupation farmer, married circa 1809, in Tennessee, Sarah "Sally" Magness, born Sep 1794, NC, (daughter of George Magness and Mary "Polly" Durham) died circa 1890, DeKalb Co., TN. William died after 1850, Warren Co., TN. The couple had eight or more children.

      The couple were divorced in 1854. DeKalb County, TN chancery court records tell us the following:

      "Sarah Hicks vs. William Hicks: Complainant and defendant have been married more than 40 years. The defendant, some three years since, maliciously and without any reasonable cause, abandoned complainant and has refused to live with or provide for her. The bonds of matrimony are dissolved. 27 October 1854."


      In her old age, Sally lived with a daughter, Becky Scott, in DeKalb County near her brother's home. [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S23] 1850 Warren Co.,TN Census, transcribed from a microfilm copy of the original, p. 120 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S5467] THOM MONTGOMERY .

    3. [S5472] "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC6S-SGT : accessed.

    4. [S6996] "Hicks Family Chronicles and Connections", by Thom Montgomery, Ph. D., copyright February 28, 2009, http://thommont.com/.

    5. [S4751] "The Webb Families Of DeKalb County,Tennessee And 23 Related Families", by, p. 242.

    6. [S508] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hicks&GSfn=sarah&GSby=1794&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSst=45&GScntry=.

    7. [S806] Thomas G. Webb | DeKalb County, TN Historian | 835 South College Street, Smithville, TN 37166 | Abstracted from his boo (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S509] "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC6S-SGT : accessed.

    9. [S36576] http://thommont.com/page2.html.


  

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