The family of Samuel Hicks who was father of Andrew, Levi, Carroll and Patterson is listed on pages 180-182 in "The Hicks Family of Western North Carolina (Watauga River Lines)" by John Henry Hicks. My husband is descended from his son Andrew. It is said there that Samuel married Nancy Ward about 1827 or 1828, when he was age 28, but no source is given for this information. In addition to the four named sons, there are three daughters listed: Rachel (m. Henry Heatley); Diana (b. 1833 nfi); Nancy (m. Goulder Monroe Harmon). If there was another daughter (Celia), I'd be interested in learning more about her. Is her relationship to Samuel (II) Hicks referred to in Noah Johnson's pension record? If so, could you elaborate? If not, could you tell us what is the source for your information? If Celia was born about 1822, she would be several years older than Andrew, who was born ca 1829 and is listed by John Henry as the first child. It also would call into question John Henry's assertion that Samuel and Nancy were married "in 1827 or 1828". Nancy Ward, said to be a granddaughter of Ben Ward from McMinn County TN, was born maybe about 1803. Where birth or marriage records are not available, I'm guessing that some of John Henry's dates are, like mine, estimated - based on census records. Thanks for any clarification you can provide. Judy in Georgia > > From: vedamo@earthlink.net > Date: 2005/06/28 Tue AM 01:15:51 EDT > To: HICKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [HICKS] Re: Levi Hicks -- Born 1832 -- Watauga Co., NC > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Hicks, Johnson > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Cei.2ACEB/2314.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi, My 3rd great grandmothers name is Celia or Seelia Hicks, Now she was born around December 18, 1822 in Watauga County, North Carolina. I do not know if this is accurate. Her Father was Samuel Hicks , I do not know who her mother is. I do know she had 3 brothers named Levi, Andrew and Patterson Hicks. She married a man named Noah Johnson who was from North Carolina. They had the following children George Washington Johnson (my 2nd great grandfather) and he was born in Watauga County, North Carolina in 1847, John K. Johnson, James Johnson and Celia Lucretia Johnson. Now Celia Lucretia Johnson was born November 29, 1858 and Celia Hicks died 9 days later in Greene County, Tennessee. Now i have Noah Johnsons pension records and most of this info i have gotten from them. The story was told that Samuel Hicks had a bunch of land and divided it up between the boys to keep them close to him. Also another story is the family broke up after the Civil War. I hope you all are able to! h! > elp me. I have hardly any info on this family and would love to fill in the gaps. You can get in touch with me through my e-mail vedamo@earthlink.net. Thanks. > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >