CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT DANIEL HICKS OF BRUNSWICK CO, VA. I HAVE SOME HICKS THAT WAS FROM SOUTHAMPTON CO, VA SOLOMON HICKS. HIS SON BENJAMIN HICKS (B.)1846 WAS MARRIED IN SOUTHAMPTON CO, VA. TO A MARGART CHAPELL IN 1869. SOLOMON OTHER CHILDREN WERE JEPTHA HICKS, JOSEPH HICKS, JOSEPHINE HICKS,WARREN HICKS, SALLIE HICKS, ROBB HICKS, PELODOSIA HICKS, WILLIAM HICKS, THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. L. W. D ELOATCH ----- Original Message ----- From: Joanne Harley <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:57 AM Subject: [HICKS] Hicks in NC/SC > I have a Daniel Hicks, and this is the information I have gathered on him so > far. > > To understand the confusion, be aware that Daniel Hicks is said to have > lived on the border of Richmond Co.,NC and Chesterfield Co., SC (formerly > known as 'the old Cheraws") > > I have found two Daniel HIcks in this area. Both served in the Rev. War. > One moved back to Brunswick Co., VA and filed for his pension in 1835. > > The other stayed in Richmond Co.,NC and served on a jury which tried the > local Tories for patriotism.(or lack of) after the war. This Daniel Hicks > sustained an injury to his thigh from a Tory ambush on the Pee Dee river > during the Rev. War. > > The one who stayed in Richmond Co., NC married, during the Rev. War (ca. > 1781), the widow, Sarah Donaldson. She had three sons by her former > husband. On the 1790 census of "the Old Cheraws", they were listed as > having six children, so Daniel was the father of one son and two daughters > with Sarah. > > Found in Richmond Co., NC a record of a Capt. Wm Wall as being guardian of > the orphans of Daniel Hicks in 1796. > > "From NC Archives/ Richmond Co.,NC- > 1799-Court document /Stephen Parker vs. Estate of Dan'l Hicks, dec'd, and > Sarah Hicks, Admistrix. Referred to as Capt'n Hicks." > > I have additional information on this family, but this is the most relevant. > Most of the local Hicks came from Brunswick Co., VA and Daniel must have > been a pretty popular name to use. I have found several through the years. > I am interested in trying to local the children who were left with Sarah, > the mother, and to try to determine what happened to them. One history > books says she moved to GA. after the war, but she was living in Richmond > Co.,NC long after the war. > > Would be glad to hear from anyone who suspects or knows of a Hicks > connection to NC or Richmond Co. in particular. > > Joanne H. > NC > [email protected] > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237