Nora, look at the censuses for Jessamine Co., KY. Four Hicks families were there in the 1830s-40s and then all left by 1860 or so. Some moved to MO. My ancestor, Mary Ellen Hicks (Baker) lived there and mar. there, but I can't find out which family was hers! Elizabeth >While everyone is discussing Hicks of VA and KY, would some of you check to >see if there was a Hicks who moved to MO who had a son named John Edward Hicks > b. 1834 KY? I am at my wits end to find his parents. I requested a >look-up for my Hicks and the only Hicks they found was a family that moved to MO >that had a son, John, that was the same age as my John Hicks. > >John moved to FL before or at least by 1860. Any information would be >wonderful... >Nora > >