Gary, I have the following information from "Tennessee Ancestors Cumberland Captains and Their Kin": William Hickman, Sr. was born about 1730 in Spottsylvania Co. Virginia and died about 1811 in Davidson County Tennessee. His wife, Ann, died in 1787. He was member of the Committee of Safety of Surry County ( now Stokes). In 1777, he was a lieutenant of the 4th Regiment of the Continental Line of North Carolina. His children were: 1) Mildred Hickman, born 175 in Virginia, married William Smith; 2)Sarah Hickman, married Andrew Ewing, JR.; 3) Martha Hickman, born 16 October 1758; died 20 April 1845, married about 1770 , Daniel Hill, born October 1756 in Albemarle county, Virginia, died 28 May 1826 in Williamson County Tennessee, son of William Hill of Surry County, North Carolina. 4) Edwin Hickman, born October 1760 , died in present Hickman Couty, Tennessee in 1791, married Elizabeth Jane Pryor; 5) Nancy Hickman, married as his second wife, John Childress who was U.S. Marshall of Tennessee. They lived in Nashville; 6) Thomas Hickman, born 15 october 1762, died 6 March 1850 in Davidson county, married Miss Dudley; 7) Elizabeth Hickman, married Oliver Williams in Davidson County, Tennessee; 8) Susan Hickman, who married Dr. Roger Sappington, osn of Dr. John Sappington, first physician of Nashville; 9) William Hickman, Jr, born about 1778, died in 1839 , perhaps Shelby County, Kentucky, married Mary Webster, born about 1780 in Amherst County, Virginia, died after 1860 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, daughter of John Webster and Margaret Walker who settled in Rockingham county, North Carolina; 10) Lucinda Hickman, married General Sam Miller; 11) Elliott Hickman, born 1782, married 11 September 1810 in Williamson County, Tennessee; 12) Julia Ann Hickman; 13) Jemima, married W.L. Marr. Edwin Hickman, a surveyor, was killed by Indians in 1791, in what is now known as Hickman County Tennessee. The inventory of his estate was returned by Thomas Hickman, 12 July 1791. He was born October 1760 in Albemarle or Culpepper County Virginia, and married 23 September 1781 in Henry county, Virginia to Elizabeth Jane Pryor. He was a son of William Hickman, Sr., he lived for awhile in Stokes County, North Carolina before moving to Cumberland. As a resident of Surry county, North Carolina, he was a captain in the Revolution, serving under Colonels John Armstrong, Robert Armstrong, and Robert Lanier. He was at the battles of Alamance, Whitsell's Mill and Guilford Courthouse. After coming to Davidson county, TN , he practiced the art of land surveying and apparently kept a stable for horses. The children of Edwin and Elizabeth Hickman were: 1) Edwin, born in 1788 in Nashville, Tennessee, died 19 January 1871; 2) Susannah, born about 1789 in Nashville, married 8 May 1807 to William Dixon; 3) Elizabeth, born about 1790 in Nashville, married Joel Rice; 3) John P., born in 1791 in Nashville, married 19 December to Narcissa Weakly. Thomas Hickman was born in Albemarle County, Virginia 15 October 1762 and died 6 March 1850 in Davidson County TN. As a resident of Surry (now Stokes) County, North Carolina, he volunteered, in 1780, as ensign in Captain William Merdith's Company, regiment of Colonel Robert Lanier. At the close of 1780, he served two months as an ensign under his brother, Captain Edwin Hickman, in Colonel John Armstrong's regiment, General Picken's brigade. He was in the battles of Alamance County, Whitsell's Mill, Guilford Courthouse, and the Battle of Eutaw Springs. (Thomas Hickman's Revolutionary war pension applicatiion, File no. S-4371.) I am not sure if this is the Hickman family you are seeking, but thought I would send this in case it might be helpful to you. Marla Gary L Dankworth SR. wrote: > > I am researching the name of Hickman from Surry Co.