MARY, thanks. NEED the age of your James Savannah Hicks = okay, maybe listed as son/male born 1873 TN? Do you have the 1900 census reading? I would check ALL SPELLINGS in 1850? CARROLL CO, TN??? AND OTHER MARRIAGES, ETC. THANKS for sharing. -----Original Message----- From: Mary Hall [mailto:mhall@rcs.rome.ga.us] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 12:35 PM To: mari@netins.net Subject: Hicks/Sellers Hi Marie, I have been away from my computer for almost a week. Sorry for the delay in answering your message. I don't know if I can help much. I will answer some here and when I get caught up, I will try to send anything that I have. My great grandmother was James Savannah Hicks (married William Stager and then William Gossett). I know almost nothing about her. My father, the oldest of his generation is dead, plus neither he nor his siblings liked her. They all say that she was physically dirty, nasty house and was mean. So much for a loving grandmother. James Savannah Hicks Stager Gossett died January 2, 1942. At the time she was living in Rome, Georgia (Floyd County, about 75 miles northwest of Atlanta, not far from the Alabama state line). Floyd County is where she spent her adult life and all of her children were born. At the time of her death she was living with one of her sons from her second marriage. (I am descendent from her first marriage.) James Savannah Hicks was the daughter of James Hicks and Louisa "Lucy" C. Sellers. I did not know her mother's maiden name until I ordered a copy of her death certificate. James Hicks was born March 26, 1848 and died January 10, 1922. Lucy Sellers was born August 9, 1835 and died February 3, 1907. After I received James Savannah Hicks' death certificate, I ran a search. The 1880 census came up with a James Hicks married to Louise C. with children John, Lillie, and James S. Living with them was Seller, Mary listed as mother-in-law. They were living in Weakley, TN. James S. is listed as a son, but the age is right to be James Savannah and if she was not in sight when the census was taken, it would be a logical mistake. Plus she was called James or Jamie a great deal, as well as Savannah. Also, I know for a fact that she had a sister named Lillie. Lillie also lived in Floyd County and was around when my dad was little. She married a man named T.S. "Bush" Washington. Backed up to the 1870 census. I found James and Louise married in Weakley. They had one child- John who is four. It has them as being married in January of the census year. So either John was illegitimate or Louise had been married before. I also found a Joseph and Mary Sellers in Sampson County, TN. (They have a Nancy Matthew and Nancy's two children living with them.) O.k. Let me know what else you want. I have: 1. More on James Savannah 2. Tombstone pictures 3. Census information - 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1930. 4. Death Certificates - James Savannah, James Hicks If you do connect, I would love any information that you have. I look forward to hearing from you, Mary Hall (I live in Floyd County, Georgia) mhall@rcs.rome.ga.us