Is anyone researching the Hicks (Hix) surname in Blount County? I am looking for information on John Hicks who lived in Cades Cove around 1885/86. I have heard that he left the cove looking for work and was killed in a mining accident in Kentucky in early 1886, and his family left the cove shortly after that. Anyone have any information on the Hicks in Cades Cove in that time period. Hester Janisch