Fincastle County, Virginia was created in 1772 from Botetourt County and abolished in 1776. It was divided into Montgomery, Washington and Kentucky Counties.
The children of Nehemiah Hicks and Philliazanah Hitchcock from Baltimore Maryland were among the earliest settlers in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
Their children may have included:
Mary Hicks (1726),
William Hicks, Jr.
(1727, married Flora Cole),
Isaac Hicks (1729)
Rebecca Hicks (1731)
Nehemiah Hicks (1735),
Philizanna Hicks (1737, married Christian Adrian and John Cross),
Meshack Hicks, (1740)
Tabitha Hicks (married Richard Cross)
Adednigo Hicks (1742)
Margaret Hicks (1743)
Ulius, William, Mashack, Abednego, and Willam, Jr. Hicks signed the 1777 petition of men living on the north Holston River complaining about the division of Fincastle County. They felt the line was not equitable and the court house was too far away.
The Holston River flows from Kingsport to Knoxville.
map by Kmusser
from Baltimore County Families
Nehemiah Hicks
s. William,
d. 1769; m on 12 June 1725 Philizanna Hitchcock, d Willliam;
in 1750 he owned 100 a. Timber Hall and 100 a. Haile's Forest;
d. leaving a will, 7 Sept. 1769 - 2 Oct. 1769, named w. Philizanna and ch.; Abraham, Jacob, Mary William, Isaac, Rebecca, Nehemiah, Philizanna, John, Margaret and Sara as well as two servants John Mayes and Thos. Lacey;
had issue:
Mary, b. 13 Dec 1726 or 27
William, B. 14 Jan. or June 1728
Isaac, b. 3 or 5 Jan. 1729/30
Philizanna, b. 23 May 1737 m. John Cross on 28 Jan. 1753
Rebecca, b. 4 April 1731
m. Stephen Price on 20 April 1749
Elizabeth, b. 20 Nov 1733
Nehemiah b. 30 Sept. 1735 m. by 17 Oct. 1744 Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Robinson,
John, b. 8 April 1740
Jacob, b. 25 June 1742
Margaret, b. 22 July 1743
Sarah, b. 8 Jan. 1744;
and Abraham.
William Hicks was born about 1727.
He married Flora Cole in Baltimore, Maryland.
Their children may have included:
Richard Hicks (1750, married Polly Sampson),
Isaac Hicks (1753, married Elizabeth), and
Jacob Hicks (1760, married Mary Lewis).
The Cherokeewere indigenous people who lived in the southern Appalachian mountains. European Americans called their towns in eastern Tennessee, the Overhill Towns. The towns included Chota, Tellico and Tanasi.
In 1776, the Cherokee planned to drive settlers out of the Washington District. The settlers were warned and stopped the first attack at Heaton's Station. The second attack was stopped at Fort Watauga. In response to these attacks, the militia burned Tuskegee and Citico.
Edward Hicks (1797, married Orra Boring/Boren the widow of William Hart),
Reuben Hicks (1800, married Mary Mottern),
Nancy
Hicks,
Susannah Hicks Cross (1805, married Jesse Cross).
Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. It was initially part of North Carolina.
John Hicks was born about 1747 in Maryland. He was the son of Shadrach Hicks (1725). He was a cabinetmaker.
John married Comfort Malone daughter of John Malone about 1771 in Maryland. Comfort was born about 1755 in Maryland.
John's children probably included: Isaac Hicks (1772), William Hicks (1774, married Anna Milard)
Shadrack (Shade) Hicks (1775, married Elizabeth Nash),
John Hicks (1778, married Margaret (Peggy) Houk),
Abraham Hicks (1781), Charles B. Hicks (1783, married Sarah Houk) George M. Hicks (1789, married Mary Houk), Sarah Hicks (1795, married John Diddle and William Stone).
They moved to Sullivan County, Tennessee about 1776.
Three of the boys, John, Charles, and George, married sisters who were their cousins and the daughters of Mary Malone and Adam Houk.
Sullivan County is in far northeast corner of Tennessee between North Carolina and Virginia and was originally part of those states. It was formed in 1779 when it was divided from Washington County.
Isaac Hicks (1753) and his wife Elizabeth's children included:
Isaac Hicks (1780),
Nathaniel Hicks (1785, married Mary Smith),
Jemima Hicks (1787, married Thomas Miller)
Elizabeth Hicks (1788), and
Stephen Hicks
(1790).
Children of Nathaniel Hicks and Mary Smith included:
Kesiah Hicks (1809, married Andrew Odell),
Elizabeth Hicks (1815),
Abraham Hicks
(1815),
Reuben Hicks (1817, married Julie Ann Emmert daughter of Jacob Emmert and Mary Polly Smith),
Isaac Hicks (1820),
James B. Hicks (1822, married Agnes E. Spurgeon)
Nathaniel R. Hicks (1825, married Jannett Alison Gregg)
Jacob Hicks (1827, married Elizabeth Emmert)
George Hicks (1829, married Deborah Emmert daughter of John Emmert and Ruth Webb)
Mary Hicks (1831),
Rebecca Hicks (1833, married James Emmert, son of of Jacob Emmert and Mary Polly Smith)
Nancy Hicks (1837, married Henry Jones).
Ruben Hicks (1817) and Julia Ann Emmert
Mary A. Hicks (1846)
Francis Hicks (1848)
Elizabeth Hicks (1849)
John W. Hicks (1851)
Sarah J. Hicks (1853)
Susannah Barsha Hicks (1855)
Abraham McDonald Hicks (1856)
George Hicks (1859, married Catherine Elizabeth Smith daughter of Prince David Smith)
Nancy Matilda Hicks (1861)
Reuben L. Hicks (abt 1863)
