"Aky" Hicks Vickery

Aky was a Cherokee woman

Biography

Very little is known of Aky Rogers, the daughter of Elizabeth Emory and John Rogers. Her birth date is uncertain, but Elizabeth died about 1782. [1] She married George Hicks about 1810; they were the parents of Aaron and Nannie Hicks. She had two children Naomi and Moses Vickery with Daniel Vickery. Aky signed up to emigrate West in 1818 listing a family of six. [2] She appears in the records of the Dwight Mission, in the Cherokee Nation West, (Arkansas) in 1824 as "Aky HIcks." She apparently died before 1851 since three of her children appear on the Old Settler Roll, but she does not. A Find-a-Grave memorial suggests that she died in Arkansas in 1880 but that seems very unlikely [3] since the Cherokee were Removed to Indian Territory in 1828 and her children were all there.

Notes

There seems to be a confusion of identities involving Aky Hicks and Mary Arkansas Hicks.

Other trees are claiming that Matilda Hicks Nichols who was living in Sharp Co., Arkansas in 1870 was the daughter of Arky Hicks and that this Arky is the same as the dau. of Elizabeth Emory. Since Matilda was born in 1801 and George Hicks was still a school boy in 1804, it would not be possible for George and Aky to be the parents of Matilda. There was apparently a family Bible identifying Matilda's mother as Arky or Mary Arkansas Hicks and stating she died in 1880 in Arkansas. She hasn't been located on an Arkansas census yet.

Sources

1. ↑ Starr, Emmet, History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore, reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., originally published 1921, p. 306. Book, History of the Cherokee Indians
2. ↑ Baker, Jack D. transcriber. Cherokee Emigration Rolls 1817-1835. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1977. Original Records: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1793-1999. p. 4
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/61978283/mary_arkansas-ulusquatogu-vickery : accessed 24 June 2021), memorial page for Mary Arkansas Ulusquatogu “Arky” Rogers Vickery (1776–1880), Find A Grave: Memorial #61978283, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Cedar Grove (Charlotte), Independence County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by DMLeForce (contributor 47131861) . Memorial based on information from a family Bible (no images or transcript), James Hicks and Shawnee Heritage books.

See also:

• Eastern Cherokee application #8432, grandson Tony HIcks
• Eastern Cherokee application #4009, granddaughter Nancy Jane Wallace
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0015..., James Hicks notes on this family

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rogers-34815
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AKY U-LV-S-QUA-TO-GU ROGERS (ELIZABETH4EMORY, MARY3GRANT, LUDOVIC2, JOHN1GRAUNT) was born Abt. 1776.
She married (1) GEORGE AGUSTUS HICKS 1808, son of WILLIAM HICKS and LYDIA HALFBREED. He was born 1793 in Spring Place, GA, and died Aft. 1858.
She married (2) DANIEL VICKERY Bef. 1820. He was born Abt. 1780.

• Dwight Mission, Cherokee Nation, lists an Akey Hicks as a member, 15 Mar 1824.
• 1817-35 Emg'n Roll: May 03, 1818, pg 4, No 164, as Akey Hicks "a woman", 6 in family, Hiwassee
• Clan: Ani'-Gilâ'hi = Twisters, Braids, or Long Hair Clan (Mary Grant)
• Starr's Notes: C642

Notes for GEORGE AGUSTUS HICKS:

• George was born Abt 1792.History and Genealogy of the Cherokee Indians by Dr. Emmet Starr, page 448.Old Cherokee Families, Notes of Dr. Emmet Starr, Vol 3, Grant, by Baker and Hampton, page 4.Old Cherokee Families, Notes of Dr. Emmet Starr, Letter Books A-F, by Baker and Hampton, Vol 1, page 119, note C642.

Seperated from first wife, Aky Rogers, then married Lucy Fields.Elected Marshall of Coosawaytee Dist, 9 Nov 1825.Capt of Emigrant Detachment of Train #4 on Trail of Tears in winter of 1838 & 39.Departed Tennessee on 7 Sep 1838, arrived Cherokee Nation, West on 14 Mar 1839 after 189 days. Signer of the Act of Union on 12 July 1839 & 40.Signer of the Constitution of 6 Sep 1839.Delegate to Washington in winter of 1839 & 40.Elected Associate Justice of Supreme Court on Oct 1843.Elected to Council from Going Snake Dist 6 Aug 1849 and Senator from same Dist 3 Aug 1857.

• Shown as attending Spring Place Mission School, Eastern Nation, from Connesauga 21 Feb 1804 to 7 Feb 1805.On the list of students of the United Brethern (Moravian) Mission School 1804-1834 as transcribed by Jerry Clark, his parents or guardians are shown as William Hicks and Tocceyeeka and he is listed as about 12 years old.
• From a catalog of students at New Spring Place, I.T. 1838-1842.In issue #8 & #9, Fall 1992 & Spring 1993 of Cherokee Family Researcher, page 18, it shows three of his children as students in 1840.At that time the family lived at Little Spavinaw, CN I.T.
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In Starr's Un-published Notes, pp 146-147;
1 Nathan Hicks
1-1 Chas R Hicks
1-2 Wm " +Sarah Foreman
1-3 Mary " +Vann +Holt
1-4 Elizabeth " +Scott
1-2-1 George Hicks (son of Chiuki) +Aky Rogers +Lucy Fields

• [The 1-2-1 for George Hicks depicts George as the son of William, 1-2]
• The Oothcaloga Mission Students list a George Hicks with Parent/Guardian of William Hicks, previously understood to be guardians due to Starr's book having listed George as the son of Charles Renatus; however, there is a child in the listing with Charles and Nancy as the parent/guardian and I would think it unlikely that William would be a guardian of just one of the children.
• Between Starr's notes, and the Mission Student listings I believe that George Hicks should be carried as the son of William Hicks as opposed to being the son of Charles Renatus Hicks as is printed in his book.

George, as a son of William, is confirmed by the Moravian journal entry 02/16/1805 "...Sam Bigbee came and picked up George Hicks because his father, William Hicks, wants to take him home with him." And it's further confirmed in a letter written by William Hicks to the Cherokee Phoenix and Indians' Advocate, 7/8/1829, Vol II, No 14; "...As a brother of the Head Chief mentioned, and being one of the "whole of the Hicks family," stated to be in readiness to depart from this Nation to the West, I pronounce the above paragraph [refering to a quote from a previous article] in regard to me, my sons, George, Eli, Jay and William Hicks, to be a gross slander..." I am, Sir, respectfully, William Hicks, Sen.

• 1817-35 Emg'n Roll: November 02, 1818, pg 13, No 600, 7 in family, Coosawattee R.
• 1835 Census roll: Conesawga Creek, TN, 2m18-, 1m18+, 3f16-, 1f16+
• 1835 Smith Resolution: Amohee, voted Nay; anti-treaty
• 1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 36
• Aka (Facts Pg): Wa-ya-ni-dv
• Blood: 1/2 Cherokee
• Clan: Ani'-Ga'tâge'wi = Kituah or Wild Potato (Gu-u-li-si)
• Detachment: November 04, 1838, 38-10 G Hicks/McDonald; as Conductor
• Education: February 21, 1804, Spring Place Mission School
• Elected: November 09, 1825, Marshall of Coosawattee Dist, CNE
• Military service 1: Bet. October 07, 1813 - January 06, 1814, Ensign in Morgan's Cherokee Rgt, Charles R Hicks' Co
• Military service 2: Bet. October 07, 1813 - January 06, 1814, Sgt in Morgan's Cherokee Rgt, James Foster's Co

RG75, E545 Reg of BLW: December 02, 1858, BLW# 86663 (age 64)

• Starr's Notes: C642; "son of 2nd Chief, Charles R Hicks" [incorrect, son of Charle's brother, William]
• Translation: Wa-ya-ni-dv = Young Wolf

More About DANIEL VICKERY:

• Starr's Notes: C642

Children of AKY ROGERS and GEORGE HICKS are:
116. i. AARON NV-WA-YU-TA-I6 HICKS I, b. Abt. 1810; d. 1861.

	ii.	 	NANNIE (ROGERS) HICKS, b. Abt. 1812; d. Bet. 1851 - 1895; m. JOHN BICKLE; b. Abt. 1810.

• 1851 Old Settler roll: Skin Bayou, 183 as Nancy Bickle (1895 page 234)
• Clan: Ani'-Gilâ'hi = Twisters, Braids, or Long Hair Clan (Mary Grant)

	Notes for JOHN BICKLE:

• Grant 1-1-2-4-2Nannie Hicks +John Bickle
• Halfbreed 1-1-2-2Nannie Hicks +John Bickles

Children of AKY ROGERS and DANIEL VICKERY are:
117. iii. NAOMI6 VICKERY, b. Abt. 1820.
118. iv. MOSES VICKERY, b. Abt. 1822.

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Ludovic Grant” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0015...