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John Hicks, Civil War Vet (USA)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sulphur Springs, 9 miles east of Burksville, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 12, 1935 (93)
Jamestown, Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Place of Burial: Livingston Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Hicks and Nancy Hicks
Husband of Mary Abigail Pogue Hicks and Catharine Leah Hicks
Father of Worth Hicks; Hugh Hicks; Mollie Hicks; Leah Murry; Amanda "Mandy" Murray and 4 others
Brother of Trish Loutriche Tinch; James K Hicks; Richard Calvin "Nitch" Hicks; Joseph Hicks, Jr.; Marion H Hicks and 5 others

Occupation: School teacher, Justice of the Peace. Beaty's Company Tennessee Independent Scouts.
Managed by: Linda Zimmerman
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About John Hicks, Civil War Vet (USA)

Biography

John Hicks, Civil War Vet (USA) was born on May 26, 1842 in Fentress County, Tennessee, USA. His parents were Joseph Hicks, 1811 and Nancy Hicks (Downs). He was a School teacher, Justice of the Peace. Beaty's Company Tennessee Independent Scouts..

Siblings:

  1. Trish Loutriche Tinch (Hicks);
  2. James K Hicks;
  3. Richard Calvin "Nitch" Hicks;
  4. Joseph Hicks, Jr.;
  5. Marion H Hicks;
  6. Nancy Caroline Brooks Gentry (Hicks);
  7. Mary Jane Brooks (Hicks);
  8. Narcissa Nora Huling (Hicks), (twin);
  9. Malissa Gentry (Hicks), (twin);
  10. Daniel Hicks.

1st, John married Catharine L Hicks (Stepp) on June 5, 1907 in Fentress, Tennessee, USA. Together they had the following children:

  1. Worth Hicks;
  2. Hugh Hicks;
  3. Mollie Hicks;
  4. Leah Murry (Hicks);
  5. Oliver Hicks;
  6. Mountaver Hicks;
  7. Benjamin J Hicks;
  8. Amanda "Mandy" Hicks;
  9. William Cody Hicks;
  10. Maude Murray (Hicks).

2nd, John married Abbie Hicks (Pogue).

He died on September 12, 1935 in Jamestown, Fentress County, Tennessee, USA and was buried on September 13, 1935 in Livingston Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee, USA.



JOHN HICKS.

John Hicks was born in Fentress County, Tennessee, in 1843.

He is a son of Joseph Hicks and Nancy (Downs) Hicks.

Joseph Hicks was born in 1811 and died in 1898.

Paternal grandparents: John Hicks and Chrissie (Mills) Hicks.
Maternal grandparents: Wylie Downs and Chrissie (Nobles) Downs.

Joseph Hicks was born on Sulphur Creek nine miles east of Burksville, Ky.; came with his family to Fentress County in 1817, and settled in old twelfth district on Clear Fork on what is now known as Coonrod Pile place, which had been opened up at that time by Pile.

Joseph entered a tract of land adjoining it and lived there until a short time before the war, when he moved over into Morgan County and died there during the war.

Joseph Hicks was a school teacher and was also a Justice of the Peace before the Civil War.

The Hicks family have resided on Cumberland Mountain and all have followed farming and hunting for a living.

Wylie Downs came from North Carolina, and also settled in old twelfth.

The Hicks were originally from the same county. When the Hicks came to this county Marsha Millsaps and her husband lived in the only house in Jamestown. It stood on what is now the Yelton lot.

Source: https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b1wvAAAAYAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.P... (page 133)



Son of Joseph Hicks and Nancy Downs

  1. Married (1) Catherine Stepp
  2. Married (2) Abbie Pogue

Name John Hix
Side Union
Regiment State/Origin Tennesee
Regiment Beaty's Company, Tennessee Independent Mounted Scouts
Rank In Private
Rank Out Private
Film Number M392 roll 7

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John Hicks, Civil War Vet (USA)'s Timeline

1842
May 26, 1842
Sulphur Springs, 9 miles east of Burksville, Kentucky, United States
1871
January 19, 1871
Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
1872
July 22, 1872
Jamestown, Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
1874
1874
Tennessee, United States
1876
April 19, 1876
Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
1878
June 1, 1878
Fentress County, Tennessee, USA, Tennessee, United States
1879
1879
Tennessee, United States
1881
April 11, 1881
Jamestown, Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
1887
September 17, 1887
Jamestown, Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
1892
June 25, 1892
Fentress County, Tennessee, USA