NameJohn William Hicks
Birth22 Oct 1827, James City Co., Va6
Death22 Oct 1916, James City Co., Va
Burial23 Oct 1916, Liberty Baptist Church; Lanexa, New Kent Co, VA
Occupationtrader til 1855; farmer aft 1860
Misc. Notes
Irene says he was a courrier for Robert E. Lee
He thought the world of Lee
(from SUT): prayed for rain one Sunday at church and it rained so much it broke the mill dam.
Company H 5th Virginia Cavalry
Ran a grocery store in Williamsburg.
Annie Dorsie Martin Parr gave birth to Fay there because her husband was in Michagan
42Military
Company H 5th Virginia Cavalry, a currier for Robert E Lee as the family story goes
Research
1860 James City County Census pg 694 Rke. City Lib
shows Farmhand:Robert T Martin 36
Mutatio: Betsy Brown 30 and Mary Brown 3
1910 James City census: age 83; been married 60 years; living with daughter Martha Hazelwood; served in Confederate army
Death cert: born 22 Oct 1827 but`age 89 yr 4 mo 3 days
1850 New Kent Census household #390:John Hix 19; Martha Hix 19
Spouses
Birth22 Jul 1831, James City Co., VA
Death28 Mar 1916, Powhatan dist. of James City
Burial30 Mar 1916, Liberty Baptist Church; Lanexa, New Kent Co, VA
OccupationSeamstress
Medical
Had 12 children, 8 living in 1910
Misc. Notes
Irene says she may have been a Martin
(from SUT): was Berry Martin's sister
tomstone says 1915 but Irene says she remembers and that is wrong.
There may have been another child named Phill A. ca 1868
as well a Nanny who married Allen Hazelwood
Research
1860 James City County Census pg 694 Rke. City Lib.
Sister of Berry Martin says SUT
1900 James City Census: age 68; been married 50 years; bore 13 children; 8 living; grandson Rufus Hicks living with John & Martha
1910 James City census: age 81; been married 60 years; bore 12 children; 8 living; living with daughter Martha Hazelwood
Have Death cert
1850 New Kent Census household #390:John Hix 19; Martha Hix 19