Wiley Hicks (abt. 1830 - 1870)

Born about 1830 in Tennessee, USA

Husband of Sarah J. (Lafferry) Hicks — married about 1848 in Tennessee

Died May 1870 at about age 40 in Old River, Arkansas, USA

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Pvt Wiley Hicks served in the United States Civil War.
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Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Carlton's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry

Company A, Carlton's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Confederate), US Civil War

Wiley Hicks was born in Tennesse circa 1830. He married Sarah J. Lafferry a few years before the 1850 census which shows Sarah, Wiley and their first daughter living with her brother James Laferry. Sarah and Wiley Hicks will relocate to Arkansas in the same time frame as her brothers James and John Lafferry.

By 1860, Sarah and Wiley Hicks are living in Eagle, Pulaski County Arkansas along with their five children; Mary A. (b 1850), William (b 1853), Julia A (b. 1855), Lenora M. (b 1857) and Frances B. (b 1859).

During the Civil War Wiley fought for the Confederate States in Carlton's Regiment: This CSA regiment organized with four companies in the summer of 1864. HICKS, WILEY Pvt Gave oath at Pine Bluff, AR 14 May 1865. Age 32, ht 5' 9", farmer, eyes blue, hair lt, complx dark. ^[1]

In May 1870, Wiley Hicks dies. The U.S. Federal Mortality Schedule states Wiley Hicks died due to a fall from a horse, however this statement is crossed out and overwritten with "homicide".

Sources

1. ↑ Edward Gerdes' Arkansas Civil War Site [Link]

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDN-9RQ : 12 April 2016), Wiley Nicks in household of James Laffery, Hamilton county, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; citing family 532, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M871-T8D : 13 December 2017), Wiley Hicks, 1860. Eagle Township, Pulaski County Arkansas.

• Arkansas Historical Commission; Little Rock, Arkansas; U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, Arkansas, 1850-1880; Archive Roll Number: 1; Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Old River, Arkansas, Arkansas; Page: 9

• "Arkansas Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX5W-QCN : 27 November 2014), Wiley Hicks, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M317 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 131.

• "Arkansas Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX58-G2Q : 27 November 2014), Wiley Hicks, 1865; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M317 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 31.

• Edward Gerdes' Arkansas Civil War Site: http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/carlton.html

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