Slaves of Davis Hicks, Lawrence County, Alabama
Location: Lawrence, Alabama, United States
Surnames/tags: Black_Heritage Slavery Alabama
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Introduction
Davis Hicks (1803-) lived in Lawrence County, Alabama and Cherokee County, Texas but was supposed to be one of the largest slave owners in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Slaves
1840 Hawkins, Tennessee
Davis Hicks was living in Hawkins, Tennessee in 1840. He had no slaves listed on the census.[1]
1850 Lawrence County, Alabama
Davis Hicks was living in Lawrence, Alabama in 1850.[2] He had no slaves listed on the 1850 U.S. Census (Slave Schedule) that I have been able to find. (Flamer-1 00:07, 12 August 2023 (UTC))
1860 Baldwin County, Alabama
He was living in Cherokee, Texas in 1860 and had 13 slaves in Baldwin County, Alabama.[3]
1860 Cherokee County, Texas
He is not listed on the 1860 U.S. Census (Slave Schedule) in Cherokee, Texas as a slave owner, but three of his children are listed. Notice that Francis Hicks lived with him as shown on the 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule).[4]
- Davis C. Hicks as David C. Hicks had one female slave, 14 years old.[5]
- Francis Hicks as F. M. Hicks had five slaves.[6]
- Lucille Hicks as Lucy Hicks had eight slaves.[7]
Research Notes
Davis Hicks was credited with being one of owners of the most number of slaves in Baldwin County: 130, but when I checked the source and 20 pages after it, I only found 13 slaves. I did not check all pages. (Flamer-1 01:29, 12 August 2023 (UTC))
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-R4G : Thu Jul 20 20:53:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Davis Hicks, 1840. in Hawkins, Tennessee showing for four free white males and four free white females.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5S-41Y: Mon Jul 17 19:15:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Davis Hicks and Clarisa Hicks, 1850.
- ↑ Slaves of Davis Hicks in 1860 in Baldwin County, Alabama Those slaves were:
Slave Age Sex Color Yr Born 1 45 M B 1815 2 45 M B 1815 3 22 M B 1838 4 25 M B 1835 5 21 M B 1839 6 21 M B 1839 7 21 M B 1839 8 21 M B 1839 9 16 M B 1844 10 35 F B 1825 11 35 F B 1825 12 22 F B 1838 13 23 M B 1837 - ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXF5-9XR: Tue Jul 18 02:50:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Davis Hicks and Clarissa Hicks, 1860 with their son Francis.
- ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKTT-DL6Z : Tue Jul 11 17:11:47 UTC 2023), Entry for David C Hicks, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKTT-8GN2 : Tue Jul 11 17:13:54 UTC 2023), Entry for F M Hicks, 1860. This record showed the following slaves:
Slave Sex Age #1 F 30 #2 F 13 #3 F 6 #4 M 3 #5 M 0 - ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKTT-DKPZ : Tue Jul 11 17:11:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Lucy Hicks, 1860. Those listed were:
Slave Sex Age #1 F 44 #2 M 25 #3 F 25 #4 M 14 #5 F 14 #6 M 11 #7 F 11 #8 F 4
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