Joshua G. Hickerson (b. July 11, 1794, d. April 25, 1856)
Joshua G. Hickerson was born July 11, 1794 in North Carolinia, and died April 25, 1856 in McMinnville, Tennessee, Mt. Zion Methodist. He married Susannah B. Unknown on Abt. 1824 in Warren County Tennessee.
Notes for Joshua G. Hickerson: Warren County History related to Joshua Hickerson and First Settlers to the new Warren County.
The 1820 Warren Co., TN census listed on page 3 JOHN THAXTON over 45, female 26-45, 2 males under 10, 1 male 10-16, 3 females under 10, 1 female 16-26 with neighbors Wm. Lusk, John Grove, Flin Sellars, Thomas Vaughn, Joshua Hickerson, etc..
Warren Co., TN Plat Book 2 page 107 surveyed 28 April 1829 for John Thaxton 50 acres entered 20 January 1827 #2159 on Hickory Creek adjoining John Thaxton and others, SW corner of the tract on which said Thaxton lives, John Allison's line, corner of a 20 acre survey of said Allisons, Joshua Greers several lines, Joshua Hickersons's several lines, John Thomas line, several lines of a survey made for Thomas Hopkins. Surveyed by Joshua Greer, MARTIN THAXTON, John Allison; page 323 surveyed 3 August 1833 for Joshua Hickerson 13 acres entered 13 July 1833 #3660 on Hickory Creek, SW corner of the 50 acre tract whereon the said Joshua Hickerson lives said tract entered in the name of James Thomas and John Thaxton's line, Hammons line. Surveyed by Shadrick Tribble and Joshua Hickerson.
The 1830 census page 349 listed JOHN THAXTON age 70-80, 1 male 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 30-40; THOMAS THAXTON 30-40, female 30-40, 1 male under 5, 2 males 10-15, 1 female under 5, 2 females 5-10 with neighbors Thomas BILES, the Allisons, Lowes, Hammons, Elisha Reynolds, Hugh Shaw, Richard Parker, the Hickersons, Samuel Stotts & others.
Goodspeed, History of Tennessee, Warren County WARREN COUNTY occupies a position nearly midway between the northern and southern boundaries of the State, and lies for the most part at the western base of the Cumberland table-land. Portions of the county have a high elevation, but most of it is from 900 to 1,000 feet above sea level. When the pioneers came to what is now the territory of Warren County, they found the valleys and coves covered with an almost impenetrable growth of tall cane and the mountains and hills with heavy timber. Game was plentiful and many are the stories of exciting bear and deer hunts handed down and now told with keen relish by the sons of the hardy pioneers. The Indians had all been removed prior to that time, yet ample evidence of their presence here at one day remains; the ruins of an Indian village on Woodley Creek in the Seventh District, near John Woodleys old mill site, and an Indian mound of large dimensions on Collins River, in the Sixth District, and numerous other mounds and old burying-grounds remaining at present. Among those who secured grants from North Carolina calling for lands in Warren County were Wm. Banton, P. W. Anderson, Richard Butcher, Jeremiah Bolin, Joseph Colville, John Doak, Jesse Dodson, Sarah Elam, Joseph Franks, Robert Gordon, James Hubbard, Edward Hogan, Edward Hopkins, John Jones, Enoch Tobe, David Johnston, Wm. Johnston, Thomas Lowery, Isaiah Lowe, Luthrell Lott, John Looney, Samuel McGee, Wm. Richardson, John McGee, Daniel Cherry, Wm. C. Smartt, James Kane, John Woodley, Henry J. A. Hill and Aaron Higginbotham.
So far as known, the first man to settle in the county was Elisha Pepper, who came to what is now the neighborhood of McMinnville from Virginia in about 1800, and lived to be one hundred years of age, during which time he never saw a train of cars. When the question of voting money to aid in the building the McMinnville Branch Railroad, Mr. Pepper vigorously and bitterly opposed the scheme, and upon the success of the proposition, declared he would have none of the railroad in his, and although living for years in sound of the passing trains, persisted in his opposition and declaration, and never could be induced to look at the cars.
Other settlers of the same neighborhood were Andrew Gambill, Lyon Mitchell, Joseph Colville, Drs. John Wilson and Wm. P. Lawrence, Edward Hogue, Wm. North, John Davis and Wm. Lisk, all of whom came between 1800 and 1810. The different settlements over the county made at the above time were as follows:
FIRST DISTRICT: John Smith, James Elkins, Thomas Russ, John Russ, Wm. Collier, James Collier, and Wm. Lusk.
Second District: Rock Martin, Jeremiah Jaco, Thomas Gribble and Joseph Campaign.
Third District; Wm. Neals and the Hillises.
Fourth District; Jacob Martin, Jacob A. Kome, W. J. Stubblefield, Wm. Smith, George Edwards, Jesse Safley, David Safley, Ezekial McGregor, Wylie Ware and John Meyers.
Fifth District; Henry J. A. Hill, John Rogers, Isham Dikes, John Gross, John Bass, James Kane and Charles Sullivan.
Sixth District: Joseph Cope, Robert Tate, Levi Rogers, John Woodley and Joshua Cartwright.
Seventh District; Elisha Reynolds, Dr. Archibald Faulkner, Asa Faulkner, Leroy Hammond, Jesse R. Edwards, Stephen Tipton and Ransom Gynn.
Eighth District; W. C. N. King, Miles Bonner, Wm. Smartt, John A. and James Northcup, Geroge Matthewson and H. J. King.
Ninth District; Maj. Rains, Silas Alexander, Dr. Turner, Thomas Wilson, Isaac Wilson, Thjomas Hopkins, Mason French, John, James and Brown Spurlock and Jesse Crisp.
Tenth District; Michael Deberry, George Spangler, Allen Youngblood, James Lanse, Russell brewer, Richard Ware, Britain Snipes, Isaac Starkley, Reuben Davenport, Archibald Prater, Robert Biles and James Whitlock.
Eleventh District; John Kirby, Wm. Kirby, the Hoppes, the Edges, the Stockstill and the Womacks.
Thirteenth District, Jesse Gibbs, Thomas Borin, Samuel Honn, Clement Sullivan, Absalom Clark, Chesley Webb, Pleasant Blackman, James Durham and Samuel Hooster.
Fourteenth District; Wm. Womack, James Webb, Sr., Solomon Mullican, Anderson Mulligan, James Green, Biras Webb, Abner Womack and Harrel Byers.
Fifteenth District. among the settlers of various parts of the county from 1810 to 1815 were James Cope, James Forest, John England, Alexander Brown, Stephen Jones, Wm. Miller, Joseph Mitchell, Elihu Sanders, John Campbell, Joshua Adkins, John Dodson, Jesse Dunlap, Reuben Elan, Micajah Estes, Ralph Elkins, John Flemming, Hughes French, Elijah Fletcher, John Fortner, Jesse Gibbs, Lewis Howell, Joshua Hickerson, Howell Harris, Gillam Hurst, Nicholas Hughes, Irwin Hill, Lewis Jarvis, Reuben Hampton, Thomas Allen, Andrew Buchanan, John Barclay, Jeremiah Coombs, James Kane, Oliver Charles, Wm. Cummings, Elijah Drake, Martin Johnson, John Lucas, Jonathan McMahan, Wm. Jacobs, Geor. Lane and Joel Mayberry..........
Warren County Genealogical Assn (WCGA) Volume 1, No. 3, Fall 1992: Lists J. Hickerson as a barrier and lists R. Black and E. Murphy as security.
WCGA (warren County Gen Assn) Volume V, No. 1, Page 20. Survey index record for Joshua and Susanna.
Warren County tax list for 1836-1838 lists Joshua Hickerson with 18 acres, 55 school land, No Slaves, 1 white pole. Joshua appears on the 1836, 1838, and 1854 Warren County tax lists with property.
Warren County Plat records Book located in McMinnville Public Library. Magnus Library. Also in Court House at McMinnville. Page 323, No 3660, Surveyed 3 August 1833. 13 acres, Waters of Hickory Creek, SW corner of the 50 acre tract. (Page 148 and 149 in Library Book, "Warren County Platt Records".
Page 70, 9 November 1827, No 2433 on the waters of Hickory Creek, Joshua Hickerson and John Hoover, CC. for Elijah Roach. Page 35, Of the above book.
Page 107, Surveyed 28 April 1829, for John Thaxton. Recorded on 20 January 1827 as No. 2159. Same reference above.
Some of the people at the Joshua Hickerson's estate sale of 1856: H.B. Cope, Elisha Crouch, I.G. Newman, James Roberts, Calvin Northcutt, David Ramsey, Jr, E. Jones, Henry Tillford, E.F. Nord, T.J. Mithcell, James Northcutt, A.B. Robertson, and E.W. parker. Complete list and information see JH002.
On sale list : One land Warrant of 80 Acres. 3 McMinnville and Manchester Road Tax Rights. Per Donna Samples, wife of Grandchild of Henry Bascom O'Dell, he owned 2,000 apple trees on the 80 acres.
The Warren County tax list of 1836 shows Joshua Hickerson with 18 acres in the 8th Civil District. There were also Frederick, Michael, and William Hoover in the same district.
The 1838 WCTL shows Joshua with 18 acres and 55 school land. There were also Abraham and Frederick Hoover in the same district.
1820 Census lists Joshua Hickason with no family.
1840 Census, page 360, shows Joshua and Family. Elizabeth Litle is nearby. On one side is John M. Hoover and Ed Roach. On the next page is John Lytle.
1850 Census shows Joshua in the 8th District Warren County, TN. Joshua is a Saddler and his real property is worth $500. Joshua 55 NC, Susanna 51 VA, Mary 25 TN, Sarah M. 19 TN, John 17 TN, Dice 15 TN, Mira J. 12 TN, Ezra B. 11 TN.
1854 Warren County Tax List Stubblefield District 8 Joshua is Listed with 70 acres.
1850 Tennessee State census, page 171, shows Joshua 55, Susanna 51, Mary M. 25, Sarah M. 19, John 17, Dice C. 15, Miria J., Ezra B. 11, NC, VA. Notation and reference W-1303-191.
1858 August 4. Administrative account filed for Joshua Hickerson Estate by Son John W.P. Hickerson, ADM, will book 3, page 448.
Inventory of Leroy Hammons Personal Estate from Wills and Settlements, Book I, Volume 1827-1844, pages 595-602. Joshua Hickerson purchased 55 pounds beef.
Sale Bill PP of Phillip King Deceased, November 11, 1840. Joshua purchased items worth 2.97. P-400.
Hannah Harding sale bill. June 3, 1836, purchased a Rifle Gun for 11.39 1/2 . Note P-173 administration book .
Warren County, Tennessee Biographies: John Allison Joshua Hickerson is mentioned in the John Allison bio as being a close neighbor. John Allison of Guilford County, NC moved to Warren County, Tennessee after 1820. He married on 16 August 1791, a Mary Shaw in Giulford County, NC, and migrated to Warren County. He purchased in Warren county, TN plat book 2-107, 20 January 1827 John Thaxton entry # 2159 for 50 acres on Hickory Creek and John Thaxton, SW of track on which THAXTON, Joshua Greer Ad Joshua Hickerson, et all were located.
Warren County bios of John Allison of Guilford County, NC., to Warren County, TN., on August 16, 179, John Allison married Mary Shaw and about 1820 moved to Warren County, TN. The bio tells of land purchased near Gear, Joshua Hickerson, Hopkins, and Thomas.
Letter from Margaret Hickerson Emery says Joshua could be connected to Hickerson's from Wilks County, NC. Around the Revolutionary War. These people went west to Tennessee. They stemmed from the Charles Hickerson/Lytle family.
Jacob A. KOME (COMB?) is unidentified; however, note that later land records indicate that at least some of the Combs Families of Warren Co TN later purchased land from Jesse SCAIFE who may have been the same(?) (Jesse SAIFLY is found on the 1812 Warren Co, TN tax return of James Cooper). Other Combs (& var. spellings) and Combs-Associated Families included in Goodspeeds as having settled "various parts of the county" from 1810 to 1815: James COPE, James FOREST, John ENGLAND, Alexander BROWN, Stephen JONES, Wm. MILLER, Joseph MITCHELL, Elihu SANDERS, John CAMPBELL, Joshua ADKINS, John DODSON, Jesse DUNLAP, Reuben ELAN [nb: ELAM], Micajah ESTES, Ralph ELKINS, John FLEMMING, Hughes FRENCH, Elijah FLETCHER, John FORTNER, Jesse GIBBS, Lewis HOWELL, Joshua HICKERSON, Howell HARRIS, Gillam HURST, Nicholas HUGHES, Irwin HILL, Lewis JARVIS, Reuben HAMPTON, Thomas ALLEN, Andrew BUCHANAN, John BARCLAY, Jeremiah COOMBS, James KANE, Oliver CHARLES, Wm. CUMMINGS, Elijah DRAKE, Martin JOHNSON, John LUCAS, Jonathan McMAHAN, Wm. JACOBS, Geor. LANE and Joel MAYBERRY." (ibid., p. 815) Lived 8th Civil District of Warren County, Tennessee. Joshua Was one of the original settlers of Warren County, Cir. 1815.
Joshua G. hickerson was buried at Mt. Zion Methodist cemetery close to the center of the cemetery. His grave is marked by a large tower type grave stone. Cleary readable. "He was a good christian and made the home happy" is incribed on the stone.
The church is across the road amoungst several 150 year old cyprus trees. Each year on the first Saturday of August, the church has a fund raising homecoming to clean up the large cemetery.
Susannah B. ------ Hickerson is reportably buried at the cemetery. t last search, could not find the grave marker.
Land Information: Sold to Joshua Hickson Warren County Survey: For 50 dollars. Town of McMinville. East side bounded as follows. Beginning at the SE corner of Lot 62 in the said town (McMinville) , at the eastern ea___ thereof and E 13 poles to a stake then South 18 1/2 poles to a stake. Thense W 13 poles to a stake on the East boundry of the town. Thense 12 1/2 poles to the beginning.
Lot 62 X-------------13 poles to a stake-----| Town | | MCM | | 12 1/2 Poles 18 1/2 Poles | | | | | ------------------ 13 Poles ---------------
From John Harding for 50 dollars. 4/1816
August 3, 1833 purchase or survey of land for Joshua Hickerson. Warren County 13 acres.
Beginning on the waters of Hickory creek. Beginning at a post oak on the SW corner of the 50 acre tract whereon the Joshua Hickerson lives said tract in the name of James Thomas running East with his line 89 poles to stake. Then with John Thaxton's line South 29 poles to red oak. Then with Michael Hoover's line West 67 poles to black oak. Then with Hammon's line North 22 poles to stake. West 22 poles to black oak and black gum. Then North 7 poles to the beginning. Higgenbottom, A - Surveyor
Warren County, Tennessee Biographies TN-0526, 60 Pages, Oversized: 8.5"x11", Softcover, Full Name Index, $11.00: Included in Book: Hackett, Haley, Halsell, Hammer, Hammond, Hammons, Hampton, Hancock, Harris, Harrison, Harwell, Hash, Hawkins, Hayes, Heed, Henderson, Heneger, Hennegan, Hennessee, Hickerson, Hicks, Higgenbotham, Higginbotham, Hill, Hillis, Hillise, Hogan, Hogue, Holdman, Hollandsworth, Honn, Hoodenpyle, Hodenplyle, Hooster, Hopkins, Hoppes, Hord, Houchin, Houston, Howell, Hubbard, Hughes, Hurst
More About Joshua G. Hickerson: Comment 1: 1840, Census page 360 shows Joshua and Family.. Comment 2: October 23, 1856, Inventory accounting of Late Joshua. 80 Acres and other property.. Comment 3: 1858, August 4 is administrative account filed for Joshua Hickerson Estate by Son John. Event 1: 1820, Operated saddlers shop within present limits of Coffee County.. Event 2: 1836, Warren county Tax List for 1836-1838.. Event 3: 1820, Census, Warren County, page 3, Between Issac Rodgers and James Eaton. Fact 4: 1820, Signed Warren County Tennessee Jail Petition.. Fact 5: 1838, Warren County Tax List, 8th Civil District. 18 Acres and 55 School land.. Residence: 1836, Warren County, TN. Tax list shows Joshua in the 8th civil District with 18 acre.
More About Joshua G. Hickerson and Susannah B. Unknown: Marriage: Abt. 1824, Warren County Tennessee.
Children of Joshua G. Hickerson and Susannah B. Unknown are:
+Amelia Ann Hickerson, b. December 22, 1822, Warren County, TN, d. January 20, 1912, Coffee County, TN.
Joshua G. Hickerson (b. July 11, 1794, d. April 25, 1856)
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