EDWIN & ELENDER HICKMAN, by Hope A. Hilton adds a child, Elender
pg. 3l
Revolutionary War Pension File
"He swears that he was born in Culpeper County in the State of Virginia on the 9th day of Aug. l762, & that when he first entered the service he was living in Surry Co., N.C. & is now living in the County of Stokes and State of N.C., and has done so since the year l789, that he entered the service as above stated, that he has stated the officers, regiments, service and all the circumstances relating thereto are nearly at this time as near as it is in his power to recollect."pg. 45
"The l8l0 U.S. Census in Stokes County listed what people did for a living in some detail. For example Edwin Hickman tanned 450 hides in his 'tannery shop' with a retail value of $225.00pg. 47
"From the General Accounting Office for Pension Claims in Washington, D.C., the following information on Edwin Hickman's pension was found. Edwin Hickman: Last paid for the period from March 4, l857 to Sept. 4, l857. Said payment was made Sept. l6, l857 to John M. Rose, Attorney for P.H. Simmons, Guardian for the pensioner. At the date of payment the guardian stated that the soldier had been a resident of Stokes Co., N.C. for 65 years & that previous thereto he resided in Va."pg. 47
"Edwin's claim for bounty lands for his Revolutionary War Service was filed in April, l855, when he was 93. The Land Bounty Act was passed March 30, l855. In April he received l60 acres of land at the Danbury, N.C. land office. A record in the Dept. of Interior in Washington, D.C. shows where Mrs. Mary Coffman of Oflesby, Ill, bought a land grant or land warrant from Edwin Hickman who served in the Revolutionary War. This land was near Lecompton, Ky."l786 Surry County N.C. census
Edwin Hickman, Jr.
l male over 21
3 males under 21
4 femalesl790 Surry County, N.C. census
Edwin Hickman, Jr.
l male over l6
2 males under l6
4 femalesl800 Surry County, N.C. census
Edwin Hickman, Jr.
l2 males 0-l0 yrs.
1 male l0-l6 yrs.
2 males l6-21 yrs.
l male 2l-45 yr.
l male over 45 (This must be Edwin Sr.)
2 females 0-l0 yrs.
2 females l0-l6 yrs
l female 21-45 yrs.l8l0 Surry County, N.C. census
Edwin Hickman, Jr.
2 males 0-l0 yrs.
3 males l6-26 yrs.
l male over 45 yrs.
2 females 0-l0 yrs.
1 female l0-l6 yrs.
l female l6-26 yrs.
l female over 45 yrs.l820 Surry County N.C. Census
Edwin Hickman, Jr.
l male 0-l0 yrs.
l male l8-26 yrs.
l male over 45
l female 0-l0 yrs.
2 females l8-26 yrs.
l female 26-45 yrs.
l female over 45 yrs.
(Edwin Jr. born l762, census count of children indicates a total of l3.)Loose estate papers at the N.C. Archives. The Bible records of Edwin Hickman were published in the Vol. 12, No. l issue of "Journal of Surry Co. Genealogical Ass." (Feb. l992). This is again published in SURRY COUNTY N.C. WILL ABSTRACTS by Jo White Linn, l992. Found in the Genealogy Room of the KC, Mo. Public Library. This gives names of Edwin & Patey Isbell Hickman's children & in most cases birth dates. Also in most cases it tells who they married & date of marriage. For some it lists their children. It definitely names Patey Isbell as the wife of Edwin Hickman & gives their marriage date.
SURRY CO., N.C. WILL ABSTRACTS by Jo White Linn, l992, pg. l57
"There are loose estate papers at the NC Archives. The Bible records of Edwin Hickman are pub. in the Vol. l2, No. l issue of "Journal of Surry Co. Genealogical Ass." (Feb. l992)"
(ebt. Marriages & birth dates are then recorded on Edwin Hickman's family. These are the dates I have used for his family.)ABSTRACTS OF REV. WAR PENSION FILES, pg. l622
EDWIN HICKMAN, SR. S87l2, BLW #l54ll-l60-55, N.C. Line, sol. was b. 9 Aug. l762 in Culpeper Co. Va. & he lived in Surry Co. NC at enl, appl l5 Dec. l832 Stokes Co., NC, he appl for BLW 20 Apr l855 Stokes Co. NC.EARLY FAMILIES OF THE N.C. COUNTIES OF ROCKINGHAM AND STOKES WITH
REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE, by DAR, pg. 42
EDWIN HICKMAN ... As a resident of Surry Co. N.C., Edwin Hickman served as a private in the Revolutionary War during the following tours of duty: June l780, he enlisted for 3 months in Capt. Absalom Bostick's Co. & Col. James Martin's NC Regiment; in the spring of l78l he served l0 weeks in Capt. James Gaine's Co., under Maj. Joseph Winston during which time he was in battles of Alamance and Whitsell's Mill; during fall of l78l he served 3 months in Capt. Humphries' Co., in Col. James Martin's NC Reg. State Records, NC Rev. War Pensioners, pg. 68: "Alloted forty two pounds seven shillings six pence...Board of Auditors 3l July l782."
Submitted by: Mrs. Kenneth Whisenant (Mary Sue Seales)
Much information about John F. and his family came from Edna Mae Russell, his great-granddaughter. Other Christian cousins have also researched, and many of their sources have been published in the CHRISTIAN FAMILY CHRONICLES, edited by Agnes Branch Pearlman, of Santa Ana, California.
BIRTH: Date was found in 1919 by Col. John Buffalo Christian in the Family Bible of John Christian "B", in the possession of R.A. Christian, of Rt. 1, Amherst, VA, son of James Grisham Christian, youngest son of John "B." Mrs. Helen Carver of Modesto, California, great-granddaughter of John J. Christian, had received this date in a letter written to her by her Aunt Bertha Younghans Pohl telling about Col. Christian copying data from the Family Bible and giving a copy of the family data to her.
MARRIAGE: No documentation was found, but it is thought to have been about 1807 in Virginia.
MOVE TO MISSOURI: John's son, Samuel M., gave his "nativity" as Henry Co., VA in an Atlas of Moniteau Co. published in 1876, indicating that at least some of John F.'s children were born after the move to Henry Co. before 1817.
CENSUS: 1820 U.S. Census, Henry Co., VA; M33-Roll 139, p. 28. John was found there with two adults and eight children.
CENSUS: 1830 U.S. Census, Henry Co., VA; M19-Roll 195, p. 186. Two adults and 10 children.
CENSUS: 1840 U.S. Census, Morgan Co., MO; M704-Roll 227, p. 176. 6 males and one female, and 1 female, 50-56. He lived next door to daughter, Judith Hickman, 3 doors from daughter Mary & Robert Allison, and not far from another daughter, Elizabeth Hickman.
DEATH: Among the estate papers found in the Moniteau County Courthouse in California, Missouri, was found a petition for Letters of Administration by A. J. Worthley, dated 13 May 1848; this document gave the names of all of John's children, both living and deceased. This leads one to believe that death may have occurred a short time before that. His son, John J.Christian, challenged A. J. Worthley in court, and he became the new administrator on 2 April, 1849 This may cause confusion about his death date unless the researcher has seen the earlier 1848 petition.
NICKNAME: (OR NAME KNOWN BY) - JUDY.
BIRTH: Furnished by Edna Mae Russell.
NAME: The name was listed as Wade Woodrow on the gravestone, as reported by the records in the Woods Library, however, the family name of Woodson is probably correct.
MARRIAGE: He was unmarried.
DEATH: Wade W.Christian died intestate 12 Mar 1861. John J. Christian was Principal; J. H. Christian and William Burden were Securities. More research is required. Edna Mae gave birth and death dates. It is not known whether or not she saw the grave stone or got the dates from relatives.
Information for this family comes from Sherry Brooks, descendant