Nelso Hicks, Sullivan Co., Tn to Calif
I am looking for a Nelson Hicks whom I believe may have been in Tulare Co., CA in 1860 and thereafter.Nelson Hicks was born in Sullivan Co., TN ca 1828, the youngest son of James George Hicks Sr. and Mary Magdalene Kettenring/Ketron.He was married to a Sarah (possibly Maggert and had a daughter Margaret and a son William Neal (at least that is what it looked like on the 1850 Sullivan Co. Census records).In 1850, living with him and his wife and children was a 15 year old girl named Ellen Maggert, whom I think may have been Sarah's sister.)
It is believed that sometime between 1850 and 1860, Nelson Hicks left Tennessee to go west to the gold fields of California.No one back in Tennessee seems to have heard from him after he left Tenn.Nelson has 4 brothers, James George Jr., Henry C., David Adam and Wesley Fletcher.
I did hear that he did write to one of his nephews back in Tenn, but if that is true, the letters were destroyed by a descendant who had no interest in them.
If anyone knows anything about a Nelson Hicks that fits this description, please contact me direct or post a message here.
Thanks,
Betty Bishop Willoughby
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Re: Nelso Hicks, Sullivan Co., Tn to Calif
Betty Willoughby 2/21/01