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Will of Robert Hicks
Northampton County, North Carolina
Legatees ~
- wife, name not given
- son, James Hicks
- son, John Hicks (b. April 10, 1773, marr. ELIZABETH TARVER)
- son, Thomas Hicks
- granddaughter, Molly Hicks
- "my four daughters" - two are not named
- daughter, Peggy Meriman
- daughter, BECKY TARVER (b. 1778, marr. MICAJAH WELLS TARVER)
Exrs. Sons, Thomas, James, and John
/s/ August 22, 1800
/p/ March Court, 1801
Wits. John M Binford, William Hicks, and David Marrimoon
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State of North Carolina
Northampton County
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROBERT HICKS
Abstract
... to my son THOMAS HICKS the land and plantation he now lives on, the sd land to contain 1/3 of all my land
... to son JAMES HICKS plantation whereon he now lives so as to contain one-third of my land and sd. JAMES to pay my Extrs. 10 pounds Va. Money
... lend son JOHN HICKS 1/3 of my land, it being the Plantation whereon I now live and at his death I give it to his Child or Children
... if sons cannot agree on division of my land, each son to choose a man who will choose another man and sd. land to be laid off for my sd. sons
... to all my sons and daughters (names not given) and
... MOLLY HICKS, daughter of my son THOMAS, cattle each
... to my wife (name not given) use of my Plantation whereon I now live for her lifetime and she is not to interfere with my son JOHN's interest
... to daughters PEGGY MERIMON and
... BECKY TARVER 20 shillings each
... residue of estate at wife's death to go to my 4 daughters and my sd. grand daughter
Extrs.: my sons THOMAS, JAMES, and JOHN
Wits.: JOHN M BINFORD, WILLIAM HICKS, DAVID MARRIMOON.
SOURCE
Northampton Co., NC WB 2, 1792-1808, Will 489, p. 215.
Abstract transcribed from Northampton County, North Carolina 1759-1808,
Genealogical Abstracts of Wills, by Margaret M. Hofmann (1975, reprint
1984, Weldon, NC: Roanoke News Company), p. 112.
NOTES
Rebecca Hicks, b. circa 1778 in Viginia, married MICAJAH WELLS TARVER, son of Billison Tarver and Selah Vassar.
Micajah Tarver is enumerated on the 1810 census of Anson Co., North Carolina as MICHAEL TARVER. In 1820, he is enumerated in Richmond Co., North Carolina. Micajah and son Alfred Tarver both appear on the 1830 NC index. A Micajah Tarver household is found on the 1840 census of Richmond Co., NC, p. 232, Steele's District, but unknown if it is this Micajah. The will of Wells Tarver, written in 1847, is recorded in Chambers Co., Alabama - an abstract of which may be found in Abstract of Chambers Co., Ala Will Books 1 & 2 (by Nell Orr), 76 p. 274:
Wells Tarver, dec'd. Joseph A Holifield adm. 28 Sept. 1847. Bond $6,000. Signed: Joseph A Holifield, Alsea Holifield, Green D Brantley. C C Forbes, J.C.C.
There are eight known children of the union of Micajah Wells Tarver and Rebecca "Becky" Hicks:
- Alfred Tarver, b. 1799 marr. Mary J. ______
- Peter H Tarver, b. 1803 marr. Nov 10, 1842 Hannah C. McNely in Upson Co., GA
- Margaret Tarver, b. 1806 still single 1880 census
- Hezekiah Tarver, b. 1807 marr. Mary ______
- Jordan Tarver, b. 1809 marr. Frances ______
- Angeline Tarver, b. 1814 still single 1880 census
- Lawrence H Tarver, b. 1816
- Wells Roberson Tarver, b. 1817 marr. Elizabeth Garrett
Wells Roberson Tarver and Elizabeth Garrett had at least seven children, five of whom lived around Tippah County, Mississippi and Van Zandt County, Texas. They were Amanda Tarver married Henry Edward Owen; Wells Tarver married S. B. Morton; Mary A. Tarver married J. W. Davenport; Margaret Tarver who married John Little; and Benjamin L Tarver who married S. Elizabeth Perrett.
Thomas W Tarver (b. 1819) who marr. Louiza Smith August 10, 1845 in Upson Co., Georgia, was a son of Alfred Tarver (above). They had at least five children. Thomas and Louiza moved their family to Mississippi. Children lived around Pontotoc, Itawamba and Union counties, Mississippi. Their five children were
William L. Tarver (marr. Louisa E. _______);
Robert Franklin Tarver (marr. (1) Sarah C. Estes (2) Nancy J. Bartley);
Alfred L. Tarver (marr. Luella ______);
Louisa Angeline Tarver (marr. William H Sullivan),
Mary A. Tarver, all born between 1847 and 1858.
1840 Richmond County, NC Census, Microfilm Page 230
STEELE'S DISTRICT
John Bowdon
Miles Ussery
James LeGrand, Sen.
Dr. E. Burns
Green Hogan
Simeon D. Pemberton
Clairborne Green
David Hudson
Wm Hogan
Jas D. Pemberton
Zachariah Dumas
Mrs. Usher
Burwell Dumas
Mrs. Patience Baldwin
Isham A. Dumas
Rev T. C. Ledbetter [Rev. H. Ledbetter]
James H. Robinson
Sanders McLendon [Lendon]
John M. Robinson
Isaac McLendon [Lendon]
Arthur A. Robinson
Green D. Tyson
(overseer of Stanbacks estate)
Mrs. Sarah Merdith
Mrs. Elizabeth Stanback
Mrs. Sarah Dumas
Mrs. Elizabeth Mask
Amos Dumas
Mrs. Mary Ingram
Little & McRae
Daniel McRae
End of Microfilm Page 230
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