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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: bef 1728 / Middlesex / MA Death: bef 23 Dec 1784 / Henry / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
NSDAR cites:
He took an Oath of Allegiance
In 1780, he paid supply tax, in 1780
He provided food and staples for Revolutionary Soldiers in Virginia
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2000
Abercrombie, Janice L. and Slatten, Richard, Virginia Revolutionary Publick Claims, Volume 2, Georgia. Athens: Iberian Publishing Company, 1992, pg 513-514, 519
Hill, Judith, A History of Henry County, Virginia with Biographical Sketches of Its Most Prominent Citizens and Genealogical Histories of Half a Hundred of Its Oldest Families, Virginia. Martinsville: Bulletin Printing & Publishing Co, Inc, 1925, pg 306
Adams, Lela C, 1778-1780 Tax Lists of Henry County, Virginia, South Carolina. Greenville: Southern Historical Press, 1973, pg 39
NSSAR RC # 101483 cites: Public Claims, Henry Co. VA, Court Booklet, pg 17, 21, 24, 35-36
Spouse: Mary XX; Children: John; Cornelius; Mary; Michael; Elijah; Jane;
John Hickey was born before 1728 in Middlesex County, Virginia.
In an article from a National Geographic Magazine [January 1932]: "From Fort Mayo, [George] Washington went over to Fort Trial, on Smiths River on the present Roanoke-Winston-Salem Highway. Here he stopped with John Hickey, the first merchant prince of southside Piedmont, Virginia. In 1747 Hickey had been granted a peddler’s license by the county court of Lunenburg.
…gradually he [John Hickey] grew rich, and at the time of Colonel Washington's visit, he not kept an ordinary [an Inn that served alcohol, food, and overnight accommodations], but owned a mill, a store, and thousands of acres of creek bottoms in what since has been divided into four counties.”
During the Revolution, he took an Oath of Allegiance and, in 1780, paid a supply tax to support the war. Additionally, he provided food and staples for Revolutionary Soldiers in Virginia.
He was married to Mary [surname unknown]. His will named his wife Mary; sons: James, Joseph, John, Benjamin, Cornelius, Elijah, Michael, and Joshua; and daughters: Mary Ann (wife of Larkin Turner), Jane (wife of William Heard), and Nancy.
The Patriot died before 23 December 1784 at Henry County, Virginia. A Find-a-Grave memorial suggests he was buried on his farm, which is possible. However, it is unproven.
Sources:
Abercrombie, Janice L. and Slatten, Richard, Virginia Revolutionary Publick Claims, Vol. 2, Georgia. Athens: Iberian Publishing Company, 1992, pages 513-514, 519
Hill, Judith, A History of Henry County, Virginia with Biographical Sketches of Its Most Prominent Citizens and Genealogical Histories of Half a Hundred of Its Oldest Families, Virginia. Martinsville: Bulletin Printing & Publishing Co., Inc., 1925, page 306
Adams, Lela C., 1778-1780 Tax Lists of Henry County, Virginia, South Carolina. Greenville: Southern Historical Press, 1973, page 39
Henry County, Virginia Will Book 1, 1777-1799, page 96.
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