Historical records matching Alvis Duncan Hicks, 7th Tennessee Regiment, USA
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About Alvis Duncan Hicks, 7th Tennessee Regiment, USA
Biography
Alvis Duncan Hicks, USA was born on February 2, 1840 in Wayne County, Kentucky, USA. His parents were Adry Hicks and Nancy Melinda Hicks (Jenkins). He was a Farmer and served with the Union Army in the Civil War.
Alvis was a private in the 7th Tennessee Regiment of the Union Army and received an Honorable Discharge.
He was captured at Rogersville and confined at Belle Isle and then Andersonville.
He was paroled at Savanna, GA. on 2 Nov. 1864. He was furloughed 30 days on 11 Dec. at Columbus, OH in Jan. 1865.
He survived the terrible Andersonville Prison and served alongside his brother William William J. Hicks. He and William escaped twice but were caught both times and Alvis was hamstrung to prevent a third escape attempt. He walked with a cane after the war and had a distinct limp.
Alvis married Margaret E Hicks (Richardson). Together they had the following children:
He died on November 6, 1926 in Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States and was buried after November 6, 1926 there.
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 20 2022, 18:36:11 UTC
Alvis D. Hicks
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
He also had service in:
"A" Co. TN 2nd Infantry
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Alvis Duncan Hicks
Posted 27 Sep 2017 by dlabby6
Twenty-one year old Alvis Duncan Hicks arrived at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky late in the afternoon on Tuesday, August 20, 1861—one man in a company of about three hundred sixty. Their march through the rolling hills of the Bluegrass region the past couple of days made for a mild end to a journey that began so roughly over a week ago.
Footsore and wearing the dust of travel, he stood in line behind his 25 year-old brother, Will. They were among the first to enlist in the newly formed 2nd East Tennessee Infantry (Volunteer), U. S. A., and were assigned along with dozens of their neighbors to “A” Company—pending formal designation as a U. S. Army regiment. They would Pvt. Alvis Duncan Hicks ca. 1862 soon be joined by thousands of men and boys from East Tennessee who held Union sympathies. Theirs was one of the large columns. Others would come in smaller groups, while a few straggled in by ones and twos.
Alvis Duncan and William J. Hicks were the sons of Adry Hicks, a farmer born about 1814 in North Carolina who had migrated west to settle in Morgan County, Tennessee. That’s apparently where Alvis was born on February 2, 1840. We are not completely sure. He never spoke to his offspring and relatives of his birthplace except in generalities.
Alvis Hicks wed; first: Nancy Perry on 2-6-1859. second: Margaret Richardson 12-29-1864. third: Mariah (Willoughby or McGeehey), date unknown.
Nancy Perry was the daughter of a widow (apparently) named Polly Perry, the fifth of six children, including twin older brothers.
Mariah was a native of Atlanta who watched Sherman's army devastate the city while A.D. Hicks languished in Andersonville less than 150 miles away. She previously married William Riley Willoughby. Her maiden name may have been Ellis........But haven't found all the children However if only 6 lived we may never know the others names.
Adry Hicks and his family are listed for the first time in the 1850 Morgan County census. He and his wife Nancy, both 36, are listed as natives of Tennessee, a mistake by the census taker since other reliable sources indicate they were both born in North Carolina (but much of Tennessee was sectioned off of what originally was North Carolina territory, so both statements may be factual). Adry was a farmer owning real estate in the value of $300.1 The record tells us that Adry and Nancy had nine children. It also says that Adry could read and write.
Will was the second born, after elder sister Elvira who 16 when the census taker came in 1850. He was followed by James E. who was two years older than Alvis. Alvis was the fourth child, age 10 at the time of the census. The others were Mary (8), Lucinda E. (6), Addison L. (4), Francis (3), and Margaret A. (2 months). Will, James, Alvis, and Mary had attended school the previous year. There weren’t many schoolhouses in the area—probably the school they attended held its sessions in a church house—and those who sent their children had to contribute money or goods to keep it going. Adry was a literate man, and it must have been important to him to see that his children also had the rudiments of an education.
Adry died in 1855 at the young age of 41. We don’t know whether it was from illness or injury. Alvis was only 15. According to his own testimony, living at home was a hardship for the boy, but we have no details of the conflicts he experienced. He left home soon afterward, and worked at farming and carpentry. He would become a master house builder. Later, probably around age 20 or 21, he married a girl named (according to an oral history) Nancy Jinkings. The curious thing about this is that his mother’s maiden name was Nancy Jenkins, born in North Carolina in 1814 and died we-know-not-when. It is at least possible if not probable that there is a garbled account here, and that we do not know at all the name of the young girl Alvis married when he left home—and will never know unless a record of their marriage (or divorce) can be found.
According to his enlistment record Will’s home was Roane County, Tennessee.2 We’re not sure where Alvis was living in 1861. Maybe the clerk just failed to write down the information, or perhaps Alvis failed to put it down on his card. Or else he did not have a permanent residence at the time, and may have been—together with his young wife—dwelling with his brother’s family when he made the decision to join the perilous hike to cross the state line. Most of the men in that group were from Roane County.
Alvis and Will Hicks came to Camp Dick Robinson accompanied by other kinfolk. Their brother James (23) and some cousins had already arrived a day earlier with the group from Kingston led by Robert K. Byrd, and had joined the 1st Regiment that mustered under Byrd’s command.3
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Alvis Duncan Hicks, 7th Tennessee Regiment, USA's Timeline
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February 2, 1840
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Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
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| 1865 |
December 22, 1865
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KY, United States
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February 28, 1868
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| 1872 |
March 1872
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Kenton County, Kentucky, United States
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| 1875 |
February 6, 1875
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Pope County, Illinois, United States
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| 1878 |
October 13, 1878
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Pope County, Monroe Township, Illinois, USA
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| 1926 |
November 6, 1926
Age 86
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Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States
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November 6, 1926
Age 86
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Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States
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