Chief William Abraham Hicks

William Abraham Hicks Was a Cherokee man

Uncertain parents

The woman called "Na-ye-hi Conrad" is believed by some to be the mother of Chiefs Charles Renatus Hicks, William Hicks, and their sisters Sarah and Elizabeth. and the Cherokee wife of white trader Nathan Hicks. Little is known about her and her family is speculative based on a statement in the Moravian diaries that says, "the very sick Gunrod left his own family to live with Charles Renatus Hicks a very close relative." Researcher James Hicks interprets this to mean that Charles Hicks was Gunrod's nephew, and that "Na-ye-hi" was his (Gunrod's) sister. Emmet Starr stated that Nathan Hicks' wife was "a full-blood woman of the Wolf clan," [1] which would mean she was not the daughter of a white trader.

Biography

William Hicks was born about 1769 in the Cherokee Nation. He was the son of a white man, Nathan Hicks, and his Cherokee wife.

NOTE: William's father was not the Nathaniel Hicks, b 1743, son of Robert, who was too young to have fathered Nanyehi's children.

Emmet Starr incorrectly listed Nancy Broom as William's mother, but the Moravian journals are clear that Nancy Broom was the wife of William's brother, Charles Renatus Hicks. It's possible that the mother of William and Charles was a sister of Gunrod Conrad. [2] William was the father of at least sixteen children. He had a son, George, by Lydia Halfbreed; with his wife Sallie Foreman he had fifteen children, Eli, Jay, [3] William Jr., Ruth [4] , Carrington, [5] Peggy (Margaret), [6] Abijah, [7] Ella, [8] Susannah, [9] Anna, [10] Joseph, [11] Charles, John, [12] Sarah, [13] and Nancy. [14] [15] He was Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827-28 following the sudden death of his brother, Chief Charles Renatus Hicks. [16] In 1832 William separated from Sallie and in 1833 he signed up to emigrate to Indian Territory on his own. [17] The remainder of his life (and no doubt Sallie's) was very troubled. [18] In March of 1834 William had a stroke. According to the Moravians he was once again home with his family, but had turned against the missionaries and was planning to emigrate as soon as his health improved. [19] William and his family appear on the 1835 Cherokee Census living on Oothcaloga Creek in what is now north Georgia. [20] Wiliam died in March, 1837, [21] and Sallie soon emigrated to Indian Territory. [22]

Sources

1. ↑ Hampton, David K. and Baker, Jack D., eds., Old Cherokee Families Notes of Dr. Emmet Starr, Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1987. p. 119 note C641
2. ↑ McClinton, Rowena, ed. The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2007. Vol. 2, p. 464
3. ↑ Crews & Starbuck, eds. Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees. Cherokee Heritage Press, Tahlequah, OK. Vol. 6. p. 2824
4. ↑ Crews & Starbuck,. Records of the Moravians, Vol. 6, p. 3024
5. ↑ Crews & Starbuck,. Records of the Moravians, Vol. 7, p. 3432
6. ↑ Crews & Starbuck,. Records of the Moravians, Vol. 7, p. 3679
7. ↑ Crews & Starbuck,. Records of the Moravians, Vol. 5, p. 2376
8. ↑ Crews & Starbuck,. Records of the Moravians, Vol. 7, p. 3537
9. ↑ Crews & Starbuck, Records of the Moravians, Vol. 5, p. 2536
10. ↑ Crews & Starbuck,. Records of the Moravians, Vol. 6, p. 2885
11. ↑ Crews & Starbuck,. Records of the Moravians, Vol. 7, p. 3709
12. ↑ Crews & Starbuck,. Records of the Moravians, Vol. 8, p. 4030
13. ↑ Crews & Starbuck,. Records of the Moravians, Vol. 9, p. 4719
14. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians, Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. Digitized edition at Starr
15. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration. NARA M1104. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909. Application #1953, Sarah Stephens. images at Fold 3: https://www.fold3.com/image/223062855
16. ↑ Hoig, Stanley W. The Cherokees and Their Chiefs. University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville. 1998. p. 132
17. ↑ Baker, Jack D. transcriber. Cherokee Emigration Rolls 1817-1835. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1977. Original Records: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1793-1999.
18. ↑ Crews and Starbuck, Records of the Moravians, Vol. 9, multiple entries.
19. ↑ Crews & Starbuck,. Records of the Moravians, Vol 10, p. 4814.
20. ↑ Tyner, James. Those Who Cried. Transcript of 1835 Cherokee census. Chi-ga-u, Inc. Norman, OK. 1974. p. 80
21. ↑ Crews and Starbuck, Records of the Moravians, Vol. 10 p. 5051
22. ↑ Payment made to Sarah Hicks, widow, Q.3, 1837. Stricklin, Dawn, compiler. Cherokee Claims for Transportation and Subsistence. Transcription of National Archives and Records Administration, Special File 154, Microfilm publication M574, Roll 32. Heritage Books, Westminster, MD. 2004. p. 121

See also:

• Wikipedia contributors. "William Hicks (Cherokee chief)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 16 Mar. 2023. Web. 3 Apr. 2023. @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hicks_(Cherokee_chief)
• Wikipedia contributors. "List of Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 15 Mar. 2023. Web. 3 Apr. 2023. @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Principal_Chiefs_of_the_Cherokee

Source: The WikiTree Native American Project @ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hicks-6798
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CHIEF WILLIAM ABRAHAM HICKS, SR, CHIEF (NA-YE-HI5CONRAD, JENNIE4ANI'-WA'YA, OCONOSTOTA3, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1769 in CNE [GA], and died Bef. November 1837.
He married (1) LYDIA QUA-LA-YU-GA HALFBREED Abt. 1792 in Spring Place, GA, daughter of BIG HALFBREED and QUA-LA-YU-GA CRITTENDEN. She was born Abt. 1776 in CNE [GA], and died 1849.
He married (2) SALLIE FOREMAN 1804 in Tennessee, daughter of JOHN FOREMAN and SUSIE TI-TA-S-GI-S-GI. She was born Abt. 1788 in CNE [TN], and died September 01, 1839 in Fairfield, CNW.

• OCCUPATION: Principal Chief, 1826 - 10/13/1828.
• Notes of Starr, Letter bks A-F, v1, p119, note C641.
• List of students UBM at Spring Place, CN East, 1804-1834.Jerry Clark 8&9 Cher Fam Resch

Fall 1992 and Spring 1993, page 10.

• In the Cherokee emigration Rolls 1817-1835...
• 1833 Wm Hicks Sr. Age over 50 residing in Oothcaloga GA (b bef1783)
• 1833 Wm Hicks Jr. age under 25 from Oothcaloga GA (b aft1808)
• Wm Hicks Jr. Arrived May 8 1834.
• Table 5, p407-418, The Brainerd Journal lists three students that entered the mission on 12/07/1818, Edward, Jesse and a Polly Hicks.(who is Polly Hicks?)
• 1817-35 Emg'n Roll: July 16, 1833, pg 31, 1 male over 50, Ohkaloga, GA (sic)
• 1835 Census roll: Oothcaloga Creek, GA
• Blood: 1/4 Cherokee (by Interpolation)
• Chief: Bet. February 1827 - October 13, 1828, Principal Chief, CN-East
• Detachment: 1836, 37-A Pre 1837
• Starr's Notes: C641

Notes for LYDIA QUA-LA-YU-GA HALFBREED:

• Lydia Halfbreed -Starr
• Lydia Chisholm -some Guion Miller applications
• Qualiluka -Oothcaloga Journal
• Zaueucka -Moravian records
• Chiuke -Starr
• Tocoeyeeka -Spring Place student list

More About LYDIA QUA-LA-YU-GA HALFBREED:

• Baptism: August 13, 1820, Spring Place, Moravian
• Blood: 3/4 Cherokee
• Clan: Ani'-Ga'tâge'wi = Kituah or Wild Potato (Gu-u-li-si)
• Moravian Journals: February 16, 1814, James Foster's wife and her grandmother Old Jennie Dougherty

More About SALLIE FOREMAN:

• Blood: 1/2 Cherokee
• Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Susie Gourd)
• Detachment: 1836, 37-A Pre 1837; claim for disbursement of $2647.5175 as Sarah Hicks, widow, B191

Child of WILLIAM HICKS and LYDIA HALFBREED is:
459. i. GEORGE AGUSTUS7 HICKS, b. 1793, Spring Place, GA; d. Aft. 1858.

Children of WILLIAM HICKS and SALLIE FOREMAN are:
460. ii. ELI7 HICKS, b. March 09, 1810, Oothcalaga, GA; d. March 17, 1834.
461. iii. JAY GA-DA-GI-S-GI HICKS, JUDGE, b. 1811, Oothcalaga, CNE; d. January 29, 1867.

	iv.	 	WILLIAM HICKS, JR, b. Abt. 1812.

• 1817-35 Emg'n Roll 1: November 05, 1833, pg 33, 1 male under 25, Oothcaloga, GA
• 1817-35 Emg'n Roll 2: 1834, pg 47, came by themselves, 1 male under 25, arrived May 8, 1834
• Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Susie Gourd)
• Detachment: 1836, 37-A Pre 1837

462. v. RUTH HICKS, b. 1814, Oothcaloga, GA.

	vi.	 	CARRINGTON WHEELER HICKS, b. 1816; d. 1852, near Tahlequah, OK.

• 1842 Claims: FL1, pg 255, claim 44
• 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 532
• Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Susie Gourd)
• Education: February 06, 1826, Spring Place Mission School
• Residence: Abt. 1838, New Echota, GA

463. vii. MARGARET HARRIET HICKS, b. 1817, CNE [GA].
464. viii. ABIJAH SA-LU-TI-WI-S-GI HICKS, b. March 02, 1819; d. June 04, 1862.
465. ix. ELLA HICKS, b. March 02, 1819; d. August 18, 1898.
466. x. ANNA ROSINA HICKS, b. June 22, 1822, Sumac Town, Murray Co, GA; d. 1856.

	xi.	 	JOSEPH HICKS, b. Abt. 1823; d. Bef. 1851.

	xii.	 	CHARLES HICKS, b. August 25, 1825; d. Cincinnati, OH.

• Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Susie Gourd)

	xiii.	 	JOHN J HICKS, b. 1828; d. Aft. 1851, in California.

• 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 532
• Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Susie Gourd)

467. xiv. SARAH ROSALIE HICKS, b. May 27, 1832, Georgia; d. September 20, 1908, Vinita, OK.
468. xv. NANCY ELLEN HICKS, b. April 15, 1835, CNE [GA]; d. January 1895.

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Amatoya Moytoy” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0021...