Elijah Hicks

Elijah was a Cherokee Man

Biography

Chief Charles R. Hicks and his wife Nancy were the parents of Elijah Hicks who was born June 20, 1796. [1] He was Clerk of Council in 1822 and shortly afterward married Miss Margaret Ross, born July 5, 1803.

Mr. ELIJAH HICKS married MARGARET ROSS, daughter of Mr. D. ROSS married on 3 April 1823 as noted in The Brainerd Journal entry:

"[April] 3rd An invitation having been previously given to all the mission family to attend a wedding at Mr. D[aniel] ROSS'; as many as conveniently could went over—found a respectable number of guests assembled & witnessed the marriage of Mr. ELIJAH HICKS to Miss MARGARET ROSS, daughter of Mr. D Ross,—after which about 50 person partook of an excellent wedding feast..."[2]

He was living in Coosawatee District in October 18264. He was President of the National Committee during the year of 1827. He was appointed editor of the Cherokee Phoenix on August 1, 18325 and retained that position until May 31, 1834 The press was confiscated and destroyed af ter that date. Elijah Hicks was a Captain of one of the Emigrant Cherokee detachments. His de tachment, according to Chief Ross' state ment embraced eight hundred fifty eight individuals, fifty four of whom died en route. They were the second contingent to start, the date of same being September 9, 1838 and arrived in the Western Cherokee Nation in advance of the other trains on January 4, 1839. He was a signer of the Constitution of 1839 and settled on the California at the present site of Claremore, where he conducted a general store and called his home Echota or as he spelled it and as it is pronounced "Sauty." He was elected a delegate to Washington in 1839 and 1843. Elected Clerk of the Cherokee Senate in 1845 and having been chosen as Senator from Saline District which at that time embraced over ten million acres of land and ex tended west to the one hundredth meridian, he was elected president of the Senate. He died on August 6, 1856 and is buried in the cemetery at Claremore. His wife died in 1862. [3]

Sources

1. ↑ McClinton, Rowena, ed. The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2007. p. 464
2. ↑ Edited & Introduced by Phillips, Joyce B. & Phillips, Paul Gary, The Brainerd Journal, A Mission to the Cherokees, 1817-1823, The University of Nebraska, 1998, page 348, citing 1823, [April] 3rd, Elijah Hicks and Margaret Ross
3. ↑ P. 599 Starr's History of Cherokee

• 1835 Census Roll, Oostenolee River, GA 3m18-, 1m18+, 3f16-, 1f16+
• 1851 Drennan Roll, Saline, 530
• The Brainerd Journal, P. 348
• Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma, Volume II, Chicago, IL, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1922
• EMMET STARR, HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS and Their Legends and Folk Lore, THE WARDEN COMPANY, Oklahoma City, Okla. 1921

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hicks-6806
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ELIJAH HICKS (CHARLES RENATUS6, NA-YE-HI5CONRAD, JENNIE4ANI'-WA'YA, OCONOSTOTA3, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born June 21, 1797 in Chickamauga Dist, CNE [GA], and died August 06, 1856 in Claremore, Craig Co, OK.
He married MARGARET ROSS April 03, 1823 in Hamilton Co, TN, daughter of DANIEL ROSS and MARY MCDONALD. She was born July 05, 1803 in Marysville, CNE [TN], and died 1862.

• 1835 Census roll: Oostenolee River, GA, 3m18-, 1m18+, 3f16-, 1f16+
• 1835 Smith Resolution: New Echota, voted Nay; anti-treaty
• 1842 Claims: SA1, pg 140, claim 139, arrested by GA Guard for digging for gold
• 1851 Drennan roll: Saline, 530
• Burial: 1856, Woodlawn Cem
• Detachment 1: October 04, 1838, 38-02 E Hicks/Whitepath; as Conductor
• Detachment 2: March 01, 1837, 37-b Dr Young/Maj Ridge (by water) as Interpreter
• Education: Bet. 1806 - 1807, Gideon Blackburn's School (age 10)
• Elected 1: 1827, President of the National Committee
• Elected 2: 1845, Clerk of the Senate
• Elected 3: 1847, President of the Senate
• Note: 1846, Delegate to Comanche Treaty, Texas
• Occupation: Bet. 1832 - 1834, Editor of the Cherokee Phoenix

More About MARGARET ROSS:

• 1851 Drennan roll: Saline, 530 as Margaret Hicks
• Blood: 1/8 Cherokee
• Clan: Ani'-Tsi'skwa = Bird Clan (Gi-gu-i)
• Detachment: October 04, 1838, 38-02 E Hicks/Whitepath
• RG75, E545 Reg of BLW: 1857, Widow of Elijah Hicks, Service in Cher Removal
• Marriage Notes for ELIJAH HICKS and MARGARET ROSS:
• The Brainerd Journal, p 348; 04/03/1823:An invitation having been previously given to all the mission family to attend a wedding at Mr D[aniel] Ross's, as many as conveniently could went over - found a respectable number of guests assembled and witnessed the marriage of Mr Elijah Hicks to Miss Margaret Ross, daughter of Mr D Ross - after which about fifty persons partook of an excellent wedding feast.We never demand a marriage fee but Mr Hicks politely presented to Mr Hoyt nine silver dollars which were accepted as a donation.

Children of ELIJAH HICKS and MARGARET ROSS are:
1385. i. SONORA8 HICKS, b. 1824; d. July 20, 1906.
1386. ii. LOUISA JENNIE HICKS, b. August 20, 1825, CNE [GA]; d. March 24, 1895.
1387. iii. DANIEL ROSS HICKS, b. August 25, 1827, Chickamauga Dist, CNE [GA]; d. February 12, 1883.
1388. iv. MARY ANN HICKS, b. September 16, 1830, New Echota, CNE [Gordon Co, GA]; d. November 11, 1909, Claremore, OK.

	v.	 	CHARLES RENATUS HICKS II, b. Abt. 1831, Coosawattee Dist, CNE [GA]; d. December 12, 1870, CNW [Claremore, OK]; m. LUCINDA ROSS; b. Abt. 1837.

• 1851 Drennan roll: Saline, 530
• 1869 Census [CN]: Cooweescoowee, 77, 1 wife, 0 boys, 2 girls (adopted?)
• Clan: Ani'-Tsi'skwa = Bird Clan (Gi-gu-i)
• Residence: 1849, Nevada (Goldrush)

	More About LUCINDA ROSS:

• 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 255

1389. vi. JOHN ROSS HICKS, b. February 09, 1835, Coosawattee Dist, CNE [GA]; d. February 14, 1899, Claremore, CNW.
1390. vii. VICTORIA SUSAN HICKS, b. March 19, 1839, Claremore, CNE; d. August 24, 1867.

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Amatoya Moytoy” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, 2023, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0021...

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