Individual Details

Birth

In the 1880 Coryell County, Texas, Census Green Hicks gives his father's birth place as North Carolina.

Marriage

Sarah Horn is presumed to be Asa Hicks' first wife based on these facts:
Sally Hicks is mentioned as a daughter in Simeon Horn's will of 10-19-1818 in Jones County, Georgia.
Asa Hicks lived in Jones County, Georgia, near Simeon Horn's family during the same time period.
Asa Hicks and his second wife Isabella Carson had their first child
c 1825, while his first children were born from 1812-1820.
Asa Hicks' daughter Martha had a daughter named Sarah Horne Lee.

Census

The 1820 Jones County, GA, US Federal Census, Capt. Hansford's District shows the Asa Hicks household as:
Males- 2 (<10); 1 (10-16); 1 (16-26); 1 (26-45); 1 (over 45).
Females- 1 (<10); 2 (10-16); 1 (16-26); 1 (26-45); 1 (over 45).
Slaves- 13

Note: The over 45 male and female are probably members of Asa's extended family, as well as some of the children.

Miscellaneous

On 4-8-1825, Asa Hicks purchased 160 acres of land in Autauga County, AL, St. Stephen's Meridian, 017N-014E Township, SW 1/4 Section 13.

Marriage

The marriage of Asa Hicks to his second wife Isabella Carson is not found in the marriage records for Georgia or Alabama.
The marriage date, c 1828, is based on the birth of their first child.

Isabella Hicks is named guardian of the minor children of Asa Hicks.

Miscellaneous

On 4-2-1828, Asa Hicks purchased 80 acres of land in Autauga County, AL, St. Stephen's Meridian, 017N-014E Township, E 1/2 SE 1/4, Section 14.

Census

The 1830 Autauga County, AL, US Federal Census, Capt. Womack's District shows the Asa Hicks household as:
Males- 1(<5); 1 (5-10); 2 (10-15); 1 (40-50).
Females- 1 (<5); 1 (10-15); 2 (15-20); 1 (30-40).
Slaves- 15

Note: The difference in ages for Asa and his wife suggest that his first wife Sarah Horn died after the 1820 census and before the 1830 census. In the 1820 census Asa and his wife at that time were listed in the same 26-45 age range.
Isabella was about 12 years younger than Asa.

Miscellaneous

On 9-4-1834, Asa Hicks purchased 80 acres of land in Autauga County, AL, St. Stephen's Meridian, 017N-014E Township, W 1/2 SE 1/4 Section 14.

Census

The 1840 Autauga County, AL, US Federal Census shows the Asa Hicks household as:
Males- 1(<5); 2 (5-10); 2 (10-15); 1 (15-20); 1 (20-30); 1 (50-60).
Females- 2 (<5); 1 (5-10); 1 (10-15); 1 (30-40).
Slaves- 28

Note: Asa Is the only Hicks listed in the 1840 Autauga County, AL census.

Miscellaneous

The following is a transcript of Asa Hicks' will, which was ruled invalid and his son green Hicks was appointed administrator of the estate:

Will of Asa Hicks
Special Orphan Court 21 September1840, page 384
Green Hicks presented a paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Asa Hicks, deceased:
 
Know all Men by these presents that I, Asa Hicks, being sound in mind but indisposed in body, make this my last Will and Testament:
My property is to be kept together for ten years and my children each to receive schooling for ten years.
After ten years my property is to be divided equally between all my children.
My wife Isabella and my son Green Hicks and my son Chapman Hicks are to be and act as my lawful executrix and Executors.
signed and sealed in the presence of W. R. Terry and R. W. Simpson this 31 st day of August 1840.
witnesses:
W. R. Terry
R.W. Simpson                      Asa(his mark X) Hicks.
pages 385 386
The Jury decided the will not valid and to be set aside. Isabella Hicks, widow, filed her release and Green Hicks appointed administrator.
Bond of $50,000 set for Green Hicks.
Bondsmen: John P. deJarnett
William N. Thompson
Appraisors appointed, William R.Terry, William P. Dejarnett, Benjamin W. Saxon, Thadache Mims, David Mims.

The following is a transcript of a court action in the settlement of Asa Hicks' estate which lists his heirs:

Autauga County, Alabama Records
copied Nov 12, 1959, by Alice Mae Pegues Morrow and Virginia Pegues Lidwin
Special Orphan's Court page 536, 14 March 1842
 
Green Hicks gives his report and final settlement on the estate of Asa Hicks, deceased. There appears to be nothing remise in said administration, but it appears by a former division made by the commissioners to divide the negroes and land that there is:
due by Robert Simpson in account of his wife.............$175.66
Grissom Lee, to pay in right of his wife  ...............  17.11
Green Hicks to pay....................................... 100.64
Chapmen Hicks to pay.....................................  37.18
John William Hicks to pay................................  62.32
Margaret to pay..........................................  62.32
Benjamin to pay..........................................  25.32
James D. receives........................................  36.68
Mary receives............................................  86.68
Elizabeth receives.......................................  11.68
Henry receives........................................... 127.89
Elbert receives.......................................... 202.87
Emeline receives.........................................  16.68i
Chapman's part to be paid by Emiline;
William, Margaret, Benjamin, James, Mary and Elizabeth each to pay .......$5.31 1/7

This transcript is found on numerous Ancetry.com Family Trees; one of these is the Little Family Tree listing for Asa Hicks.

Miscellaneous

A transcript of Autauga County, AL Estate Records found on Ancestry.com's Little Family Tree shows the records available for Asa Hicks' minor children at his death:

Emaline Hicks Estate  17 mar 1843 Record Book 5, page 309, 472
Margaret Hicks Estate 5 Apr 1845 Record Book 5, pages 50, 125, 134, 306, 452, 606
John W Hicks Estate 22 April 1845 Record Book 6 pages 56, 125, 135, 304, 452, 606
James Hicks Estate 17 Jun 1845 Record Book 5 pages 54, 125, 133, 159, 306, 452
Record Book 6, pages 268, 282, 616
Elizabeth Hicks Estate 17 June 1845 Record Book 6, pages 59, 125, 307, 453, 606
Asa Benjamin Hicks Estate 17 Jun 3 1845 Record Book 6, pages 59, 125, 307, 453, 606
Mary  Hicks Estate 17 June 1845 Record Book 6, pages 64, 125, 133, 305, 452, 605

Miscellaneous

On 6-19-1840, Asa Hicks was appointed administrator of the estate of his deceased mother Mary Hicks.
Recorded on p. 386 in Autauga Co., AL, Bonds, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Book 1.

Miscellaneous

On 9-21-1840, Green Hicks was appointed administrator of the estate of his deceased father Asa Hicks.
Recorded on p. 389 in Autauga Co., AL, Bonds, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Book 1.

Miscellaneous

His Find A Grave Memorial is #10764255.
The memorial gives his birth date as 1788 and his death date as 9-1-1840. There is not tombstone photograph.

Miscellaneous

A letter believed to be written by Anlouisa Pearson on 8-15-1959, about her recollections of the Asa Hicks family is posted on the Ancestry.com family tree, PMB Tree-2013-02-05. The owner of this tree is listed as J.P. Paula of Eastland, TX.
Anlouisa Pearson is the daughter of Mary C. Hicks and A.A. Pearson and granddaughter of John William Hicks, son of Asa and Isabella Hicks.
This letter contains details listed below.

1. The Hicks Cemetery in Autagaville, Autauga County, AL, is located in what was once an orchard on John and Mary Hicks' property.

2. John and Mary Hicks brought 5 sons with them to Autauga County in about 1810. They all settled together within a two mile radius of each other.

3. Asa Hicks and his first wife had three sons (one was Green and another was Elbert) and one daughter, who married a Simpson and lived in Mobile.

4. Isabella, Asa's second wife, came to Alabama about 1820, when she was 18.

5. Asa Hicks had a two story log house on his Autauga County land.

6. Asa and Isabella had eight children:
Emaline, married a Baptist preacher;
Chapman, died of a fever at about age 9;
Mary, first wife of Tom [Faulkner], died of TB within a few years
of marriage. Tom had a store in Vernon that he later moved to
Autaugaville, and his Autaugaville home was originally built for
the preacher when Autaugaville only had a church, no other
buildings or stores;
John William, known as Blix, owned a drugstore in Autaugaville
and had an office in Tom Faulkner's home; he had a leg infection
that kept him from serving in the Confederate Army, but he
helped by hauling supplies with his wagons, at the start of the
Civil War he lived in the "village" across the bay from Mobile
where he operated a salt works and turpentine still, he lived in
the "village" until Mobile was captured by the Union troops and
then he moved back to Autauga County, AL.
Bettie, married to Tom Faulkner after his first wife Mary (her
sister) died, their children were Will, Mamaie, and Beulah;
Jimmy, a school teacher who lived with Isabella when he wasn't
teaching, his wife and two of his children died young, his third
child was Ella who also taught school and lived with Isabella, Ella
married one of Tom Faulkner's nephews, who was "wild, mean,
and drank", Ella had four children, the first two were twin girls;
Meg, never married, her fiance, Mr. Motley?, died of a fever
during the Civil War;
Ben, married a Dutch girl and they had two children Belle and
Ben, their son Ben had bad eyesight that was undetected by his
teachers who whipped him every day because he couldn't read,
because of his inability to read some thought he was ignorant,
Belle their daughter was "kind of wild", she lived with John
William and his wife Lou, who sent Belle to a Catholic school in
Abington, VA, Belle married Jeff Stedmire, they had no children
and Bell died at a young age.

7. About 1830, Asa built a new frame house and went by boat to Mobile to buy new furniture: four-poster bed, spool bed, bureaus, parlor set, table and chairs, and a sofa.
The house was still standing in 1959, but most of the furniture was sold to antique dealers around Autaugaville.