David Hickerson, born Bef. 1760 in Stafford County Virginia; died bef Dec 1833 in Franklin (now Coffee) County, Tennessee. He was the son of Charles Hickerson and Mary Lytle (Little). He married Sarah Ann "Nancy" Taliaferro/Tolliver.
From 'HAPPY VALLEY, History and Genealogy by Thomas Felix Hickerson, Chapel Hill, N.C., December 15, 1940:
"The David Hickerson family with the exception of Charles and Lytle moved to Coffee Co., Tenn., and settled in and around the present town of Manchester. Among the descendants of John Hickerson (1782-1845) now living there on plantations still remaining in the family are Wright Hickerson, mayor of Manchester and grandson of Judge Wm Pitt Hickerson (1816-1887); Frances Hickerson, g.-daughter of the late Lytle David Hickerson, part owner and first president of the McMinnville branch railroad. In 1855, Joseph Hickerson's son, Washington Hickerson, moved (in covered wagons) from Coffee Co. Tenn., to McLenna[n] Co., Texas, where he settled on a large plantation and became the father of 16 children, 11 of whom married and reared sizeable families. Among the grandchildren of this Washington Hickerson is John Dewey Hickerson, of the State Department, Washington, D. C., recently appointed a member of the U.S.-Canadian Defense Board."
David Hickerson was listed as a Patriot Ancestor in the Daughters of the American Revolution's database, as follows:
HICKERSON, DAVID Ancestor#: A054802
Service: NORTH CAROLINA
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: (ANTE) 1760 VIRGINIA
Death: (ANTE) 12-2-1833 FRANKLIN CO TENNESSEE Service Source: HAYES, THE LAND OF WILKES,
P 29-30
Service Description: 1) JUROR TO VIEW ROADS
In 2014, based on proofs provided with an application for membership, DAR credited David Hickerson with military service. Please see below:
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, SOLDIER
Birth: ANTE 1760 VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 12-2-1833 FRANKLIN CO TENNESSEE
Service Source:
LENOIR FAMILY PAPERS # 426; SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION, UNC CHAPEL HILL LIBRARY; ABSHER, WILKES CO COURT MINUTES 1778-1788; VOL 1, P 35
Service Description:
1) EXPEDITION AGAINST THE INDIANS; ALSO JUROR
He is a qualifying ancestor for the United States Daughters of the War of 1812.
Service: Detached from Militia; served in 8th regt. 3rd Co. under Capt. Lenoir, Wilkes Co.
Information below from: Jack Jennings, President of the Tullahoma Historical Preservation Society 2006
John and Joseph Hickerson were among the earliest and most successful settlers in Coffee County, when Coffee County was still part of Franklin County. They came to Tennessee in 1809, from Wilkesboro, North Carolina, sons of Captain David Hickerson and his wife Nancy. Joseph Hickerson (1789-1850) operated a grist-mill in 1815 here, and established a cotton gin, sawmill and com mill on the Duck River between 1820 and 1830.
In 1836 he was appointed to survey and layout a county site and awarded contracts for building the courthouse and jail in Manchester. He owned thousands of acres of land along the Duck River. John Hickerson (1782-1845) is acknowledged as the Father of Coffee County in several publications. He was influential, active, wealthy, a large landowner, and worked diligently for earning a county status for Coffee County, once its population was sufficient to do so.
From 'HAPPY VALLEY, History and Genealogy by Thomas Felix Hickerson, Chapel Hill, N.C., December 15, 1940:
"The David Hickerson family with the exception of Charles and Lytle moved to Coffee Co., Tenn., and settled in and around the present town of Manchester. Among the descendants of John Hickerson (1782-1845) now living there on plantations still remaining in the family are Wright Hickerson, mayor of Manchester and grandson of Judge Wm Pitt Hickerson (1816-1887); Frances Hickerson, g.-daughter of the late Lytle David Hickerson, part owner and first president of the McMinnville branch railroad. In 1855, Joseph Hickerson's son, Washington Hickerson, moved (in covered wagons) from Coffee Co. Tenn., to McLenna[n] Co., Texas, where he settled on a large plantation and became the father of 16 children, 11 of whom married and reared sizeable families. Among the grandchildren of this Washington Hickerson is John Dewey Hickerson, of the State Department, Washington, D. C., recently appointed a member of the U.S.-Canadian Defense Board."
David Hickerson was listed as a Patriot Ancestor in the Daughters of the American Revolution's database, as follows:
HICKERSON, DAVID Ancestor#: A054802
Service: NORTH CAROLINA
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: (ANTE) 1760 VIRGINIA
Death: (ANTE) 12-2-1833 FRANKLIN CO TENNESSEE Service Source: HAYES, THE LAND OF WILKES,
P 29-30
Service Description: 1) JUROR TO VIEW ROADS
In 2014, based on proofs provided with an application for membership, DAR credited David Hickerson with military service. Please see below:
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, SOLDIER
Birth: ANTE 1760 VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 12-2-1833 FRANKLIN CO TENNESSEE
Service Source:
LENOIR FAMILY PAPERS # 426; SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION, UNC CHAPEL HILL LIBRARY; ABSHER, WILKES CO COURT MINUTES 1778-1788; VOL 1, P 35
Service Description:
1) EXPEDITION AGAINST THE INDIANS; ALSO JUROR
He is a qualifying ancestor for the United States Daughters of the War of 1812.
Service: Detached from Militia; served in 8th regt. 3rd Co. under Capt. Lenoir, Wilkes Co.
Information below from: Jack Jennings, President of the Tullahoma Historical Preservation Society 2006
John and Joseph Hickerson were among the earliest and most successful settlers in Coffee County, when Coffee County was still part of Franklin County. They came to Tennessee in 1809, from Wilkesboro, North Carolina, sons of Captain David Hickerson and his wife Nancy. Joseph Hickerson (1789-1850) operated a grist-mill in 1815 here, and established a cotton gin, sawmill and com mill on the Duck River between 1820 and 1830.
In 1836 he was appointed to survey and layout a county site and awarded contracts for building the courthouse and jail in Manchester. He owned thousands of acres of land along the Duck River. John Hickerson (1782-1845) is acknowledged as the Father of Coffee County in several publications. He was influential, active, wealthy, a large landowner, and worked diligently for earning a county status for Coffee County, once its population was sufficient to do so.
David Hickerson, born Bef. 1760 in Stafford County Virginia; died bef Dec 1833 in Franklin (now Coffee) County, Tennessee. He was the son of Charles Hickerson and Mary Lytle (Little). He married Sarah Ann "Nancy" Taliaferro/Tolliver.
From 'HAPPY VALLEY, History and Genealogy by Thomas Felix Hickerson, Chapel Hill, N.C., December 15, 1940:
"The David Hickerson family with the exception of Charles and Lytle moved to Coffee Co., Tenn., and settled in and around the present town of Manchester. Among the descendants of John Hickerson (1782-1845) now living there on plantations still remaining in the family are Wright Hickerson, mayor of Manchester and grandson of Judge Wm Pitt Hickerson (1816-1887); Frances Hickerson, g.-daughter of the late Lytle David Hickerson, part owner and first president of the McMinnville branch railroad. In 1855, Joseph Hickerson's son, Washington Hickerson, moved (in covered wagons) from Coffee Co. Tenn., to McLenna[n] Co., Texas, where he settled on a large plantation and became the father of 16 children, 11 of whom married and reared sizeable families. Among the grandchildren of this Washington Hickerson is John Dewey Hickerson, of the State Department, Washington, D. C., recently appointed a member of the U.S.-Canadian Defense Board."
David Hickerson was listed as a Patriot Ancestor in the Daughters of the American Revolution's database, as follows:
HICKERSON, DAVID Ancestor#: A054802
Service: NORTH CAROLINA
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: (ANTE) 1760 VIRGINIA
Death: (ANTE) 12-2-1833 FRANKLIN CO TENNESSEE Service Source: HAYES, THE LAND OF WILKES,
P 29-30
Service Description: 1) JUROR TO VIEW ROADS
In 2014, based on proofs provided with an application for membership, DAR credited David Hickerson with military service. Please see below:
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, SOLDIER
Birth: ANTE 1760 VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 12-2-1833 FRANKLIN CO TENNESSEE
Service Source:
LENOIR FAMILY PAPERS # 426; SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION, UNC CHAPEL HILL LIBRARY; ABSHER, WILKES CO COURT MINUTES 1778-1788; VOL 1, P 35
Service Description:
1) EXPEDITION AGAINST THE INDIANS; ALSO JUROR
He is a qualifying ancestor for the United States Daughters of the War of 1812.
Service: Detached from Militia; served in 8th regt. 3rd Co. under Capt. Lenoir, Wilkes Co.
Information below from: Jack Jennings, President of the Tullahoma Historical Preservation Society 2006
John and Joseph Hickerson were among the earliest and most successful settlers in Coffee County, when Coffee County was still part of Franklin County. They came to Tennessee in 1809, from Wilkesboro, North Carolina, sons of Captain David Hickerson and his wife Nancy. Joseph Hickerson (1789-1850) operated a grist-mill in 1815 here, and established a cotton gin, sawmill and com mill on the Duck River between 1820 and 1830.
In 1836 he was appointed to survey and layout a county site and awarded contracts for building the courthouse and jail in Manchester. He owned thousands of acres of land along the Duck River. John Hickerson (1782-1845) is acknowledged as the Father of Coffee County in several publications. He was influential, active, wealthy, a large landowner, and worked diligently for earning a county status for Coffee County, once its population was sufficient to do so.
From 'HAPPY VALLEY, History and Genealogy by Thomas Felix Hickerson, Chapel Hill, N.C., December 15, 1940:
"The David Hickerson family with the exception of Charles and Lytle moved to Coffee Co., Tenn., and settled in and around the present town of Manchester. Among the descendants of John Hickerson (1782-1845) now living there on plantations still remaining in the family are Wright Hickerson, mayor of Manchester and grandson of Judge Wm Pitt Hickerson (1816-1887); Frances Hickerson, g.-daughter of the late Lytle David Hickerson, part owner and first president of the McMinnville branch railroad. In 1855, Joseph Hickerson's son, Washington Hickerson, moved (in covered wagons) from Coffee Co. Tenn., to McLenna[n] Co., Texas, where he settled on a large plantation and became the father of 16 children, 11 of whom married and reared sizeable families. Among the grandchildren of this Washington Hickerson is John Dewey Hickerson, of the State Department, Washington, D. C., recently appointed a member of the U.S.-Canadian Defense Board."
David Hickerson was listed as a Patriot Ancestor in the Daughters of the American Revolution's database, as follows:
HICKERSON, DAVID Ancestor#: A054802
Service: NORTH CAROLINA
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: (ANTE) 1760 VIRGINIA
Death: (ANTE) 12-2-1833 FRANKLIN CO TENNESSEE Service Source: HAYES, THE LAND OF WILKES,
P 29-30
Service Description: 1) JUROR TO VIEW ROADS
In 2014, based on proofs provided with an application for membership, DAR credited David Hickerson with military service. Please see below:
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, SOLDIER
Birth: ANTE 1760 VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 12-2-1833 FRANKLIN CO TENNESSEE
Service Source:
LENOIR FAMILY PAPERS # 426; SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION, UNC CHAPEL HILL LIBRARY; ABSHER, WILKES CO COURT MINUTES 1778-1788; VOL 1, P 35
Service Description:
1) EXPEDITION AGAINST THE INDIANS; ALSO JUROR
He is a qualifying ancestor for the United States Daughters of the War of 1812.
Service: Detached from Militia; served in 8th regt. 3rd Co. under Capt. Lenoir, Wilkes Co.
Information below from: Jack Jennings, President of the Tullahoma Historical Preservation Society 2006
John and Joseph Hickerson were among the earliest and most successful settlers in Coffee County, when Coffee County was still part of Franklin County. They came to Tennessee in 1809, from Wilkesboro, North Carolina, sons of Captain David Hickerson and his wife Nancy. Joseph Hickerson (1789-1850) operated a grist-mill in 1815 here, and established a cotton gin, sawmill and com mill on the Duck River between 1820 and 1830.
In 1836 he was appointed to survey and layout a county site and awarded contracts for building the courthouse and jail in Manchester. He owned thousands of acres of land along the Duck River. John Hickerson (1782-1845) is acknowledged as the Father of Coffee County in several publications. He was influential, active, wealthy, a large landowner, and worked diligently for earning a county status for Coffee County, once its population was sufficient to do so.
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