Children of Nathaniel Hickerson and Keziah

William Hickerson (1754 – after 1801)

William Hickerson was the son of Nathaniel Hickerson.  Daniel Hickerson, named in Nathaniel’s will as his son, stated in 1799 that William was his brother.[1] In 1775,[2] 1778, 1781, 1782[3], 1783, and again from 1785 to 1799,[4] William Hickerson was listed as tithable in Fauquier County and responsible for his own tax.[5]  This shows that he was over 21 by 1775, so was born in 1754 or earlier. 

In 1784, William and Joseph Hickerson were witnesses to the sale of land on Deep Run from John Butler to Moses Baker.[6]  In 1785, William Hickerson, along with Joseph and Charles Hickerson, was a witness to the gift of land from John Barber to his son William Barber.[7]  In 1786, William Hickerson, along with Charles Hickerson, served as a witness for a deed of gift from John Barber to William Barber, his son, of land purchased from Samuel Earle of about 200 acres.[8] In 1786, William served as bondsman for Ann Hickerson when she married William Barber January 23.[9]  From 1787 through 1796, William paid the tax for William Butler.[10]  In 1792, William Hickerson bought 27 acres of land from Samuel Baker; at the same time he served as a witness to the purchase of 160 acres on Deep Run by Joseph Hickerson from the same man.[11]  In 1799, William Hickerson paid the tax for James Hickerson, indicating that James was likely his son, between the ages of 16 and 21.[12]  William voted in 1799 in the State Senatorial election,[13] and signed a religious petition in 1801.[14]

William Hickerson had at least two sons, James and William.  William (father) paid the tax for William (son) in 1794 through 1797,[15] so William (son) was probably born in 1778.  William (father) paid the tax for James in 1799, indicating that James was between the ages of 16 and 21, so was probably born between 1778 and 1783.

John Hickerson (1760 - 1809)

John was said to have been a son of Nathaniel Hickerson, born in 1760 in Stafford or Fauquier County, Virginia.[16]  His birth year is confirmed by the fact that he was tithable in 1782 and thus had to be 21 years old that year.  John paid taxes in Fauquier County from 1782 – 1787 and from 1789 – 1792.[17]   John Hickerson was said to have married Frances Elizabeth (last name unknown), and became one of the early Baptist preachers in Virginia.[18]  He was licensed as a Baptist minister to perform marriages in 1791,[19] and was pastor at Jeffersonton Baptist church in Culpeper from about 1791 to 1809, when he was said to have died at Leesburg preaching.[20]

John Mason Hickerson was the son of John Hickerson and Frances Elizabeth.  Born in 1790, John M. Hickerson was a Baptist preacher like his father.  He is listed in the 1840 Census for Rappahannock County.  On June 3, 1841, he married Mary Ann Chisman, born about 1797 in Frederick County, Virginia.

John M. Hickerson had numerous children, including Henry Chrisman Hickerson, who married Frances Elizabeth Rudasilla.  One of their sons, Hubert Clifton Hickerson (1862 – 1948), married Nannie Burroughs on November 27, 1889 (see Sketch, John B. Burroughs) and they are buried in the Burroughs – Hickerson cemetery outside Remington, Fauquier County, along with four of their infant children.

Joseph Hickerson (between 1762 and 1767 – 1815)

Joseph Hickerson is said to be the son of Nathaniel Hickerson.[21] The 1783 Tithable list for Fauquier County supports this claim, showing Joseph Hickerson as a tithable, with Nathaniel Hickerson responsible for paying his tax.[22]  This means that Joseph was between the ages of 16 and 21, so was most likely born between 1762 and 1767.  Joseph was a witness to the sale of 27 acres of land on Deep Run from Thomas Stephens to George Ensor in 1797; Rawleigh Hickerson and James Butler were also witnesses.[23]   In 1801, Joseph signed a religious petition circulating the county.[24]

Joseph died in 1815; his will was recorded March 19, 1815, and the estate was valued November 9, 1815.  His will names his wife Elizabeth, and children Hosea Hickerson, Russia Hickerson Stone, Absalom Hickerson, Harriet Hickerson, Sanford Hickerson, Abel Hickerson, Marshall Hickerson and Hiram Hickerson.  Maryanna and Jensey are named as children by his last wife.[25]

Mary Hickerson (abt. 1765 – after 1786)

Mary Hickerson married Jesse Embrey in Fauquier County in April 4, 1786.[26]  Presumably she was at least 21 years old when she married, so was born about 1765 or earlier.

Charles Hickerson (1769 – after 1830)

See Sketch. 

Daniel Hickerson (before 1775 – 1831)

Daniel Hickerson is the son of Nathaniel Hickerson, as he was so named in his father’s will.[27] Daniel is shown as a free tithable under his father’s name in the 1791-99 tax list for Fauquier County[28], indicating he was over 16 in 1791, so was born in 1775 or before.  In 1799, Daniel voted in the election for Virginia State Senator,[29] so he was a land owner and at least 21, which indicates he was born before 1778.    In 1798 Daniel Hickerson bought property on Deep Run from Robert and Judith Lewis.[30]  That same year, Daniel sold 38 acres on Deep Run to his brother William Hickerson; Raleigh Hickerson was a witness along with William Barber and two of Barber’s sons.[31]  That same year, Daniel Hickerson proved the will of Lott Hackley.[32] Daniel signed a religious petition in 1801.[33]

Daniel is listed in both the 1810 and 1820 census in Fauquier County.  He married Elizabeth (no maiden name known) and owned a house called Green Branch outside Goldvein in Fauquier County.[34]  His children, as stated in his will, include Ann Hickerson, John H. Hickerson, and William Edward Hickerson.  He died March 14, 1831.[35] 

Ann Hickerson married Rodham Eskridge (died December 10, 1865[36]) in 1849 and had no children.[37]  She was his second wife.   Ann died in the spring of 1883 in Fauquier County.[38]

John H. Hickerson sold to his brother William 1/3 of his father’s estate of 318 acres in 1846,[39] and served as a School Commissioner in Stafford County in 1855.[40]

William married Jane Wamsley in 1847 and had four children, David,[41] Emma[42] and two other daughters.  William inherited Green Branch from his father, and then, on his death in 1865 from consumption, willed it to his daughter, Mrs. Hawkin S. Wamsley.[43]  Green Branch burned down in 1930.  On the southern part of the property is the old [Daniel] Hickerson graveyard, on land owned by Charles E. Sherman in 1937.  The cemetery was then called Locust Hill Graveyard.[44]

Rawleigh (Rolly, Rolley) Hickerson (about 1776 – after 1820)

Rawleigh was probably the son of Nathaniel Hickerson, because Nathaniel paid his taxes from 1793 to 1796.[45] Rawleigh was most likely 16 years old in 1793 and 21 years old in 1796, thus probably born in 1775 or 1776.  In 1798, Rawleigh had set up his own household because he paid his own taxes.[46]

In 1797, Rawleigh was a witness to the sale of one acre of land on Deep Run to Joseph Hickerson by John Butler.[47]  The same year, Rawleigh was a witness to the sale of 27 acres of land on Deep Run by Thomas Stephens to George Ensor.  Joseph Hickerson and James Butler were also witnesses.[48] In 1801, Rawleigh signed a religious petition.[49]

Rawleigh married Elizabeth Barbee, a widow, January 3, 1803 in Fauquier County.[50]  In 1810, he was appointed Ensign in the Militia,[51] and in 1817, he was recommended as Captain of 1^st Battalion, 44^th Regiment, Virginia Militia.[52]  Militia officership was one indication of a certain level of social standing in the community.[53]

Rawleigh is said to have moved to Perry County, Tennessee after 1820 with his wife and children, as he is listed in the 1820 Census for Fauquier County.[54]  One of his children, Nathaniel L. Hickerson,[55] stayed in Fauquier County and married, first, Octaby Harris, daughter of Thomas Harris, and second, Lucy Ann Monroney, daughter of William and Catherine Monroney.[56]

Sarah Hickerson (between 1765 and 1784 – after 1840)

Sarah Hickerson was the daughter of Nathaniel Hickerson, as named in his will.[57]  If so, she would have been born in 1792 or before.  Sally Hickerson is listed in the 1820 Virginia Census in Fauquier County as a head of household.  The 1840 Virginia Census lists Sarah E. Hickerson in Fauquier County in Hamilton Township.  She must have remained unmarried to be shown as a head of household in 1840.  Sarah possibly died or married between 1840 and 1850, as she is not listed in the 1850 Virginia Census.

Winifred Hickerson (between 1765 and 1784 - ?)

Winifred was named as a daughter of Nathaniel Hickerson in his will.[58]  She is said to have been born in 1795,[59] but this is not supported by the 1810 census, which shows her father’s household to include three women ages 26 to 45.[60]

Elizabeth Hickerson (between 1765 and 1784 – after 1820)

Elizabeth is the daughter of Nathaniel Hickerson, as named in his will in 1813.[61]  She was probably born between 1765 and 1784, based on the 1810 census, listing three women between the ages of 26 and 45.  Elizabeth is listed in the 1820 Virginia Census in Fauquier County as a head of household, so must have remained unmarried at least through 1820.

Back to Nathaniel Hickerson and Keziah.

Back to Martha’s Family History.