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William Thomas Hicks

Male 1894 - 1961  (67 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Thomas Hicks was born 21 Mar 1894, Granville, North Carolina, USA (son of William Lewis Hicks and Ailsie Thomas Slaughter); died 12 Apr 1961, Granville, North Carolina, USA.

    William married Lucy Thorp. Lucy (daughter of unknown Thorp) was born May 1894, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died Between 1925 and 1930, Granville, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Someone who knew the family told me years ago that William Thomas Hicks had children by a black woman named Lucy Thorp. I was shown the family cemetery and was told that the black descendants living in the area kept it up. I have checked the census records and found that in 1900 William Thomas Hicks and Lucy Thorp lived in the same neighborhood. In 1910, they were listed three houses apart. They were teenagers and probably met about then. Lucy's first child was born about 1912. In 1920, they were listed two houses apart. Lucy had five children at that time. She was listed as "widowed" although two more children show up in the 1930 census, and there was never a father listed in her household. William was still living with his mother in 1920. In 1930, William was listed as living adjacent to Lucy's children. Lucy evidently died sometime after the last child was born (about 1925), but before the census (1930). The oldest child, Calvin M. Thorp, was 18 and head of the household which consisted of him and his four brothers and two sisters. Lucy was listed as black in the 1900 census and mulatto in 1910 and 1920. The children were listed as mulatto in 1920 and as Negro in 1930.

    Children:
    1. Calvin M. Thorp was born 25 Mar 1912, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 16 Sep 1988, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Tassie L. Thorp was born 1913, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    3. Benjamin Franklin Thorp was born Jul 1915, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 27 May 1940, Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    4. Annie R. Thorp
    5. Robert Lee Thorp was born 9 Aug 1917, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 12 Jan 1999, Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Samuel H. Thorp was born 27 Feb 1921, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 6 Jan 1989, Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Lewey E. Thorp
    8. William Thorp was born 1917, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died Bef 1930, Granville, North Carolina, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Lewis Hicks was born 30 May 1860, Granville, North Carolina, USA (son of William H. Hicks and Martha Caroline Slaughter); died 20 Oct 1918, Granville, North Carolina, USA.

    William married Ailsie Thomas Slaughter 1 Jul 1882, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Ailsie (daughter of Thomas Scott Slaughter and Mary L. Pate Cutts) was born 18 Nov 1855, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 2 Mar 1924, Granville, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ailsie Thomas Slaughter was born 18 Nov 1855, Granville, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Thomas Scott Slaughter and Mary L. Pate Cutts); died 2 Mar 1924, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. 1. William Thomas Hicks was born 21 Mar 1894, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 12 Apr 1961, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Charles Solomon Hicks


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William H. Hicks was born 1829, North Carolina, USA (son of Moses P. Hicks and Frances Oakley).

    Other Events:

    • Birth: 12 Mar 1829, Person, North Carolina, USA

    William married Martha Caroline Slaughter 31 Aug 1848, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Martha (daughter of David Slaughter) was born 1828, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Martha Caroline Slaughter was born 1828, North Carolina, USA (daughter of David Slaughter).
    Children:
    1. 2. William Lewis Hicks was born 30 May 1860, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 20 Oct 1918, Granville, North Carolina, USA.

  3. 6.  Thomas Scott Slaughter was born 15 Jan 1804, Granville, North Carolina, USA (son of Abraham Slaughter and Joanna Scott); died 19 Oct 1878, Granville, North Carolina, USA.

    Thomas married Mary L. Pate Cutts 25 Dec 1844, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Mary was born 1829, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 18 Jan 1887, Granville, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary L. Pate Cutts was born 1829, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 18 Jan 1887, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. Permiliar Slaughter was born 18 Apr 1846, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 10 Dec 1918.
    2. Thomas Slaughter was born 1848, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    3. James M. Slaughter was born 1849, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1888, North Carolina, USA.
    4. Elizabeth Slaughter was born Abt 1851, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Ellen D. Slaughter was born 1854, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 16 Jul 1931.
    6. 3. Ailsie Thomas Slaughter was born 18 Nov 1855, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 2 Mar 1924, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Benjamin Bernard Slaughter was born 17 Aug 1860, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 8 Jun 1947, Granville, North Carolina, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Moses P. Hicks was born 13 Nov 1809, Person, North Carolina, USA (son of Taylor Hicks and Louvenia Thompson); died 13 Jan 1863, Person, North Carolina, USA.

    Moses married Frances Oakley 2 Jul 1828, Person, North Carolina, USA. Frances was born Abt 1810, Person, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Frances Oakley was born Abt 1810, Person, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. John McHenry Hicks was born 28 Aug 1832, Person, North Carolina, USA; died 13 Jan 1863.
    2. 4. William H. Hicks was born 1829, North Carolina, USA.

  3. 10.  David Slaughter was born Abt 1799, Granville, North Carolina, USA (son of Johann Jacob Schlotterer and Delanie Slaughter).

    Other Events:

    • Birth: 1799

    Children:
    1. Affa L. Slaughter was born 1843.
    2. 5. Martha Caroline Slaughter was born 1828, North Carolina, USA.
    3. Catharine Slaughter was born Abt 1837, Sullivan, Tennessee, USA.

  4. 12.  Abraham Slaughter was born 10 Dec 1769, Granville, North Carolina, USA (son of Jacob Schlotterer); died 18 Jul 1840, Granville, North Carolina, USA.

    Abraham married Joanna Scott 27 Sep 1800, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Joanna (daughter of Thomas Scott and Alice C. Glover) was born 27 Jul 1783, Charles, Maryland, USA; died 27 Apr 1847, Granville, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]


  5. 13.  Joanna Scott was born 27 Jul 1783, Charles, Maryland, USA (daughter of Thomas Scott and Alice C. Glover); died 27 Apr 1847, Granville, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Joanna "Anne" Scott

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Glover Slaughter was born 13 Jul 1801, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 1873, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Frances Slaughter was born 25 Sep 1802, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died Bef 22 Oct 1873.
    3. 6. Thomas Scott Slaughter was born 15 Jan 1804, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 19 Oct 1878, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    4. Alice Glover Slaughter was born 11 Jan 1806, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 14 Jan 1873, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Barbara Landers Slaughter was born 16 Jan 1808, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 16 Jun 1837, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Sarah Philpott Slaughter was born 2 Dec 1811, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Jacob Glover Slaughter was born 21 Mar 1814, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 25 Apr 1897, Person, North Carolina, USA; was buried , Person, North Carolina, USA.
    8. William Peterson Blair Slaughter was born 28 Aug 1816, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 28 Aug 1890, Hardin, Kentucky, USA.
    9. Charity Scott Slaughter was born 4 Feb 1819, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 19 Apr 1883, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    10. James H. Slaughter was born 14 Jan 1821, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died 4 Aug 1870, Greene, North Carolina, USA.
    11. Abraham Samuel Slaughter was born 21 Jan 1823, Granville, North Carolina, USA.
    12. Susanna Slaughter was born 9 Nov 1809, Granville, North Carolina, USA; died Bef 1873.


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