William Thomas Hicks

1894 - 1961  (67 years)

• Name	William Thomas Hicks
  Born	21 Mar 1894	Granville, North Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Apr 1961	Granville, North Carolina, USA
  Person ID	I4075	WikiKin
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	William Lewis Hicks,   b. 30 May 1860, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 20 Oct 1918, Granville, North Carolina, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ailsie Thomas Slaughter,   b. 18 Nov 1855, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 2 Mar 1924, Granville, North Carolina, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1 Jul 1882	Granville, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F2865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucy Thorp,   b. May 1894, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Between 1925 and 1930, Granville, North Carolina, USA  (Age ~ 30 years)
  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,   b. 25 Mar 1912, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 16 Sep 1988, Granville, North Carolina, USA  (Age 76 years)  [natural]   2. Tassie L. Thorp,   b. 1913, Granville, North Carolina, USA  [natural]   3. Benjamin Franklin Thorp,   b. Jul 1915, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 27 May 1940, Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, USA  (Age ~ 24 years)  [natural]   4. Annie R. Thorp   5. Robert Lee Thorp,   b. 9 Aug 1917, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 12 Jan 1999, Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, USA  (Age 81 years)  [natural]   6. Samuel H. Thorp,   b. 27 Feb 1921, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 6 Jan 1989, Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA  (Age 67 years)  [natural]   7. Lewey E. Thorp   8. William Thorp,   b. 1917, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Bef 1930, Granville, North Carolina, USA  (Age < 12 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023
  Family ID	F2866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Mar 1894 - Granville, North Carolina, USA Died - 12 Apr 1961 - Granville, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth