Rebecca "Becky" Hicks

Female 1810 - 1851  (41 years)


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  • Name Rebecca "Becky" Hicks 
    Alt Birth 1805  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Birth 3 May 1810  (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Occupation widow  [4
    Death 20 May 1851  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Burial Rebecca Scott Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I19476  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2018 

    Father William Hicks,   b. ~ 1793, Commonwealth of Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1859, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Sarah G. "Sally" Magness,   b. 0Sep 1794, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1880-1890, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 95 years) 
    Marriage ~1809  (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7
    Residence (Family) 1850  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Divorce 27 Oct 1854  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9
    • “Sarah Hicks vs. William Hicks: Complainant and defendant have been married more than 40 years. The defendant, some three years since, maliciously and without any reasonable cause, abandoned complainant and has refused to live with or provide for her. The bonds of matrimony are dissolved. 27 October 1854."
    Family ID F1649  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James M. Scott,   b. 1794, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1854, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage ~ 1828  (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Residence (Family) 1850  White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Mary Jane Scott,   b. 1830, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Delina Scott,   b. (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. James F. Scott,   b. 1832, (White County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elizabeth Scott,   b. 1834, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. William S. Scott,   b. 1837, (White County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Martha Scott,   b. 1839, (White County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Eliza Scott,   b. 1842, (White County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Taylor W. Scott,   b. 1847, (White County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F8552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsAlt Birth - 1805 - Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 May 1810 - (DeKalb County) Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - ~ 1828 - (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - 1850 - White County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 May 1851 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Rebecca Scott Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Appears to be conflict given two Rebeccas and Thomas Webb's commentary re her mother, Sally, living with Rebecca during her mother's old age...see p. 242 in Tommy's latest book...DAH

  • Sources 
    1. [S13180] "James M Scott, United States Census, 1850", "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://f.

    2. [S25687] "The House of Magness", by John B. Cowden, 1876-1965, published 1956,, p. 10 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S6996] "Hicks Family Chronicles and Connections", by Thom Montgomery, Ph. D., copyright February 28, 2009, http://thommont.com/.

    4. [S1694] 1880 DeKalb Co.,TN Census, Transcribed & Indexed from a Microfilm Copy of the, p. 91.

    5. [S102] "DeKalb County Cemeteries",by Thomas G. Webb,DeKalb County Historian,Audrey D., p. 297.

    6. [S4751] "The Webb Families Of DeKalb County,Tennessee And 23 Related Families", by, p. 242.

    7. [S806] Thomas G. Webb | DeKalb County, TN Historian | 835 South College Street, Smithville, TN 37166 | Abstracted from his boo (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S509] "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC6S-SGT : accessed.

    9. [S36576] http://thommont.com/page2.html.