When Rebecca Frances Hickman was born in 1840, in Bath, Virginia, United States, her father, Arthur Hickman, was 37 and her mother, Rebecca Walker, was 34. She married George Wayne Weese about 1860, in Webster, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Glade District, Webster, West Virginia, United States for about 40 years and Otter District, Braxton, West Virginia, United States in 1920. She died on 5 October 1926, in Braxton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Braxton, West Virginia, United States.
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In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (Staffordshire): from the Middle English personal names Hikeman, Hicheman, and (in the West Midlands) Hikemon and Hichemon, pet forms of Hike and Hiche with the hypocoristic suffix -man or -mon. See Hick and Hitch . In some instances, however, Hikeman and Hicheman might be occupational names denoting a ‘servant of Hike or Hiche’. This surname has long been established in Ireland, notably in County Clare.
Americanized form of German Hickmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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