When James Hickman was born on 19 April 1766, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Thomas Hickman, was 16 and his mother, Rachel Henry, was 12. He married Sarah Elizabeth Turner on 5 August 1797, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Caesars Creek, Greene, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Burke, North Carolina, United States in 1840. He died on 19 April 1841, in Xenia Township, Greene, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Mcdonald Cemetery, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
North Carolina is the 12th state.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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 .
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