Person:Orestes Hicks (4)

Birth: Hicks Bible

Photocopy of photo of him in my files.

Bible Records: Hicks Bible in possession of Elizabeth (Hicks) Joslin [copy sent to me by Lvera Jennings Seipelt, Georgetown OH]. Loose paper in Hicks Bible states "Orestes M. P. Hicks born January 2, 1845."

Marriage: Cler. Co., Ohio mar. rec. (v 9, p 199) "Marion Orestes Polk Hicks, 21 + Caroline Utter, 20"

Death: Hicks Bible

Census:

  1870:  (Cler. Co., OH or Mason Co., KY)
  1880:  Orangeburg pct. 9, Mason, KY (v 21, ED 72, sh 42, line 39)    HICKS, Polk       35       OH OH MD  farmer; Caroline   34   W   OH OH MD; Brittana   12   D   KY;  Olivia  10   D   KY;  Frank  8   S   KY; Elsie 6   ?   KY;  Polk  2   S   KY;  BURR, George  22    KY
  1900:  (Orangeburg, Mason, KY ? Ohio ?)

Tax List:

  1872-1875; 1879-1883 in Mason Co., Ky. tax lists. (In militia until at least 1875; not in militia in 1879)  In 1872, he and William Hicks had 13 acres on the Ohio river (worth $50.); 2 horses (worth $100.);  2 cows (worth $10.); $10. gold & silver; watches; clocks; 500 bushels of corn; total assessed $300.
     1873:  same except land assessed at $150.; and $40. gold (or gold watches)
     1874:  Orestes with 1 horse worth $50. 100 bushels of corn and  nothing else.   appears to have one child: (6-20)
             He and his brothers, William and George have 13 acres worth $150.
     1875:  He and his brothers, William and George have 13 acres worth  $100., and total assets of $600..
     1879:  13 acres ($130.); 1 horse $40.; 50 bushels wheat
     1880:  4 acres worth $60.; 1 horse worth $40.; a wife and 4 children (6-20 years)
     1881:  same except land worth $100.; the horse worth $50.
     1882:  1 horse worth $25; legal voter
     1883:  1 horse worth $60. (a legal voter) 4 children (6-20)
     1890:  In Mason Co., Ky.; in militia; no taxables listed; no children  in age group 6-20.

Children: 1880 census, Orangeburg, Mason, Kentucky (ED 72, Sh. 42, line 39)

Military: Civil War (Union); Pvt. Co. A., OVI 59th regt. (12 Mar. ? 1861-1864; 3y 1m 19d), of Chester, Mason, Ky. (Disability, Lance? in shoulder) (source unk., prob. a census of civil war soldiers of Mason Co.; his bros. James and William are also listed)

Letter: Civil War letter from Polk Hicks to his brother, Henry (in pos. of Blaine Hick's widow, Elsie [l988]. It has a Nashville, Tenn. postmark, and was addressed to Henry in Rural, Ohio. The text follows:

      23 April 1860 - Camped on Stone River
         Dear brother, I take this opportunity of addressing a few lines.  I am well and hope these few lines will find you  enjoying the Lord's blessing.  I received your letter and was glad to hear from you.  I lost your letter I got so that I could not answer it right.  Henry, I hear that they are about to start Josh off to the Confederacy and that they have taken his name down.  I think Josh has turned to be a union [?]  man lately from the last letter I got from  ____.  There is no news to communicate.  Henry, I would like to come home for a  while, but there is no chance to do so.   We are attending the general, yet I don't know when we will leave.  We may stay here all summer.  One of the boys in our  company died today with pneumonia.  We have lost six or seven with it since we came to this camp.  Henry, I want you to write often for it is a satisfaction [?] to have a letter from my family to read.  Write soon and let me know all of the news about  home.  Henry, I will send you a genuine Confederate bill of five dollars that I got here at Stone River [?].  It is genuine --   made in the CSA.
               Well, I must close for it is getting dark.  No more at present, but I remain your affectionate brother,
                                  Polk Hicks
                 P.S.  Direct to Co. A, 27th [?] regt. -- Ohio Vol. --  2  brigade, B division, left wing, Army of the Cumberland [?]  [it could be 59th regt.]

1.   Hicks Family Bible (loose paper).