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==Birth Date<ref>{{Citation:David Hickox headstone (FindAGrave).jpg/Citation Listing}} The headstone is the only source currently located providing a complete date of birth.</ref>==
  
 
From the photo the headstone appears to be heavily weathered and in places difficult to read. <ref>photo is cut off and the third letter is difficult to read</ref>
 
From the photo the headstone appears to be heavily weathered and in places difficult to read. <ref>photo is cut off and the third letter is difficult to read</ref>
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Calculating the date of birth based on the age listed yeilds Tuesday, February 13, 1798, which does not match the date listed on the same headstone.
  
 
The 1850-1880 show 52, 62, 73, 83<ref>{{Citation:1880 Federal Census including Hickox family.jpg/Citation Listing}}
 
The 1850-1880 show 52, 62, 73, 83<ref>{{Citation:1880 Federal Census including Hickox family.jpg/Citation Listing}}
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Another more modern marker has been placed ajacent to the headstone mentioned above<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=33589407&PIpi=24139278</ref>.  It is clearly legible, and appears have been placed near the headstone several years after the origonal headstone.
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DAVID HICKOX
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JAN. 13, 1798
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FEB. 24, 1887
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Both markers are located New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, Georgia, in the United States<ref>{{Citation:David Hickox headstone (FindAGrave).jpg/Subsequent Note}} </ref>.
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==Birth Place==
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Revision as of 12:12, 27 March 2014

David "Yankee Dave" Hickox (1798 - 1887)

Bio (work in progress)

13 Jan 1798 Connecticut

Birth Date[1]

From the photo the headstone appears to be heavily weathered and in places difficult to read. [2]

Sa(?)red
TO THE
Memory Of David
Hickox Was Born
the 13 of January
               1798
Died 24 of Feburary
               1887
Age 89 Years &
11 Days

Calculating the date of birth based on the age listed yeilds Tuesday, February 13, 1798, which does not match the date listed on the same headstone.

The 1850-1880 show 52, 62, 73, 83[3], respectively, wich puts the birth between 1797-1798.

Another more modern marker has been placed ajacent to the headstone mentioned above[4]. It is clearly legible, and appears have been placed near the headstone several years after the origonal headstone.

DAVID HICKOX
JAN. 13, 1798
FEB. 24, 1887

Both markers are located New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, Georgia, in the United States[5].

Birth Place

  1. Find A Grave (http:/www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33589407 : accessed 23 March 2013), memorial page 33589407, David Hickox (1798-1887), created by "Jerry Van Herrin"; citing New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, Georgia, USA. Saved locally at Working Notes - HICKOX, David The headstone is the only source currently located providing a complete date of birth.
  2. photo is cut off and the third letter is difficult to read
  3. 1880 U.S. Census,District 590, Georgia Population Schedules,enumeration district (ED) District 590, Pierce County, Page 12, lines 4-6, dwelling 102, family family 104, David Hickox; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 Mar 2013); citing NARA microfilm M432, roll FHL 1254161.
  4. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=33589407&PIpi=24139278
  5. Find A Grave, memorial 33589407, David Hickox, Hickox, Georgia.