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Not much is known about David's life prior to coming to Georgia.  According to family histories, David and his brother traveled to Georgia from Connecticut to purchase lumber to sell back in Connecticut. During his visit David became quite ill with a fever, while his brother returned to Connecticut with the lumber. David stayed with a local family while he was nursed back to health.<ref group="note" name="david hickox family history">I am not personally familiar with this family history, but the story does fit into the overall time line of his life. Their are facts that differ from primary sources, and the overall narrative cannot be independently verified.</ref>

Not much is known about David's life prior to coming to Georgia.  According to family histories, David and his brother traveled to Georgia from Connecticut to purchase lumber to sell back in Connecticut. During his visit David became quite ill with a fever, while his brother returned to Connecticut with the lumber. David stayed with a local family while he was nursed back to health.<ref group="note" name="david hickox family history">I am not personally familiar with this family history, but the story does fit into the overall time line of his life. Their are facts that differ from primary sources, and the overall narrative cannot be independently verified.</ref>

He first married [http://crewsgenealogy.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I700117802203&tree=Jason-Shannon Elizabeth Knowles] on 30 Aug 1821 <ref group="certs" name="knowles hickox marriage">{{#lsth:File:David Hickox, Elizabeth Knowles (Marriage Certificate).jpg|citation}}</ref>. Elizabeth died along with their first-born child died in childbirth. <ref group="histories" name="davidhickox" /><ref group="note" name="camden genweb marriages">Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project ([http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/camden/vitals/marriages/pt1.txt Marriages: From 1819 to 1865: Camden County, Georgia (A-Me)]) shows David and Eilizabeth's marriage took place 30 Aug 1821, which is differs from their marriage certificate (see [[#State Certificates | State Certificates]]). I emailed the [mailto:[email protected] Nancy Gay Crawford] to determine the source of this information. The email as returned deliverable.</ref>

He first married [http://crewsgenealogy.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I700117802203&tree=Jason-Shannon Elizabeth Knowles] on 30 Aug 1821 <ref group="certs" name="knowles hickox marriage">{{#lsth:File:David Hickox, Elizabeth Knowles (Marriage Certificate).jpg|citation}}</ref>. Elizabeth died along with their first-born child died in childbirth. <ref group="histories" name="davidhickox"></ref><ref group="note" name="camden genweb marriages">Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project ([http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/camden/vitals/marriages/pt1.txt Marriages: From 1819 to 1865: Camden County, Georgia (A-Me)]) shows David and Eilizabeth's marriage took place 30 Aug 1821, which is differs from their marriage certificate (see [[#State Certificates | State Certificates]]). I emailed the [mailto:[email protected] Nancy Gay Crawford] to determine the source of this information. The email as returned deliverable.</ref>

Nine years later he married [[Sarah Altman]] in 1828. Sarah was born in 1812<ref group="headstones" name="sarahaltman">[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33588882 Headstone] - Sarah Altman Hickox, 1812. Hickox, Brantley County, Georgia, United States. Digital Image by [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&GSln=hickox&GSfn=david+&GSby=1798&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=33589407&MRid=47086979&df=all& Jerry Van Herrin]. [http://findagrave.com Findagrave.com] Memorial #33588882 created 6 Feb 2009. Accessed 24 Mar 2013.</ref>, Wayne County Georgia. She was the daughter of Thomas Altman and Lucy Leigh.<ref group="census" name="fed1850" /><ref group="census" name="fed1860" /><ref group="census" name="fed1870" /><ref group="census" name="fed1880" /><ref group="histories" name="davidhickox" /><ref group="books" name="Wiregrass Pioneers" />

Nine years later he married [[Sarah Altman]] in 1828. Sarah was born in 1812<ref group="headstones" name="sarahaltman">[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33588882 Headstone] - Sarah Altman Hickox, 1812. Hickox, Brantley County, Georgia, United States. Digital Image by [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&GSln=hickox&GSfn=david+&GSby=1798&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=33589407&MRid=47086979&df=all& Jerry Van Herrin]. [http://findagrave.com Findagrave.com] Memorial #33588882 created 6 Feb 2009. Accessed 24 Mar 2013.</ref>, Wayne County Georgia. She was the daughter of Thomas Altman and Lucy Leigh.<ref group="census" name="fed1850" /><ref group="census" name="fed1860" /><ref group="census" name="fed1870" /><ref group="census" name="fed1880" /><ref group="histories" name="davidhickox" /><ref group="books" name="Wiregrass Pioneers" />

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#Sarah Hickox ([http://crewsgenealogy.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I700117802213&tree=Jason-Shannon Family Tree], [[Sarah Hickox | Notes]]) b. 1843 <ref group="census" name="fed1850" />,d. 22 Dec 1922<ref group="certs" name="sarah dowling death" /><ref group="headstones" name="sarahhickox">Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 Apr 2013); Record, Sarah Hickox Dowling (1911-1922), Memorial No. 40423367, Records of the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, Georgia, United States; record maintained by Jerry Van Herrin.</ref> m. Jabez Jack Dowling<ref group="books" name="Wiregrass Pioneers" /><ref group="books" name="dowling">{{#lsth:A Dowling family of the South|Citation}}

#Sarah Hickox ([http://crewsgenealogy.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I700117802213&tree=Jason-Shannon Family Tree], [[Sarah Hickox | Notes]]) b. 1843 <ref group="census" name="fed1850" />,d. 22 Dec 1922<ref group="certs" name="sarah dowling death" /><ref group="headstones" name="sarahhickox">Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 Apr 2013); Record, Sarah Hickox Dowling (1911-1922), Memorial No. 40423367, Records of the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, Georgia, United States; record maintained by Jerry Van Herrin.</ref> m. Jabez Jack Dowling<ref group="books" name="Wiregrass Pioneers" /><ref group="books" name="dowling">{{#lsth:A Dowling family of the South|Citation}}</ref>

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