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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="family-history" />

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="family-history" />

{{anchor|first marriage}}David first married {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Elizabeth |Last_Name =KNOWLES  |TNG_ID =700117802203}} on [[was married on::30 Aug 1821]].<ref>{{#lsth:File:David Hickox, Elizabeth Knowles (Marriage Certificate).jpg|citation}}</ref> <ref name="first-marriage-sources">[[#First Marriage Sources|[B]]]</ref><ref name="yd-first-marriage-note" group="note" /> Elizabeth is said to have died along with their first-born child died in childbirth <ref group="note" name="family-history" /> , although no record of her death, burial, or deceased children have been located to date. {{anchor|second marriage}} Seven years later,  in [[was married on::1828]], David and  {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Sarah |Last_Name =ALTMAN  |TNG_ID = 700117802202}} were married. <ref name="wiregrass" /> {{anchor|sarahs birth}}Sarah was born in 1812 in Wayne County Georgia<ref name="wiregrass" />. She was the daughter of Thomas Altman and Lucy Leigh.<ref name="wiregrass" /><ref name="second-marriage-sources">[[#Sara's Birth Sources|[C]]]</ref>

{{anchor|first marriage}}David first married {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Elizabeth |Last_Name =KNOWLES  |TNG_ID =700117802203}} on [[was married on::30 Aug 1821]].<ref>{{#lsth:File:David Hickox, Elizabeth Knowles (Marriage Certificate).jpg|citation}}</ref><ref name="yd-first-marriage-note" group="note" /> Elizabeth is said to have died along with their first-born child died in childbirth <ref group="note" name="family-history" /> , although no record of her death, burial, or deceased children have been located to date. {{anchor|second marriage}} Seven years later,  in [[was married on::1828]], David and  {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Sarah |Last_Name =ALTMAN  |TNG_ID = 700117802202}} were married. <ref name="yd-1880" /><ref name="wiregrass" /> {{anchor|sarahs birth}}Sarah was born in 1812 in Wayne County Georgia. <ref name="yd-1860" /><ref name="yd-1870" /><ref name="yd-1880" /><ref name="wiregrass" /> She was the daughter of Thomas Altman and Lucy Leigh.<ref name="wiregrass" /><ref name="second-marriage-sources">[[#Sara's Birth Sources|[C]]]</ref>

{{anchor|land}}He drew lot 232 in Cherokee Co., GA in the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia <ref name="yd-lottery">{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref> where he would have been awarded 160 acres <ref>{{citation |title=Georgia Land Lotteries |last =Wikipedia contributors, |publisher=Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Land_Lotteries&oldid=561383726 |date= 24 June 2013 UTC 16:51 | accessdate =25 Oct 2014}}.</ref>In 1837 David was awarded 600 acers through a headlight grant.^{[[#Land Sources|[D]]]}^{[[#Land Lottery Discussion|[Note ??]]]}^{[[#Tax Roll Discussion|[Note ?]]]}

{{anchor|land}}He drew lot 232 in Cherokee Co., GA in the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia <ref name="yd-lottery">{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref> where he would have been awarded 160 acres <ref>{{citation |title=Georgia Land Lotteries |last =Wikipedia contributors, |publisher=Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Land_Lotteries&oldid=561383726 |date= 24 June 2013 UTC 16:51 | accessdate =25 Oct 2014}}.</ref>In 1837 David was awarded 600 acers through a headlight grant.^{[[#Land Sources|[D]]]}^{[[#Land Lottery Discussion|[Note ??]]]}^{[[#Tax Roll Discussion|[Note ?]]]}