David Hickox, the progenitor of the large Hickox connection in this part of Southeast Georgia, was born in Connecticut, Jan. 13, 1798. He came to Georgia a young unmarried man, where he met and married Sarah Altman, born 1812 in Wayne County, daughter of Thomas Altma. They were married in 1828. To them were born twenty-one children, of whom apparently six died at birth or in infancy; the other fifteen being as follows: | David Hickox, the progenitor of the large Hickox connection in this part of Southeast Georgia, was born in Connecticut, Jan. 13, 1798. He came to Georgia a young unmarried man, where he met and married Sarah Altman, born 1812 in Wayne County, daughter of Thomas Altma. They were married in 1828. To them were born twenty-one children, of whom apparently six died at birth or in infancy; the other fifteen being as follows: |