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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.^{[[#Family History|[note 3]]]}

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.^{[[#Family History|[note 3]]]}

He first married {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Elizabeth |Last_Name =KNOWLES  |TNG_ID =700117802203}} on [[was married on::30 Aug 1821]] <ref group="certs" name="knowles hickox marriage">{{#lsth:File:David Hickox, Elizabeth Knowles (Marriage Certificate).jpg|citation}}</ref> <ref group="web" name="georgia marriage index">{{#lsth:File:David Hickox, Elizabeth Knowles - Georgia Marriages to 1850.jpg|Source Listing}}</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 [[was married on::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>

{{anchor|first marriage}}He first married {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Elizabeth |Last_Name =KNOWLES  |TNG_ID =700117802203}} on [[was married on::30 Aug 1821]] <sup>[[[#First Marriage Sources|B]]]. 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 [[was married on::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  {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Sarah |Last_Name =ALTMAN  |TNG_ID = 700117802202}} in [[was married on::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" /> They had twenty-one children, of whom apparently six died at birth or in infancy.<ref group="books" name="Wiregrass Pioneers" />

Nine years later he married  {{Notes links first and last  |First_Name =Sarah |Last_Name =ALTMAN  |TNG_ID = 700117802202}} in [[was married on::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" /> They had twenty-one children, of whom apparently six died at birth or in infancy.<ref group="books" name="Wiregrass Pioneers" />