Hickman Family Reunion - Robert Lee - July 1993 Contributed by Jo Collier 2006 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm *********************************************************************** The Observer/Enterprise, Robert Lee, Coke County, TX-July 1993 Hickman Family Reunion By Frankie Beth Williams William the Conquerer brought an Aide-de-Camp named Wilhem Hickman to the British Isles and awarded him a Shire for his services. His des- cendants came onto the new world in the early 1600's. Many Texans are related to this man through Nathaniel, born 1600 in England. Nathaniel, Jr., Thomas, Edwin, the Revoluntionary Hero Lt. William, William, Jr., Thomas William (married Elishabee Frissil), John Hickman (married Mary Louise Lindsey), and Ed Hickman of Coke County whose wife was Malindy Frances Herron. A rich tapestry has been woven from land, census, military, church, heraldic and state records from Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Arkansas and Texas, the places where the Hickmans lived. Through Mary Louise Lindsey Hickman's Grandmother, Nancy Croft Hickman (married Hicks) another line has been established to Joseph Hickman and his son, Joseph, another Revolutionary Hero whose wife was Martha Pullen. She was the daughter of the first Revolutionary soldier to be buried with honors in Alabama, William Pullen. Thus many of us are indeed double-double, first, second and third cousins and we are alike in appearance and temperament. Our name was once one of the twenty-five most common names in the United States, right up there with Smith and Jones. In every generation, our men have borne arms in just causes, been magistrates, sheriffs, coronoers, entrepreneurs, progressive farmers, ranchers, professors and poli- ticians. They opened the new frontiers bringing civilization where there was only wilderness. They rejected slavery and the mistreatment of fellow humans in Alabama; they used no slaves in Arkansas or Texas. Hickman women have lived to be 100. They gave birth without doctors, tended famlies and friends with knowledge passed from woman to woman. They made soap, candles, clothing, bedding, preserved and prepared food and taught their children lessons which imparted life long values. They became experts with weapons, to defend their families. Yea, we have goodly heritage and we gather each year in July to love one another and pay homage to those who came before us. The festivities began at the Villager in San Angelo, July 3, and concluded as usual at the Percifull Ranch, south of Robert Lee, on July 4. There was a good turnout. We did a lot of laughing, eating and dancing. There was excellent country-western music and singing. The men played dominoes and the children swam. We left with next year to plan and look forward to. Permission granted by The Observer/Enterprise for publication in the Coke County TXGenWeb Archives.