I am looking for information on the parents or siblings of my great grandfather Robert Walker Hicks who was born in Monroe County, Tennessee in 1866. He went by the name "Walker Bear". So far I have been unable to find any information on the names of the parents for Robert Hicks, or if he had any brothers or sisters. The fire at the courthouse there seems to have removed all written traces of Robert Hicks.

The 1900 Federal Census shows Robert, along with his second wife Lou, living next door to John Hicks. John had a son named John who also went by the name Walker Bear. Robert was a year younger than the younger John, and the two Walker Bear Hicks married sisters. Robert married Amanda Jane Hale and John married Nancy Hale.

According to family lore, Robert Hicks was of Choctaw heritage, perhaps 100%. It is possible that his grandparents were part of the forced migration that started in 1938. I believe the Choctaw were the first tribe forcibly relocated.

If you can provide information on the parents or siblings of Robert Walker Bear Hicks I would be so grateful. Thanks!! Pat R.


Robert Walker "Bear" Hicks
Birth 15 Apr 1866 in Monroe, Tennessee, United States
Death 21 Mar 1940 in Marion, Tennessee, United States

married in 1886 to first wife
Amanda Jane Hale
Birth 5 Apr 1872 in Marion, Tennessee, United States
Death 25 Sep 1895 in Marion, Tennessee, United States

Children of Walker Hicks and Amanda "Mandy" Hale are:

Daniel Hale Hicks
Birth 29 Jan 1888 in Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, United States
Death 17 Feb 1968 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA

James W. Hicks
Birth 1 Feb 1890
Death 20 Nov 1897

Hattie Lee Hicks born 1892

Vernia Hicks born 1893

Mandy Jane Hicks
Birth 19 May 1895 in Tennessee, USA
Death 26 Sep 1895 in Marion County, Tennessee, USA

Second wife of Robert Walker Hicks was

Louisa Velcora "Lou" Hilliard
Birth 3 August 1880 in Tennessee, United States
Death 29 Oct 1953 in Tennessee

Children of Walker Hicks and Lou Hilliard are:

Adam Hicks
Birth 5 June 1897 in Tennessee
Death January 1978 in Monore, Monroe, Tennessee, USA

Isaac Newton Hicks
Birth 23 May 1901 in Marion County, Tennessee, USA
Death 27 September 1904 in Marion County, Tennessee, USA

Ollie Louise Lou Hicks
Birth 25 Jan 1909 in Tennessee, United States
Death 2 Dec 1989

Chester Hicks
Birth 29 Apr 1909 in Marion, Tennessee, United States
Death 7 Mar 1911 in Marion, Tennessee, United States

Landry Lee Hicks
Birth 25 Sep 1914 in Marion, Tennessee, United States
Death 18 Dec 1997 in Oxnard, Ventura, California, United States

Mary Hicks
Birth abt 1919 in Tennessee, USA
Death 02 January 1991 in Tennessee, USA