Good Morning family! Here are the details for the October 2021 Hickson Get Together TOMORROW, Sunday October 10th from 3pm – 6pm eastern time!

Topic: October 2021 Hickson Family Get Together
Time: Oct 10, 2021 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Good Morning family! Here are the details for the October 2021 Hickson Get Together this Sunday October 10th from 3pm – 6pm eastern time!

Topic: October 2021 Hickson Family Get Together
Time: Oct 10, 2021 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 862 0789 8008
Passcode: 225506
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Just a reminder that we are having the family Get Together on Zoom, this Sunday August 22nd from 3pm – 6pm eastern time!

Topic: Hickson Family Get Together #7
Time: Aug 22, 2021 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Just a reminder that we are having the family Get Together on Zoom, next Sunday July 18th from 3pm – 6pm eastern time!

Details will be sent this week!

Hello family! I pray that you are all well. I can’t believe that we are coming up on a year of lockdown. I will be so glad to get a vaccine and begin to bring this plague to an end!

February Spotlight

This month I wanted to highlight Aunt Kate Holman. Unfortunately, I really don’t know a lot about her. I know that she passed a few years before I was born, that she had a son named Kendrick who moved to NYC and that she raised Uncle Leroy’s daughter Betty Jean after he passed. Beyond that, I don’t know a lot. That is a reason why I do the genealogy research, to gather information, stories, pictures and video of family so that they are not forgotten.

I have spent a lot of time online, in the library, courthouse, churches & cemeteries looking for documentation and clues to piece together our history. What I have not done enough of is interview those of you that know and have lived the family history. I am going to reach out to some of you very soon to see if I can interview you through Zoom, FaceTime, Google Meet or whatever way that you feel comfortable.

Family Research

Speaking of family history, it’s been a while since I have given an update on the family research. I am still trying to find a date of death for John Wesley Hickson who is the family patriarch. He was the father of Ike, Cyrus, Mabel, Kate and the other brothers and sisters. I have been told that he passed in 1929 and all of the evidence that I have found points to that but I have not been able to find documentation. South Carolina began to require death certificates in 1915 but I have not seen his in the archives.

I am pursuing other ways to get the information, but I have not had any success yet. I have spoken with 2 of the last three church secretaries (and the son of the third) of Fairbranch Baptist Church in White Pond, where most of our family attended. They have not seen where the church documented births, deaths and marriages in the records that they have seen but I am hoping that we can come across older records.

My next path is with the funeral homes since they usually keep detailed records. I have been in touch with one in Barnwell and I am going to contact one in Williston this week or next. Hopefully I will be able to convince one of them to take a look and send me a picture, otherwise it will have to wait until we can travel there again.

I have another update, Thurman Jr’s daughter put me in touch with a cousin who is a descendant of Enoch Hickson, who was John Wesley’s brother. She has information on Cyrus Wesley Hickson who was John Wesley & Enoch’s father. Cyrus Wesley was a slave who was born in Africa and it has been told that he landed in Richmond, VA. Uncle Enoch’s great-granddaughter has the bill of sale of Cyrus to the Dick plantation (he was later sold to the Hickson plantation) and the name of the boat that he came over on from Africa! She also has a Hickson family crest that she will share! And finally, she told me that there is a historian council where they share research. Thanks Kim L. Kim Holman-Stancil, I will be in touch!

Save the Date! Family Get Together #6

Alright family, we have not gotten together for a while so let’s plan on a Zoom call on Sunday February 21st from 3pm – 5pm eastern time. In addition to saying hi, I am going to ask again that you bring any family pictures or documents that you have. Including funeral programs. We really need to make a point of saving this information for future generations. I am also going to give a little family history lesson and share some of the info that I have! I will send out the details this week and reminders so that we can get as many as possible to join.

February Birthdays

Here are this month’s family birthdays and anniversaries. I should have everyone’s birthday and some anniversaries and they should be correct. If I am missing anyone or have wrong info, please let me know.

February Anniversaries

As always family, please share any family news with me and I will send it out. Take care of each other and please be safe!

This past Sunday, we had our 5th online family get together and as always, we had a great time. It was great to talk with everyone and share a few stories. It was really nice to meet Maria, Faith & LaQuail (Michelle’s daughters, Ruth’s granddaughters, Aunt Mabel’s great-granddaughters) and Maria’s children. I am sure that their heads are spinning from meeting us and hearing all of the names. Ladies, I will have a family tree for you soon!

On the call, we discussed future plans including a newsletter and an online family reunion! Yes, an online reunion. I think that this will be a lot easier to plan since we don’t have to worry about a hotel and travel, but I will still need some help. We will still have to put together a program, agenda, speakers and we will need some technical help for some family members that have never used Zoom. I think that we can target some time in the spring (after football season) on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Who’s ready? If you can help, please fill out the form below and it will send me an email with your response. You can also leave a general comment in the comment section at the bottom of the page.

I can help!

Just a reminder family to join us this Sunday for the family get together! I hope that we can have a higher participation this time! We can talk, laugh, tell stories and have a good time. Read on for the details!

The Format

We will still have an opportunity for family members to get on the video chat and see people that we may not have seen for a while or meet family members for the first time. But this time, I would also like for all of us to share some stories and information. So bring your stories about the family and please grab any funeral programs, pictures, family reunion programs and family bibles that you have. I would like to gather additional information and those items are great resources. I look forward to seeing you on Sunday!

Meeting Info

Just to make it a little easier for family members, I am asking that you change your last name on the screen so that people can understand where you are in your branch of the family tree. Please use a format similar to what I use for the birthdays:
First Name: Your first name
Last name: Your Last Name (your parent that is a Hickson descendant, your grandparent that is a Hickson descendant).

Mine would look like this:
First Name: Darryl
Last Name: Hickson (Ike’s son, John Wesley’s grandson)

Please remember to change your name back after the meeting. I have had some friends who forgot to change their name after a virtual happy hour and had to explain what was going on in a meeting at work later.

If you are new to Zoom, click a link below to get some help:

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How To Change Your Name In Zoom

Who’s invited: Anyone in the family that wants to join
When: Sunday, November 15, 2020 from 4-6 pm Eastern
Click this link to download the Zoom app and join: Join the meeting
If you have the Zoom App, you can use this info:

Meeting ID: 920 0489 8060
Password: 794160

Note: Please do not post this link in a public place or share it with anyone outside of the family.

Let me know in the comments below if you plan on attending.

In case you missed it, we had our 4th Family Get Together today and it was great! It was wonderful to see some family members pass through to say hi and others to hang out the whole 2 hours!

I realized a little to late that I had scheduled the call during the NFL Opening weekend AND during an NBA playoff game! So, I think that for the next few sessions will be moved to Friday or Saturday. Maybe we will do them around 7 pm? So, let’s try another poll to see when people think that they can make it:

While we were on the call, Cyrus shared views of Uncle Cyrus’ family bible and some of Uncle Cyrus’ sermon notes! It was amazing to see, thank you for sharing Cyrus. If anyone else has family bibles, documents, pictures or anything else that you would like to share please let me know. I will gladly help you to digitize them and share them for the family to see.

Just a reminder family to join us this Sunday for the family get together! We can talk, laugh, tell stories and have a good time. Read on for the details!

This time I want to change things up a little. We will still have an opportunity for family members to get on the video chat and see people that we may not have seen for a while or meet family members for the first time. But this time, I would also like for all of us to share some stories and information. So bring your stories about the family and please grab any funeral programs, pictures, family reunion programs and family bibles that you have. I would like to gather additional information and those items are great resources. I look forward to seeing you on Sunday!

Meeting Info

Just to make it a little easier for family members, I am asking that you change your last name on the screen so that people can understand where you are in your branch of the family tree. Please use a format similar to what I use for the birthdays:
First Name: Your first name
Last name: Your Last Name (your parent that is a Hickson descendant, your grandparent that is a Hickson descendant).

Mine would look like this:
First Name: Darryl
Last Name: Hickson (Ike’s son, John Wesley’s grandson)

Please remember to change your name back after the meeting. I have had some friends who forgot to change their name after a virtual happy hour and had to explain what was going on in a meeting at work later.

If you are new to Zoom, click a link below to get some help:

Joining a Meeting
Joining & Configuring Audio & Video
How To Change Your Name In Zoom

Who’s invited: Anyone in the family that wants to join
When: Sunday, September 13, 2020 from 3-5 pm Eastern
Click this link to join: Join the meeting
Meeting ID: 924 5046 3988
Password: 600479

Note: Please do not post this link in a public place or share it with anyone outside of the family.

Let me know in the comments below if you plan on attending.

Hey Family! We had another family get together this past Sunday and it was a great time. It was great to get together, catch up, have some great discussions and laughs. And yes, that is Charlie Brown on the call.

I did hear back that some did not see the email in time and I had a few more say that they were busy and could not make it. I really want to find a sweet spot where more of the family can join. I choose Sunday afternoons eastern time because I thought that it would be a good fit, but I am not opposed to moving it around to find a better fit. Please take 1 minute to fill out the feedback below. Just add your name, your email address and your vote!