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Hardy Vickers

Hardy Vickers

Male 1772 - 1833  (61 years)

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  • Name Hardy Vickers 
    Birth 1772  North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Some sources say that Hardy Nixon Vickers was born in North Carolina and moved to Georgia at an early age. Other sources say he was born in Georgia. I am tempted to believe that he was born in North Carolina only because of the extensive migration into newly opened areas of northeast Georgia around that time.
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1798  Burke, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Address:
    District 2 
    Possessions 1 Oct 1798  Burke, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    assessed for 3 slaves 
    • General list of slaves - Hardy Vickers, 3 slaves, 2 exempt from taxation, 1 aged 12-50 and subject to tax
    Possessions 28 Jan 1809  Wilkinson, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    purchased 202 1/2 acres, Land Lot 303, 20th District 
    • purchased 202 1/2 acres, Land Lot 303, 20th District from Henry Stokes for $200.
      Recorded 9 Aug 1810, pages 188-190
    Residence 28 Jan 1809  Laurens, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    purchased land from Henry Stokes 
    Residence Jun 1809  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    served on Grand Jury 
    Misc 20 Aug 1810  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    appointed overseer of the road from Musketer Creek Run to opposite Lester Crafford's mill 
    Misc 4 Jan 1815  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    sued by Benjamin Chairs, William Lester as security 
    Possessions 1818  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    over 1100 acres 
    Address:
    Bryan's District 
    • 1818 Georgia Property Tax Digest
      Hardy Vickers - 1 poll, 17 slaves, 907 1/2 acres pine, 200 acres 2nd class, District 20, lot 303, Pulaski Co, 1 wagon, total tax 9 dollars, 10 cents, 5 1/4 m

      This same tax book has been filmed as Burke Co. But the headings call it out as Pulaski.

      Also pays the taxes for the estate of Lester Cranford.
    Misc Oct 1818  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    sat on Grand Jury 
    Residence 21 Mar 1820  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • He applies letters of administration for the estate of Mrs. Saleton Shepherd.
    Census 7 Aug 1820  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • Census Enumeration:
      Free white males: 111101
      Free white females: 1201
      Slaves - Male: 643
      Slaves - Female: 715
      Agriculture: 10
      Date 7 Aug 1820
    Possessions 7 Aug 1820  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    26 slaves 
    Misc 5 Mar 1821  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    named guardian for Lester orphans 
    • Hardy Vickers, Guardian
      William Lester & Joel Sherrod, securities
      Bond $9000
      Orphans: Silas M Lester, Natham M Lester, Alfred J Lester
      Deceased: Nixon Lester
    Residence 9 Jul 1822  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • He applies for letters of dismission for the estate of Solomon Shepherd, for whom he was administrator.
    Misc 20 Jan 1824  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    temporary administrator for Abraham Vickers 
    • Hardy Vickers and Nathan Vickers named temporary administrators for Abraham Vickers. William Lester, Security, bond $3000
    Misc 1 Mar 1824  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    named administrator for Abraham Vickers 
    Residence 2 Nov 1824  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    • Hardy Vickers was listed as a commissioner in Pulaski Co., Georgia
    Residence 7 Jun 1825  Pulaski, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    • Hardy Vickers is listed as a grand juror for the May term, 1825
    Possessions 1 May 1826  Leon, Florida Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    W 1/2 NW 1/4 Section 34, Township 2 N Range 1 E, Tallahassee Land Office 
    • 1 W ½ NW Tallahassee No 2 N 1 E 34, 79.91 acres
    Possessions 1 Dec 1826  Leon, Florida Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    W 1/2 NE 1/4 Section 17, Township 2 N Range 1 E, Tallahassee Land Office 
    Possessions 20 Feb 1827  Leon, Florida Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    W 1/2 SE 1/4 Section 8 Township 2 N Range 1 E, Tallahassee Land Office, Territory of Florida 
    Census 1830  Leon, Florida Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    • Census Enumeration:
      Free white males: 0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0
      Free white females: 0-1-1-1-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0
      Slave males: 4-4-4-0-0-0
      Slave females: 11-7-5-0-0-0
      Total slaves: 35
    Possessions 1830  Leon, Florida Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    35 slaves 
    Misc 5 Sep 1832  Leon, Florida Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    publish notice about sale of a lot 
    • Bill paid "for publishing notice forewarning agaist the purchase of Lot No 21"

      Payment was received from Jas J Vickers after Hardy's death
    Name Hardy Nixon Vickers 
    • Some researchers, including Betty Wren, have suggested that Hardy Vickers had a middle name, Nixon. I am less inclined to believe this at present, since this was actually a name in his wife's family rather than his.
    Will 2 Feb 1833  Leon, Florida Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Death 15 Nov 1833  Leon, Florida Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Georgia Journal (Milledgeville)
      Wednesday, December 11, 1833
      Died: on the 15th of November last, at his residence in Leon County, Florida, of a billious fever, Hardy Vickers, Esq., in the sixty-first year of his age. He leaves a wife and five children to mourn his loss.
    Probate 27 Nov 1833  Leon, Florida Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    • Probate was opened 27 Nov 1833. It would take 25 years to complete. The probate file exceeds 220 pages.

      James J. Vickers, Sarah Hart, and Wm. W. Hart are listed as executors.

      One early document is an inventory account dated 1833 that starts 11 Feb 1833. This would hint that Hardy died prior to this. Then, there is an accounting that is dated 1832 that includes dates throughout that year as well.

      But there are signed receipts from 1833 by Hardy Vickers. So, maybe the accounting is a list of debts and tabs with vendors that were open.
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    Person ID I6214  Scott Dickson
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2023 

    Father John Vickers,   b. 1740   d. 1816, Burke, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F8  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Lester,   b. 1784, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1868, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [2, 24] 
    Marriage Bef 1806  Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 25] 
    • Hardy Nixon Vickers and Sarah Lester had six children, one of whom died in infancy.
    Children 
    +1. James Jackson Vickers,   b. 9 Sep 1806, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1886, Bienville, Bienville, Louisiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. John Lester Vickers,   b. 1808, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1877, Louisiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     3. Eliza Ann Vickers,   b. 1810, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Hempstead, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Sarah Jane Vickers,   b. Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Anna Nixon Vickers,   b. 11 Jun 1822, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1891 (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1772 - North Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Address:
    District 2 - 1798 - Burke, Georgia, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - assessed for 3 slaves - 1 Oct 1798 - Burke, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Bef 1806 - Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - purchased 202 1/2 acres, Land Lot 303, 20th District - 28 Jan 1809 - Wilkinson, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - purchased land from Henry Stokes - 28 Jan 1809 - Laurens, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - served on Grand Jury - Jun 1809 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - appointed overseer of the road from Musketer Creek Run to opposite Lester Crafford's mill - 20 Aug 1810 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - sued by Benjamin Chairs, William Lester as security - 4 Jan 1815 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - over 1100 acres,Address:
    Bryan's District - 1818 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - sat on Grand Jury - Oct 1818 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 21 Mar 1820 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 7 Aug 1820 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - 26 slaves - 7 Aug 1820 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - named guardian for Lester orphans - 5 Mar 1821 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 9 Jul 1822 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - temporary administrator for Abraham Vickers - 20 Jan 1824 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - named administrator for Abraham Vickers - 1 Mar 1824 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 2 Nov 1824 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 7 Jun 1825 - Pulaski, Georgia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - W 1/2 NW 1/4 Section 34, Township 2 N Range 1 E, Tallahassee Land Office - 1 May 1826 - Leon, Florida Territory, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - W 1/2 NE 1/4 Section 17, Township 2 N Range 1 E, Tallahassee Land Office - 1 Dec 1826 - Leon, Florida Territory, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - W 1/2 SE 1/4 Section 8 Township 2 N Range 1 E, Tallahassee Land Office, Territory of Florida - 20 Feb 1827 - Leon, Florida Territory, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1830 - Leon, Florida Territory, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - 35 slaves - 1830 - Leon, Florida Territory, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - publish notice about sale of a lot - 5 Sep 1832 - Leon, Florida Territory, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 2 Feb 1833 - Leon, Florida Territory, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Nov 1833 - Leon, Florida Territory, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 27 Nov 1833 - Leon, Florida Territory, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From at least 1809 until his move to Florida, Hardy Vickers lived in Wilkinson County, Georgia, the part of which became Pulaski County. It looks like he still owned land in Georgia even at the time of his death.

      Notes from Betty Wren to Kelly Vickers:

      http://kvickers.tfc.edu/Hardy_Vickers.htm

      May6, 1996, Material Contributed by Betty Wren:
      HUSBAND: Hardy Nixon VICKERS-281 Yr of Birth 1775 WIFE: Sarah LESTER-282 Yr of Birth 1784
      HUSBAND - Hardy Nixon VICKERS-281
      TAX LIST: 1818 Pulaski Co GA, Bryan's Dist., pll4. John Lester was also on same page. Abraham Vickers was in Lester's Dist., pll5.
      CENSUSES: 1820 Pulaski Co GA, ROLL 8; 1830 Leon Co FL, ROLL 15.
      DEATH: Leon Co FL Probate Rec, 1827-l827. WILL filed for probate 27 Nov 1833, FHC, film no. 0982903; DB-D, p 92, 3 Feb 1834, Leon Co FL, Sarah Vickers, James J. Vickers, executrix and executor of Hardy Vickers, deceased.
      NOTE: Sarah Vickers marries John Jordan, Bk-B p.44, 19 Dec 1838 Thomas Co GA.

      MILITARY: HISTORY OF PULASKI & BLECKLEY COS. GA, 1808-1956, Harris Hawkensville Chpt. DAR, p 48, Pulaski Co, 3 Nov 1814, Pay rolt of Militia stationed at Fort Pike, under the command of Capt Gedion Kellan, HARDY VICKERS PVT, 9 Sept, $8.00, HARDY VICKERS PVT, $2.66 2/3, Ft. Green, 10 days.

      COURT: GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL FROM LEGAL NOTICES IN EARLY GEORGIA NEWSPAPERS, Southern Historical Press, 1989, p 232, Burke Co., Nathan & Hardy Vickers, Admrs. of estate of John Vickers, 14 May 1816.

      NOTE: 1805 GEORGIA LAND LOTTERY, Living in Burke Co GA for one year with wife and child, US citizen, 2 draws.

      HISTORY OF PULASKI & BLECKLEY COS. GA (above), p 74, Grand jurors, 7 Dec 1805, Burke Co GA, Hardy & Abraham Vickers.
      NOTE: According to will had land in WiLkinson Co GA that later became Pulaski Co GA.
      RELIGION: Was a contributor to Myrtle Springs Baptist Church, Leon Co FL according to his estate. This may have been the church of his wife as her father, John Lester, was known to be a Baptist. Later Vickers appeared to be Methodist.
      NOTE: 1821 Pulaski Co GA, Academy of Hartford formed, Hardy Vickers, Commissioner.
      NOTE: Leon Co., FL, Lots sold in original plan of city of Tallahassee, #179 Geo. Graves [original owner] to HARDY VICKERS, $116, 5 Feb 1829. A copy of the original plat of Tallahassee was obtained at the Florida Archives, Tallahassee on 10-2-96with a List of original owners. Hardy Vickers is listed as Hood Vickers. Lot179 which is on the west side of Monroe about mid block between Clinton & Jefferson. Nathan Vickers has Lot 161 on west corner of Monroe & Pensecola.

      WIFE- Sarah LESTER-282 BIRTH: Census, 1850 Bienville Pr LA, pl23.
      FATHER: A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE TOOKE FAMILY, Mary Tooke Rockwell & Ida Gertrude Tooke, p 190. Leon Co FL,D BK-B, 126, 110 Mar 1830.
      MARR: NO 2. John Jordan, Thomas Co GA, 19 Dec 1838.
      DEATH: Tooke reference above, 'some place in Arkansas'.
      DIVORCE:Thomas Co, GA, 1846, November Term of Court.
      NOTE: She was probably living with son James J Vickers Sr. or daughter Eliza Vickers Snell in Hempstead Co AR. Eliza Vickers Snell is buried at Emmet, Nevada, AR.
      Other marriages: 19 Dec 1838(div) John JORDAN-685

  • Sources 
    1. [S628] Georgia Journal (Milledgevilel) Abstracts, 11 Dec 1833.

    2. [S808] Betty Wren Research Notes, Vickers Family Notes - Undated family history.

    3. [S1323] Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799, 28 October 2017; Hardy Vicars, Burke Co., District 2, 1798, Page 5D.

    4. [S807] Georgia, Property Tax Digests 1793-1893, 7 February 2021; Burke County, 2nd Assessment District, General List of Slaves, Hardy Vickers.

    5. [S1382] Pulaski County Deed Books A,B,C,D, Recorded 9 Aug 1810.

    6. [S1732] Early Court Records of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1809-1825, p. 2.

    7. [S1732] Early Court Records of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1809-1825, p. 177.

    8. [S1732] Early Court Records of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1809-1825, p. 119.

    9. [S807] Georgia, Property Tax Digests 1793-1893, 15 October 2012; Pulaski County, Bryan's District, 1818, Hardy Vickers.

    10. [S1732] Early Court Records of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1809-1825, p. 29.

    11. [S628] Georgia Journal (Milledgevilel) Abstracts, 21 Mar 1820.

    12. [S629] 1820 US Federal Census, Pulaski Co., GA, p 10; Hardy Vickers.

    13. [S1732] Early Court Records of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1809-1825, p. 255.

    14. [S628] Georgia Journal (Milledgevilel) Abstracts, 9 July 1822.

    15. [S1732] Early Court Records of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1809-1825, p. 263.

    16. [S1732] Early Court Records of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1809-1825, p. 264.

    17. [S628] Georgia Journal (Milledgevilel) Abstracts, 2 Nov 1824.

    18. [S628] Georgia Journal (Milledgevilel) Abstracts, 7 Jun 1825.

    19. [S1322] Florida, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908, 28 October 2017; Hardy Vickers, 1 May 1826, Document 609, Tallahassee Land Office.

    20. [S708] U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, 28 October 2017; Hardy Vickers, 1 Dec 1826, Tallahassee Land Office, Document 763.

    21. [S708] U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, 28 October 2017; Hardy Vickers, 20 Feb 1827, Tallahassee Land Office, Document 822.

    22. [S630] 1830 US Federal Census, Leon County, FL, Magnolia; p. 129; Hardy Vickers.

    23. [S1941] FamilySearch, Florida, Probate Records, 1784-1990, 22 April 2023; Leon County, Probate Packets 1827-1937, Box 10, Hardy Vickers.

    24. [S1184] Arkansas, Wills and Probate Records, 1818-1998, 11 January 2020; Will Book C, page 254, Sarah Jordan.

    25. [S1320] A Genealogical History of the TOOKE Family, p. 190-211.


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