Born, Manchac (now East Baton Rouge Parish, La.), June 17, 1778; son of Daniel Hickey (d. 1808) and Martha Sriven ([?J d. 1794). Died, Hope Plantation, East Baton Rouge Parish, October 1, 1859.
Operated several large plantations in East Baton Rouge Parish. Captain of cavalry in the Spanish militia; active in the West Florida Rebellion, 1810. State senator; colonel, Eleventh Regiment, Louisiana Militia, during War of 1812. Erected the first sugar mill in East Baton Rouge Parish in 1814. Trustee, College of Baton Rouge. Died, Hope Plantation, East Baton Rouge Parish, October 1, 1859.
Married Ann Mather (1779-1851), daughter of James Mather (q.v.), April 24, 1800. Children: Martha Frances (b. 1802), married Simon W. Walsh, 1827; Elizabeth Constance (b. 1804), married James Scallan, 1820; Caroline, married Morris Morgan, 1832; Adele, married Henry W. Fowler, 1835; Daniel, married Mary Elizabeth Towles, 1848. There were other children.
A.W.B. Sources: Philip Hickey Family Papers, Louisiana State University Department of Archives and Manuscripts; DeBow's Review, XI (1851); Isaac J. Cox, The West Florida Controversy, 1798-1813 (1918); sacramental records, Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1770-1852.
Born, Manchac (now East Baton Rouge Parish, La.), June 17, 1778; son of Daniel Hickey (d. 1808) and Martha Sriven ([?J d. 1794). Died, Hope Plantation, East Baton Rouge Parish, October 1, 1859.
Operated several large plantations in East Baton Rouge Parish. Captain of cavalry in the Spanish militia; active in the West Florida Rebellion, 1810. State senator; colonel, Eleventh Regiment, Louisiana Militia, during War of 1812. Erected the first sugar mill in East Baton Rouge Parish in 1814. Trustee, College of Baton Rouge. Died, Hope Plantation, East Baton Rouge Parish, October 1, 1859.
Married Ann Mather (1779-1851), daughter of James Mather (q.v.), April 24, 1800. Children: Martha Frances (b. 1802), married Simon W. Walsh, 1827; Elizabeth Constance (b. 1804), married James Scallan, 1820; Caroline, married Morris Morgan, 1832; Adele, married Henry W. Fowler, 1835; Daniel, married Mary Elizabeth Towles, 1848. There were other children.
A.W.B. Sources: Philip Hickey Family Papers, Louisiana State University Department of Archives and Manuscripts; DeBow's Review, XI (1851); Isaac J. Cox, The West Florida Controversy, 1798-1813 (1918); sacramental records, Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1770-1852.
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