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From "A History of the Coalfield Area" by W.B. Lyles - - Another family was Solomons, who came from Virginia. They had a son by the name of William Riley Solomon. He was in his early twenties the winter they came through in 1855. They stayed until the weather was good enough, so they could go west. During their stay, he fell in love with a girl by the name of Julie Hicks. He decided to remain here with the Hicks family. They got married in early 1856. Their children were as foollows: Nancy, John, Lucinda, James, Margaret, Martha, and George. There is little known as about Mary and Nancy Solomon. Undoubtedly, they must have died in their infancy. John Solomon, who was born in 1858, died in the same place he was born in 1956 at the age of 98. He did not have any schooling, but he did know how to work. He was a hard worker. His line of work was farming and working in the log woods. He was a gardener and made the last one when he was 97 years old.
Not long after John was born, they had another daughter. When she was a year old, the Civil War started. The father, William Riley Solomon,had to go to war. He was a bugler during the Civil War. A few months after he left, Riley Solomon's wife had another daughter born in 1862. Her name was Lucinda, and she was the one who later was my (W.B.Lyles) grandmother. Her grandfather was the Cherokee Indian, Joseph Hicks.
After the war was over and William Riley Solomon got back home, a son was born, James. Two years later the daughter, Margaret, was born. Then, in the early 1870's, Martha was born. She had a terrible handicap - a very bad hairlip. It was verery difficult for her to eat. I can today remember her in her old age. It was very hard for me to understand the words she said. She never married, but when she was about 20, she had a son by the name of George. Everyone said that a boy by ththe name of Liles was his father, and he went by the name of George Liles. George grew up to be a big man - 6 feet, 6 inches, about 245 pounds. He left Tennessee and never did come back. The story is told that he went to Texas and married. It is said that he died in the state of Texas and was buried there. When Martha was in her 80's she died. She did not have an income. She stayed with people, working to earn her board - she did this all her life.
In 1880, Riley and Julie Solomon had their last child. George was born. He lived to be 94 and died in 1976 in Oakdale, Tennessee. All of these people earned their living by hard work. About 93% were listed as farmers. Some worked in the mines and log woods cutting timber.

1860 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, DISTRICT 1 (page 14)
SOLOMON, Wm27MWFarmerTenn
Juda26FWDomesticTenn
Mary6MWTenn
Nancy4FWTenn
John1MWTenn

1880 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, DISTRICT 1
SOLOMON, Wm. Riley46MWFarmerTN
Judah46FWKeepHouTN
John W.20MWFarmWorTN
James A.15MWFarmTN
Margret E.14FWHousWoTN
Marthy An12FWTN
Louiza5FWTN
MOORE, Jackson17MWFarmTN

William married Judah Hicks in 1856. Judah (daughter of Joseph Hicks and Nancy Hicks) was born about 1833; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpt from "A History of the Coalfield Area" by W. B. Lyles - - -HisIndian name was unknown, but he was born in 1797 in western NorthCarolina. He made his way into what is known today as FentressCounty, Tennessee. There he met a family by the name of John Hicks.They were very good to him and took him in and fed him. He was nearlystarved to death. He stayed with them for several weeks, and theytook care of him.
In the John Hicks family, there was only one daughter by the name ofNancy..... As the Indian's health improved, and was back to normal,he began to notice Nancy, and she began to notice him. So theydecided to get married, when they did, Nancy did not change her nameas most girls do. The Indian changed his name to the name of JosephHicks. The reason he did this was that he did not want the governmentto know where he was - neither did he want the Indian nation to knowwhere he was.
So Joseph and Nancy left Fentress County and moved to what we knowtoday to Morgan County, Tennessee about three miles northwest ofCoalfield. At this time, Coalfield was known as or called Reo. Theyobtained a piece of ground that we know today as Solomon Hollow. Theybuilt a log house and started a family.

1850 Morgan County Census:
--20--33--154--1--Hicks--Joseph------53--m--*--farmer--$150.00--NC--*--*--*--*--*
--20--34--154--2--Hicks--Nancy------59--f--*--*--*--NC--*--*--*--*--*
--20--35--154--3--Hicks--Mary------30--f--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*
--20--36--154--4--Hicks--Judah------16--f--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*

1860 Morgan County Census, Dist 1
Hicks--Joseph------63--m----farmer----NC
Hicks--Nancy-------66--f-----housekeeper--NC

Joseph married Nancy Hicks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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