JAMES L. HICKMAN was born on 3 March 1724 in Hanover County, Virginia. He was the first of EDWIN HICKMAN and ELENDER [WEBER]HICKMAN's eight children.

JAMES L. HICKMAN was married to HANNAH LEWIS on 14 March 1744 in Culpeper County, VIRGINIA and they settled there and became the parents of nine children:

1. SUSANNAH HICKMAN, born 1745 in Culpeper County, Virginia; married JAMES BROWNING in about 1766 in Culpeper County, Virginia and died prior to 1790 in Havilandville, Harrison County, Kentucky.

2. DAVID LEWIS HICKMAN, born 22 December 1749 in Culpeper County, Virginia; married VIRGINIA "CLARA" McCLANAHAN in 1771 in Culpeper County, Virginia and he died in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1825.

3. ANNA HICKMAN, born 1754 in Culpeper County, Virginia; married STEPHEN HOLLADAY in 1783 in Virginia and she died in Clark County, Kentucky in 1836.

4. HENRY HICKMAN, born 1755 in Culpeper County, Virginia; married PHOEBE BYRD EASTHAM on 21 June 1773 in Culpeper County, Virginia and he died in Fayette County, Kentucky in 1804.

5. ELEANOR HICKMAN, born 1756 in Culpeper County, Virginia ;
married JOSEPH HILL and settled in Fayette County, Kentucky and she died in Darbyville, Pickaway County, Ohio in 1827

6. RICHARD HICKMAN, born 5 November 1757 in Culpeper County, Virginia; married LYDIA CALLAWAY in 1786 in Clark County, Kentucky; served in the American Revolutionary War and rose to the rank of General; became Lt. Governor of Kentucky and served 20 years as a Senator in the Kentucky Legislature. Died on 3 July 1832 in Clark County, Kentucky.

7. JAMES LEWIS HICKMAN, born 18 December 1759 in Culpeper County, Virginia; married ELIZABETH "Betsy" BRYAN on 16 August 1794 in Lincoln County, Kentucky and died on 10 August 1828 in Lincoln County, Kentucky.

8. JOEL HICKMAN, born 10 August 1761 in Culpeper County, Virginia; served in the American Revolutionary War; married FRANCES GARETTA WILSON in 1786 in Culpeper County, Virginia and died in Clark County, Kentucky 16 July 1852.

9. HANNAH HICKMAN, born 1763 in Culpeper County, Virginia;
married GEORGE L. HILL in 1782 in Virginia and she died in Darbyville, Pickaway County, Ohio in 1854.

According to DAR Revolution Lineage Books, Vol 109, page 259, Col. JAMES L. HICKMAN served in the Revolutionary War from 1776 and "to the surrender of Cornwallis. He was born in Williamsburg, Virginia and died in Clark County, KY". He is on the Roster of American Patriots who fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain in North Carolina which took place on 7 October 1780.

(DAR Ancestor #: A054844; SAR Patriot #: P-180775)

JAMES and HANNAH HICKMAN left Virginia and went to Kentucky
in 1784 and settled on land [see next paragraph]near Ft. Boonesboro in that part of Fayette County which is now Clark County. JAMES HICKMAN appeared on the 1788 Tax List there. Clark County was formed in 1792.

According to the source, THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS, VOL 1, Part 1, Chapter 2, "JAMES HICKMAN received 2000 acres on 29 May 1775 on Boons (sic) Creek in Kentucky for his War service". Note: According to Kirk Kendrick, "JAMES HICKMAN hired DANIEL BOONE...in 1775 to survey two 2000 acre tracts due him as heir of his brothers RICHARD HICKMAN and THOMAS HICKMAN for their service to the Crown in the French and Indian War [1757 - 1763]. A dispute arose over one of the 2000 acre tracts and the lawsuit which took 23 years to resolve is recorded in the KENTUCKY HISTORICAL REGISTER, Vol 30, pp 344 - 361. The incident is often cited by BOONE's biographers as evidence of BOONE's 'lack of ruthless instincts that speculation demanded'.. BOONE's testimony favored (JAMES) HICKMAN and appears honorable."