Elisha Hix was, according to a statement made by Farabe Hix to the probate court of Blount County dated October 7,1879, born in about 1787 in the Pendleton District of South Carolina. Research has not provided the names of his parents or any details of his early life.
At age 28, he was drafted into the South Carolina Militia at the Pendleton County Courthouse on February 1, 1815. According to U.S. Military records he served in the War of 1812 under Captain Jeptha Norton and Colonel Aston until March 24, 1815. Statements by Farabe Hix indicate that he served in the campaign against the Creek Indians. However, the Creek War had ended in 1814. Farabe's statements indicate that he was discharged at the end of the war possibly at Fort Hawkins on the Savannah River in the state of Georgia.
On November 12, 1818, at age 31 he married Farabe Gurley, the
daughter of John West and Mary (Ferebee?) Gurley
of the Pendleton District of South Carolina. Shortly thereafter, he
and Farabe moved with her parents to Blount County in the
Alabama Territory where they settled land near what would be
the Jefferson-Blount county line and near land purchased later
which remained in the family for over one hundred years.
Elisha died at his home on September 10, 1850. He was buried
in what was probably the family cemetery on his father-in-law's land. This cemetery became known in the late 1800's as
the Self Graveyard when the land was donated as a cemetery by
the Self Family who owned it then, and is today known as the
Masseyline Church of God Cemetery. Elisha's tombstone was
hand-carved from creek rock by his son Robert Anderson.
According to a pension application filed by R.A. Hix on June 1, 1899, he enlisted in the Confederate Army in April, 1862 at Selfville, Blount County, Alabama. He was assigned to Company C, 19th Alabama Regiment and was honorably discharged August, 1864. Compiled service records indicate that he enlisted as a private in Company C. 19th Alabama regiment on February 4, 1962 at Blountsville for three years and that he was enlisted at age 43 on February 6, 1862 in Jefferson County, Alabama by Lieutenant J.C. Reid for three years. According to other pension records, Robert Anderson Hix died in the spring of 1911 in the last part of his 91st year. He is buried in what had been the family cemetery on what had been his grandfather's land, which was then known as the Self graveyard, and which became the Masseyline Church of God Cemetery. His military tombstone has no dates. He had hand-carved other family members tombstones from local flat creek rocks.
Military records indicate that he was known at various times as Daniel Hix, Sydney Hix, Daniel C. Hix and D.C. Hix.
The muster roll of the Jefferson Warriors (Company C (C.S.A.) shows that he was enlisted at age 26 on August 12, 1861 at Mount Pinson under Captain William F. Hanby. Compiled service records (C.S.A.) indicate that D.C. Hicks was captured May 15, 1864, at Resaca, Georgia; was received at military prison at Louisville May 23, 1864; was transfered to Alton, Illinois on May 23, 1864; was received at military prison at Alton, Illinois on May 25, 1864; and was transferred from military prison to the U.S. Navy June 10, 1864. In one confederate journal D.C. Hix is listed as a traitor. The fact that he joined the U.S. Navy to get out of prison would account for this listing.
According to official membership records of the Latter Day Saints (Morman) Church and census records, showing the birth places and dates of each of the children, this family lived in Blount County in 1860, in Madison County in 1866, in Limestone County in 1868-1873, and in Lauderdale County in 1880. During the period August 8, 1886 to July 8, 1887, Daniel, Rhoda and five of their children joined the Morman Church. Daniel's wife Rhoda and a daughter Pharaby Milinda were both baptized by the Morman Church on August 8, 1886 and were evidently instrumental in the joining of other family members: Daniel on October 17, 1886, daughters Josephine and Manila and son James on April 28, 1887 and son John on July 8, 1887.
Family legend says that this family moved to Utah.