Joseph Hickcox was a Methodist circuit rider.
Hickcox was received on trial as a circuit rider in 1812, and assigned to the Shamokin Circuit. In 1813 and 1814, he was assigned to the Canaan Circuit. His trial period ended in 1815, and he was ordained a deacon. That year he was assigned to the Detroit mission, part of the Upper Canada district, with most of his circuit in Upper Canada. There he met and married a woman from the Thames River valley.[1] He remained on the circuit the following year.[2]
In 1818, he was assigned to the Ancaster circuit, alongside Samuel Belton. Belton was removed from the circuit early in the year, and replaced with Alphens Davis.[3]
In 1819, he was assigned to the Thames circuit, but after obtaining land in the Michigan Territory, he abandoned his circuit to farm. He was replaced on the Thames circuit by David Spore. In 1820, he requested of the Genesee conference that he be assigned to the Detroit circuit, so he could work his farm, but the conference denied his request, saying it would be a disservice to the circuit, and he was located.[4]