The Mad Genealogist

I received and email from Michael on his findings and I am well pleased by his detail and the report he gave me. See below…

Brian,

Two weeks ago I hired Michael Pollock to do some Virginia Research and see If he could track down William Nichols parents.

I had most of William Life from 1765 to death abt 1789 (dont have actual death info) He was born abt 1725, I was guessing in VA. I had a lot of info which I provided. This is what I have here http://www.mynicholsfamily.com/?p=64. I think his father in law is a john Windom of Isle of Wright Co, VA. I found a Will in Norfolk County VA mentions a William Nichols son of John Nichols, I definately wanted this checked out to see if it was related to my Nichols in any way.

Trying to peice together William Nichols Sr’s family in a “burn county” has been no easy task. I have been trying different tricks to see if I can gleam any info from non-traditional sources. But i got an idea.

I had searched the net for William Nichols Sr of Pitt County, hoping to find some other researchers note or post on the family. No luck there. So I decided to look up the families the Nichols had a lot of land dealings with.

One family was John Windham (or Windom). John and William are first located in Tyrrell County in 1750. Both had a land Transaction in this County

According to Kat Rayl, a decedent of Hezekiah Nichols (son of Henry Nichols), a Waylon Nichols, also descended from Hezekiah, has submitted a 67 marker Y-DNA test to family tree DNA. The Nichols Results are at http://www.brian-hamman.com/ResultsForNicholsSurnameProject.htm
Greg and I have our results in and we are kit#40533 and Kit#112863. It should take about 6-8 weeks for Waylon’s results to post. Greg and I have also upgraded our 37 makers results to 67 and it takes about a
month for that to show up.

My brother is a Civil War buff and called me yesterday to wish me a happy 40th Birthday. After raking me over the coals about being over the hill he mentioned if i would like to go see Battle of Chickamauga Reenactment.

The Battle of Chickamauga hold special significance with my ancestry. I had at least 4 direct and 10 brothers of the direct ancestors that fought in the battle. My wifes side had at least 6 and 1 Union soldier from New York that deserted sometime after the battle and later became her GGGrand Father.

I am calling for all Nichols Researchers with ties to the North Carolina, Virginia, Sumter Co South Carolina and Maryland area to participate in the Nichols DNA Research Project By ordering a 37 marker DNA test. Our next step is to piece together the family of William Nichols Sr., and since the courthouse in Pitt County NC burned DNA and land records are the only way we can sort the mess out. So if you are or think you are descended from the Pitt County area then drop me a email and do a DNA test…. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As you well know my big genealogy brick wall was with my Henry Nichols (Family Page and PDF Lineage). The earliest I found him was in Effingham County Georgia in the 1805 Georgia land lottery. Effingham County is not a burn county and has most of its early records. Well there is nothing on my Henry even though he lived there, met his wife and fathered 3 children there. NO RECORDS! he did not purchase land, did not pay tax, did not get married there. The only way I can place him there was from 2 Georgia land lotteries from 1805 and 1807 and from the Georgia Passport he was granted to move through Indian land on his way to Mississippi in 1810.

SEE FIRST POST FOR DETAIL OF CONTEST

See the Union Co., Georgia post for why Nichols in this county is of interest.

Rabun Co., Georgia Nichols(son) Marriages
Dicey Nechalson Dred Masingill 22 Mar 1825
Wiley Nichols Nelly Goslin 18 Feb 1836
Wily Nichols Elizabeth Burch 5 Sep 1826

SEE FIRST POST FOR DETAIL OF CONTEST

See the Union Co., Georgia post for why Nichols in this county is of interest.

Habersham Co., Georgia Nichols(son) Marriages
Andrew Nichols Elizabeth Clarke 3 Dec 1833
Polly Nichols Charles Goslin 6 May 1838
William P. Nichols Sarah V. Anderson 24 Jan 1847
Martha Nicholson Frederick Weaver 8 Feb 1835
Polly Nicholson Absolom Stephens 25 Dec 1834

SEE FIRST POST FOR DETAIL OF CONTEST

See the Union Co., Georgia post for why Nichols in this county is of interest.

Lumpkin Co., Georgia Nichols(son) Marriages
David Nichols Catherine E. Tolbert 31 Jan 1837
James A. Nichols Sarah Carnes 28 Jul 1844
Lucinda Nichols Alfred Perry 9 Apr 1837
Ransom M. Nichols Quincy Moss 7 Feb 1848
Sarah Nichols George W. Woods 18 Oct 1846
Malinda Nicholson John Dillard 19 Feb 1846
Martha Ann Nicholson William W. Williams 20 Sep 1849