Bio of William E. NICHOLS - Pike/Coffee/Covington Co.'s AL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. ALGenWeb File Manager - Lygia Dawkins Cutts <Cuttstree@Net1inc.net> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed By Mary Ann Nichols <Nichols3@leo.infi.net> JAN 1999 Bio of William E. NICHOLS - Pike/Coffee/Covington Co.'s AL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- William E. NICHOLS was born in 1810 in South Carolina. He died about 1865 in ?Covington Co.Al. According to family historians in the John Nichols (son of William E.) line, William and Elizabeth lived in the Boggy Byo, Florida area, which was near Niceville, Florida. This would have been prior to 1840. In 1831, Elizabeth Nichols tells in her letters that she was baptized at Oakey Streak Methodist Church in Butler County, AL. Her parents and three daughters (none her age) are in the 1830 Butler Co, AL census. 1840 Pike County, AL: William E. Nicholds 30-40 1 female 20-30 2 females under 5 1 male under 5 1850 Coffee County, AL: William Nichols 40 m farmer South Carolina Elizabeth 36 f North Carolina Robert 16 m AL Mahala 14 f AL Elijah 11 m AL Henry 9 m AL John 7 m AL Margarete 5 f AL Joel 3 m AL Thomas 1 m AL 1860 Covington Co p 4 #24 William E. Nichols m 50 farmer $1300 SC listed as not being able to read and write Elizabeth f 45 domestic NC Layoltla ? f 21 AL John A. m 17 farm laborer AL Wm H. H. m 19 farm laborer AL Joel L. m 13 AL Thomas C. m 11 AL Charlotte S. f 9 AL Sarah A. M. f 5 AL James Wiggins m 23 farmer AL Margaret D. f 15 AL James M. m 7/12 (June) FL William E. Nichols' military record: mustered into Capt. Geo. W. Kierce's Co. A., County Reserves of Covington County, organized August 27, 1864. He is listed as being age 59, but it pobably was miscopied; as he should be 54. He is listed as having no gun, as were many others. This account of William E. Nichols' death was passed down through John's grandson, Reubin Nichols of Wing, AL. William Nichols died around 1865 of small pox. Smallpox was supposed to have been brought back from the war by his son-in-law. William may have been buried in the Hog Foot Cemetery near Andalusia. This cemetery is believed to have been destroyed since then. William is known to have brothers Kinchen Ellis Nichols of Pike County, and a cousin Joel Nichols of Crenshaw (whose father is unknown). Their reported father is a Conrad Gunrod Nichols. However, no written records of this name have been located to date. Reportedly he died fairly young near Old 96 District SC and fought in Indian Wars. Elizabeth HANCHEY Nichols, (daughter of Daniel HANCHEY and Sarah RICE) was born on 14 Oct 1814 in North Carolina. She died after 1884 in ? Florida. Elizabeth moved to FLorida after William's death and lived with some of her children. According to old letters saved by John Asberry Nichols' descendants, they lived in LaFayette County Florida sometime prior to 1873. She lived in Waldo, Florida in 1973, where she ran a boarding house near a mill. By 1879, Elizabeth had moved to Palatka, Florida and lived with Charlotte. 1880 Putnam Cl, FL census family #14 Elizabeth Nichols w f 65 mother widow at home (health: weak systom) disabled. Indicates she born in NC; father b in Ireland, and mother b in SC Sharlot age 29, divorced, midwife, b AL; Olive 6, Francis (f) 4; and Ennis 7/12 (Nov) are listed with her. 1885 Florida State Census: #1933 Elizabeth Nichols 71 NC Charlotte Nichols 34 AL Olive Nichols 11 FL Ennis Nichols 5 FL Ada Nichols 3 FL Lizzette Nichols born April FL Letters of Elizabeth Hanchey Nichols written to John A. Nichols, Covington Co, AL, her son: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Palatka, Fla Jully the 27th, 1879 Kind Son & Daughter with pleasure I will try to answer your welcom letter of the 29th of June I received it t he 25th of this inst I cannot describe how much pleasure it gave me to hear from you & to hear that you & family was all well & doing so well I am so glad that you had got Mr. hard times by the tail & are abot to dis--- him before you I hope that you will forever be able to keep him at a proper distance you have gaind power over him (in one respect by takeing a little of my advice (that was to stay at one place & if you will still continue to stay thare you will soon be able to drive that greate enemy of yours quite out of sight, I am glad to hear you speak so highly of your ---------------------glad that you have found out that she deserves praise I have known that she was one of the best of women ever s ince I first got acquainted with her & oftain time I have said that she was the best woman that ever was conected to the Nichols family I do hope that she will live long & see many happy days & that I may meet her in Heaven after we are done with this world of troubles. I will say that we are all tolerable well at p resent but evry now and then some of us have the fever for we have had the chills & fevers more or less for over 12 months but I hop that it is about to leave us we have had a strugle to get along with so much sickness but still we keep u p tolerable well with our grub for this is a vary good country for geting work to do we get as much as we can do & thereby keep a plenty to eat & something to wear we have a rite to thank God that he has proviced so well for us I believe that we live about as well as any of our neighbors & better than some that has a man to work for them, we l ive 6 miles below Palatka & have to go all the way by water but I can go or send evry week I will now tell you about the prises of provision pearly grits is used more here in this country than anything else in the way of bred stuff it is 2 1/2 cts per lb corn meal the same flour from 20 to 25 lbs to the dollar bacon from 6 to 8 cts per lard 10 cts coffee f rom 18 to 25 cts per lb shugar from 8 to 10 cts cirup 50 cts per galon tobacco from 70 to 75 cts p er lb dry goods is vary cheap white domestic from 6 to 10 cts per yd calico from 6 to 8 cts striped or checked domestic from 10 to 12 cts per yd & evrything else in propotion John you spoke something about hearing an old man preach by the name of Cears please let me hear a little more about him for when I was a young girl about 17 if I mistake not it was in the year of 1831 a young man by the name of Wm Cears a Methodis preacher preacht in Oakey Streek Butler Co ALA & I was a menber of that church at that time prehaps he is the same man if so let him hear from me (if not no harm done) John you will remember John Barns that that levd at Smut Eye in Coffee Co he & some of his sons was down in the neighbor whare your sister Margaret lives and she saw & converst with them they told her that your Brother Wesley was at Troy in Pike Co when they left thare which has bin about 2 years ago The Barnses & Busbees ware all unietarians when I knew them in Coffee Co but he told Margaret to tell me that he was now a Methodist he said that Wesley went down into Coffee to hunt for us but finding that we had moved clear away & could not learn whare we had gone he returned back to Troy prehaps by your makeing inquiry in that direction you may hear something about him I have writen a letter to Trooy but has got no anaswer as yet John you requested me to send you a copy of a Prayer I will try to do so when I have more paper for this is the last sheet that I have but I hope to get some more before long & then I will try to comply with your request hoping it will be of some benefit to you or some one else for my dayly prayr & harts desire is that God would bring a bout a ginuine reformation in the Hearts & lives of all my children & set them all to opraying in good earnest with faith for themselves & evrybody else) Imust say to you that I red your letter to Laura she told me to give you and her Aunt & the children her love & best respects her & her Husband is boath vary well & harty & is geting along vary well he is a greate hunter he kiled a deer yesterday & came by & gave me a piece Fredona & her Husband lives in Palatka & is boath vary well & geting along finely he is good & kind to her he makes a good deal of money he is a workman & gets good wages he is an engineer & a mecanic I hope that they will al do well I shal have to close for this time & leave the rest until another time write soon my love to you Amanda and all the children I remain your mother until death fairwell Elizabeth Nichols -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palatka, Fla Sept the 7th 1879 Mr. J A Nichols & Mrs L A Nichols Kind sona & Daughter I with pleasure will try to answer your much welcome letter of the 11th of August it came to hand the 28th but I have not had the opertunity of answering it until now we are all tolerable well at lpresent & is geting along tolerable well considering our chance money is vary hard to get after we earn it we have a greate deal of trouble to colect it & that causes us some times to run short but up to this time we allways havve bin able to make some shift to get & keep some thing to eat but I fear that the time will soon come when we will habe to suffer for I am failing of strength & am so large & fleshy that it is with greate difficulty & pain t hat I get about to do the little that I am compeled to but I still trust in the Lord & do all I can his mercies has bin extended towards me all through my past life & shurely I can trust him for the few day that is to come he provides means for my suport & gives me grace to p upo rt my Soul & keeps it from sinking under the power of so many--------- I pray that the Lord of Heaven & ear th may have mercy on my children & bring them by his grace to a timely repentance before sin proves th eir Eternal ruin Oh that he would show t hem the exceeding sinfulness of sin & impress uppon their minds the awful idea of going to jugment unprepared, Oh may he draw them by his gr ace & by his loveing kindness to love him suprely & serve him sincearly for the sake of Christ who shed his precious blood on the cross not for our sins only but for the sins of the whole world I pray for all for whom he died Oh that the power of the spirit of God may rest on all his ministers & may their word be attended with the power of the Holy Gost sent down from the throne of Heaven & may it have the desired a ffect upon all that hear it & may the Lord grant to bestow his mercies upon the Churches & add to them daily such as shal be saved Oh that he may pity the poor back sliders & by his grace reclaim them & I pray that God may by the power of his grace & stir up the luke warm & cause them t o save him with a fervent spirit & a contrite heart Oh that he may give us all grace to love & serve him withh a full purpos of Heart determmined to love & die in his service Oh that the Lord of Heaven & earth would have mercy upon the whole creation of mankind & bring about a reformation in their Hearts in their lives & turn them from all their sinful ways I pray that God may bless all the erulers of our Churches & the rules of our states & nation & give true grace to discharge their duty towards those under their charge with an eye sinnnngle to the glory of him who rules over all in Heaven and on earth may God bless our l and & nation with peace & quietness & grant that we may all learn to love & serve him with a full purpose of heaert that we may all die in his favor haingfaut the good fite of faith & be received into his presence & be able to give all the glory of our salvation to the father & the Son & the Holy Gost forever & ever in a happy world without end Amen, Dear son you may bear it in mind if you choose to do so, that on the 22nd of July 1829 I promised the world that I was going to try to live a cristian & I also promised my God that if he would only give me suporting grace & strengthen my faith as I had need that I would live & die in his service 50 years & over has past since then & still I find his grace is sufficient for me I still hold the same resultion b ound by the grace of God to live & die in the a rmy of the Lord would the Lord g rant that I could meet all my children on that happpy shore John you must excuse me for being so long wriing this letter you will see that I wrote the foregoing pasrt of it the 7th of Sept & today is 11 of October I have bin called away from home twice & had to stay 1 & 2 weeks & when at home I was so crowded with business that I could not get time to write but I hope that you will not be so long answering this & I hope I will do better next time N B if you wish to write to your Sister Margaret you will Direct to Mrs M D Wiggins Sumter C Yallho Po Fla I know she would be proud to hear from yoou I have not had a letter from them in some time I think it has bin about 3 months I have not writen to T F C nor Sally yet but I t hink I will before long all is well today only C S has the Colic but not so vary bad & I stuck a old rusty hairpin in my foot over 2 weks since & it is vary sore yet. Fredonia & her husband is well & geting along splendid he is clerking in a store in Palatka Laura & hers is well & d o ing well so I must close I remain your Loving mother until death Elizabeth Nichols NOTE: letter to John A. & Leca Amanda Nichols, Covington Co, AL C S is Charlotta S., her daughter Mrs. M D Wiggins, her daughter, Margaret, married to James Leonard Wiggins T F C, her son Thomas Francis Cicero in Hamilton Co., Texas Sally, her daughter married to John Sparkman, in Hamilton, Texas The relationship of Fredonia and Laura are believed to be grandchildren. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Palatka, Fla July 29th, 1883 Mr J. A. Nichols Kind Son I will now try to answer your much welcom letter of the first inst I was glad to hear from you & family & hear that all was well I am shure that health is one of the greatest of all earthly blessings but I have not enjoyed much of it lately I was taken sick the 11th of May about 5 weeks I lay with but little hope of recovering & when I did begin to mend it was vary slow I was so vary weak & about the time I got able to get up & down the door steps the Earecypelous taken me on boath my legs it got so bad I could not walk for a while it has got better but is not well yet I have not felt one minets ease since it first taken me when I stir a little or set up much my feet and legs swells to a site this is the reason why I have not answered your letter before now for I have had it 2 weeks the rest of my family is all tolerable well at this time it is not comon for us all to be well at one time I will say to you that I am makeing my arangements to start next Tuesday to go down South to see your Sister Margaret I have not seen her in going on 10 years I purpose going to Palatka Tuesday stay thare until Thursday evening then take the steam boat up St John, 75 miles then take a train across to lake haris then take a steamboat to near whare she lives the place whare I will land at is called Helenia I purpose staying with her some 4 or 5 weeks after which time I hope to return home again & receive an answer to this & then if you will send me about $15 or 20 I will try to go & spend the winter & prehaps the remainder of my life with you & the rest of the family it is vary hard for me to think of leaveing home but I do want to see you all so bad. you said that you had a letter from T F C the next time that you write to me please give me the name of his post office & if I live to get it I will write to him & let him know thtat I am not dead yet John prehaps you have heard of the death of you Brother Henry if you have not I will say to you that I got a letter from his wife that said he died the 30th of Apriel he was taken down for death of friday & died the next monday week she said that he had joined the Methodist church the August before & seamed to be trying to do rite a few days before his death he was visited by 2 Preachers they talked to him concerning his future hopes he told then that he did not fear death that all was well only he hatted to leeave his wife & children he was speachless 2 days before he died. after he was dead the Doctors cut him open to see what was the mater with him, an abcess had opened on his liver & had bursted inside of him & that he did not have more than one half pound of liver left, she said that he was decently buried & she had gone with her 3 children to live with her mother & Brother. I have answered her letter Nety is married to a Mr. Brown & I supose is doing vary well. so I must rest a little & write again I will tell you something about how we get along since we moved to this place it is 3 1/2 miles to town before I got sick I went myself since that C S goes hunts up work sewing such as makeing garments peaceing up or quilting bedquilts sometimes we sell a quilt top for we generaly keep a suply on hand we have lately sold 3 tops & since has quilted one of them the whole amount $12..50 cts so you see how we make our suport it comes by the littles but we have bin able so far to keep something to eat & a little to wear we could get along here vary well if we only could have health but we are oftain thrown back by sickness my love and good wishes send to Ammanda & all the children tell Julia that my prear for her is that she may hold out faithful until death & adorn her profession by a pious walk & godly conversation let her motto be never to look back. I will close for my paper is full & my pen is worn out I remain your mother as ever fairwell Elizabeth Nichols Note: Written to John A. Nichols in Covington Co., AL and wife Amanda Henry is her son Wm Henry H Nichols (our ancestor) C S is her daughter Charlotta S. Nichols Margaret S. is her daughter, Margaret Wiggins, wife of James Leonard Wiggins Julia is granddaughter (daughter of John & Amanda) T F C is son, Thomas Francis Cicero, who lived in Hamilton Co, Texas. Nety is granddaughter (daughter of Henry by his first wife) Palatka Fla November the 2nd, 1884 Kind Son to you & family I wish to send my respects & best wishes by writing you a few lines in answer to your much welcom letter of the 17th of Oct I got it the 28th. I was glad to hear that you & family was all well & doing so well this leaves me & family all in tolerable good health as for myself I have but little rite to complain when I have lived long enought on this earth until I have seen enough Sundays to make 10 years & yet I am able to do as much work as I think it is my duty to do (&that is not much) I can say that we are geting along vary well we get as much work as we are able to do C S washes & irons & sews on her mashene & I pease up & quilt & sell bed quilts we keep a plenty to eat & wear but we lack a house & home of our own & we are trying as hard as we can to reach that CS has bout 1 aker of ground near on the RR 4 miles west of Palatka 1/2 mile from a station they call Frances Station but now we want lumber & money to opay a carpenter to build a house but we hope that our luch will be to get it between this & mext Spring & then I will talk about comeing to see you after the cold wether abates for I don't think that it would do well for me to go thare in cold wether It is my wish to go & see you all one time more before I Die give me love & good wished to Elanorah, husband I was a little suprised to hear of their marage for they ware both so young it is a little strang to me to know that I have 2 grandchildren that has married in the Gaitwood family prehaps that here is some more of them that will do the same I hope they will all do well so in the close of my I will say that if you wish me to come to see you you will save up your money by the middle of march next & if I am living then I will be ready to take a plesant wide to Ala but I hope to hear from you several times between now & then so I remain you mother as ever Fairwell Elizabeth Nichols William E. NICHOLS and Elizabeth HANCHEY had the following children: 2 i. Daniel NICHOLS was born about 1829. 3 ii. Wesley NICHOLS was born about 1833. He is mentioned in his mother's letter of July 27, 1879. According to this letter, he had lost ontact with the family, and had tried to locate them in Coffee County, but they had moved and he could not learn where. Wesley returned to Pike County, AL according to the letter. No record has been found there of Wesley. 4 iii. Robert NICHOLS was born in 1834. 5 iv. Sarah Elizabeth NICHOLS was born in 1835. believe to have died young +6 v. Mahala Marganna NICHOLS. 7 vi. Elijah NICHOLS was born in 1839. +8 vii. William Henry Harrison NICHOLS. +9 viii. John Asberry NICHOLS. +10 ix. Margaret D. NICHOLS. 11 x. Joel L. NICHOLS was born in 1847. +12 xi. Thomas Francis Cisero NICHOLS. +13 xii. Charlotta S. NICHOLS. +14 xiii. Sarah A. M. NICHOLS. SECOND GENERATION 6. Mahala Marganna NICHOLS was born on 18 Jun 1837 in Coffee Co., AL. She died on 22 Dec 1914 in Moss Point, Jackson Co., MS. Buried in Marion Cemetery, Moss Point, MS. Death certificate listed as cause of death organic deart disease, with a contributing factor listed as over eating. She was married to Jacob Henry YOUNG about 1854. Jacob Henry YOUNG died in 1861. died in Civil War Mahala Marganna NICHOLS and Jacob Henry YOUNG had the following children: 15 i. William Riley YOUNG was born on 1 Jul 1854. +16 ii. Daniel Castillian YOUNG. 17 iii. John Henry Harrison YOUNG was born on 24 Oct 1861. She was married to Job MANNING in Jan 1863. Mahala Marganna NICHOLS and Job MANNING had the following children: 18 i. Elizabeth MANNING was born on 28 Sep 1864. 19 ii. Ica Dora MANNING was born on 15 Oct 1869. She died on 30 Nov 1892. 20 iii. Margaret MANNING was born on 15 Oct 1869. She died on 15 Oct 1869. 21 iv. Mahala Marganna MANNING was born on 25 Nov 1871. John and Mahala Manning are found in the 1870 LaFayette Co, FL census at P.O. New Troy, #186: Job Manning age 66, b GA, Mahala Manning, age 33, born GA, with her Young children:William, age 15, Daniel, age 11, John, age 9, and Elizabeth, age 6. Isdua Manning, age 9/12 and Sarah Nichols, age 15, who is described as "maimed, deaf & dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic by a check in colum #18. I think she had a cripple foot. All of the above children listed as born in Florida. 8. William Henry Harrison NICHOLS was born on 8 Mar 1841 in Alabama. He died on 30 Apr 1883 in Troy, Pike, Alabama. Henry enlisted on A pril 25, 1861 in Co. E. of the 4th AL Infantry, under Dapt Pinck D. Bowles. Engagements in which Henry participated included: Etham's Landing, Seven Pines, Fredericksburg, Fort Hugger, Suffolk, Spottsyvania, Crutchfield Farm, Hanover Junction, Mechanicsville Road, Charles City Road, Cold Harbor, Howlet House,Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Frizzles Mill, Fort Harrison, Fort Gilmer, Darbytown Road, Williamsburg Road. Among his duties were two months of recruiting service for Brig Gen Whiting; and several months as a wagon driver. He was hosopitalized in Wincheseter, Virginia at the early part of the was. He is listed as deserting on January 25, 1865 in Richmond, VA (as did his brother John on the same date). He was married to Mary Elizabeth STERN on 8 Nov 1863. Mary Elizabeth STERN was born on 13 Mar 1846. She died on 8 Jan 1867. William Henry Harrison NICHOLS and Mary Elizabeth STERN had the following children: +22 i. Netie Ann NICHOLS. 23 ii. Alonzo P. NICHOLS was born on 22 Dec 1866. He died on 16 Mar 1867. He was married to Sarah Eugenia BASTON (daughter of John William BASTON and Martha A. DOWNS) on 4 Jul 1867 in Georgia. Sarah Eugenia BASTON was born on 24 Mar 1851 in Leon Co., FL.1 She died on 30 Oct 1895 in Pike, Alabama. William Henry Harrison NICHOLS and Sarah Eugenia BASTON had the following children: 24 i. William H. NICHOLS was born on 25 Jul 1870. He died on 16 Aug 1870. 25 ii. Mamie Malissis NICHOLS was born in May 1875. +26 iii. Henritor Eugenia (Genie) NICHOLS. +27 iv. Walter Baston NICHOLS. 9. John Asberry NICHOLS was born on 3 Apr 1842 in Pike Co., AL. He died on 24 Nov 1919 in Covington Co., AL. Served in CSA; enlisted April 30, 1853 in Campbellton, FL in the 11th Florida Infantry. In July and August 1863, he was stationed at Thunderbot, GA. On September 4, 1864, he transferred to Co. E, 4th Alabama Infantry, the same unit in which his brother Henry served. While with the 4th Alabama he fought in the following battle: Fort Harrison, Fort Gilmer, Darbytown, Darbytown Road, and Williamsburg Road. John (and Henry) are listed as deserting on January 25, 1865. Conditions were very bad for the south at that time. John is buried at Wing Cemetary, Coving County, AL He was married to Leca Amanda ADKINSON (daughter of John E. ADKINSON and Letty HELMS) on 28 Dec 1865. Leca Amanda ADKINSON was born on 10 Apr 1839. John Asberry NICHOLS and Leca Amanda ADKINSON had the following children: 28 i. Julia Amanda NICHOLS was born on 27 Oct 1866. 29 ii. Ellen Nora Elizabeth NICHOLS was born on 20 Feb 1869. 30 iii. John William Ingram NICHOLS was born on 20 Jul 1870. 31 iv. Joel Thomas Jefferson NICHOLS was born on 10 May 1874. 10. Margaret D. NICHOLS was born in 1840 in Alabama. She died after 1916 in Florida. Most of what is known about Margaret comes from the letters from her to her brother, John. Margaret was a hard worker. She said she supported the family when her husband was quite sickly, by washing clothes six days a week (May 1891 letter). She and her family lived at various places in Florida (Ocala in 1891; Gainsville in 1906; Okahumpka in 1918, Lake County in 1920). In the 1916 letter she mentions that there are only three Nichols living -- Thomas, John and herself. She was married to James Leonard WIGGINS on 23 May 1858 in Milton, Santa Rosa Co., FL.3 James Leonard WIGGINS was born about 1838 in Alabama. He died on 15 Mar 1889 in Orlando, Florida. Company F, 1st Florida Regiment 1870 Aluchua Co, FL page 263 James Wiggins age 32 Machinist $500 AL Margaret 30 Keeps House AL James 8 School Arkansas 6 School Sarah 4 Nicey 1 Margaret D. NICHOLS and James Leonard WIGGINS had the following children: +32 i. James W. WIGGINS. +33 ii. Akansas M. WIGGINS. +34 iii. Sarah E. WIGGINS. 35 iv. Nicie Elonorah WIGGINS was born about 1868. +36 v. Mollie WIGGINS. 37 vi. Louis Elisha WIGGINS was born on 26 Mar 1874 in Florida. in 1916 lived in El Paso, Texas and was a printer 12. Thomas Francis Cisero NICHOLS was born in 1849. He died on 6 Mar 1921 in Gomex, Texas. Thomas was single when he went west to Hamilton County, Texas in the mid-1870;s. According to old letters, Thomas was a Missionary Baptist and a Democrat. Thomas sold his farm in 1917 and moved to live with a daughter, Mandy Carol and her family in Gomaz, Texas. 1880 Hamilton County, Texas (74 District, Nov 5 fam) T. F. Nichols age 31 b AL, father b SC mother b NC Sallie 20 b TX, father b AL mother b LA Claud Le. 7/12 January b TX 1900 Hamilton County, Texas, Prec 7, sheet 9) Thomas Nichols--head of household --widow, born March 1849; b AL father b SC; mother b NC; farmer, owned home Pearl M. -- daughter b March 1882; age 18; single Carl M. daughter; b Sept 1884; age 15 single Emma J. daughter b Jan 1887 or 9; age 13 school Jessie V. - daughter b July 1888; school Lenard H. son b June 1895 age 4 Barvie? D. daughter b April 1899? age unclear He was married to Sarah Ellender GOGGINS before 1879 in Texas. Thomas Francis Cisero NICHOLS and Sarah Ellender GOGGINS had the following children: +38 i. Claud Lenox NICHOLS. +39 ii. Minnie Pearl NICHOLS. +40 iii. Mandy Carl NICHOLS. 41 iv. Emma Jewel NICHOLS was born on 15 Jan 1888 in Pottsville, TX. She died on 24 Jun 1961. +42 v. Bonney Dora NICHOLS. +43 vi. Jessie Virginia NICHOLS. 44 vii. Lenard Hubard NICHOLS. 45 viii. Barmie D. NICHOLS was born in Apr 1899. 13. Charlotta S. NICHOLS was born in 1851. 1900 Putnam Co., FL precinct 25, ED 151, sheet 5 Orange Street; Palatka, FL Charlotte S. Nichols head white female b May 1851 age 49 widowed, mother of 5, 4 living; born FL; father b. SC mother b NC; seamstress, can read, can write, can speak, rents house Eneys Nichols - son, white, male, b. Nov. 1878, age 21, b FL, father b FL, mother b FL Ada Nichols - daughter, black female b Dec 1882; age 17; b FL; father b FL; mother b FL Serena Nichiols daughter, age 15, b Nov 1884; b FL, father b FL, mother b FL Charles Nichols - son - black, male b April 18878, age 2, born FLm mother b FL, father b FL It is actually unknown if these are actually her children. A picture sent by Mahala's descendants shows Charlotta and her children: Ennis, Rena, and Olive. All are white. According to a sheet sent by Mrs. Bettie Lee Follett of Utah, Charlotta married a Mr. Cartrite, the father of her children. However, no record is found, and they are going by the Nichols names in 1900. In a 1900 letter, Charlotte signs her name "C. S. Nichols." Charlotta S. NICHOLS had the following children: 46 i. Olive NICHOLS. 47 ii. Ennis R. NICHOLS was born in Nov 1878. 48 iii. Serena NICHOLS was born in Nov 1884. 14. Sarah A. M. NICHOLS was born about 1855. She was married to John L. , Jr. SPARKMAN (son of John L. , Sr. SPARKMAN and Hetty P. A. PREVATT) about 1875. Sarah A. M. NICHOLS and John L. , Jr. SPARKMAN had the following children: 49 i. John SPARKMAN was born in 1876 in Hamilton Co., Texas.4 50 ii. Maude M. SPARKMAN was born in 1877 in Hamilton Co., Texas. She died on 12 Jul 1884 in McLennan Co., TX. 51 iii. Daisy D. SPARKMAN was born in 1879. 52 iv. Mary E. SPARKMAN was born in Jan, 1880 THIRD GENERATION 16. Daniel Castillian YOUNG was born on 1 Nov 1859 in Florida. He died on 25 Aug 1922. He was married to Martha Ellen THOMAS in 1880 in Covington Co., AL. Martha Ellen THOMAS was born in 1861 in AL. Daniel Castillian YOUNG and Martha Ellen THOMAS had the following children: +53 i. Laura YOUNG. +54 ii. Sophronia YOUNG. +55 iii. Henry Franklin YOUNG. +56 iv. Riley M. YOUNG. +57 v. John W. YOUNG. 58 vi. Ica Dell YOUNG was born on 2 Aug 1894. +59 vii. May Bell YOUNG. +60 viii. Daniel D. YOUNG. +61 ix. Noah L. YOUNG. 22. Netie Ann NICHOLS was born on 9 Oct 1864. 26. Henritor Eugenia (Genie) NICHOLS was born on 13 Aug 1879. She died on 29 Dec 1964 in Fairhope, Baldwin, Alabama. She was married to Isreal YOHN on 17 Aug 1894 in Spring Hill, Pike, Alabama. Isreal YOHN was born in Jun 1867 in Alabama. Henritor Eugenia (Genie) NICHOLS and Isreal YOHN had the following children: 62 i. Ralph YOHN. +63 ii. Ernest Merrell YOHN. 64 iii. Max Solley YOHN was born on 10 May 1900. He died in 1902. +65 iv. Reelus Columbus YOHN. 27. Walter Baston NICHOLS was born on 24 Apr 1882. He died on 11 May 1934 in Troy, Pike, Alabama. Claudia Lee WILSON (daughter of Joseph William Perry WILSON and Sara Jane TEW) was born on 27 Jul 1888. She died on 13 Sep 1961 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Walter Baston NICHOLS and Claudia Lee WILSON had the following children: +66 i. Willie Mae NICHOLS. +67 ii. Shelley Lamar NICHOLS. +68 iii. Elma Eugenia NICHOLS. +69 iv. Wilson Ray NICHOLS. +70 v. Walter Wallace NICHOLS. +71 vi. Sara Lee NICHOLS. 32. James W. WIGGINS was born about 1859 in Florida. Homestead patent #7414 appl. 11700, 119.38 acres in Sec 34; T. 24; R 24 on June 5, 1890 in Lake Co, FL bk 1, pag 84 in 1916 he lived in Miami and was a pastor in 1892 he lived in Tampa and was a carpenter in 1892 he had three living children, 2 had died He was married to Emma A. J. POWELL on 10 Aug 1882 in Florida. 33. Akansas M. WIGGINS was born about 1864. 1916 Plant City, Florida 34. Sarah E. WIGGINS was born on 17 Sep 1866. She died on 3 Feb 1917 in Oklahumpka,Florida. Sarah E. WIGGINS and Joseph S. THOMAS had the following children: 72 i. Mac T. THOMAS was born in 1895. only child listed on 1910 Lake Co with his parents 36. Mollie WIGGINS was born about 1870. in 1916 lived in Denver, Colorado 38. Claud Lenox NICHOLS was born on 24 Oct 1879. He died on 14 Oct 1941. 39. Minnie Pearl NICHOLS was born on 12 Mar 1882 in TX. She died on 5 May 1938. 40. Mandy Carl NICHOLS was born on 25 Sep 1884 in Pottsville, TX. She died on 26 Sep 1947. Mandy Carl NICHOLS and Bennett A. MCCLENDON had the following children: 73 i. Erma Eeugeniea MCCLENDON was born on 21 Aug 1910. 74 ii. Sarah Naomi MCCLENDON was born on 11 Feb 1915. 75 iii. Bradford Anson MCCLENDON was born on 20 Aug 1918. 76 iv. Gerald Benentt MCCLENDON was born on 17 Feb 1922. 42. Bonney Dora NICHOLS was born on 10 Apr 1890 in Pottsville, TX. She died about 1936. Bonney Dora NICHOLS and Frank P. MOSIER had the following children: 77 i. Leath A. MOSIER was born on 15 Apr 1907. 78 ii. Ralph MOSIER. 79 iii. Verman MOSIER. 43. Jessie Virginia NICHOLS died on 23 May 1931. Prepared by: Walter & Mary Ann Nichols 1188 Lee County Road 331 Smiths, AL 36877 nichols3@leo.infi.net SOURCES 1. Federal & State Census Records 2. Old family letters 3. CSA Pension Application.