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    John "Black John" NICKELL

    John "Black John" NICKELL[1, 2]

    Male 1771 - 1849  (77 years)

    Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

    • Name John "Black John" NICKELL 
      Born 15 Nov 1771  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
      Gender Male 
      Died 28 Apr 1849  Hazel Green, Wolfe County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
      Buried Holderby (Holiby) Cemetery, Hazel Green, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
      John Nickell headstone in Hazel Green, Ky
      John Nickell headstone in Hazel Green, Ky
      From Ancestry.com from Roberts-Wallace Family Tree by Karen Roberts.
      Person ID I2041  Blecha/McDaniel
      Last Modified 31 Jul 2011 

      Father Joseph NICKELL,   b. 10 Jan 1750, Stauton, Augusta, Virgina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1829, Montgomery Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
      Mother Elizabeth FOWLER,   b. 1754, Stauton, Augusta, Virgina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1825, Lulbegrud Creek, Montgomery, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
      Married 1770  Augusta, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
      Family ID F691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Elsy WILSON,   b. 13 May 1768, Augusta or Greenbrier, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1851, Morgan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
      Married 1790  Clark County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
      Notes 
      • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
        Name: John Nickell
        Gender: male
        Birth Place: VA
        Birth Year: 1771
        Spouse Name: Elsy Wilson
        Spouse Birth Year: 1768
        Marriage
        Year: 1790
        Marriage State: KY
        Number Pages: 1

        Source Citation: Source number: 1453.066; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .
      Children 
      +1. Joseph "Preacher Joe" NICKELL, Rev.,   b. 10 Nov 1792, Clark County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1874, Morgan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
       2. Robert Fowler NICKELL,   b. 1794,   d. Jul 1840  (Age 46 years)
       3. Andrew B. "Black Andy" NICKELL,   b. 14 Feb 1794,   d. 15 May 1879  (Age 85 years)
       4. Frances NICKELL,   b. 1800
       5. John NICKELL,   b. 1801,   d. 17 Aug 1832, Coles County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
       6. Alexander NICKELL,   b. 1805,   d. 1835  (Age 30 years)
      +7. Isaac Wilson NICKELL,   b. 9 Jul 1807, Clark County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1847, Nickell Farm, Now Harold McKinney Farm, Morgan Co Ky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
       8. Elizabeth NICKELL,   b. 25 Apr 1810,   d. 1879  (Age 68 years)
      Family ID F665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Event Map
      Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Nov 1771 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsMarried - 1790 - Clark County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Apr 1849 - Hazel Green, Wolfe County, KY Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsBuried - - Holderby (Holiby) Cemetery, Hazel Green, KY Link to Google Earth
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    • Notes 
      • Article in "The Kentucky Explorer", October 1996, Page 91:

        "Black" John Nickell

        "Black" John Nickell-son of Joseph Nickell of VA., who came to Madison County, Ky., about 1789. John moved from Mt. Sterling,KY to Morgan Co., Ky., 1802. Cabin home built two miles southeast of present Hazel Green. Two sons were Joseph and Andrew. Near the mouth of a ravine "Black" John Nickell felled a number of saplings and built a little log cabin. As this was temporary headquarters he did not hew the small logs but notched them so that there were no large cracks; and since there was only the earth floor, the walls were slightly higher than the top of the head. Within a short time, the crude structure was ready for the poles, brush and cane-brake which would keep out the wild animals and most of the rain. That family was literally lord of all they surveyed but there was no time to waste. And within a short time all members of that industrious family were busily and enthusiastically engaged in constructing a more commodious and more comfortable log house and preparing for the long lonesome months of winter.

    • Sources 
      1. [S91] Adkins Metcalf Family Tree (.

      2. [S274] Chronological Genealogy of the John Nickell & James Nickell Lines, Joe Nickell (1932)& Carol Ann and Don Nickell (1995), 87.

      3. [S930] Roberts-Wallace Family Tree by Karen L Roberts posted on Ancestry.com.
        Also see http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2279035

      4. [S155] Source number: 1453.057; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .

      5. [S156] Source number: 1453.066; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .~~~~Source Information:~~~~Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: .

      6. [S931] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900~~Name: Elsy Wilson ~~Gender: Female ~~Birth Year: 1768 ~~Spouse Name: John Nickell ~~Spouse~~Birth Place: VA ~~Spouse Birth Year: 1771 ~~Marriage~~Year.

      7. [S931] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900~~Name: Elsy Wilson ~~Gender: Female ~~Birth Year: 1768 ~~Spouse Name: John Nickell ~~Spouse~~Birth Place: VA ~~Spouse Birth Year: 1771 ~~Marriage~~Year.
        Source number: 1463.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 4; Submitter Code: .