Isaac Monroe Nickell (1752 - 1839)

Born 31 Mar 1752 in Staunton, Augusta, Colony of Virginia

Husband of Margaret Curry (Curry) Nickell — married 1775 in Augusta County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1839 at age 87 in Monroe, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Isaac Nickell served in Caption John Lewis' Company of Volunteers Botetourt at the Battle of Point Pleasant October 10, 1774. He is listed as Isaac Nichol in the records.

https://www.accessgenealogy.com/virginia/captain-john-lewis-company-of-volunteers.htm

Isaac b. 1752 (Margaret Curry) d. 1839 Settled in Greenbrier.

3D30. Mary "Polly" (John Nickell—3B16) to Ohio

3D31. Anne (James Corbett) to Ky.

3D32. Elizabeth (Robert Craig—1803) to Ky.

3D33. Barbara (James Nickell—3B20)

3D34. Nancy (Joseph Cottle) to Ky.

3D35. Rebekah (John Cottle) to Ky.

3D36. Susanna (Thomas Erwin—1807) to Ky.

3D37. Sarah (Richard McAllister—1814)

3D38. John (Anne Curry) d. 1835

"... John Nickell, who bought a farm in the Scotch-Irish settlement of Augusta County, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley in 1749 and who was the progenitor of this family in America which bears the name of Nickell, reported his birthplace as County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. Because of heavy taxes by the English in Ireland in the Eighteenth century, religious persecution of Scotch Presbyterians, and discrimination against Irish industry and agriculture by the English, thousands of Ulster men came to the American Colonies between 1725 and 1775. It is probable that John Nickell came to Virginia from Tyrone about 1745. His sons all settled on the Greenbrier River in what is now Monroe County, West Virginia. One of his sons settled in Kentucky, and five of his grandsons settled in what is now Morgan County, Kentucky, about 1800.

1. 1728-1774. John Nickell (l) Born in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland, near Grotin where in 1932 several families of this name are still settled. In 1749 he bought a plantation of 400 acres on Moffett's Branch, Middle River of the Shenandoah in Augusta County, Virginia, a Scotch-Irish settlement about 10 miles northwest of the present city of Staunton, Virginia. He married Barbara McCombe, the daughter of Rebekah Young McCombe and the granddaughter of John Young, Jr. They had seven children* John, Thomas, Joseph, Isaac, Robert, Andrew, and Elizabeth. His six sons served the cause- of American Independence in the Revolution. He was a member of the Expedition of Western Pennsylvania against the French and Indians in 1758. He granted his eldest son, John, the greater part of the plantation in Augusta. His other children settled on the Greenbrier River, which was then the westernmost settlement of the Colonies. He was' buried in Augusta County. His third son was: 2. 1750-1829. Joseph Nickell (C) Born January 10, 1750, in Augusta County, Virginia. In 1774 he was settled on a farm on Second Creek of the Greenbrier River adjacent to his brothers, Thomas and Isaac, in what is now Monroe County, West Virginia. He, with his brothers, was in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. This battle was fought between the Colonial Militia and the Shawnee Indians under Cornstalk and was one of the opening engagements of the Revolution; a victory for the Colonists resulted in the opening of the Ohio country to settlement. He served in the Revolution in Captain James Henderson's Company of the Virginia Militia from Greenbrier."

Chronological Geneology

I. John (I) Nickell (Barbara McCombe) Settled in Augusta County, Va. A. John (II) (Sarah ) d. 1807 B. Thomas (Jean King") d. 1807 C. Joseph b. 1750 (Elizabeth Fowler) d. 1829 D. Isaac b. 1752 (Margaret Curry) d. 1839 E. Andrew (Elizabeth Erwin) F. Robert (Margaret Gray) G. Elizabeth ^[1]

Pension Application of Isaac Nickell R7647 Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris On this 15 day of April 1833 personally appeared in open Court of the County of th Monroe and State of Virginia now sitting Isaac Nickle a resident in said County and state aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 June 1833 th [sic] that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated; that in August or September 1774 he volunteered for three months under Capt. John Lewis to go against the Indians, and was marched to Point Pleasant on the Ohio river and was in the battle fought at that place [10 Oct 1774]. He does not recollect any other officer except Lieutenant John Henderson who was in the same Company; that he served out his full term of three months and returned home in November or December in said year; that in the year 1777 he was drafted from the County for three months to serve against the Indians in the month of August under Capt. [Mathew] Arbuckle and under Col Lewis. He was marched to Elk river where the troops remained about three weeks and from thence to Point Pleasant where he served out his time. He was discharged by Captain Arbuckle in November in s’d year, which discharge he has lost long ago. That in the year 1780 or 1781 he cannot recollect which he was drafted for three months from the County of Greenbrier to go towards the Lakes against the Indians he was drafted out of Capt. Andrew Nickle’s company of militia but owing to the situation of his family at that time he was compelled to hire a substitute and give a mare worth fifty to Thomas Burchoniel who went in his place and served out the three months and returned home with the other persons who were drafted at the same time who told him he got his discharge in Kentucky. Those Troops were commanded by Col Brown. He does not know of any person by him he can prove his service, as all are dead or have left the country. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state Isaac hisXmark Nickle State of Virginia } To wit Monroe County } On this Twenty third day of January 1834 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid Isaac Nickell a resident of the said County of Monroe and State of Virginia aged Eighty two years on the thirty first day of March last who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. th That he entered he service of the United States the first of September 1777 and was drafted into service under the following named Officers and served as herein stated: That he was drafted for a three months tour and marched under Ensign James Estill to Point Pleasant a place situate on the Ohio River at the mouth of the great Kenawha [sic: Kanawha] River; that at the time he was drafted he lived on the farm near where he now lives now the County of Monroe then he thinks called Botetourt County; that he marched directly to Point Pleasant in company with ten others that were drafted at the same time to go to the Point under the aforesaid Ensign Estill where they joined Captain Arbuckles Company that was then stationed there that he served three months at the Point under the aforesaid Captain Arbuckle, Lieutenant James Gilmer, Ensign [John] Williams and his said ensign Estill with whom he had been drafted and marched into service that he served out his full three months tour and was discharged by Captain Arbuckle who gave him a written discharge, but he has long since lost it, not now remembering to have seen it for fifty years that during said tour of service he was not engaged in any Battle or skirmish there was however two men belonging to Captain Arbuckles Company killed by the Indians one by the name of Moses Tarfern[?] and the name of the other he has forgotten, the manner in which they were killed was in consequence of a report coming into Camp that Indians had been seen sculking in the neighbourhood there being a parcel of Cattle belonging to the Army on the opposite side of the Kenawha River a small party went over the River to bring them in, when they were fired upon and the aforesaid two men were killed. That in the latter part of the month of April in the year 1778 the settlers in his neighbourhood becoming alarmed in consequence of a report that Indians had been seen near John Lewis near where the Town of Lewisburg is now situated they all betook themselves to Craigs Fort which then stood within about seven miles of where the Town of Union now stands, which is in the County seat of Monroe County; that on the first day of May in the said year 1778 he entered the service as a Indian Spy and and continued in said service untill the first of November following, that the nature of his services that summer was to leave Craig’s Fort and traverse the Country and wilderness down New River to Cooks Fort [near Red Sulphur Springs in Monroe County], thence to Culbertsons Bottom [at present Crumps Bottom in Summers County], thence to William Lafferty’s plantation [sic: Fort Laverty on Indian Creek in Summers County] and thence back to Craigs Fort a distance of about thirty five miles, that he was usually out from three to four days in a week and that his companions in spying was Samuel Glass, Philip Hammon [pension application S30452], & John Rayburn. That again on the first of May 1779 he entered the service as an Indian Spy and continued in said service until the first of November following making a tour of six months and again on the 15 day of April 1780 he entered the service as an th Indian Spy and continued in said service until the 10 of November following making a tour of th six months and twenty five days during which two summers of 1779 and 1780 he performed precisely the same kind of services as those described in the summer of 1778 and had for his companions the same persons who were with him in the summer of 1778 that Samuel Glass and Philip Hammon left the Country soon after the close of the Revolutionary war and he knows not what became off them but supposes they are dead and that John Rayburn died in this County about eight or nine years ago. That he again entered the service as an Indian Spy in the spring of the year 1781 on the last day of April or first day of May and continued in said service until the fifteenth of November following making a tour of six months and a half and again on the 15th day of April 1782 he entered the service as an Indian Spy and continued in service until the 15th day of November following making a tour of seven months and that the nature of his services during each of the summers of 1781 and 1782 was to traverse the country round about Craigs Fort, to watch the gaps and pass ways or traces up and down the Greenbrier River and to guard the settler while planting working and gathering their corn. That the whole time of his services as an Indian Spy amounts to the term of two years eight months and ten days which added to his services while drafted makes two years eleven months and ten days; and that during his whole term of service as an Indian Spy he was not engaged in any civil pursuit, and that he was attached to and mustered during the time he served as a Spy in a company of Militia commanded by Captain John Van Bibber. That he now resides in the County of Monroe aforesaid near where he resided at the time he was in the service of his Country, that he received no written discharge for any of his services as an Indian Spy; that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person who can testify to his services aforesaid. He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State. [signed] Isaac Nickell Interrogatory 1. Where and in what year were you born Ans. I was born in Augusta County Va. in the year 1751. 2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it Ans. I never saw a record of my age altho, I know it from information 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live Ans. I lived when called into service on the farm where I now live and have lived there ever since 4. How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom Ans. I was first drafted for three months & served at Point Pleasant and the balance of my service I acted as a volunteer spy. 5. State the names of some of Regular Officers who were with the trops where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service Ans. I cannot give any other answer to the 5 interogatory than what is detailed in the th foregoing declaration [signed] Isaac Nickell

Isaac was born about 1752. He passed away about 1839.

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_descendants/?action=list&MyPrimary_Seqn=1262000&MyLineageCount=1

1. ↑ [Nickell, Joe. History of the Nickell Family. Topeka, Kansas: Joe Nickell, 1932.]

• Nickell, Joe. History of the Nickell Family. Topeka, Kansas: Joe Nickell, 1932.

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• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-MM3Y : 1 March 2021), Isaac Nichols, 26 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711088.

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• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-WVRQ : 20 February 2021), Isaac Nichols, 18 Dec 1776; citing 18 Dec 1776, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,412.

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• Findagrave ID: 152928179

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/152928179/isaac-nickell : accessed 9 June 2021), memorial page for Isaac Nickell Sr. (31 Mar 1751–1 Oct 1839), Find a Grave Memorial ID 152928179, citing Old Lebanon Cemetery, Pickaway, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Tracie Shrader Smith (contributor 47750453) .

Memorial page here: [4]

• Click for pic of approved DAR form:

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• Source: S-1423244912 Repository: #R-1579099859 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=36105316&pid=48

• Repository: R-1579099859 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

• Congressional Record acknowledging Point Pleasant being the first start of the American Revolution, entitling descendants membership into Daughters of the American Revolution (www.dar.org Ancestor #A083327) (I am currently working with Sons of the American Revolution organization).

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Isaac Nickell West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971. Will book, v. 003 1829-1844. Page 422.[7]

Acknowledgments

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