Thomas
James Jefferson
Nix
Born in Choestoe, Union, GA, USA
Ancestors 
Son of James Nix
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
William Nix [half], Susannah (Nix) Akins [half], Thompson Nix [half], John Nix [half], Archibald Carr Nix [half], Isabella Nix, James Bly Nix, Jeffrie Nix, Jasper William Nix [half], Newton Nix, Ivan K Nix, Benjamin Stonecypher Nix [half], Ceila M Nix, Sarah Nix [half], Mary Evaline Nix [half], Nancy Nix [half], Buddy Nix [half] and Sophronia Jane Nix [half]
Husband of
Martha Jane Ballew
— married
11 Dec 1870 in Union, Georgia
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Elizabeth Nix
Died
at about age 55
in Pueblo, Pueblo Co., CO
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Oct 2016
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Biography
Confederate Civil War Veteran
Husband of MARTHA JANE "SIS" BALLEW
CSA Service: Company I, 23 Regiment/Georgia Infantry. **(Family records show Thomas was 13 when he enlisted.)
T. J. Nix Regiment Name 23 Georgia Infantry Side Confederate Company I Soldier's Rank_In Private
Film Number M226 roll 45
1886,"TOM" left his family in Union County Georgia and headed for Cripple Creek, Colorado gold fields near Rye Colorado to "stake his claim"
Tom claimed he did discover gold but his claim was "stolen". His wife, Martha, finally made her way to Colorado where she lived to be 99 years of age; she is buried in Eaton, Colorado.
Sources
- Source: S53602833 Repository: #R50216592 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=104021607&pid=397
- Repository: R50216592 Ancestry.com
- Findagrave.com, Death Record, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67493599
- US Census, 1850, Union, Georgia, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY8-1XQ
- US Census, 1860, Union, Georgia, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMG-Z79
- US Census, 1870, Georgia, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQM-5K7
- US Census, 1880, Choestoe, Union, Georgia, With Daughter Sarah E. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8P3-ZBM
- Georgia Marriage Record, Martha, 1870, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXVW-SFC
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ernest Nix
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R1b1b2a1b, FTDNA kit #49147
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~1.56%
Earnest Moss :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BX8960761 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jeff Narvil :
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AncestryDNA
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Diane (Collins) Jessup :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dcjessup213
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~0.78%
Dusten Moss :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MP2843538 [compare], Ancestry member techmoss5707
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~0.78%
Jimmy Pugh :
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