Zepeniah Nichols Sr. (1763 - 1834)

Born 1763 in Randolph Co, VA

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Davis) Nichols — married 30 Oct 1790 in Augusta, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 1834 at about age 71 in Nicholas County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Zepeniah Nichols Sr. served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

ALSO KNOWN AS

NAME SOMETIMES SPELLED: Zepeniah, Zepaniah

From Don Norman files; Zepheniah Nichols, son of Levan and Lucretia Nichols, was born in 1763 and came to Fort Redstone Va. in 1772 with his parents. The family returned to Kent County Maryland in 1774, but soon returned to Virginia. Zepheniah joined the Va Militia late in the Revolution as a Indian scout. He applied for a pension in Lewis County Va August 20, 1834. (S-9439). His pension was dropped in May of 1836. Zepheniah married Rebecca Davis in Augusta County Va. October 30, 1790. Rebecca, a daughter of James and Rebecca (Brand) Davis, was born in 1766 and died in Gilmer County Va. on August 6,1850. The Nichols brothers and their families came to Nicholas County Va. about 1794 and present day Calhoun County WV, sometime before 1820. [NOTE: Assuming that this Zephaniah was the son of Levin Nichols of Dorchester Co., MD, he must have been born after 1767. Before then, his father was married to Rebecca Unknown. --Bob Nichol (Nichol-198)]

Lewis Co Rev. War pension list has a Nicholls, Zephaniah, member of the VA militia, age 78 in 1833 -- same age declared by Leven Jr, who is also in Lewis Co at that time. 1791 Jul 24: Bath Co tax list - Zephaniah Nicolas - 1 tithe, 1 horse. Neighbors: Jeremiah O'Friel, Joseph Brown, Jacob Cleek, Robert Fletcher, Wm Fuller - near David Gwin, Mathias Benson Jr, Wm Crawford, Robert Givens, Wm Givens, Coonrod Irick, Alexander Lowry, Jacob Warwick Esqr.

1793 June 14: Bath Co personal property tax lists - Zepheniah. Nichols - 1 tithe, 2 horses, same day as Levin Sr, James, Wm, and Levin Jr. Neighbors: Joseph Day, Michael Dougherty, Robert Moore, Moses Moore Jr, Isaac Phelps

1794 May 26: Bath Co personal property tax lists - Zepheniah Nichols - 1 tithe, 3 horses, same day as Wm Nichols; Levin Sr on 6/18.

1795 Aug 7: Bath Co personal property tax lists - Zephaniah Nichols - 1 tithe, 4 horses.

7 Apr 1796: Zephaniah Nichols was the surety on the marriage bond (Bath Co) dated 4 Apr 1796, of presumed brother William Nichols & Isabella Dougherty.

1796 May 17: Bath Co personal property tax lists - Zephaniah Nichols - 1 tithe, 4 horses, same day as Wm Nichols, Wm Notingham, Moores, Dilleys, and seemingly half the county

1797 Jul 19: Bath Co personal property tax lists - Zepheniah Nichols - 1 tithe, 3 horses. Same day as: Wm & Samuel Corbit, Joshua Eathee, Osburn Hamilton, Roger Hickman, James Hickman, John Portlock, Vances 7/20.

1798-1801: Not listed in Bath Co tax lists.

1826 Sep 16: Zephaniah Nichols patented 100 acres on both sides of Elk River in Nicholas Co. [VA-Nichols - card 92]

From Don Norman Files: Children of Zepheniah and Rebecca (Davis) Nichols. 12. (1). William b.c. 1794 m. ? m.Elizabeth ----- m.Susannah (Neal) Brown 13. (2). Zepheniah Jr. b.c. 1800 m.Catharine McElwain Sep 8 1825 m.Nancy Marks 14. (3). Hugh b.c. 1801 15. (4). James b.c. 1802 16. (5). William b.c. 1803 17. (6). Robert b.c. 1805 m.Margaret "Eaky" Schoolcraft 18. (7). Miles b.c. 1807 19. (8). Jonathan b.c. 1808 d.Apr 8 1843 m.Sarah Nutter 20. (9). Andrew b.c. 1815 d.Aug 20 1884 m.Elizabeth Schoolcraft This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

User ID: 032528EC-9155-413D-A82D-002DF1A5E9AC

Record ID Number: MH:IF69972

Date: 1763

Place: Randolph Co, VA, USA

Death

Death:

User ID: 136C7021-0F4A-44B9-9ABE-1D10BC6A2F47

Record ID Number: MH:IF69973

Record ID Number

Record ID Number: MH:I2167

User ID

User ID: 932C901E-85F1-438E-A71E-2D76944F13AE

UPD

UPD 02 MAY 2011 23:54:14 GMT-5

• HAPLOGROUP R-L21^[1]

Pension Application of Zepaniah Nichols S9439

Pension Application of Zepaniah Nichols S9439 Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris [Washington G. Singleton named in the following documents investigated many pensioners from Kanawha and other counties of present West Virginia. For details see pension application S6111 of David W. Sleeth and the endnote.] Memo. In the case of Zephaniah Nichols – the original papers were copied by Dennis McCardy who gave a deposition on the 13 of August 1839 shewing that he took the copy. The th Commissioner of Pensions swore that the originals were sent to W. G. Singleton U.S. Atty on the 26 May 1836. On the 13 Aug. ‘39 the copy was handed to W. G. Singleton for the purpose of bringing suit for the recovery of money paid on false papers. Zepheniah Nichilas. Pensioner. receives $80. p annum. on the 20 of august 1834 Zepheniah Nichelas gave the following narative of his th Revolutionary Services and statement of his age – that he was born in Maryland in the year 1763 or 1764. wont be certain which – when a boy he moved to Red Stone [now Brownsville] Pensylvania and upon the braking out of the Indian wars went back to Maryland where he lived for several years – and then returned to Redstone – in his second removal to Red stone served with and under the consent of his father for four or five years – after which he moved with his Father to Jackson Run [possibly in present Jackson County WV]. Some time prior to the close of the war & directly after his settlement on Jackson Run, hired as a substitute for two months. was out on a Scout for about ten days under Capt. Poge – and that this was all the service he rendered prior to the year 1783. James H. Bennett & R H Lowther engaged to get his pension & wrote his Declaration – and that the statement now given is in strict accordance with the statement given to Bennett & Lowther. by the terms of the contract they were to have the first draw and that he has received only fifty seven dollars. I do hereby certify that that the forgoing statement contains the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth. Test P. B. Byron[?] C. Cooke Zephaniah hisXmark Nicholas

A Copy. W. G Singleton Jany 13, 1835 NOTE: James H. Bennett, Delegate-Elect to the Virginia legislature, and Robert H. Lowther were part of the group termed by Singleton the “Lewis Speculating Gentry,” who tricked many illiterate old men into putting their Xs on fraudulent claims.

http://www.revwarapps.org/s9439.pdf

Note

"....I will now give my recollections of the early settlers that I knew on the West Fork and Beech and Henry's Fork waters. Zephaniah Nicholas came to the West Fork from Elk river and was the father of Zephaniah, Jonathan, Robert and Andrew and Miles that left the country when a young man. Zephaniah Jr. married Nancy Marks. Jonathan married Sarah Nutter and was murdered as I have before stated in this narrative on the 8th night of April about 1842, by the Hellfired Band. Robert married Eakey Schoolcraft, and Andrew married Elizabeth, commonly called Betsy Roy. Zephaniah Sr. had a brother, Levan Nicholas, who came to the West Fork sometime about the year of 1820, and lived when I first knew him on the west side of the West Fork below Mushroom... his wife was a daughter of old Isaac Mace and the sister of Henry Mace. Her name was Margaret and her nickname was Peggy." --from "Recollections of A Lifetime" by Daniel Dewees (1904), page 19

Eric D. King Notes:

Two sources state that Zephaniah and Levan Nicholas were indian spies for the Virginia militia.

Marriage

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bef 28 FEB 1767

Sold Dorchester Co., MD land this date.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Nichols Surname Project
2. ↑ Source: #S530

• Nichols Surname Project

• Rev War Apps

• NICHOLS SURNAME PROJECT PatrilineageofParticipant23001

• EARLY PIONEERS OF WEST VIRGINIA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing of a living descendant of this person. David Green Nichol and a descendant of Henry Ward Nichols match on 37 out of 37 markers (see the Nichols Surname Project at http://www.brian-Hamman.com/ResultsForNicholsSurnameProject.htm ), thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Nicoll.

• WikiTree profile Nichols-1116 created through the import of Reynolds8-18-11.ged on Aug 18, 2011 by Christina Miller. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Christina and others.
• Source: S530 Author: State of Maryland, compiler Title: Maryland Archives Online Abbreviation: MD Archives Online Note: Check Notes* in pertinent data file for pertinent documentation. Italicized: Y

Neva Jane "Janie" Stout Bryant, descendants of Levin Nichols as posted to Nichols Surname Project linked to FamilyTreeDNA.com

• Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850

NameZephaniah NicholsDate30 Oct 1790Spouse NameRebecca DavisNotesThis marriage record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.RemarksBride is the daughter of James Davis, who consents.DescriptionSpouseBond date30 Oct 1790

• Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War

Name: Zephaniah Nicholas Residence Place: Virginia, USA Notes: Nicholas, Zephaniah, I. S., Lewis Co., W. Va., 78. Comments: VIRGINIA MILITIA IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PART IV Virginia's Share in the Military Movements of the Revolution Page Number: page 251

• U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835

Name: Zephaniah Nicholas Rank: In. spy Age: 78 Birth Year: abt 1753 Pension Enrollment Date: 4 Mar 1831 Residence Place: Lewis, Virginia, USA Service Description: Virginia militia

• 1820 Census

Name: Zephaniah Nicholas Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Nicholas, Virginia Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3 Free White Persons - Under 16: 5 Free White Persons - Over 25: 2 Total Free White Persons: 9 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9

• 1830 census

Name: Elizabeth Nolf [Zephaniah Nichols] Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Nicholas, Virginia Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 2 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2 Total Free White Persons: 4 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Nichols-2306 through the import of Nichol Ancestry.GED on Feb 14, 2013.

Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.