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John Nicholas Legrand

Male 1760 - 1834  (73 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Nicholas Legrand was born on 4 Nov 1760 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA (son of Abraham Legrand and Agnes Agatha Nichols); died in May 1834 in , Forsyth, Georgia, USA; was buried in , Forsyth, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1820, Christian, Elbert, Georgia, USA
    • Residence: 1830, , Elbert, Georgia, USA

    Notes:

    Birth: 1759
    Death: 1834
    He served with the German Battalion, Continental Troops, in the Regiment of a Lt. Colonel Weltner. He participated in the Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia in 1832, from which he won a land lot in what is now Cherokee County. In 1840, he was enumerated in the U.S. Census of Forsyth County, Georgia, #273.

    Notes from Neal Cash who took the photos:
    "This grave is alone and in Mr Watson's front yard. This is the story he told me. First, he said, the date is wrong and I have the documentation to prove it. Second, he said, the guy joined a local church at age 81. He then was dismissed for "using profane" language. He was so mad at the church that he told folks he would be buried in that field, which at the time was under cultivation, and so he was. The farm was known as the REDD FARM. Mr LeGrand owned property elsewhere in the area, but lived on the Redd Farm. Mr. Watson, doesn't mind the occasional visitor and he keeps the area very nice. Mr Watson has lived his entire life there and his mother called the grave, St Peter's. The grave was not marked. Also she told him that he must have been buried with a walnut in his pocket and that's why the tree."
    Burial:
    Watson Family Cemetery
    Forsyth County
    Georgia, USA

    John married Elizabeth Younger on 17 Apr 1779 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1765 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1809 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Nancy LeGrand was born on 9 Jan 1780 in Jones Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, Madison, Georgia, USA; died on 6 Oct 1864 in , Forsyth, Georgia, USA.
    2. Joel LeGrande was born in 1785 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1849 in , Schuyler, Missouri, USA.
    3. Susanna Legrand was born in 1785 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1846 in , Elbert, Georgia, USA.

    John married Lucinda Christian on 8 Aug 1827 in , Elbert, Georgia, USA. Lucinda was born in 1800 in , , Georgia, USA; died in 1870 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Abraham Legrand was born in 1724 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in May 1799 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.

    Abraham married Agnes Agatha Nichols in 1752 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Agnes (daughter of John Nichols and Mary Owen) was born in 1732 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Dec 1803 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Agnes Agatha Nichols was born in 1732 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA (daughter of John Nichols and Mary Owen); died on 29 Dec 1803 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. William T Legrand was born in 1753 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1845.
    2. Peter Legrand was born in 1755 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1845.
    3. Abraham LeGrand was born in 1757 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1809 in , Mercer, Kentucky, USA.
    4. 1. John Nicholas Legrand was born on 4 Nov 1760 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in May 1834 in , Forsyth, Georgia, USA; was buried in , Forsyth, Georgia, USA.
    5. Jesse Legrand was born in 1762 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in May 1843 in , Elbert, Georgia, USA.
    6. Sarah Sally Legrand was born in 1763 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1858 in , Rockingham, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Mary Polly Legrand was born in 1766 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    8. Elizabeth Betsy Legrand was born in 1768 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1820 in , , Tennessee, USA.
    9. George Legrand was born on 21 Dec 1770 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1860 in , Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  John Nichols was born in 1698 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA (son of John Nichols and Phyllis Flynt); died on 22 Apr 1774 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: 1755

    Notes:

    Will of John Nichols
    . .being very sick and weak in body but in perfect mind & memory. . .) To my well beloving wife Mary Nichols during her widowhood only, seven negroes namly, Peter, Lewis, Frank, Patt, Milley, Hannah and Jenny, also my Manor plantation together with 580 acres of land contiguous thereto according to a survey lately made by Robert Wooding together with my household furniture &c. Also my still together with my riding horse, Boo, together with all stocks & moveables of all kinds.

    I have given to my sons, William, John & Jesse Nichols & also to my daughters Sary Robertson, Betty Owen and Aggy Legrand, themselves their heirs and assigns all the land negroes cattle hoggs beds pewter & every other thing that I before lent them to their only proper use & behoof of them & their heirs as their parts of my estate.

    To my well beloved son Ambrose Nichols all that tract of land joining his brother Jesse, Hardwick, and Peter Hudson situate on the branches of Clover Creek containing 468 acres more or less according to a survey made by Robert Wooding, it being part of Order of Counsel, also 50 pounds Current Money.

    To my well beloved daughter Nanny Nichols and her heirs, all the tract of land on the branches of Difficult and Blackwalnut Creeks and on both sides of Stewarts Ferry Road joining the lines of Agnes Robertson, Thomeas Hope and the out lines of my Order and John Jones, containing 400 acres more or less. Also two negroes namely, Milly and Hannah, 1 horse or mare, 2 cows and calves & 1 heigher together with 1 feather bed & furniture.

    To my son Bird Nichols and to his heirs, all that tract of land on both sides of Black Walnut Creek containing 450 acres more or less with a plantation thereon, joining the lines of my Manor plantation, likewise Agnes Robertson her land I have conveyed to her by the consent of her mother &c. Also to son Bird Nichols two negroes Peter & Patt, also 2 cows & calves & 1 heigher with a calf & 1 bed & furniture. It is my will that my son David Nichols shall within 12 months after my decease & the decease or wodowhood of my wife, pay Bird Nichols L15. as his part of a little negro named Jenny. It is also my will that in case I shall depart this life before I sell the present crop that my Executors shall deliver to Bird and David Nichols one Hdd of Tobo. about 1200 pounds to be divided equal, to purchase each a suit of Cloths.

    To my well beloved son David Nichols that tract of land contguous to my Mantion House, situate in fork of Black Walnut Creek containing 580 acres more of less, part of my Order of Counsel. Also three negroes Namely, Lewis, Frank and Jenny, also two cows & calves & 1 heigher without a calf, also 1 bed & furniture.

    To my two sons Bird & David Nichols & my daughter Nany personality, to be delivered at the decease or intermarying of my wife. To son John all waring cloths & remainder of stock, household furniture & every other thing that can be spared of the plantation. If any die without heir to be equally divided between the survivors.
    Exr: Mat Sims and sons William & John Nichols.
    WD 8 October 1773 s/John (I) Nichols
    Wit: Matthew Sims, Edward Parker, Ralph (X) Owen
    WP 22 April 1774 Presented by William Nichols and proved by two wit.
    Sec: James Cobbs & Abraham Legrand. Mathew Sims refused & other Exr. granted liberty to join in probate.

    Will Book 1 1773-1783 Halifax, VA Copyright 1984 - Marian Dodson Chiarito pp15-16

    John married Mary Owen on 16 Nov 1716 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Richard John Owen and Sarah Elizabeth Rowland) was born in 1704 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Jan 1796 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Mary Owen was born in 1704 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA (daughter of Richard John Owen and Sarah Elizabeth Rowland); died on 9 Jan 1796 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. John Beard Nichols
    2. William Nichols was born in 1719 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died in 1807.
    3. John Nichols was born in 1721 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died in 1785 in , Rockingham, North Carolina, USA.
    4. Sarah Nichols was born in 1725 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Aug 1791 in Meadsville, Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    5. John James Nichols was born in 1726 in , Frederick, Maryland, USA; died in 1801.
    6. Betty Nichols was born in 1727 in , , Virginia, USA.
    7. Sarah Elizabeth Nichols was born in 1727 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Jun 1812 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    8. Ambrose Nichols was born in 1731 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1833 in , Hall, Georgia, USA.
    9. Jesse Nichols was born in 1732 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Nov 1805 in Elmwood, Smith, Tennessee, USA.
    10. 3. Agnes Agatha Nichols was born in 1732 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Dec 1803 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    11. Nancy Nichols was born in 1733 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1823 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    12. James Nichols was born in 1734 in , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Feb 1791 in Snickers Gap, Loudoun, Virginia, USA.
    13. Bird David Nichols was born in 1735 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Dec 1782 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    14. David Nichols was born in 1737 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1819 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John Nichols was born on 1 Jun 1660 in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, England; died on 27 Nov 1705 in Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA.

    John married Phyllis Flynt on 20 Nov 1684 in , , Virginia, USA. Phyllis was born in 1660 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA; died in 1726 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Phyllis Flynt was born in 1660 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA; died in 1726 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 6. John Nichols was born in 1698 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Apr 1774 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.

  3. 14.  Richard John Owen was born in 1686 in Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (son of John Owens and Rebecca Haile); died on 17 Jun 1756 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Thomas Womack b. 1730 and Sarah Owens family connections.
    There are significant family connections to the immigrant Bartholomew Owens, to the LeGrand family, to the Irby's, to the Stovall's, Nichols and to the Dickersons. Thomas Womack, who was married to Sarah Woodson, had a son also named Thomas Womack who married Sarah Owen. Sarah Owen was the daughter of Richard Owen and Sarah Rowland. Richard Owen was the son of John Owen and Rebecca Haile. John Owen was a possible son of Bartholomew Owen (some believe that Bartholomew Owen only had 4 children according to historical records (Robert, Thomas, William and Katherine). Often, some children were left out of historical records and wills, further research is required. **It is also possible that this John Owen b. abt 1660 was a son to a possible first wife to Bartholomew Owens b. 1619 named Ann Charles, but there is no proof that they had children. I put John Owen as son to Ann Charles Owen. Use your own judgement in placing him as son of Bartholomew. Some even have John as the son of Thomas Owens b. 1671, but his son John was born 1691). John Owen was the possible brother or half brother of William Owen; father to William Owen born 1724 and died 1787 in Wilkes, NC. Back to Sarah Owen who married Thomas Womack Jr. - she was the sister of Mary Ann Owen who married John Nichols. Their daughter Agnes m. Abraham LeGrand and their daughter Jane LeGrand married Francis Irby - older son of Peter and Elizabeth Cook Irby. Sarah Owen Womack's had another sister named Elizabeth Frances Owen who married Thomas Stovall. They had a daughter named Rebecca Stovall who married Martin Dickerson - grandson of Elizabeth Jane Garland Truhart Dickerson Overton Irby and Nathaniel Dickerson (2nd husband to Elizabeth Jane Garland. There are also significant family connections to Thomas Womack's father b. abt 1704 and his sisters and brothers - children to Thomas Womack and Mary Farley Womack.

    Richard married Sarah Elizabeth Rowland in 1704 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Sarah was born in 1689 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Aug 1753 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Sarah Elizabeth Rowland was born in 1689 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Aug 1753 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 7. Mary Owen was born in 1704 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Jan 1796 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    2. John Owen was born in 1704 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Sep 1771 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    3. Elizabeth Betty Owen(s) was born in 1705 in , Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died in 1740 in , , Virginia, USA.
    4. Ralph Owen was born in 1709 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1785 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Henry Owen was born in 1711 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Oct 1802.
    6. Richard J Owen was born in 1714 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1782 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    7. William Owen was born in 1715 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1782 in , Wilkes, Georgia, USA.
    8. Elizabeth Frances "Betty" Owen was born in 1715 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 13 Jan 1798 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    9. Thomas Owens was born in 1718 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Mar 1787 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA.
    10. Sarah Owen was born in 1721 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1790 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA.
    11. James Owen was born in 1723 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Jun 1799 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA.
    12. John Owens was born in 1725 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Mar 1786 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    13. Ambrose Owen was born in 1727 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Aug 1817 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    14. Ralph Owen was born in 1729 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1785 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA.
    15. William Owen, Sr was born on 3 Mar 1733 in Brunswick Parish, King George, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Oct 1807 in Washington, Wilkes, Georgia, USA.


Generation: 5

  1. 28.  John Owens was born in 1660 in Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1712 in Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.

    John married Rebecca Haile in 1681 in Varina, Henrico, Virginia, USA. Rebecca was born in 1665 in Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1712 in Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 29.  Rebecca Haile was born in 1665 in Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1712 in Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 14. Richard John Owen was born in 1686 in Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Jun 1756 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.


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