Robert Mann Nichols^[1]

1774 - 1836  (62 years)

• Name	Robert Mann Nichols  [2]
  Birth	1774	, Halifax, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1830	, Marion, Illinois, USA   [3]
  Death	12 Dec 1836	Salem, Marion, Illinois, USA
  Person ID	I38761	Master
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Jesse Nichols,   b. 1732, , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 29 Nov 1805, Elmwood, Smith, Tennessee, USA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Lucy Mann,   b. 20 Apr 1757, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. May 1845, Elmwood, Smith, Tennessee, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1773	, Amelia, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F9157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane "Gincey" Purcell,   b. 1770, , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 1810 (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1797	, Halifax, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Nichols,   b. 19 Aug 1800, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA d. 12 Aug 1882, Salem, Marion, Illinois, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Robert Nelson Nichols,   b. 18 Jul 1801, , Smith, Tennessee, USA d. 1840, , Marion, Illinois, USA (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Morgan Washington Nichols,   b. 14 Jun 1803, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Aug 1849, Tonti, Marion, Illinois, USA (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Mary Margaret "Millie" Nichols,   b. 9 Mar 1805, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA d. 12 Aug 1882, Salem, Marion, Illinois, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Lucy Nichols,   b. 12 Sep 1808, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA d. 1860, , Marion, Illinois, USA (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F9159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1774 - , Halifax, Virginia, USA Marriage - 29 Apr 1797 - , Halifax, Virginia, USA Residence - 1830 - , Marion, Illinois, USA Death - 12 Dec 1836 - Salem, Marion, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Tonti Township... "Robert NICHOLS, the oldest of fourteen brothers and four sisters, several of whom settled in this county, located in the north-west part of the township, where he improved a farm in 1823, and resided until his death in 1836. William NICHOLS settled in the north-east part of the township in 1823. He owned a slave, and in 1826 moved to Missouri. Wm. MARSHLL bought his improvements. The place afterwards fell into the hands of John S. MARTIN, who lived here for many years. MARTIN was an enterprising and intelligent man, and came here with some considerable means. At one time he owned about two thousand acres of land in this vicinity, and for many years filled the office of Justice of the Peace. He died at Alma in 1865." (History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois - 1881 - Page 258) James Purcell, Halifax, Va. The will of James Purcell was proved in 1793 in Halifax County, Virginia. It names the following persons: wife: Elizabeth sons: William, married Nancy Parker James, married Mildred Hall, former ward of James Sr. Daus.: Margaret, Married Daniel Roberts Ann Jane, married Robert Nichols Betsy Hannah Polly Query found in the Purcell Surname Forum on Genforum within Genealogy.com. Dated 2002. Includes information transcribed from James Purcell will in Halifax county, VA. Will proved 1793

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (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=164036662&pid=35 [S240] Ancestry.com, U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of L), Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. [S252] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), 1830; Census Place: Marion, Illinois; Series: M19; Roll: 22; Page: 195; Family History Library Film: 0007647. [S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Source number: 1453.081; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.