| 4. | Rev. Joseph* Nichols was born on 01 Sep 1822 in Perry Co, Alabama (son of Rev. William Martin* Nichols and Dorcas* Messer); died on 13 Nov 1884 in Poughkeepsie, Sharp Co, Arkansas; was buried in Mt. Pisgah Cem, Sharp Co, Arkansas. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: Church of Christ; Reverend
- Residence: Abt 1845, Mountain Twp, Montgomery Co, Arkansas; from Mississippi
- Census: 02 Nov 1850, Mountain Twp, Montgomery Co, Arkansas
- Census: 1860, Mine Creek, Hempstead Co, Arkansas
- Residence: Between 1863 and Nov 1868, Jersey Co, Illinois
- Census: 05 Jul 1870, Big Creek, Sharp Co, Arkansas
- Census: 1880, Washington, Sharp Co, Arkansas
Notes:
brothers served on both sides of Civil War. Samuel was in Union army; William and John Taylor were served as Confederates.
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Notes for Samuel Joseph Nichols: Based on Mrs. Edwin W. Turner genealogy report 28 July 1986:
Joseph and Sarah (Richardson) were both born in Alabama, they were married in Alabama, and their first two children were born in Alabama. Their third child was born in Mississippi, their fourth child through 11th child were all born in Arkansas. Their last child was born in Illinois. At about 1845, Joseph and Sarah moved from Mississippi (where Lavina Jane was born) to Mountain Township, Montgomery County, Arkansas.
On the 1850 Federal Census, which was made 1850 November 2, Joseph and Sarah Nichols lived in Mountain Township, Montgomery County, Arkansas and they had five children. Joseph Nichols was on the Personal Property Tax List through 1853 in Montgomery County. The area that was then Mountain Township, Montgomery County, Arkansas is in present day Garland County, Arkansas. The major portion of what was then Mountain Township is now inundated by 48,000 acre Lake Oachita, which was formed in 1955 by construction of Blakely Mountain Dam across the Oachita River. Lake Oachita stretches 52 miles, spanning sizeable portions of both Garland and Montgomery Counties in West Central Arkansas.
1857, July 2, Joseph Nichols was the ORIGINAL purchaser of 320 acres of land in Hempstead County, Arkansas. To wit: All land i Township 9 South, Range 25 West, S 1/2 of SE1/4 - Section 7 - 80 acres, 12 and 1/2 cents per acre, $10.00 paid. Residence was located on this parcel: NE1/4 - Section 18 - 160 acres, NW 1/4 of SE1/4 - Section 18 - 40 acres, SE1/4 of NW1/4 - Section 18 - 40 acres, total of 240 acres in Section 18, 12 1/2 cents per acre, $30.00 paid. All 320 acres of his land was purchased from the Federal land Office in Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas on Original Purchase Certificate number 12165. Joseph Nichols also had SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 - Section 7 - 40 acres, RR selection.
1858, June 28, Joseph Nichols, signed a Sworn Declaration and Corroborating Affidavit that he had been residing on the above land since 1857, January 1; and that he had erected thereon a dwelling house 18 feet square, a smoke house 12 feet square, and had 10 acres of land in cultivation. Also 1858, June 28, Henry Church and Joshua T. Yarbrough signed a Corroborating Affidavit stating they knew from personal observation that the above statements were true.
1858, November 12, Joseph and Sarah Nichols, sold to Daniel A. Reeder for $500.00 the following land: The NE1/4 of SW1/4, and SE1/4 of NW1/4, and all that part of the NE1/4 of Section 18, that lies South of the North Fork of Prairie Creek. All land in Township 9 South, Range 25 West, containing in all 185 acres more or less.
1859, August 19, Samuel Joseph and Sarah Nichols sold to James McCartney for $300.00 the following land: The S1/2 of SE1/4 of Section 7, Township 9 South, Range 25 West, and all of the NE 1/4 of Section 18, lying North of Prairie Creek in Township 9 South, Range 25 West, containing in all 160 acres more or less.
1860, Joseph Nichols, paid taxes on the following land in Hempstead County, Arkansas: S1/2 of SE1/4 - Section 7 - 80 acres, SW1/4 of SW1/4 - Section 8 - 40 acres, NW1/4 of NW1/4 - Section 17 - 40 acres, N1/2 of NE1/4 - Section 18 - 80 acres. All land in Township 9 South, Range 25 West.
1860 - in the summer after the Census was made, Joseph Nichols and family moved to Washington Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas approximately 10 miles Southeast of Evening Shade, on Fool Creek. Their Post Office at that time was Evening Shade. They then moved to Jersey County, Ill. around the Fall of 1863 and did not return to Sharp County, Arkansas until November 1868.
(I believe they moved to Illinois to escape the perils of the Civil War. Story told was that John Taylor Nichols (their Confederate son) returned to Arkansas after the war to help rebuild their home that had been destroyed) (Glenda Nichols)
Son's William Martin Nichols and John Taylor Nichols, joined the Confederate Forces in the Civil War. Younger son, Samuel James Nichols joined the Union Forces and he settled in Illinois after the war. There is no record of William Martin Nichols after the war and it is believed that he died of wounds. John Taylor Nichols returned to the home in Arkansas and later married and moved to Missouri.
On the 1880 Federal Census, Joseph and Sarah Nichols, lived in Washington Township, Sharp County, Arkansas.
Joseph and Sarah Nichols owned 80 acres of land and residence in Big Creek Township, and 140 acres of land and residence in Washington Township, Sharp County, Arkansas. On the 1880 Census, Joseph Nichols' occupation was listed as Farmer/Minister. On some of the Tax Records for Sharp County, Joseph was listed as the Reverand Joseph Nichols. We have been told that Joseph Nichols was a minister of the Church of Christ.
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Census:
1850 Mountain, Montgomery Co, Arkansas
residence 59
William Nichols 62 1788 farmer NC
Dorca 62 1788 SC
William H. 18 1832 farmer Alabama
Allen M. 16 1834 Alabama
residence 60
Joseph Nichols 28 1822 Farmer Alabama
Sarah 25 Alabama (cannot read/write)
William 9 Alabama
John 6 Alabama
Jane 6 Tennessee
Samuel 4 Arkansas
Louisa 1 Arkansas
residence 61
Dorcas McCoy 36 1825 North Carolina
Elizabeth 12 Alabama
Mary 11 Alabama
Thomas 8 Mississippi
Josephus 5 MIssissippi
Samuel 1 Arkansas
Rebecca 4/12 Arkansas
Census:
Joseph Nichols 40
Sarah Nichols 38
Wm Nichols 20
Jane Nichols 18
John Nichols 16
Eliza Nichols 14
Samuel Nichols 12
Mary Nichols 10
Richard Nichols 8
Tolbert Nichols 6
Ellick Nichols 4
Sarah M Nichols 1
Census:
Nichols, Joseph 47 Alabama Farmer 350 200
Sarah 45 Arkansas
John 27 Arkansas
Alexander 18 Arkansas
Tobert (T?)16 Arkansas
Robert J 15 Arkansas
Isaac M 13 Arkansas
Mary E 12 Arkansas
Sarah M 10 Arkansas
Martha A 7 Arkansas
next door:
John Rucker 23 farmer
Louisa (Nichols) 20 (dau of Joseph Nichols)
Census:
Joseph Nichols 57 Alabama Tennessee Virginia farmer and minister
Sarah Nichols 54 Alabama Tennessee Tennessee
Isaac M. Nichols 22 Arkansas work on farm son
Sarah M. Nichols 19 Arkansas dau
Martha A. Nichols 16 Arkansas dau
William L. Nichols 11 Arkansas grandson
Nichols, Robert J. 23 1857 Arkansas
Margaret L. 19 1861 Arkansas
Nichols, Talbert 26 1854 Arkansas
Sarah E. 22 1858 Arkansas
Robert Lee 1 1879 son Arkansas
Josephus 8 mo 1879 son Arkansas
Joseph* married Sarah* Richardson in 1840 in Alabama. Sarah* was born on 12 Jan 1824 in Perry Co, Alabama; died on 26 Jan 1896 in Sharp Co, Arkansas; was buried in Mt. Pisgah Cem, Sharp Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1871 - 1920 (48 years)