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DUNCAN NICHOLSON



DUNCAN NICHOLSON b. ca 1777 in Scotland-d. 12/19/1861 in Pike Co. Alabama. listed on 1810 Moore Co., N. C. Census; Randolph Co. Ga. 1830; Stewart Co., Ga. 1840-1850; Pike Co., Ala. 1860. He m. ca 1808 in N. C. Mary Blackman b. 1/23/1790 N. C.-d. 6/26/1864 Pike Co., Ala. Children:
  1. DANIEL NICHOLSON b. 10/3/1809 N. C.
  2. ELIZABETH NICHOLSON b. 3/30/1811 N. C.-d. 7/ 3/1856 m. 2/6/1834 Isaac W. Jackson. Son:
        
    1. Archibald Jackson m. Eliza. Had dau: Rhetta Jackson.
  3. ARCHIRALD NICHOLSON b. 1/3/1813 N. C.-d. 12/30/1864 Ga. m. 2/11/1841 Mary Elizabeth Hall b. 10/1/1820 N. C.-d. 1/23/1867, both buried Carter-Dixon Cemetery near Richland, Ga. Children:
        
    1. Mary Jane Nicholson 11/20/1841-2/23/1938 m. 1st, 5/19/1864 F. C. Parker, 2nd, 12/28/1879, R. W. King.   
    2. James Jasper Nicholson b. 11/30/1843 rn. 1866 Georgia Aletha Dixon 8/21/1850-1940, lived Geneva, Fla. Children: Homer, Nettie, Oscar R., Jasper J., Luke M. and Bobbie.   
    3. William Franklin Nicholson b. 7/7/1845, killed in Battle of Atlanta 7/20/1864.   
    4. John Billington Nicholson 5/1/1847-2/3/1937 m. 7/14/1874 Mattie A1ice Beatg 11/26/1553-3/ 5/1936, both buried Preston, Ga. Children: (a) Sarah E. Nicholson 9/3/1875-5/2/1961 m. W. S. Bell.
      (b) Archer R. Nicholson b. ca 1877.
      (c) ;John F. Nicholson 12/11/1878-8/22/ 1947 .
      (d) Nannie E. Nicholson b. ca 1880.
      (e) Sophia A. Nicholson 10/22/1884-10/17/1905, buried near bro., John, in Sumter Co., Ga., Aebron Baptist Church Cemetery.
      (f) Jesse W. Nicholson 5/5/1890-3/23/1895, buried near parents. Note: They may have had two other daughters : Maude and Ethel, buried in Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery, Sumter, Ga.   
    5. Sophire Antonette Nicholson 4/4/1849-1/7/1884 m. 9/ /1869 Z. L. Parker.
        
    6. Martha Ann Nicholson b. 9/2/1851 m. 9/2/1869 Robert Harrison Parker.
        
    7. Mollie A. Nicholson 2/9/1853-12/9/1890 m. 12/4/1886 Miles M. Wilson. She is buried Preston, Ga. near infant son, William (1887-1888).
        
    8. Elizabeth Nicholson 12/20/1856-5/22/ 1949, unmd., buried Plains Ga.
        
    9. Nancy Ella Nicholson 11/4/1857-9/23/1877 near Troy, Ala., buried near parents in Carter-Dixon Cemetery, near Richland, Ga,
        
    10. Theodosia Earnest Nicholson 11/20/1858-1/22/1948 m. 12/22/1881 W. H. Spann.
        
    11. Anna Bartov Nicholson b. 4/29/1862, d. before 1888 m. 1/12/1877 Dr, Nathaniel Charles A1ston, Jr. 10/14/1855 12/31/1933. Two of their three children died young.
  4. JOHN NICHOLSON b. 8/11/1815 N. C,
  5. DUNCAN LAFAYETTE NICHOLSON b. 7/8/1817 N. C.-d. 7/10/1860 in Pike Co., Ala. m. ca 1849 Mary Antionette Nelms b. 2/13/1833 Crawfordville, Ga.-d. 4/6/1918. Both buried Brundidge, Ala., near one child, Emma. Duncan served as a Representative from Pike Co. to Alabama Legislature in 1855.
        
    1. Emma Judson Nicholson b. 7/5/1851 m. Andrew J. Collier of Alabama.   
    2. James Oscar Nicholson b. 9/29/1852.   
    3. Walter Clay Nicholson b. 10/5/1854-d. 1/25/1855 A1a.
  6. WILLIAM NICHOLSON b. 7/1/1819 N. C.
  7. NANCY NICHOLSON b. 11/26/1821 N. C.-d. 12/11/1887 m. 3/14/1845 Jesse Howell 12/5/1819-8/29/1891, both buried Preston,
  8. JAMES NICHOLSON b. 2/23/1824 Ga.-d. 9/25/1864, buried in old Priestly aarrell Place (now McGlaun Place) m. 12/12/1850 Celia Ann Lucetta Perryman Harrell b. 6/10/1536 in N. C., the dau. of Jesse P. Harrell (1810-1855) and Temperance Massey (b. ca 1813) She remarried after 1880 William Solomon Morgan, Sr. Children:
        
    1. Mary Frances Nicholson b. 9/30/1852 m. 1/6/1871 James M. Reeves.   
    2. Millard Fillmore Nicholson 7/15/1854-9/18/1873, buried near his father.   
    3. Daniel Webster Nicholson 1/21/1856-3/10/1917 m. 2/5/1875 Nancy Caroline Brown 1033/1857-1/29/1910. Both buried in Harmony Cemetery, Richland, Ga, She was the dau. of Addison Barnett Brown (1821-1890) and Mary McKeithan Brown (b. ca 1827). Children:
           
      1. Ethel Laurine Nicholson 11/19/1879-2/8/1935 m. 9/27/1899 Ernest Linwood Stevens 3/16/1874-3/5/1904, both buried Harmony Cemetery, Richland, Ga,
          
      2. Clarence Webster Nicholson 12/12/1880-10/21/1884.
          
      3. Mary Edna Nicholson b. 9/16/1882 m. 9/16/1901 Alexander Hamilton Ponder 2/25/1878-3/12/1924. Children: E. Elihu Ponder of Opelika, Ala. and Carrie Frances Ponder (Mrs. Byron Colson). Edna Nicholson Ponder later m. Robert Josiah Dixon (1869-1957).
          
      4. Carrie Elmer Nicholson 12/30/1884-3/23/1886, buried Preston, Ga.
          
      5. Julia Irene Nicholson 5/ 3/ 1886-3/1/1971 Hollywood, Fla. m. 3/8/1921 Emmett Mac Richardson b. 2/2/1885. Child: Marjorie Richardson m. Frederick Northrup, Hollywood, Fla. They had son, William Northrup, b. ca 1937.
          
      6. James Barnett Nicholson 6/24/1888-3/6/1890.
          
      7. David Warren Nicholson 3/21/1890-1/14/1891.
          
      8. Alice Pauline Nicholson 5/8/1893-11/9/1934 m. 11/2/1914 Norman Rollo Marshall. Children: Norman, Thomas, Paul.
        Child:
           
      1. Hammond Burke Nicholson b. 10/4/1895 Richland, Ga.-d. 6/5/1961 m. 6/7/1916 Lucia Meetze Harmon b. 10/25/1894 Lexington, S. C.-d. 9/25/1965. Both bur. Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga. She was dau. of Charles Beck Harmon 11/19/186812/15/1934 and Lucia America Meetze Harmon 11/20/1867-5/28/1953, both bur. St. Stephens Church Cemetery, Lexington, S. C. Children: 1-Hammond Burke Nicholson, Jr. b. 6/14/1917 Atlanta, Ga. m. 4/8/1939 Toronto, Canada, Juliet Temple Duncan b. Dallas, Texas, dau. of Claude Duncan 9/27/1892-4/1968 and Helen Cart Peacock Duncan, both b. Dallas, Texas, but Toronto residents for many years. Children: Hammond Burke Nicholson III b. 10/8/1941 Greenfield, Mass. m. 2/24/1967 Brussels, Belgium, Anne Marie Victoire de Gottal; Jeremy Duncan Nicholson b. 4/29/1948 Amsterdam, Holland; Graham Seaford Nicholson b. 2/15/1954 Paris, France. 2- Martha Carolyn Nicholson b. Cordele, Ga. m. 10/15/1945 in NYC, Owen Russell Worley b. 6/28/1920 in Goshen Springs, Miss., son of Thomas Eugene Worley b. 3/12/1881, d. 6/18/1963 and Hattie Lucy Davis Worley b. 11/8/1883 d. 6/15/1970. Children: Owen Russell Worley, Jr. b. 8/2/1947 Dallas, Texas m. 12/29/1972, Atlanta, Ga. Lillian Drew Stubbs b. 6/6/1951 Douglas, Ga.; Charles Harman Worley b. 9/7/1949 Dallas, Ga. m. 6/3/1972 Atlanta, Ga., Lillie Wallace McNair b. 4/29/1951, Atlanta, Ga.; Robert Sparkman Worley b. 6/6/1959 Oklahoma City, Okla. 3- Charles Beck Harman Nicholson b. 10/8/1920 in Columbus, Ga., unmd. 4- John Hurt Nicholson b. 10/16/1924 Atlanta, Ga. m. 12/30/1954 Atlanta, Ga., Charlotte Louise Johnson b. 4/11/1934 Ellwood, Pa., dau. of Robert Dillon Johnson b. 5/14/1892 Wurttemburg, Pa.-d. 3/4/1973, bor. Sandy Springs, Ga. and Louanna Dieringer Johnson b. 6/28/1897 New Castle, Pa. Children: Robert Burke Nicholson b. 8/10/1955 Atlanta, Ga.; John Harman Nicholson b. 1/11/1958 Atlanta, Ga.; William Charles Nicholson b. 4/9/1959, Atlanta, Ga. 5- Lucia Harman Nicholson b. 8/28/1927 Atlanta, Ga. m. 10/19/1946 NYC, Ernest Owen Lines b. 1/15/1921 Toronto, Canada, son of Stanley Landolf Burnett Lines b. 10/24/1883 Yorford, England-d. 4/10/1931 Toronto, Canada and Ethel Moore Lamping Lines b. 5/5/1881 Pittsburg, Pa.-d. 11/22/1961 Toronto, both buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Canada. Children: Cynthia Elizabeth Lines b. 5/22/1948 Toronto, Canada m. 10/3/1970 Arthur Warren Willet; Deborah Nicholson Lines b. 1/6/1953 Toronto.    
      2. Brown Nicholson b. 9/21/1898-d. 12/26/1960, buried Park Hill Cemetery, Columbus, Ga. m. 6/15/1925 Martha Broaddus Farrar, dau. of Clara Bond Farrar and William Edmund Parrar. Child: . Brown Nicholson b. 2/2/1930 m. 10/15/1955 Alice Tartt Bailey b. 7/5/1930 Livingston, Ala., dau. of Charles Bacon Bailey b. 2/13/1899 Athens, Ga. and Alice Augusta Mitchell Bailey b. 4/5/1896 Sumter Co., Ala., d. 11/5/1968. Children: Alice Farrar Nicholson b. 8/6/1956 and Martha Nicholson b. 5/17/1960, Columbus, Ga.
        
    4. John Thomas Nicholson 1/11/1858-7/1/1868, buried near father.   
    5. . James Warren Nicholson 6/25/1859-9/16/1888 m. 5/19/1883 Ola Harrell 5/ /1865-1954. Children:
           
      1. Maude Nicholson 10/17/1885-1936 m. Willye Moore Johnston. Son : James C. Nicholson, Jr. b. 11/ /1919 m. 4/ /1946, Alice Cole. Child: Alice Cole Nicholson b. 7/19/1951 and James Clarence Nicholson III b. 9/12/1952.
        
    6. Melissa Temperance Nicholson 4/8/1861-after 1917 m. 2/19/1880 John W. Blakey. Children:
           
      1. John Webster Blakey b. 2/26/1881.
           
      2. James Luke Blakey b. 8/11/1883.
           
      3. Mary Estelle Blakey b. 2/7/1886.
        
    7. Bisdon Lochrin Nicholson 6/12/1862-2/23/1930 m. 6/8/1881 Rosie E. Bell 4/17/1866-3/24/1910, both buried Preston, Ga.   
    8. Cornelia Elizabeth Nicholson 3/6/1864-7/29/1869.
  9. ARTHUR R. NICHOLSON b. 12/7/1826 Ga.
  10. MARY ANN NICHOLSON b. 3/22/1830 Ga. m. 11/11/1852 Josiah M. Carter.
  11. THOMAS JEFFERSON NICHOLSON b. 6/19/1833 Ga.-d. 4/9/ 906 Pike Co., A1a. m. 7/27/1866 Mary Olivia Barnes (11/12/ 8469/30/1890), both bur. Springfield Church Cemetery, Brundidge, A1a. Children:
        
    1. Ida L. Nicholson b. ca 1862 m. 6/5/1885 Andy Marshall Jackson in Pike Co., Ala.    
    2. Mary Ann Nicholson b. ca 1869 m. 12/16/3886 Robert M. Davis.    
    3. John Oscar Nicholson m. 6/9/1894 Ella M. Graham.    
    4. Sarah McGee Nicholson m. 1/5/1893 Elias David Adams.    
    5. Thomas Jefferson Nicholson, Jr. b. 2/19/1876 Pike Co., Ala.-d. 5/9/1941 m. 1/15/1899 Mary Emma Barefoot b. 7/13/1878-d. 12/16/1947. Both bur. Springfield Church Cemetery, Brundidge, Ala.
    Children:
          
    1. Ocie Olivia Nicholson d. y.
          
    2. David James Nicholson d. at birth.
          
    3. Homer Clarence Nicholson b. 9/21/1902 Tennille, Ala. m. Cloie May Anderson.
          
    4. Harvey Lee Nicholson 8/16/1905-8/3/1960 m. 2/7/1926 Teresa Beatrice Rainey.
          
    5. Cecil Cleveland Nicholson b. 12/25/1907 m. Ollie Maulden Flowers.
          
    6. Curtis Mitchell Nicbolson b. 10/21/1910 m. 1st, Maude Henley, 2nd, Ruby Horn.
          
    7. Thomas Everette Nicholson b. 2/8/1913 Tennille, Ala. m. Vivian Lucille Anderson. Dau: Cleone Nicholson m. Wayne Smothers.
          
    8. David Jefferson Nicholson b. 9/14/1915 m. 7/17/1939 Myrtice Dubose Evans.
          
    9. Ollie Cleone Nicholson b. 2/5/1915 m. 12/7/1935 Charles Uriah Stewart.
       
  12. Nettie Francis Nicholson m. 7/14/1892 David Franklin Jackson.    
  13. Nellie Olivia Nicholson m. 12/29/1904 Joseph Edward Wilson.    
  14. James Duncan Nicholson 1/2/1880-10/16/1947 m. 12/6/1900 Julia C. Graves.    
  15. Bertha M. Nicholson m. 1/19/1903 J. S. Gibson.
  16. PLEASANT W. NICHOLSON b. 4/15/1836 in Ga., lived Bulloch Co., Ala.
Sources: 1840-1850 Pike Co. Alabama census; Springfield Church Cemetery, Brundidge, Alabama; St. Stephens Church Cemetery, Lexington, S. C.; Harmony Cemetery, Richland, Georgia.iv>