Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7644, for Joseph Nichols, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. L.
Nichols, Joseph Elizabeth
R7644
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
7644
P. O. _____
Elizabeth Nichols
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No. 710
Eliz th Nichols dec d widow of Joseph
Tenn
Act of 4 th July 1830
Letter to W.P. Davis 3 rd June 1807
76.44

A Copy Joseph Nichols Dec. Will
See p 35

I Joseph Nichols of Rutherford County and State of Tennessee being weak in body, but sound in mind & memory, and knowing that it is appointed unto men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and testament in manner and form following (viz) 1 st I bequeath to my Wife Elizabeth Nichols her maintenance of the plantation whereon she now resides, likewise the household furniture during her life time they to be equally divided amongst my four daughters (viz) Jane, Phebe, Levinia and Abigail Nichols, 2 d I bequeath to my son Joshua Nichols all the plantation whereon I now reside and all my stock of horses, cows, hogs and sheep, also my farming utensils, 3 d I likewise will that my son Joshua Nichols take care & support my four daughters so long as they remain unmarried or choose to abide with him, 4 th I likewise will that my son Joshua give to each of my four daughters out of the estate each one a good serviceable horse, saddle and bridle, one good cow & calf, and each one of them Ten dollars worth of furniture suited to their mind, 5 th I will to my son Joshua one feather Bed & furniture, 6 th I will to my daughter Euphemia Tomlinson, my son Jonathan Nichols, and my daughter Elizabeth Davis to each one of them Five dollars in good trade. I hereby appoint Joshua & Elizabeth Nichols my sole executors to this my last Will and testament, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7 th day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight and twenty four,
Signed sealed & delivered
in presence of, William Travers, John Andrews,
Joseph Nichols. (Seal)

State of Tennessee } Rutherford County } County Court January term 1826.
The execution of the foregoing last Will & Testament of Joseph Nichols deceased was duly proven in open Court at the above term by the oath of William Travers and John Anderson subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded February 24th 1826.
Recorded 24th July 1826.
John R. Laughlin clk.
State of Tennessee } Rutherford County } I John Woods clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that the within is a true copy of the last Will and Testament of Joseph Nichols Decd. as the same remains of Record in my Office in Book N o Page 182. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 29th day of March 1850.
John Woods clk. By A. J. Reeves D.C.

State of Tennessee & Personally appeared Daniel Rutherford County & Nichols before me James M. Weatherby an acting Justice for Rutherford County and said that he was personally acquainted with Joseph Nichols and knew him to be a Soldier in the Revolutionary War under Col. Waid Hamptons Regiment of Horsemen a Tower of Ten Months near the Close of the War & I Resided with him at that time he Volunteered and Remained at his Residance till he Returned in Rutherford North Carolina and I knew his Wife Eliza bath and him to be Lawfully married but do not Recollect the date of their Marriage but I knew them to live as Man & Wife for Fifty Years or more I gave to a subscribed before me on the 19 th day of March 1850
James M. Weatherby J.P. Daniel his Nichols For Rutherford county mark
I am Personally acquainted With Daniel Nichols and have been for several Years and know him to be a Pious & Devoted man and a man of truth given under my hand & seal J. M. Weatherby J.P.

State of Tennessee } Rutherford County } I John Woods Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that S d M c Weatherly Esquire whose official signature is attached to the within affidavit is now and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected commissioned and qualified as such and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
Witness my hand and seal of office at office this 30 th day of March 1850. John Woods Clerk

No. 710
Euphemia Tomblinson dothier
Apl for Pension
Elizabeth Nichols do Tenn
Dec 4 July 1856
Receipt -
Scrap
M. F. Davis
Livingston Tenn

County Court April Term 1858
At a county court begun, and held for the county of Marshall and State of Tennessee, at the courthouse thereof in the Town of Lewisburg the place appointed by Law for holding the several courts, on the first Monday in April. It being the first day of the month 1858. Present James DeWitt Chairman, Thomas Henderson, John Leonard, Asa Walland, A. H. Jones, John Blair, Washington Hunter, William D. Powell, Alexander Bigger, John Sheffield, J. W. Hogg, S. L. Fox, J. B. Boyce, M. W. Oakley, A. Warner, B. M. Castlin, Johnson, Bryant, Houston, J. C. Powell, E. Davis, J. S. A. Powell, John H. Buchanan, Hardin, Dysart, J. A. Ewing, J. H. Bryant.
Proclamation being made by the Sheriff the following proceedings were had.
This day personally appeared, in open court, Uphania Tomblinson Widow of Humphrey B. Tomblinson formerly Uphania Nichols, aged sixty five years. wife of John Tomblinson  Widow of John Tomblinson formerly Jethro Nichols aged sixty two years, and Abigail Nichols aged forty seven years, all citizens of Marshall County State of Tennessee. They being children and heirs at Law, of Joseph Nichols deceased, and made oath in due form of Law that they together with one Elizabeth Davis wife of Andrew J. Davis formerly Elizabeth Nichols aged fifty four years, a resident of Jackson County, State of Tennessee are the only living children of the said Joseph Nichols decd. and they further state, that their said Father as they are informed and believe the facts so to be, was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that he actually performed Military Service in defence of his Country in the struggle for American Liberty being at the time of his said Service a citizen of the State of North Carolina, and their information is and they believe the facts so to be that he at least served two campaigns, in the Revolutionary War, one of nine months and the other of ten months one of which terms of service was in a Cavalry Company or Regiment, and their information is that during his said Service he was promoted to the office of Captain and that he served under General Rutherford and Colonel Hampton. They further state that their said Father departed this life in January 1826 a citizen of Rutherford County Tennessee and that their Mother Elizabeth Nichols died on or about

The year 1835 in said County of Rutherford that their said Father and mother did not in their lifetime ever apply for or receive any pension from the United States, an account of the service of their said Father in any way whatever and therefore they seek to receive any money or pension from the United States that is or was due their said Father, for his said Revolutionary Service and they further state they have had their said Father speak of the matter, and gave as a reason why he did not so apply for a pension for his said service was that he had lost or mislaid his discharge or discharges, and that they believe that their said mother was ignorant of her rights and therefore she did not apply, and that their said Father, was, an old and infirm man, afflicted with Rheumatism, and could not get about for many years before his death, and that they, his children have never made any other application for any money, that is or was, due their said Father at the time of his death, an account of his Revolutionary Service;
Given to in open Court This 1 st day of April 1850 John Elliott Clerk
Uphamiah Scrambleton Phebe F. Wooten Abigail Nichols
State of Tennessee Marshall County I John Elliott Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and perfect transcript of the proceedings held in the above and foregoing cause as remains of record in my office, in Record Book D. of Marshall County Court, Pages 34, 35 & 36 In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at office in the Town of Lewisburg this 21 st day of February A.D. 1857 and the 81 st year of American Independence John Elliott Clerk By his deputy J. Elliott