Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-15


! returned to America again. he was
nominally the Governor OF South Caro-
/ line until the end OF his life He died
In London. March %. i72S He left all
MS lands In the several colonies, Vlr-
GINA and others. 70 the SocictY for the
Propa cation Of the Christian Religion.
He was never matIieJ Who xnoMs but
II the Virginia beauty alI become his
wife. that she would have rlade n diff
ferent man OF him. anil that he would
have made the most successful and il
lustrtous Governor of the colony. for
! he had both the experience and the
ability.
Moreover. IL Miss Burwell had be-
come Mrs. Nicholson there might have
been descendants of this unusual pair
! who would have added pages of in
terest TO this genealogical column
Alas. this distinguished interesting
but celibate Governor left no descend
ants.
| Whether the Yorktown family of Mic
olsons is in any way related to the fam
ily OF Francis Nicholson we arc not
a BILE to say There was in Yorktown in
the middle of the seventeenth century
DR.. Robert Nicolson, son of Robert
Nicolson and Mary Waters. He lived in
the house across the street from the
Nelson House - INTELLECTUALLY even
more unique than the latter house. 1t
resembles very much the beautiful old
mansion ''Rosegilr' in Middlesex
County. and has a magnificent trans
verse hall at the back. overlooking
York River in its most romantic aspect.
An almost ineXplicable fact in these
colonial houses is the lack OF porches
and verandaS: was II owing to the fear
OF intrusion or malaria?
The first Robert Nicolson had sew
eral sons and daughters He himself is
. iaH in hA ard hAl
Johns Church in Richmond as we'll as
one of his sons There is a Nicolson
Street in Fulton named for this family.
and Rev. George Woodbridge married
one OF Robert Nicolson's daughters. 4
number of his descendants now live in
Alabama and Georgia. but the name
as far S we can tell, does not sur
vive in Virginia. except in the family
of Roy Nicolson, of Gloucester County.
The descendants of Robert Nicolson Of
! Yorktown intermarred with the Nell
sons. Welfords. Randolphs, Bollings.
Digges. Wormeleys, wyatts and other
very old families.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS oliinE- Harrison.
Can any reader enlighten this
column as TO the children of John
of his daughters marry John Broad
max? Martha Kennon BroadnaN. of
Brunswick County, married Nathaniel
! Harrison, OF Petersburg. Was her
mother a Kennon? And was her
grandmother a Boiling? a daughter Of
john Boiling. whose descendants are
not mentioned in the Memoirs of Poca
hontas and her descendants? Nathaniel.
Of Petersburg. was a son of Gabriel
Harrison, who was an officer in the
. Revolution.
Nathaniel Harrison. son of Gabriel.
and Sarah, was born December l6,
lI70. Martha Kennon Broadnax
a f-h re nf Inh hnr nar
%. 1777 Nathaniel and NJ *. Broad
max were married March %. 1899. John
Broadnax father of Martha Kennon.
served in the Revolutionary War.
The tomb stone of William Harrison
bears the record as follows: born Au-
gust S, 1853; died August 80, 1922.
He was born in Fairfax County. VIr-
ginia, enlisted or was drafted from
same county for service in Revolution
which service continued for seven
years. He lived after his service, and
until his death GS22). in Fairfax
| County. Virgin He received no pen
sion or bounty land, so far as known
This mans father, John Harrison. born
about 172S-32, in Westmoreland County,
enlisted was drafted from Fairfax
County for service in Revolution.
Time of service not known. May have
received bounty land. Lived. Until his
death IS21-S), in Fairfax County. His
/ death occurred five or six years later
than that of his sons.
The wife of William Harrison was
| Margaret Dawson. The wife OF John
Harrison CHS father) was Nancy Mil
Ter
William Harrison made will dis
posing of 200 acres OF land near what
is now Fairfax Courthouse. This am
informed. together with other papers,
was destroyed by fire during the war
of '6S
The following Harrisons appear upon
the Revolutionary records of Virginia
as having received warrants to locate
: land for military services, viz:
John Peyton Harrison. 1000 acres;
John Harrison, 1866 acres: John Har-
rison. 100 acres; John Harrison, 100
acres John Harrison. 444 acres; John
Harrison. +o7 acres; John Harrison,
90 acres.
, Balance
We find the following Balances
! among the Revolutionary archi:
Henry Balance. sergeant of infantry;
William Balance. corporal; Willis Bal
lance. corporal; Henry Balance. SER
geant. and Isaiah Balance, soldier.
We omitted to print the list Of Parish
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