Display Patriot - P-248721 - Nicholas MICHAEL

Nicholas MICHAEL

SAR Patriot #: P-248721

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State of Service: NC      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A132386

Birth: abt 1757 / Rowan / NC
Death: 18 Jul 1837 / Davidson / NC

Qualifying Service Description:

Signed Oath of Allegiancee - 1778


Additional References:
  1. NSDAR cites: DAR Magazine, Volume 82, 1948, pg 208-209
  2. Graves report submitted by Frederick D Learned, 154907, NCSSAR - Apr 2025

Spouse: Mary Grubb
Children: John; Jacob; Sally; Molly; George; Hamilton; Margaret;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1995-07-28 NC 213084 David Reynolds Koontz (139200) Jacob   
Burial:
Pilgrim Reformed (aka Leonardt's) Church Cemetery (C-0371496)
Location:
Lexington / Davidson / NC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2179454
Grave Plot #:
Section 6, Row 2, Plot 7
Grave GPS Coordinates:
35.853720 / -80.216020
Find A Grave Memorial #:
35656004
Marker Type:
SAR granite;
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Inscribed: In Memory of Her lise the body of Nicholas Michael departed ths life, the 18th day of July in the year of our Lord 1837 and aged 80 of years of age
  • Photo used with permission of Frederick D Learned, 154907, NC SAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Frederick Douglas Learned

This biography was augmented by PRS staff

Nicholas Michaels was born in about 1757 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

The following record was found in Rowan County, North Carolina, showing Nicholas took the Oath of Allegiance, although not without some pressure from District:1

5 Aug. 1778.  The following persons who neglected or refused to appear before the Justices of their respective Districts on the day then advertised to take the Oath of Allegiance to this State, are now admitted to take the Oath & have Certificate they paid for so certifying:  (Among others) Robt. Michael, Nicholas Michael, Barney Michael, Peter Michael, and Nicholas Michael. 

He married Mary Grubb, although the matrimony date is not recorded. His Last Will and Testament, of 19 October 1834, names the following children:

  • John's gravestone indicates he was born on 13 September 1786.
  • Jacob was born about 1788 anddeceased at the time the Will was written.
  • George was born on 17 January 1796
  • Sarah "Sally" was born in about 1800.
  • Molly
  • Hamilton was born about 1806
  • Margaret

Nicholas's Will also names his second wife, Margaret. Unfortunately, none of their children's births are included in Pilgrim Church records.

Pilgrim Church cemetery has the headstones of Nicholas Michael and his wife, Mary Grubb (1758-1827).  

Sources:

  1. Linn, Jo White, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, North Carolina 1775-1789, Vol III, 1982
  2. Old Lutheran Church Records 1757-1848, Lexington, North Carolina, compiled 1969 by Mrs. David G. Koch; Cemetery pg 25
  3. 1790 Census of Rowan County, NC, Nicholas Michael
  4. Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Michael, dated Oct 19, 1834

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