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Joseph NICHOLAS/NICHOLS/NICKELL
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P-333554
The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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Author: George D. Hack
Joseph Nickell was born on Moffett’s Creek, Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, now West Virginia, on January 10, 1750. He was one of eight children, two girls and six boys. His father was John Nickell I, Family Patriarch. He was born in Gortin, Lower Bedomy, Ulster County, Tyrone, Ireland in 1720.
Joseph Nickell War Record
Joseph Nickell a private in the Virginia Militia and veteran of the Revolutionary War. He served under James Henderson’s Company of the Virginia Militia from Greenbrier, Virginia. Joseph served as a Guide during the 1774 Point Pleasant Campaign of John Murray (Lord Dunmore’s appointed by the Governor of Virginia) war against the Shawnee.
The most famous, and most important, engagement of Lord’s Dunmore’s campaign was fought at Point Pleasant, at the meeting place of the Great Kanawha and Ohio Rivers on October 10, 1774. About 1,100 Virginia militiamen engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat, against an equal number of Native Americans, led by the Shawnee chieftain Cornstalk. After a series of attacks and counter counterattacks, the Native Amercian were forced to retreat. The Battle of Point Pleasant was a victory for the colonists, which opened the Ohio Valley to settlement.
Historians have successfully argued that “The shot” heard around the world” was fired at Point Pleasant and not at Lexington, over six months later.
Joseph Nickell most likely received a land grant in the Greenbrier area for his service in the Virginia Militia during the Revelation, since he served under Captain James Henderson’s company and fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774.
Events in the life of Joseph Nickell
Joseph Nickell married Elizabeth Fowler in 1770 in Augusta County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Robert Fowler and Anne McGill of Augusta County, Virginia.
Joseph moves to Greenbrier County, Virginia after the death of his father in 1774. Joseph buys farm on Second Creek of the Greenbrier River, adjacent to his brothers Thomas and Isaac.
Joseph joins the Virginia Militia along with his brother Thomas and Isaac. They served as guides and spies in the Virginia Militia from Greenbrier County. The brothers participated in the Battle of Pleasant Point in 1774.
Joseph sells farm in 1788 of 165 acres for $400. He longed to move west to the Kentucky frontier. The call of the frontier was to much for Joseph. Joseph’s family and several related families began the long trip to Kentucky.
Joseph Nickell and his party traveled up the Kentucky River. The party halted because of high water on the Kentucky River making the crossing impossible. Joseph and the party camped at Tate Creek location for about three years.
Joseph Nickell moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky was most likely tales of cheap land, the abundance game and timber, influenced the move to Bourbon County.
Joseph purchases a farm in 1793 of 214 acres on the west fork of Stoners Creek in Bourbon County for sixty pounds.
Joseph moved again. After spending several years on his Bourbon farm he moved to Montgomery County, Kentucky. The exact date of Joseph’s move is not known.
Joseph the frontiersmen, hunter and traveler died on June 15, 1829 at the age of 79 in Montgomery County, Kentucky and is buried in Lulbegrud Cemetery next to his wife.
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Additional Information:
DAR NOTE: (there are potential issues) regarding this man's lineage
JOHN DESHA IS THE SON OF CHILD JOSEPH NICKELL & HIS FIRST WIFE, SALLY STEWART
ROBERT IS THE SON OF CHILD JOSEPH NICKELL & HIS SECOND WIFE, MATILDA LINVILLE.