submitter:    Sondra Nicholson
 

Husband: Cornelius NICHOLSON 
Born: 1816 
Location: North Carolina 
Married: 20 Feb. 1839 
Location: Marlboro Co., South Car.
Died: 14 April 1872 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Cemetery: Piney Grove 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
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Wife: Hannah Elizabeth ELLERBE 
Born: Nov. 1817 
Location: Cheraw Dist., South Car. 
Died: Bet. Oct.-Dec. 1900 
Location: Piney Grove, Upshur Co., TX. 
Cemetery: Piney Grove
Location: Upshur Co., TX. 
Father: Joseph ELLERBE 
Mother: Elizabeth F. ELLERBE 
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Name: Joseph E. NICHOLSON
Born: 1840 
Location: S.Car.
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Name: John NICHOLSON
Born: 1843 
Location: S. Car.
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Name: Alexander William NICHOLSON
Born: 9 Aug. 1847 
Location: Chesterfield Co., S. Car.
Died: 7 Feb. 1925 
Location: Newsome, TX.
Cemetery: Piney Grove 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Spouse 1: Frances Henrietta MCCOY
Married: 29 Oct. 1867 
Location: Kemper Co., MS.
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Name: Cecilia NICHOLSON
Born: 1851 
Location: S. Car.
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Name: Thomas NICHOLSON
Born: Dec. 1853 
Location: S. Car.
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Spouse 1: Mahalia E. WOOTEN
Married: 23 June 1874 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
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Name: James NICHOLSON
Born: 1858 
Location: Kemper Co., MS.
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Comments: Cornelius "Neill" NICHOLSON, a white land owner,and part of his family left Kemper Co., MS. abt. 1871, arriving in Upshur Co.in the early part of 1872. His grandson, Neal, has always said they had to leave
because the law was after his grandmother, Hannah,because she was teaching black children how to read and write. She was a school teacher, having been educated at the Yale Finishing School for Young Ladies in
1841-1842.  Cornelius, along with his 14 yr. old son, Alexander, joined the 35th MS. Inf.Co.A in 1862 and has a confederate marker at his grave in the Piney Grove Cem. His son,Alexander, also has one.  Alexander was
the father of my husband's grandfather, Neal.

Sources: This data was obtained from census records, family, and county records in S.Car., MS., and TX. .
 

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