From: "Marjorie" <morr@@ziggycom.net>
To: "Velma Wood" <v_kwood@@yahoo.com>
Subject: Nickell
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:47:49 -0600
Jermiah Nickell WILL
State of Canetuck, Caldwell Co.
June the 22nd day of 1823 this is to sastefy that I, Jeremiah Nickle
due forwarn aney of my family of trading or seling enney of my stock
of cattle, hogs or sheap except three and that I due alow Thomas
Nickel to sel them three the big bul, the old black cow and the
muley cow that is all that I alow sold til I come back as I due
alow to starte out to hunt a new cuntery or some other part of the
cuntry that I think that I can make out as well as I can hear or
maby a little better and that I don't alow none of them to go in
det with out they can pay it them selfs for I don't inten to pa
aney det thay go in without my leave and if I never come back, tis
my wish that my wife shud have a cow cald Blos and her bed and that
I wish that plantation and track of land lying on the edy creak shold
be sold and equely devied betwixt my two oldest suns, James and
Thomas and that I do alow Thomas to have my rifle, gun and all my
sheap to sel and get himself a hors and I due alow him to get a young
cow and calf named pink and for James to get a young heafer and for
Polly and Rachel and Aney and Jenny I allow them all a hefer a pese
and for the household furniture to be equilly devied betwixt them
and that I due alow my son, Jermiah the plantation and track of land
that I now live on and my little bay mar that I leve hear andd all
the balence of my cattle and hogs and all the farmin utenshels and
that my request is that my tue youngest suns, Mikle and Wilburn at
a sutable time shold be put to a good tread (trade) and if I come
back I espect ot left these ritens and if I shold not ter come back
I leve these lines with you sined, seld and delivered in the present
of witness.
Jeremial Nickle
Edwin J. Givens
Thomas Nickles
Presented in Court 17 April, 1826 to settle his estate and was not
accepted by the court. They ruled that because he wrote it before
leaving on his trip and was for that purpose only. I found the
original in a bundle of wills in the Caldwell Co. court house
and when I went back a couple of years later I could not find the
original. There have been different dates given for his death,
but this proves he was died in 1826 instead of 1824 as some have
said. I will send you a list of his children when I find his estate
settlement as it lists more children than mentioned in his will.
Marjorie Orr