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Descendants of John NICKELL I

20. ISAAC³ NICKELL (JOSEPH², JOHN¹) was born 1775 in Greenbrier River, Augusta County, Virginia, and died February 20, 1850 in Matthew, Morgan County, Kentucky. He married (1) PRISCILLA JONES 1800 in Virginia, daughter of AMBROSE JONES and MARTHA CRAIG. She was born February 18, 1787 in Southwestern Virginia, and died 1805 in Morgan County, Kentucky. He married (2) MIRRAIDA BROWN 1805 in Unknown. She was born Unknown in Unknonw, and died Unknown in Unknonw. He married (3) ISABELLE MONTGOMERY October 29, 1830 in Morgan Co., Kentucky, daughter of ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY and MARY JOHNSON. She was born May 02, 1785 in Russell County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1870 in Morgan County, Kentucky.

Notes for ISAAC NICKELL:
Isaac was reared in Bourbon County, Kentucky. About 1810 he settled near White Oak creek in the southeastern part of what is now Morgan County, Kentucky, and about 20 miles east of where his brother John lived on Red River. He purchased this home of about 600 acres from the Floyd County Seminary Association. Of this land he gave ground for the first church in Morgn County, founded by his nephew Preacher Joe Nickell at White Oak in 1832. He and his third wife Isabelle Montgomery Cole Nickell were two of the original eight members of this church.
In 1824, Isaac sued Uriah Cottle, accusing Uriah of getting Isaac's daughter Martha pregnant. He sued for $5000 but settled for $50 and costs. It is believed that Uriah raised the child which was born about 1824/1825. Witnesses for Isaac were: Amnbrose Jones, Ben Wells, William Dyer, William Adams, James Brown, Richard Ferguson and wife, William McClintock Sr., Hezekiah McClintock, and Richard Jones.
Isaac's sons William P. and Greenup, were sued by Samuel Keeton for breaking into "three or four of his houses and carrying away boards, roofs, and such, breaking windows and exposing his wife, who is in a very dangerous situation and jeopardized by exposure." He settled for $40 damages. Many Nickells were witnesses for Keeton, but there were no witnesses for Isaac and his sons.
Isaac was one of the first to promote the lumber industry in the county, and at one time had 30,000 acres under lease according to the old Morgan County tax rolls.

More About ISAAC NICKELL and PRISCILLA JONES:
Marriage: 1800, Virginia

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Marriage: 1805, Unknown

More About ISABELLE MONTGOMERY:
Burial: Unknown, Unknown

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Marriage: October 29, 1830, Morgan Co., Kentucky

Child of ISAAC NICKELL and PRISCILLA JONES is:

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JOHN JOSEPH⁴ NICKELL, b. 1801, Unknown; d. 1871, Unknown.

Children of ISAAC NICKELL and MIRRAIDA BROWN are:

54.	ii.	MARTHA⁴ NICKELL, b. 1809, Unknown; d. 1851, Unknown.
55.	iii.	WILLIAM P. NICKELL, b. 1813, Unknown; d. 1885, Unknown.
56.	iv.	FOWLER NICKELL, b. 1818, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown.
57.	v.	NANCY NICKELL, b. 1823, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown.
58.	vi.	GREENUP NICKELL, b. November 11, 1825, Unknown; d. June 17, 1897, Unknown.

21. MARY³ NICKELL (JOSEPH², JOHN¹) was born 1778 in Greenbrier County, Virginia, and died 1825 in Kentucky. She married ANDREW JR. WILSON October 13, 1796 in Greenbrier County, Virginia, son of ANDREW WILSON and FRANCES CRAIG. He was born 1776 in Virginia, and died 1840 in Kentucky.

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Marriage: October 13, 1796, Greenbrier County, Virginia

Children of MARY NICKELL and ANDREW WILSON are:

59.	i.	ANDREW "BIG ANDY"⁴ WILSON, b. February 03, 1797, Kentucky; d. September 08, 1868, Wolfe County, Kentucky.
	ii.	CATHERINE WILSON, b. 1798, Kentucky; d. Unknown, Unknown.
	iii.	JOSEPH WILSON, b. 1800, Kentucky; d. 1858, Kentucky.
	iv.	BERTHENA WILSON, b. 1802, Kentucky; d. Aft. 1860, Unknown.
	v.	MARY 'POLLY' WILSON, b. January 06, 1803, Kentucky; d. January 30, 1876, Ezel, Morgan County, Kentucky.
60.	vi.	MATILDA WILSON, b. 1806, White Sulphur Springs, Kentucky; d. 1880, Unknown.
	vii.	ROBERT F. WILSON, b. 1808, Kentucky; d. Unknown, Unknown.
61.	viii.	ELIZABETH WILSON, b. 1809, White Sulphur Springs, Floyd County, Kentucky; d. 1883, Morgan County, Kentucky.
62.	ix.	ISAAC SHELBY WILSON, b. 1812, Floyd County, Kentucky; d. 1892, Unknown.

22. JOSEPH "BIG JOE"³ NICKELL (JOSEPH², JOHN¹) was born January 10, 1790 in Madison, Kentucky, and died October 01, 1845 in Matthew, Morgan County, Kentucky. He married (1) SARAH "SALLY" STEWART Bef. 1809 in Unknown. She was born 1781 in Unknown, and died Abt. 1820 in Unknown. He married (2) MATILDA LINDEL 1825 in Kentucky. She was born September 01, 1798 in Montgomery County, Kentucky, and died July 01, 1875 in Matthew, Morgan County, Kentucky.

Notes for JOSEPH "BIG JOE" NICKELL:
. Joseph "Big Joe" Nickell was born October 12, 1790. Joseph died October 11, 1845 at 54 years of age. He married twice. He married Sarah "Sally" Stewart. He married Matilda Lindel. "Big Joe" served in the War of 1812 as a sergeant in Capt. Archbold Morrison's Company of Infantry, 13th Regiment, Kentucky Militia, commanded by Lt. Col. William Boswell. He was taken in battle May 6, 1813, and paroled and landed at the mouth of Huron River, May 14, 1813. His services ended September 28, 1813. On Big Joe's return from the War of 1812, he and his comrades traveled through the wilderness during the winter without any food, and were almost starved when they came upon some corn fodder shocks which were almost decayed. They dug into the frozen shocks and found some ears which were almost rotten. They ate this and thought it the best meal they had ever eaten. Big Joseph and Matilda are buried in the Canada Nickell cemetery at Matthew, Morgan County, Kentucky.

It's also completely possible that Big Joe was half Indian. My reasoning is because at that time, or at that generation, the Nickell family was more or less split into the 'white Nickells' and the 'black Nickells' In those days, Indians were referred to as black, while Negros were referred to as Negro. If I am right in this assumption, Matilda Jane who married Uriah Jones (she was always referred to in the family as Grandma Jones) would have been 3/4 Indian. Ma Patrick would have been 3/8 Indian.

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Marriage: Bef. 1809, Unknown

Notes for MATILDA LINDEL:
I believe, and many researchers have reported, that Matilda Lindel was a full blooded American Indian. No one has reported any facts or even what tribe they believe she was of. Nearly all Indians in that area were either Cherokee or Shawnee. The Shawnees had killed many family members of the local families, so I doubt that a Nickell would have married a Shawnee. Surely, Matilda was Cherokee. She was married to a white man prior to roles being taken, so she probably never admitted to being an Indian as at that time, it was not very well accepted. Also, if she had gone onto the rolls, she would have had to give up her home and move to what is now Oklahoma. Her daughter Matilda Jane Nickell Jones, when dying, told her grandson Boyd McGuire (or perhaps it was Warner McGuire - I have a note somewhere that I wrote when he told me) that she wished she had gone on the roles so she could have helped her kids during hard times. Too bad there weren't tape recorders in those days! There are a lot of folks looking for proof that she definitely was Indian.

There was a Lawrence Lindel on the Franklin County, Kentucky Tax list of August 7, 1801. I wonder if he could have been related to Matilda?

More About JOSEPH NICKELL and MATILDA LINDEL:
Marriage: 1825, Kentucky

Children of JOSEPH NICKELL and SARAH STEWART are:

63.	i.	JAMES A.⁴ NICKELL, b. 1809, Unknown; d. 1848, Unknown.
64.	ii.	ELIZABETH E. NICKELL, b. Abt. 1811, Kentucky; d. 1852, Unknown.
65.	iii.	STEWART NICKELL, b. September 28, 1814, Montgomery Co., Kentucky; d. February 16, 1906, Morgan Co., Kentucky.
66.	iv.	MARY "POLLY" NICKELL, b. 1817, Unknown; d. May 1847, Morgan Co., Kentucky.
67.	v.	SALLY ANN NICKELL, b. Abt. 1820, Montgomery County, Kentucky; d. Unknown, Unknown.

Children of JOSEPH NICKELL and MATILDA LINDEL are:

68.	vi.	JOHN DESHA⁴ NICKELL, b. February 18, 1826, Rock House Creek, Morgan Co., KY; d. February 07, 1863, Rock House Creek, Morgan Co., KY.
69.	vii.	LUCRETIA NICKELL, b. August 11, 1828, Kentucky; d. August 18, 1899, Unknown.
70.	viii.	JOSEPH DESHA NICKELL, b. April 15, 1831, Unknown; d. August 23, 1913, Morgan County, Kentucky.
71.	ix.	AMOS T. NICKELL, b. June 11, 1833, Unknown; d. May 12, 1904, Unknown.
	x.	ISAAC NICKELL, b. Abt. 1836, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknonw; m. MELISSA JANE MCGUIRE, January 16, 1857, Unknown; b. 1839, Unknonw; d. Unknown, Unknonw.

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Marriage: January 16, 1857, Unknown

72.	xi.	ROBERT J. NICKELL, b. May 16, 1840, Unknown; d. January 20, 1917, Unknown.
73.	xii.	MATILDA JANE NICKELL, b. October 26, 1844, Morgan County, Kentucky; d. April 18, 1922, Pawnee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma.
	xiii.	WILLIAM MACK NICKELL, b. Unknown, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown.

23. MARY "POLLY"³ NICKELL (ISAAC², JOHN¹) was born 1776 in Greenbrier County, Virginia, and died 1865 in Mercer County, Missouri. She married JOHN NICKELL September 06, 1795 in Greenbrier County, Virginia, son of THOMAS NICKELL and JANE KING. He was born 1774 in Monroe County, Virginia, and died January 1851 in Appanoose County, Iowa.

Notes for JOHN NICKELL:
Moved to Ohio

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Marriage: September 06, 1795, Greenbrier County, Virginia

Children are listed above under (9) John Nickell.

24. ELIZABETH³ NICKELL (ISAAC², JOHN¹) was born 1784 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, and died May 04, 1848 in Edgar County, Illinois. She married ROBERT WILEY CRAIG January 24, 1804 in Union, Monroe Co., West Virginia, son of WILLLIAM CRAIG and ELIZABETH NICKELL. He was born January 19, 1781 in Monroe County, Virginia, and died May 07, 1848 in Edgar County, Illinois.

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Marriage: January 24, 1804, Union, Monroe Co., West Virginia

Children are listed above under (15) Robert Wiley Craig.

25. NANCY³ NICKELL (ISAAC², JOHN¹) was born 1786, and died 1850 in Morgan Co. KY. She married JOSEPH COTTLE May 07, 1800 in Monroe Co. W(Va)., son of WILLIAM COTTLE and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. He was born March 17, 1772 in Botetort Co, VA, and died 1852 in Morgan Co. KY.

Notes for JOSEPH COTTLE:
The following is used with permission of the Licking Valley Courier, published at West Libery, KY
THE COTTLE FAMILY

The following article is a re-print of one which appeared as a supplement to the December 27, 1923, edition of the Licking Valley Courier published at West Liberty, Kentucky. It was written by Mr. D. F. Elam, a descendant of Joseph Cottle. It was entitled "A Kentucky Pioneer".

One of the earliest settlers of Morgan County was Joseph Cottle. Nothing is known of his parentage. He was apprenticed to a hatter by the name of George Gray until he was twenty years of age. He fought in the Revolutionary War under General Anthony Wayne (Mad Anthony), and fought Indians with Daniel Boone, and was at the Battle of Blue Licks. He married Nancy Nickell and lived on what is now the site of Lexington, KY.

He afterwards moved to Morgan County and settled about four miles above West Liberty on the Licking River and lived there until his death. The farm is still known as the Cottle farm. He reared nine children, five sons and four daughters. The sons were Uriah, Robert, Isaac, David N. and James. The daughter were Rebecca Fugett, Peggy Elam, Betsy Howard and Polly Elam. Polly Elam was the youngest of the girls and the mother of the writer of this sketch.

At the Battle of Blue Licks Joseph Cottle had one man shot down on one side of him and one on the other side. When the order was given to retreat one man ran very fast for about a half mile and then began to slow up. Cottle passed him shortly afterward, heard him, and looked back to see an Indian tommahawking him. Being at the foot of a mountain and the Indian in sight, he thought he was lost; but an officer came along on a fine horse. Cottle seized the horse by the tail and held on until out of danger. The officer threatened to cut his arm off if he did not release his hold, but he hung on until safe.

While Joseph Cottle was fighting Indians under Mad Anthony, he and another man were scouting and came upon an empty cabin, The climbed into the loft to sleep, but had not been there long until ten Indians came in and built a fire and sat down. In trying to hear what the Indians were saying the men loosened the boards in the loft and they fell down on the Indians, which so frightened them that they ran off, leaving their guns and game with Cottle and his companions. This is known in history as the "Battle of the Boards".

While staying with Gray, Cottle had a harrowing experience. One night Gray had gone from home, and in the night a huge negro came into the room. He was almost nude, but wore a large ring. He attacked Mrs. Gray. Although only ten Cottle went to the rescue of Mrs Gray, but could aid her but little. After leaving Mrs Gray apparently dead he turned his attention to the boy and had him between his knees beating him. Cottle bit him on the thigh so severely that he let him go and the boy escaped. Mrs. Gray recovered and the negro was caught and hanged, the bite on his thigh identifying him as being the woman's assailant.

His life was full of incident and excitement, living in those times of danger and hardships. One time when a boy he was treed by a pack of wolves and compelled to stay in a tree all night. Another time he was sent to bring in the horses and found them in possession of the Indians, waiting for him to come after them. Discovering this in time he escaped. At another time his dog, in front of him, detected an Indian behind a log awaiting him, and again he escaped.

His after life in Morgan was peacefully spent; and the Cottles of this section are principally his descendents, and are fine upstanding people.

Note:
I don't believe it has ever been proven that Joseph Cottle served in the Revolutionary War. For another look at his story visit: Cottle Country

More About JOSEPH COTTLE and NANCY NICKELL:
Marriage: May 07, 1800, Monroe Co. W(Va).

Children of NANCY NICKELL and JOSEPH COTTLE are:

74.	i.	URIAH⁴ COTTLE, b. January 21, 1800, Monroe Co. VA; d. November 12, 1876, Morgan Co. KY.
	ii.	REBECCA COTTLE, b. Abt. 1802, Lee Co. VA; d. June 06, 1874, Possibly Morgan Co. KY.
	iii.	ISAAC N. COTTLE, b. April 15, 1804, VA; d. April 17, 1880, Morgan Co. KY.
75.	iv.	DAVID N. COTTLE, b. February 28, 1809, VA; d. June 16, 1897, Morgan Co, KY.
	v.	MARGARET PEGGY COTTLE, b. Abt. 1812, KY; d. WFT Est. 1835-1906; m. SAMUEL ELAM, July 21, 1829, Morgan Co. KY; b. WFT Est. 1784-1812; d. WFT Est. 1833-1876.

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Marriage: July 21, 1829, Morgan Co. KY

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ROBERT C. COTTLE, b. Abt. 1814, KY; d. Aft. 1863, KS; m. HANNAH DAY, November 19, 1834, Morgan Co. KY; b. WFT Est. 1797-1821; d. WFT Est. 1838-1892.

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Marriage: November 19, 1834, Morgan Co. KY

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ELIZABETH BETSY COTTLE, b. Abt. 1817, KY; d. WFT Est. 1835-1911; m. HENRY HOWARD, November 10, 1831, Morgan Co. KY; b. WFT Est. 1786-1816; d. WFT Est. 1835-1878.

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Marriage: November 10, 1831, Morgan Co. KY

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MARY "POLLY" COTTLE, b. December 23, 1819, KY; d. WFT Est. 1844-1913; m. WILLIAM WALTER ELAM, February 15, 1838, Morgan Co. KY; b. WFT Est. 1793-1819; d. WFT Est. 1842-1885.

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Marriage: February 15, 1838, Morgan Co. KY

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JAMES F. COTTLE, b. August 06, 1822, Morgan Co. KY; d. July 26, 1888, Menifee Co. KY; m. ELIZABETH PEYTON, June 15, 1842, Morgan Co. KY; b. WFT Est. 1805-1829; d. WFT Est. 1846-1900.

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Marriage: June 15, 1842, Morgan Co. KY

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