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8. Flayl Nichols1,2,3,4
was born in 1747. The Nichols Book lists Flayl's birth place as Sweet
Water Creek, Martin County, North Carolina. However, it this birth place seems
very unlikely. It seems much more likely that Flayl was born in Virginia. (RGB)
He was in the Kings Mountain Men and fought in the Battle of Kings
Mountain.
Flayl moved to what is now Sevier County in 1789, but Sevier County
was not actually created until 1794.
January 7, 1807. Land Grant, Territory South of the French Broad
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Flayl Nichols- 331 acres-Sevier County-West Fork of Little Pigeon River
beginning at a persimmon tree on east bank of river, crossing river, bounded
on north by Stephen and George Green, south by John Mahan and Alexander
Montgomery, east and west by vacant lands and West Fork of Little Pigeon
River - CC Stephen Winton and Robert Lawson Surveyed.
He died on 17 Aug 1823 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
He was buried about 18 Aug 1823 in Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County,
Tennessee. Tombstone: Flail Nichols, 1747 - 1823, Va. Militia,
Rev. War.
Flayl Nichols and Nancy Ann Hatcher were married on 4 Jan 1780 in Bedford
County, Virginia.4 Flayl
Nichols to Ann Hatcher, Patrick Lynch bondsman.
Nancy Ann Hatcher1,3 was born between 1750 and 1760
in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Her date of birth is estimated
from the 1830 census and from her tombstone. (RGB)
She appeared in the census in 1830 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
Age 70-79, enumerated in the household of her son Edward Nichols.
She died between 1830 and 1840 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
She was buried between 1830 and 1840 in Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier
County, Tennessee. Tombstone: Nancy Hatcher Nichols, 1750-1760
--- 1830-1840.
Flayl Nichols and Nancy Ann Hatcher had the following children:
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