Second Generation

2. Flayl Nichols^1,3,4,5,6. Birth: 1747, [Prince George County, Maryland].^2,6 Parents: John James Nichols Sr. and Martha Payne. Birth of Child: 1 November 1780, Sarah (Sally) Nichols, age of father: 33. Military Service: 1782, Revolutionary War. He fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. Birth of Child: 25 January 1783, Martha Patsy Mattie Nichols, age of father: 36. Birth of Child: 26 March 1785, Rhoda Nichols, age of father: 38. Birth of Child: 13 December 1788, Jesse Nichols, age of father: 41. Birth of Child: 4 March 1789, John Jesse Nichols, age of father: 42. Residence: 1789, Sevier County, Tennessee. Flayl moved to what is now Sevier County in 1789, but Sevier County was not actually created until 1794. Birth of Child: 25 August 1795, Simeon Nichols, age of father: 48. Birth of Child: 6 October 1797, William Pinkney Nichols, age of father: 50. Birth of Child: 23 March 1800, Robert Nichols, age of father: 53. Birth of Child: about 1805, Edward Nichols, age of father: 58. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE:Land Grant] January 7, 1807. Land Grant, Territory South of the French Broad #2
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. Death: 17 August 1823, age 76, Sevier County, Tennessee.² Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.² Grave marker: Flail Nichols, 1747 - 1823, Va. Militia, Rev. War.

Flayl Nichols and Nancy Ann Hatcher. Marriage: 4 January 1780, Bedford County, Virginia, Flayl Nichols, to Nancy Ann Hatcher.^2,5 Flayl Nichols to Ann Hatcher, Patrick Lynch bondsman.

Nancy Ann Hatcher^2,3,4. Birth: about 1759, Chesterfield County, Virginia.² Her date of birth is estimated from the 1830 census and from her tombstone. (RGB) Birth of Child: 1 November 1780, Sarah (Sally) Nichols, age of mother: 21. Birth of Child: 25 January 1783, Martha Patsy Mattie Nichols, age of mother: 24. Birth of Child: 26 March 1785, Rhoda Nichols, age of mother: 26. Birth of Child: 13 December 1788, Jesse Nichols, age of mother: 29. Birth of Child: 4 March 1789, John Jesse Nichols, age of mother: 30. Birth of Child: 25 August 1795, Simeon Nichols, age of mother: 36. Birth of Child: 6 October 1797, William Pinkney Nichols, age of mother: 38. Birth of Child: 23 March 1800, Robert Nichols, age of mother: 41. Birth of Child: about 1805, Edward Nichols, age of mother: 46. Census: 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. Age 70-79, enumerated household of her son Edward Nichols. Death: between 1830 and 1833, age 71, Sevier County, Tennessee.² Burial: between 1830 and 1833, Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.² Grave marker: Nancy Hatcher Nichols, 1750-1760 --- 1830-1840.

Flayl Nichols-3897 and Nancy Ann Hatcher-4575 had the following children: