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Charles Nichols (Scott County, Kentucky, blacksmith, lumberer, and justice of the peace)

b. 1817 d. 1862

Scott County, Kentucky, blacksmith, lumberer, and justice of the peace. New York native. Married to Nancy B. Eckles Nichols in Scott County, Kentucky, on March 12, 1840. Father of Moses E. Nichols, Mary Ann Nichols, Charles E. Nichols, Samuel R. Nichols, Martha M. Nichols, and Daniel G. Nichols. Blacksmith in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Blacksmith in Scott County in 1860. Lumberer in Scott County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Held four enslaved persons for various others in Scott County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Scott County until 1862.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 448A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, p. 600.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 788.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 236A.

"Charles Nichols (1817-1862)," Find A Grave, Memorial #99039202, accessed January 7, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99039202.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #000183225.

KYR-0001-031-0074.

Citation

Nichols, Charles. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196782 (November 12, 2026).

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