Person

Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and)

b. 1824?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Eli Nichols, Sr. Married to Elizabeth J. Blanks Nichols in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in December 1852. Married to Martha J. Rice Nichols in Webster County in November 1865. Father of Angeline Nichols, Mildred A. Nichols, and Joana Nichols. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Served in the 10th Kentucky (Johnson's) Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from June 29, 1862, to August 1, 1862. Served in Captain Byrne's Company, Kentucky Horse Artillery (C.S.A.) as a private from August 1, 1862, to June 6, 1863. Reported as deserted and captured in Barren County on June 6, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio, and Fort Delaware, Delaware, from July 8, 1863, to February 10, 1864. Transferred to Crittenden County, Kentucky to stand trial on a charge of robbery on February 10, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 355B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Tennessee, p. 523A.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0066.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000546372, p. 28.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Webster County Marriages, Film 000568132.

Citation

Nichols, Reddick. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203833 (November 12, 2026).

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