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Wright Nichols, Sr. (Caldwell co farmer, Deputy surveyor )

b. 1804? d. 1871?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy surveyor. Kentucky native. Married to Sally Louisa Rhodes Nichols in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on November 27, 1823. Father of Wright Nichols, Jr., William R. Nichols, Louisa Jane Nichols, Helen J. Nichols, and Eleanora Nichols. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Deputy surveyor in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Princeton in 1860. Deputy surveyor of Caldwell County in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 341A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 39.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 222B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 133.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Administration Bonds, 1863-1878, p. 41.

Citation

Nichols, Wright, Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214529 (November 12, 2026).

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