Barbara Nichols

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30362257/barbara-nichols

Monument reads: In memory of Adam A. Nichols and wife Barbara Cancellor Nichols. Pioneer settlers on several hundred acres of Brasstown Valley in 1840. Adam Nichols family with fifteen children and three slaves toiled to maintain and sustain. By: Dr. John P. Nichols Family Historian.

Family Members Parents Conrad Wilhelm Cansler 1780–1846

Clarissa Dellinger Cansler 1780–1848

Spouse Photo Adam Amaziah Nichols 1798–1863

Siblings Elizabeth Cansler Allen 1800–1839

Photo Mary Clarissa Cancellor Woody 1804–1878

Photo Sarah Cansler Welch 1805–1876

Catherine Cansler 1806–1882

Julia Cansler Long 1809–1881

Children Photo Jonathan Beatty Nichols 1824–1878

Photo Elizabeth Nichols Keys 1826–1909

Photo Amaziah Adam Nichols 1833–1903

Photo William Lawson Nichols 1839–1904

Photo Daniel Webster Nichols 1845–1905

Photo Thomas M. Nichols 1849–1917

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Notes:

She was born on Wednesday, July 15, 1807, in Lincolnton, North Carolina, USA, LONG W 81.242811, LAT N 35.474160.

"On page 91, we stated that Barbara Cancellor [Cansler] was born on July 15, 1807. This is at variance with the record on her tombstone, which very clearly reads 1811. This is not a matter of great moment, but we wish to state our reasons for believing that the stonecutter made an error or that the incorrect year was given to him by some member of the family:

Item: In the census of 1850, Barbara Nichols gave her age as 42, in the census of 1860 as 54, and in the census of 1870 as 63. Allowing for an apparent error of one year [depending on whether the census was taken before or after her birthday], all three censuses show that she was born between 1806 and 1808. The median date of 1807, and the one given by her in 1870, must be the correct one.

Item: Her oldest child was born in January of 1824. If the date on her stone (1811) was correct, she would have been married at the age of 12, a possible, but remote circumstance.

Item: Mr. Hoffman, in his book, OUR KIN, states that the youngest of the six daughters of Conrad Cansler, Ula [i. e. Julia] married James Long. The census of 1850 (Union County, GA) shows that Julia Long was born in 1809. On the basis of this evidence, we believe that a date before 1808 is the only reasonable conclusion."

Primary Source: "NICHOLS FAMILY, Chapter III, Section A, James M. Nichols." I apologise, but the source of this information that I received from a Nichols relative has long since been lost.

Secondary Source: Barbara Cancelor is buried at Old Union Church Yard, Young Harris, Georgia. "Ancestral File v4.19," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MW5R-Z8Y : accessed 17 July 2012), entry for Barbara CANSLER.

Tertiary Sources: Grace Ann Madewell, Mary Leona Madewell Smith, William Isaac Boyd, Deborah Carol Boyd.

GEDCOM Source

@R-1670674683@ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,60525::0 1,60525::81023534

GEDCOM Source

@R-1670674683@ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,60525::0 1,60525::81023534

GEDCOM Source

@R-1670674683@ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,60525::0 1,60525::81023534

GEDCOM Source

@R-1670674683@ 1810 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,7613::0 Year: 1810; Census Place: Lincoln, North Carolina; Roll: 40; Page: 436; Image: 00651; Family History Library Film: 0337913 1,7613::384888