Zachariah Nixon

William Phineas Nixon is not a son of Zachariah Nixon. Watch your Zachariah's there were a few of them in the same area, the American Indian's in the area named their children in honor of their Quaker friends and used the surname Nixon as well over generations.

Biography

Zachariah Nixon was born on March 7, 1798, in Randolph County, North Carolina, USA, Back Creek, Randolph, North Carolina, United States. His parents were Dr. Phineas Nixon, II and Millicent Nixon.

Zachariah married Sarah Nixon (Thomas). Together they had the following children:

1. Captain Robert Thomas Nixon;
2. Margaret Gaziell Nixon;
3. Stephen Decatur Nixon;
4. John Tinsley Nixon.

Zachariah married Gabriella Nixon. Together they had the following children:

1. Zelpha Ann Green (Nixon);
2. James King Nixon;
3. Jesse H. Nixon.

He died in 1855 in lost at sea on the way to Texas. Zachariah Nixon's sons that migrated to Texas did leave The Friend's Society Religion by the time they arrived in Texas.

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He died in 1855 in lost at sea on the way to Texas, when he was moving from Randolph, NC to Texas. His ship and his crew were reported lost in a storm the year of 1855 on their way to Galveston. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1855_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Timeline] The ship he purchased was to be used by his son, Robert Thomas Nixon, after the move for a shipping export and import business.

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Biography

Zachariah Nixon was born on March 7, 1798, in Randolph County, North Carolina, USA, Back Creek, Randolph, North Carolina, United States. His parents were Phineas Nixon, MD and Millicent Nixon.

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Wealthy planter in Randolph County North Carolina who didn't believe in slavery, as his many of his Friends Society relatives raised money to send his slaves, his brother's slaves, his uncles slaves and many of The Friend's Society Slaves were sent back to Haiti by ship verified by a Newspaper article when his brother, Phineas Nixon, III. Zach opposed slavery, returned slaves to Haiti in 1826, many years before the Civil War, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36333900/the_arkansas_gazette/] Phineas Nixon, III carried them back to their homeland. The Nixon's, although had slaves listed on Census Reports for generations, didn't believe in slavery, they were protecting the slaves, paying them when they worked and were not popular among other landowners around them.
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References*

"Early Nixon's of Texas" by Pat Ireland Nixon, MD, Genealogies by Dr. and Mrs. Pat Ireland Nixon, Jr., Published by Carl Hertzog, El Paso, Texas 1956 [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89082553272&view=1up&seq=11]

"Early Nixon's of Texas" by Pat Ireland Nixon, MD, Genealogies by Dr. and Mrs. Pat Ireland Nixon, Jr., Published by Carl Hertzog, El Paso, Texas 1956

• [https://newbooksinpolitics.com/political/the-early-nixons-of-texas/]

View Zachariah Nixon animated https://www.myheritage.com/photo-3502155_462908081_462908081/zachar...

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https://randolphhistory.wordpress.com/category/quakers/

• Views on Slavery [https://archive.org/stream/towardfreedomfor00hilt/towardfreedomfor0...] Important note, The Nixons did not believe in Slavery, they were the first American immigrants to free their slaves, when slaves were listed on Census Reports they were living at the Nixon's and working for them for wages. The Nixon Family protected them.

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[The Friends Quaker Calendar Converter] - but this is only the brief- https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=QstHHqad&id=3...

"Early Nixon's of Texas" by Pat Ireland Nixon, MD, Genealogies by Dr. and Mrs. Pat Ireland Nixon, Jr., Published by Carl Hertzog, El Paso, Texas 1956 [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89082553272&view=1up&seq=11] Note: all genealogy books have their mistakes, why documentation is equally important, don't take the word for word, do your research.

Views on Slavery [https://archive.org/stream/towardfreedomfor00hilt/towardfreedomfor0...] Important note, The Nixons did not believe in Slavery, they were the first American immigrants to free their slaves, when slaves were listed on Census Reports they were living at the Nixon's and working for them for wages. The Nixon Family protected them.

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