Original Survey

Corrections and additional information

David Bell

Co. "I"

9 Ga. Inf.

CSA

Husband of Jemima Crumpton, 9^th child of John T. and Mary A. Crumpton.  This marker may be simply a memorial and David may be buried elsewhere.

Franseny Bland

born June 16, 1851

died June 23,  1851

Daughter of Hiram Bland [Sr.] and Jane “Jency” Crumpton, 8^th child of John T. and Mary A. Crumpton

Hiram Bland

born July 15, 1863

died August 30, 1865

Son of Hiram Bland [Sr.] and Jane “Jency” Crumpton, 8^th child of John T. and Mary A. Crumpton

Hiram L. Bland

born November 24, 1873

died July --, 1876

Have no idea who this is.  Hiram Bland, Sr., seems to have died in November 1864, and his widow, Jane “Jency” Crumpton Bland, married Hiram Jones in 1878.

Wily Bland

born July 19, 1852

died August 17, 1852

Son of Hiram Bland [Sr.] and Jane “Jency” Crumpton, 8^th child of John T. and Mary A. Crumpton

Daniel A. Crumpton 

born April 17, 1812

died October 7, 1861

2^nd child of John T. and Mary A. Crumpton

John T. Crumpton  

born November 25, 1778

died July 19, 1861

Came to Bulloch from Duplin Co., NC.  Possibly the son of Thomas Crumpton of Stallin’s District, Duplin, NC, whose will, proved Jan 1808 in Duplin Co. names  wife Rachel, son John and daughter Rebecah Watson.

Mary Crumpton  

wife of John Crumpton

born August 31, 1786

died  [can't read], 1869      

Mary Alderman Crumpton, daughter of Daniel Alderman (Jr.) and Sarah A. Newton of Duplin, NC.  She died 17 August 1869.

Sarah A. Crumpton 

born March  [can't read]             

died February 18, 1888

Sarah Ann, 4^th child of John T. and Mary A. Crumpton, born March 21, 1816

Jasper W. C. Deal

born June 7, 1884

died August 9, 1890

Son of Jasper C. Deal and his wife, Emaline Rebecca Nichols Deal, 9^th child of Theophilus Nichols and Rebecca Crumpton Nichols.

Nest H. GYE

Son of G. I. and A. J. [hard to read]

born June 25, 1893

died September 8, 1894

No idea who this is.

Infant son of

J. Q. and S. E. Hendrix

May 22, 1893

John Quincy Hendrix and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Nichols Hendrix, 7^th child of Theophilus and Rebecca Crumpton Nichols

Harriet    wife of J. A. Morris

aged 60 years

died February 4, 1897

James W. Morris

born January 17, 1877

died August 14, 1897

Daniel Newman

Co. "A" Coast Guard

BN Ga. Mil.

CSA

Probably the father of Josephine Amanda Newman Nichols, wife of James Monroe Nichols.

Absalom J. Nichols

born January 27, 1838

and killed in the Battle of

Gaines Mill, Virginia

June 27, 1862

Memorial marker, placed between the graves of his parents; he was buried on or near the battlefield.  He was the oldest child of Theophilus and Rebecca Crumpton Nichols.  There is an inscription that begins, “In the twinkling of an eye this precious youth was called to die.” I was unable to read the remainder when I visited the site in January 2000.

Ann Jane Nichols

born November 1, 1858

died October 13, 1884

Ann Jane Brannen, first of four wives of Daniel Newton Nichols, who was the 7^th child of Theophilus and Rebecca Crumpton Nichols.  Ann Jane’s parents were Alexander Brannen, Jr., and Sarah Ann Hodges. The inscription reads, “At the crystal river’s brink we shall find each broken link some sweet day by and by.”

Annie L. Nichols

born January 17, 1886

died November 14, 1964

Wife of Dean Newman Nichols, and daughter of Nelson Corbin and his wife, Nancy Williamson Corbin. She and her husband share a stone.  However, there are also what appear to be the graves of this couple in the cemetery at Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church.

C. A. Nichols

born February 9, 1876

died April 12,  1887

Charles A.; 6^th child of James Monroe Nichols and Josephine Amanda Newman Nichols

Dean N. Nichols

born May 26, 1872

died May 18, 1943

Dean Newman Nichols, 4^th child of James Monroe Nichols and Josephine Amanda Newman Nichols; husband of Annie L. Corbin Nichols.  However, there are also what appear to be the graves of this couple in the cemetery at Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church.

Fannie Nichols

born December 9, 1873

died May 16,  1895

Fannie D. Jones, third of four wives of Daniel Newton Nichols.  She died in childbirth, and the child also died. Her parents were Thomas Jones and Mary J. ?  Her obelisk marker is identical to that of Ann Jane Brannen Nichols, and the inscription also reads, “At the crystal river’s brink we shall find each broken link some sweet day by and by.”

George L. Nichols

died October 14, 1899

age 32

J. M. N.  [footstone]

Child of Dean Newman Nichols and Annie L. Corbin Nichols, born abt 1908.

James M. Nichols

born September 29, 1845

died December 25, 1917

James Monroe Nichols, 4^th child of Theophilus and Rebecca Crujmpton Nichols. Husband of Josephine Amanda Newman Nichols.

Josephine Amanda Nichols

born January 28, 1844

died June 6, 1909

Josephine Amanda Newman, Nichols, daughter of Daniel Newman and Nancy Strickland Newman; wife of James M. Nichols. The inscription on her obelisk reads, “Mother thou hast from us flown to the regions far above.  We to thee erect this stone consecrated by our love.”

Kermit

born November 3, 1911

died July 15, 1912

Kermit Nichols, son of Dean Newman Nichols and Annie L. Corbin Nichols.  There is also what appears to be a grave for this child in the cemetery at Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church.

Little Annie Nichols

born June 5, 1886

died August 11, 1886

First child of Daniel Newton Nichols and his second wife, Sarah Ellen “Sallie” Groover Nichols.  I wonder if her full name was Ann Jane, since it was a frequent custom in those days to name the first daughter of a second (or later) wife after the previous wife.

Mary

born January 12, 1915

died May 6, 1918

Mary Nichols, daughter of Dean Newman Nichols and Annie L. Corbin Nichols.  There is also what appears to be a grave for this child in the cemetery at Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church.

Rebecca Nichols

died November 27, 1949

Daughter of Dean Newman Nichols and Annie L. Corbin Nichols; born abt 1918.

Rebecca Nichols 

born May 4,  1818

died August 7, 1869

Rebecca Crumpton Nichols, wife of Theophilus.  The following inscription appears on her stone: “Mother thou hast from us flown to the regions far above.  We to thee erect this stone consecrated by our love.”

Remer    Infant son of

G. W. and Jincy Nichols

born June 9, 1868

died July 17, 1868

His parents were George Washington Nichols, 3rd child of Theophilus and Rebecca Crumpton Nichols, and his wife, Jincy [Jency] Parrish Nichols.

S. A. Nichols  

born December 31, 1877

died May 1, 1888

Swain A. Nichols, 7^th child of James Monroe Nichols and Josephine Amanda Newman Nichols.

Sallie E. Nichols   

born August 15, 1861

died September 29, 1892

Sarah Ellen “Sallie” Groover Nichols, 2d wife of Daniel Newton Nichols, daughter and youngest child of Charles A. Groover and Mary Ann Rushing.  Her obelisk marker is identical to those of the first and third wives of Dan Nichols, and the inscription reads, “At the crystal river’s brink we shall find each broken link some sweet day by and by.”

Theopelus Nichols  

born January 16, 1808

died February 11,  1881

Theophilus, not Theopelus! The tombstone very clearly says Theophilus.  He was the husband of Rebecca Crumpton Nichols.  The inscription on his stone reads, “His words were kindness, his deeds were love. His spirit humble, he rests above.” He came to Georgia from North Carolina about 1820, and after settling in Bulloch County became a large landowner and a respected citizen who was opposed to slavery.

Elizabeth Nichols Williamson

born April 16, 1869

died May 30, 1924

Daughter of James Monroe Nichols and Josephine Amanda Newman Nichols, wife of Frank M. Williamson

Frank M. Williamson

born August 25, 1868

died June 11, 1897

Son of James R. Williamson and Elizabeth Barwick Williamson

Katie Williamson

born February 8, 1887

died April 12, 1888

Daughter of Frank M. and Elizabeth Nichols Williamson

Elizabeth Woods

born October 16, 1822

died April 24, 1901

Elizabeth Crumpton, 7^th child of John T. and Mary A. Crumpton.  Wife of John Henry Woods.

John Henry Woods

born November 22,  1818

died December 16, 1910