Dr. John J. Dickey Diary, Fleming County, Ky.  Recorded in the 1870's and
beyond.  Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, No 6 - November, 1995.
p. 85. By permission. Clay County.

John Nicholson - June 17, 1898.
     My grandfather, Richard Nicholson, emigrated from Wales to America. 
He was a Col. in the Revolutionary Army.  The brass mounted powder horn
which he carried in the army is yet in our family.  It holds exactly a
pound of gun powder.  He came to Clay County very early and settled on
Goose Creek.  He owned a great deal of the land now owned by Judge B. P.
White.  He lived to be an old man.  My father still lives in Clay County.

Nicholson White
=
Wales

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