Nicholson, Alexander^[1]

Abt 1806 - 1879  (73 years)

• Name	Nicholson, Alexander  [2]
  Birth	Abt 1806	North Carolina   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Alexander Nichols  [3, 4]
  Death	1879	Madison, Virginia
  Person ID	I24366	European Descendants
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Nicholson, Michael,   b. Abt 1771, Culpeper, Virginia d. 4 Mar 1834, Page, Virginia (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Sandy, Eleanor,   b. 3 Apr 1770, King George, Virginia d. 14 Apr 1859, Page, Virginia (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1791	Shenandoah, Virginia   [2]
  Family ID	F3289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Breeden, Sarah,   b. Abt 1806, Page, Virginia d. Bef 1880 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1830	Madison, Virginia   [3]
  Residence	1860	Wolftown, Madison, Virginia   [3, 5]
  Children	1. Nicholson, Pleasant Return,   b. 1832, Madison, Virginia d. Nov 1888, Boone, Kentucky (Age 56 years)   2. Nicholson, Lewis Albert,   b. 17 Sep 1833, Madison, Virginia d. 24 Dec 1912, Graves Mill, Madison, Virginia (Age 79 years)   3. Nichols, Verinda E.,   b. Mar 1835, Madison, Virginia d. Bef 1913 (Age 77 years)   4. Nicholson, Martha Frances,   b. Abt 1838, Madison, Virginia d. 1915 (Age 77 years)   5. Nicholson, Sarah Ellen,   b. 21 Nov 1839, Madison, Virginia d. 18 Mar 1907, Washington, Maryland (Age 67 years)   6. Nicholson, Susan Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1840, Madison, Virginia d. 16 Jun 1874, Page, Virginia (Age 34 years)   7. Nicholson, Benjamin J.,   b. Abt 1844, Madison, Virginia d. Bef 1913 (Age 68 years)   8. Nicholson, Alexander,   b. Sep 1850, Madison, Virginia d. Oct 1850 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F9542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1860 - Wolftown, Madison, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander was probably born in North Carolina, although census records are inconsistent on this point. At least part of this Nicholson family did live in North Carolina until legal troubles with Alex's brother David, forced them to return to Virginia. See also: David Nicholson

  
  

• Sources

  [S674] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org), ((http://new.familysearch.org)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S914] Thomas L. Hooker, Footprints: The Ancestors of Stephen Wayne Rosser, p. 31 (Reliability: 3). [S914] Thomas L. Hooker, Footprints: The Ancestors of Stephen Wayne Rosser, p. 32 (Reliability: 3). [S965] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia Death Certificates 1912-1987, death certificate 15254 (1912), Albert Nichols (Reliability: 3). [S663] 1860 United States Federal Census.