Lettie, Thank you for all your effort on my behalf !!! Otto Rothert's "History of Muhlenberg County" says that my John is a cousin to John of Roanoke (very famous man) but I have never been able to find that connection. Margaret's mother is Elizabeth ? Some say Bland .. good possibility but I question the fact that they did not have a child named Bland Randolph. This was a practice that I saw regularly with the other Blands in Va. The John Bland of Nelson Co. was married to Margaret Osborne, whose sister Anne was married to a John Randolph who may have been my John's parents. ... are you starting to see a pattern here? I never saw John listed in the DAR books except the Bicentennial Edition, it does list his wife as Elizabeth Bland ... who knows? They did come to Nelson Co. with the family of John Bland, who remained here. Seems to be some connection. James Nichols parents and brother, Henry Maynard Nicholls, remained in Nelson and the homestead which was built 1790s is still here. It is now a Bed and Breakfast. John and at least one son went to Baton Rouge after his wife died. She apparently was buried on the family property and seems to be no sign of any tombstone. I have been to Baton Rouge and I think I copied all available records for him until his death there. John was a "colorful" character. It seems that he got in trouble on a fairly regular basis ... for public profanity. He just paid his fine and went on about his business until he got caught again. Thanks for everything .. but don't get bogged down with those "Randolphs of Virginia" they have been researched forwards and backwards because they were so famous. I don't think they would claim my branch of that family!!! My brick wall has always been James Nichols ancestry, his father was James, his mother was Sarah? and some say they came from Maryland. DeAnna

DeAnna, Margaret died 10 Oct 1855 and James Nicholls died 26 Feb 1847 They are buried at Moorman Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co., KY. Maraget had 3 known siblings: Elizabeth, Robert & John Elizabeth d. 1804 in Muhlenberg Co., KY. Maybe that is why they never had a Bland Nicholls. John remarried to Repsy Lamb. This was fun! I wish I could find my families that easily! Best Wishes, Lettie ----- Original Message ----- From: "kyfisher" <kyfisher@BELLSOUTH.NET> To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [KYMUHLEN] Randolph / Nichols > Lettie, > > Thank you for all your effort on my behalf !!! > > Otto Rothert's "History of Muhlenberg County" says that my John is a > cousin to John of Roanoke (very famous man) but I have never been able to > find that connection. > > Margaret's mother is Elizabeth ? Some say Bland .. good possibility but I > question the fact that they did not have a child named Bland Randolph. > This was a practice that I saw regularly with the other Blands in Va. The > John Bland of Nelson Co. was married to Margaret Osborne, whose sister > Anne was married to a John Randolph who may have been my John's parents. > ... are you starting to see a pattern here? > > I never saw John listed in the DAR books except the Bicentennial Edition, > it does list his wife as Elizabeth Bland ... who knows? They did come to > Nelson Co. with the family of John Bland, who remained here. Seems to be > some connection. > > James Nichols parents and brother, Henry Maynard Nicholls, remained in > Nelson and the homestead which was built 1790s is still here. It is now a > Bed and Breakfast. > > John and at least one son went to Baton Rouge after his wife died. She > apparently was buried on the family property and seems to be no sign of > any tombstone. I have been to Baton Rouge and I think I copied all > available records for him until his death there. > > John was a "colorful" character. It seems that he got in trouble on a > fairly regular basis ... for public profanity. He just paid his fine and > went on about his business until he got caught again. > > Thanks for everything .. but don't get bogged down with those "Randolphs > of Virginia" they have been researched forwards and backwards because they > were so famous. I don't think they would claim my branch of that family!!! > > My brick wall has always been James Nichols ancestry, his father was > James, his mother was Sarah? and some say they came from Maryland. > > DeAnna > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >