This is a great list .. very helpful people here. I would like to connect with anyone researching John Randolph of Virginia who went from Nelson County to South Carrollton (originally Randolph's Landing) very early. John's brother Robert also was there early. His daughter, Margaret Randolph m. James Nicholls/Nichols in Nelson Co., 1800. The two families went almost immediately to Muhlenberg. John Randolph may have been known as "Capt. Jack" not because of his rank in the Rev. War but because he operated a boat landing and store on the Green River where people stopped to rest and did business while taking their goods to sell at Natchez & New Orleans. I found some records of him when I visited a few years ago but James and Margaret Nichols must have led a quiet life, rearing their large family on the farm and not getting involved in anything that may have led to more records regarding them. Thank you DeAnna

DeAnna, In which case you may want these. Spouse: Birth: Death: John Randolph Frances Bland Henrico, Curles, VA 29 June 1742 Roanoke, Bdfrd, VA 28 October 1775 Frances Bland John R Randolph Amelia County, VA 24 September 1752 Amelia County, Mattoax, VA 18 January 1788 However this death date would rule out this John as her father. Even though the Birth Index shows them having children in 1782 & 1784. So I can see the problem! Then there is 1 Birth under Captain John: Randolph, Wood Leroy Randolph , John Captain Hinton , Nancy Ann 11 February 1796 I'm still looking! Lettie ----- Original Message ----- From: "kyfisher" <kyfisher@BELLSOUTH.NET> To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 8:23 AM Subject: [KYMUHLEN] Randolph / Nichols > This is a great list .. very helpful people here. > > I would like to connect with anyone researching John Randolph of Virginia > who went from Nelson County to South Carrollton (originally Randolph's > Landing) very early. John's brother Robert also was there early. > > His daughter, Margaret Randolph m. James Nicholls/Nichols in Nelson Co., > 1800. The two families went almost immediately to Muhlenberg. > > John Randolph may have been known as "Capt. Jack" not because of his rank > in > the Rev. War but because he operated a boat landing and store on the Green > River where people stopped to rest and did business while taking their > goods > to sell at Natchez & New Orleans. I found some records of him when I > visited > a few years ago but James and Margaret Nichols must have led a quiet life, > rearing their large family on the farm and not getting involved in > anything > that may have led to more records regarding them. > > Thank you > DeAnna > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

DeAnna, I, too am confused! Here's more! Spouse: Birth: Death: John Randolph, Frances Bland, Henrico, Curles, VA, 29 June 1742 Roanoke, Bdfrd, VA, 28 October 1775 Frances Bland, John R Randolph, Amelia County, VA, 24 September 1752 Amelia County, Mattoax, VA, 18 January 1788 John R Randolph Ann Cary, Henrico, VA, 26 June 1742 VA. 28 October 1775 Looks very similar! John R Randolph Ann Cary married 22 September 1761 VA. However this death date would rule out this John as her father. Even though the Birth Index shows them having children in 1780, 1782 & 1784. So I can see the problem! Then there is 1 Birth under Captain John: Randolph, Wood Leroy - Born: 11 February 1796 Father: Randolph , John Captain b: 16 NOV 1773 in Chesterfield Co., VA. - d. 4 FEB 1855 in Jackson Co., GA Mother: Hinton , Nancy Ann b. 15 DEC 1776 in Amelia Co., VA They had 12 children but no Margaret. They married: Dec 18, 1793 (She cannot be the mother of Margaret.) I wonder how many wives the Captain had. (I found 2.) The good captain may have been Margaret's brother instead of Father. I found a John Robert Randolph b. Abt. 1750 to1758 in Prince William County, Virginia d. 22 DEC 1822 in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana born to John Randolph & Ann Osborne it shows a Margaret Randolph b. 20 OCT 1784 The mother of this Margaret is Elizabeth Bland. He too is called Captain. Let me know when you tire of this! I'm still looking! Lettie This forum really scrambles the emails! ----- Original Message ----- From: "kyfisher" <kyfisher@BELLSOUTH.NET> To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 8:23 AM Subject: [KYMUHLEN] Randolph / Nichols > This is a great list .. very helpful people here. > > I would like to connect with anyone researching John Randolph of Virginia > who went from Nelson County to South Carrollton (originally Randolph's > Landing) very early. John's brother Robert also was there early. > > His daughter, Margaret Randolph m. James Nicholls/Nichols in Nelson Co., > 1800. The two families went almost immediately to Muhlenberg. > > John Randolph may have been known as "Capt. Jack" not because of his rank in > the Rev. War but because he operated a boat landing and store on the Green > River where people stopped to rest and did business while taking their goods > to sell at Natchez & New Orleans. I found some records of him when I visited > a few years ago but James and Margaret Nichols must have led a quiet life, > rearing their large family on the farm and not getting involved in anything > that may have led to more records regarding them. > > Thank you > DeAnna > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

DeAnna, Are you researching John Randolph, the son of John Randolph, who died in 1789, Prince William Co. Virginia, and Ann Osborne? Their son, John Randolph, was born 1750-52, Prince William Co. Va. and died Dec. 26, 1822, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. He married Elizabeth .......(Family tradition says she was Elizabeth Bland, who may be related to John Bland and Margaret Osborne, sister of Ann Osborne, who married John Randolph, d. 1789. She is not named in John Bland's will, though, and the reason for the question. There is no close relationship with this John Bland/Margaret Osborne and Frances Bland, daughter of Theodorick Bland, who married John Randolph, the son of Richard Randolph/Jane Bolling, and grandson of William Randolph/Mary Isham. John Bland/Margaret Osborne migrated from Prince William Co. Virginia to Nelson County, Ky. Their daughter Mary (Molly) Bland married Thomas Osborne Randolph, a brother to John Randolph, Jr., b. 1750-52, in 1790, Nelson Co. Ky. Thomas Osborne Randolph/Mary Molly Bland and family, eventually migrated to White Co. Ill. John Randolph, Jr./Elizabeth Bland(?) had four children: 1. John Randolph, III, b. abt. 1777, married 1.Polly McFarland 2. Mary Catherine Kleinpeter. 2. Prudence Randolph, b. abt. 1778, married Jesse Reno. 3. Elizabeth Randolph, b. 1784, married James Nicholls. 4. Robert Randolph, b. abt. 1782, married Polly Cross. Some of my information is from Blanche Randolph's book, "The Randolphs of Prince William County, Virginia". I descend from William Randolph, b. about 1756, the brother of John Randolph/Elizabeth Bland(?), his son, Robert Randolph, b. abt. 1786, Prince Wm. Co. Va. Sometimes Robert Randolph, son of John Randolph, Jr., and Robert Randolph, the son of William Randolph, have been confused in the genealogies. They were first cousins, and grandsons of John Randolph, d. 1789, Pr.Wm.Co Va./Ann Osborne. My Robert migrated eventually to Callaway Co. Missouri and died there in 1860. Blanche Randolph does not have any more information about your brick wall, "My brick wall has always been James Nichols ancestry, his father was James, his mother was Sarah? and some say they came from Maryland." DNA has proven that the Prince William Randolph line is not related to the Turkey Island Randolph line. (William Randolph I/Mary Isham) The earliest ancestor with proof, of the Prince William Randolph line, is John Randolph, died 1789, Prince William Co. Va. Charlotte Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: "kyfisher" <kyfisher@BELLSOUTH.NET> To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 11:23 AM Subject: [KYMUHLEN] Randolph / Nichols > This is a great list .. very helpful people here. > > I would like to connect with anyone researching John Randolph of Virginia > who went from Nelson County to South Carrollton (originally Randolph's > Landing) very early. John's brother Robert also was there early. > > His daughter, Margaret Randolph m. James Nicholls/Nichols in Nelson Co., > 1800. The two families went almost immediately to Muhlenberg. > > John Randolph may have been known as "Capt. Jack" not because of his rank in > the Rev. War but because he operated a boat landing and store on the Green > River where people stopped to rest and did business while taking their goods > to sell at Natchez & New Orleans. I found some records of him when I visited > a few years ago but James and Margaret Nichols must have led a quiet life, > rearing their large family on the farm and not getting involved in anything > that may have led to more records regarding them. > > Thank you > DeAnna > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >