Ann, do you know if this Sarah Nicholson was related to the other Sarah Nicholson - maybe a grand niece or something? >Sarah Nicholson's father was John Nicholson whose will was executed 1 Nov. >1817 and proved 2 Mar. 1818 in Oglethorpe Co, GA.; executors: David >McLaughlin and George Nicholson; witnesses: Christopher Bass, James Burt, >and Anderson Fambrough. > > >Marlene Clark wrote: >> >> Wm. Alexander Moncrief (b. 28 Dec 1785) m. Sarah Nicholson in 1808 and died >> 1873 in Penfield, Green Co., GA. Does anyone have the parents of "this" >> Sarah Nicholson that was b. about 1783? If I remember correctly, there were >> a couple on this list that are descendants of their son, David Harvey >> Moncrief b. 19 Dec 1808. They also had a son, Thomas Jefferson (b.1811). >> >> Like I said, I did my direct line first and now am trying to fill in their >> siblings. This Sarah Nicholson has always bugged me. >> >> Marlene > >-- >Ann Avery Hunter >Richmond, Virginia >mailto:annh@erols.com > > >==== MONCRIEF Mailing List ==== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. ><http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/> > >============================== >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >

> Ann, do you know if this Sarah Nicholson was related to the other Sarah > Nicholson - maybe a grand niece or something? > Nobody has been able to connect her father with any parents yet as far as I know. When he bought his 250 acres on Falling Creek in Greene Co. (later Oglethorpe Co. after a boundary change), he was living in Mecklenburg Co, NC. This was in 1786. His son Joseph had returned to Mecklenburg Co. by the time John died in 1818. Ann -- Ann Avery Hunter Richmond, Virginia mailto:annh@erols.com