>From Colorado Springs, CO Gazette Fr. Mar 12, 1998 Guy D. Nicks, 93, died March 10, 1998 in Limon. He was a retired farmer and rancher. Mr. Nicks was born July 26, 1904 in Creighton, Neb. He was married Dec 22, 1928, to Florence A. Isgar, who is deceased. He is survived by a son, Delbert: three daughters, Irene Dole, Juanita Gordon and Ester Mauch: five brothers, Earl, Clayton, Williard, George and Carl: two sister Eva Banks and Edna Busacker: 12 grandchildren: and 30 grgrandchildren. Visitation will be from 8. a.m. to 5 p.m. today at Love Funeral Home, 225 F. Ave., (719)775-2333, in Limon. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Love Funeral Home. Burial will be at Pershing Memorial Cem. in Limon. Memorial contributions may be made to the Guy Nicks Memorial Fund, c/o FNB of Limon, P.O. Box 279, Limon Co 80828 (The Gazette newpaper in Colo Sprgs decided about a yr ago decided that to conserve space that they were going to drop info on parents of the deceased if they were dead and also the towns that siblings and children live in, which I believe hurt the history of the family for geneaology purposes from info that you can reap from obits) Rena Nicks Colorado Springs, CO

In a message dated 98-03-11 16:00:35 EST, you write: << I have land records for the NIX family in Laurens County, South Carolina from 1793 until 1833. The census records seem to indicate that the NIX migration route was determined by 2 things. First when the land they farmed wore out and second when new Cherokee lands were opened. >> My Nix family seems to fit into the migration pattern you described but I can't find any connection to yours. I have: Cisro Valentine Nix and his wife Cynthia R. Smith, both born in SC 1822&1825. Their children were Irena & Francis born in SC and Perry, William, John, Martha, James Layfette (my line), and Louisa, all born in Ga. This family came to Georgia in mid 1840s and were in Cherokee County on census for 1850,60,70,80. Cisro Valentine was in Civil War, captured at Vicksburg. Their son, James Layfette (b 1858 Ga) married Nancy Adoline Seabolt. Their children were John, Cynthia, Virgil (my line) and Mary (Maggie) born in Ga. and Walter and Plumer born in Ala. According to my grandfather they went from Georgia to Alabama before moving on to Collin Co., Texas in mid 1890s. Most of these Nixes stayed in Texas except my grandfather Virgil Nix who moved his family to Oklahoma in 1909. Chris Rodriguez OKDouble7@aol.com

Hello Researchers: Some Months ago I posted a query to the NIX list concerning the murder of my husband's GGG GRandfather WILLIAM RILEY NIX. He was murdered Nov. 19, 1856. I had a reply from a lady that gave me the name of a Missy Carroll who she said knew the story of the murder, she lived in Fort Smith Arkansas. I recently wrote to her and she responded with the following story: William Nix and John Black got into an argument. (Missy's husband's aunt told her the story 25 years ago and she didn't know what the reason for the argument was, or if there was a bad relationship between them prior to that day). Nix left. John Black followed him home and the argument cont. in the front yard. Black followed Nix into the house and stabbed him in front of his wife and Children. Their daughter, Sarah Lucinda Nix, was just a child at the time, was present during the stabbing, and saw her father die moments later as her mother held him in her arms. John Black was tried, convicted, and sentenced to hand. His last words before being hung were, "I just wish I had killed the whole damn family." William R. Nix was born abt. 1824 and he married Malinda Hood Barnett who was a widow with two children. She was the daughter of Robert Hood and she lived till Oct. 20, 1903 and is buried at Testanee Bapt. Church in White Co. as prob. is Wm. in unmarked grave. William R. Nix had a brother Moses Jasper Nix who married Agglessa "Agga" Black. Oct. 16, 1851. I believe that Agllessa was the sister of John Black who killed William. They are listed inthe household of Sampson Black in the 1850 Census of Habersham Co. Ga. He has a son J.L. 24 yrs. old who would be about the same age as William and he has a "A." 17 yr. old female that is the right age of Aglessa who was born in 1834, this would match perfectly with her age of 17 yrs in 1850. William R. Nix and Malinda Hood Barnett had the following children: 1. Sarah Lucinda born 1847 (from which Missy Carroll's husband is descended. 2. Jonas L. born 1850 married Lucinda 3. Jonathaon B. born 1852 4. HULDA NIX born 1854 married James "Jay Turner: My husband's GG GRandparents 5. John born 1856 married Mary Addie Harper. I hope this information is helpful to someone. Karen T. Ledford Toccoa, Ga.

NIX/NICKS Researchers NIX-L@rootsweb.com 11 March 1998. Thanks for the welcome. I am researching the NIX/NICKS family that went from South Carolina to Georgia to Mississippi to Arkansas. The earliest identified and documented ancestors I have are William NICKS b Abt 1808 and Eda, (aka Edy) b Abt 1808 (both born in South Carolina) who show on the 1850 Pontotoc County, Mississippi Census. This census shows Sarah NICKS, my Great-grandmother as 14 years of age born in Georgia. I need any information available about the ancestors and relatives of William NIX/NICKS and his wife Edy, maiden name unknown. According to family tradition Edy was full blood Cherokee. William died before June 1857 when his estate was in probate in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Edy NIX arrived with her children in what is now Saline County, Arkansas about 1859 where she patented land in 1860. An affidavit signed by James Harvey HICKS in 1913 states that Edy died about 1860. Edy's daughter Sarah Ann Melissa NIX married James Harvey HICKS 24 July 1861 in Arkansas. Melissa and James were my Great-grandparents. There was also a connection between the SPANN and NIX family in Pontotoc County, Mississippi that continued into Saline County, Arkansas. I have land records for the NIX family in Laurens County, South Carolina from 1793 until 1833. The census records seem to indicate that the NIX migration route was determined by 2 things. First when the land they farmed wore out and second when new Cherokee lands were opened. I show them in Newberry area of South Carolina in 1790 census, in Laurens area of South Carolina in 1800 census, in Pendleton District (Cherokee Land) of South Carolina in 1810 and 1820 census, in Hall County Georgia (Cherokee Land) in 1830 census, Cherokee County (Cherokee Land) Georgia in 1840 census and Pontotoc County, Mississippi in 1850 census. I would appreciate any information from anybody that can help me with this family. Sincerely, Paul D Tyson 314 Leesville Road Clinton, South Carolina 29325 (864) 833-2209 pauldtyson@backroads.net

Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas NEWPORT -- Dorothy Louise Nicks, 85, of Newport died Saturday. Survivors: husband, Clifford Nicks Sr.; one son; two daughters; one brother; three sisters; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Funeral today at 2 p.m. at Beedeville Church of Christ. Burial, Eight Mile Cemetery. Visitation continuing 8-11 a.m. at Jackson's Newport Funeral Home. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Wednesday 11 March 1998

I suppose this is a longshot but here goes. Is it possible that Nixson is a spelling variation of Nix? Please let me know. Jenny Lee Tolbert seminole46@juno.com _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Please join me in welcoming some new folks to the list: pauldtyson@backroads.net NCason5032@aol.com hdblack@bellsouth.net We hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the NIX line you are researching! Wanda Rabb (researching R*abb (NC/SC), P*enix (NC), B*radshaw (VA>NC), (G*antt (NC), N*ix, R*obertson, W*ilson, C*onner (Rutherford Co.,NC), L*aws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), E*dwards,K*elley (Yancey Co.,NC), C*ausby, P*atton, M*orrison, S*parks(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) P*axton (Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), F*arris & M*orris (York Co., SC) L*ovelace, H*amrick, G*reen and Mc*Swain (Cleveland Co., NC), G*ranger, L*edford, B*lack(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), T*owery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, RABB-L, FARRIS-L, PAXTON-L, NIX-L, and LAWS-L Editor of online newsletter: WILSONS of Rutherford and Polk Counties, NC Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

LaCrosse Tribune LaCrosse, Wisconsin February 9, 1998 Theron Nicks RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. - Theron Nicks, 93, of Richland Center, formerly of Readstown, passed away on Saturday, February 7, at the Richland Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 1 p.m., at the Sime Funeral Home in Readstown. Burial will be in the Sylvan Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m., with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. Friends may also call on Wednesday from noon until time of services.

Please join me in welcoming some new members to our list: mcintyrj@netdoor.com etolach@swbell.net We hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the NIX family you are researching! Wanda Rabb (researching R*abb (NC/SC), P*enix (NC), B*radshaw (VA>NC), (G*antt (NC), N*ix, R*obertson, W*ilson, C*onner (Rutherford Co.,NC), L*aws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), E*dwards,K*elley (Yancey Co.,NC), C*ausby, P*atton, M*orrison, S*parks(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) P*axton (Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), F*arris & M*orris (York Co., SC) L*ovelace, H*amrick, G*reen and Mc*Swain (Cleveland Co., NC), G*ranger, L*edford, B*lack(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), T*owery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, RABB-L, FARRIS-L, PAXTON-L, NIX-L, and LAWS-L Editor of online newsletter: WILSONS of Rutherford and Polk Counties, NC Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

St Louis Post Dispatch St Louis, MO February 25, 1998 NIX, Gordon E., Feb. 24, 1998, Troy, Mo., formerly of St. Louis; dear husband of Roselene M. Nix (nee Adams); dear father of Bonnie Jones; dear grandfather of Kimberlee Jones; dear great-grandfather of Brooke Travis; our dear uncle, brother-in-law, and friend. Funeral services Thurs. Feb. 26, 1998 at 11 a.m. at the McCoy & Blossom Funeral Home, 1304 Boone Street, Troy, Mo. Interment, Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Nix was a truck driver for Petroleum Co. for many years, and a member of Teamsters Local #682. Visitation from 4-9 pm Wed. Feb. 25; and from 9-11 am service Thurs. Memorials may be made to the American cancer Society c/o McCoy & Blossom Funeral Home, Troy, Mo.

Please join me in welcoming some new folks to our list: mcintyrj@netdoor.com Arverzeen@aol.com We hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the NIX family you are researching! Wanda Rabb (researching R*abb (NC/SC), P*enix (NC), B*radshaw (VA>NC), (G*antt (NC), N*ix, R*obertson, W*ilson, C*onner (Rutherford Co.,NC), L*aws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), E*dwards,K*elley (Yancey Co.,NC), C*ausby, P*atton, M*orrison, S*parks(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) P*axton (Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), F*arris & M*orris (York Co., SC) L*ovelace, H*amrick, G*reen and Mc*Swain (Cleveland Co., NC), G*ranger, L*edford, B*lack(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), T*owery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, RABB-L, FARRIS-L, PAXTON-L, NIX-L, and LAWS-L Editor of online newsletter: WILSONS of Rutherford and Polk Counties, NC Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

Lubbock Avalanche Journal Lubbock, Texas February 15, 1998 Johnnie Nix Services for Johnnie M. Nix, 83, of Amarillo, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Sanders Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with the Rev. John Ballard, a Baptist minister, officiating. Entombment will be in Resthaven Mausoleum under direction of Sanders Funeral Home. She died Friday, Feb. 13, 1998, in Ware Memorial Care Center in Amarillo. She was born April 24, 1914, in Oklahoma. She graduated from Plainview High School and attended West Texas College. She married Fred Nix on April 24, 1939, in Earth. He died in May 1984. She moved to Lubbock in 1947. She was a member of the Eastern Star and First Baptist Church. She taught school in Springlake. Survivors include a daughter, Billie Nix Jones of Amarillo; two sisters, Floy Sudberry of Oklahoma City and Faye Squyres of LaVerne, Calif.; four grandchildren; and six great-granchildren. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today. The family requests memorials to Ware Memorial Care Center, 1300 S. Harrison, Amarillo 79101, or to the Carol Jones Brooks Memorial Library in care of VSA Hospital, 1600 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo 79106.

I have finally plunged in and posting some of my family genealogy on the Web. I look forward to sharing information with any one I can. Surnames include MAY (MAI), THOMPSON, MATTINGLY, CISSELL, PHELPS, GILLEY. Others are KRUTSINGER, BAUER, RETTIG, HORSCHLER, KOHLER, ADELHART, DIETER (DIETHER), WERNER. The May line settle in Ohio and Illinois, but is originally from Hesse Darmstadt. The Thompson, Mattingly, Cissell line ended up in IL from KY and is presumed to be part of the Maryland Palatinate. Thanks to all who helped me. Melissa Thompson Alexander www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/l/e/Melissa-T-Alexander/

I am looking for a John Nix he was married to Louise Maude Linley they had a child born Dec. 28 1915 in Hollis , OK . All that is know about him is that he lost a hand or a arm in a industrial accident and he left Louise hopeing she would return to her family. The son's name was Roy Francis . Have any of your Oklahoma Nix heard of John Nix or Louise and there story?

Forwarding the latest update on the Rootsweb statistics for January. If you are not a Rootsweb sponsor and you can afford to do so, now would be a great time! Remember - contributing to Rootsweb is voluntary and not mandatory for participation in the mailing lists. >Resent-Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 19:41:49 -0800 (PST) >To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, usgenweb-all-l@rootsweb.com, > rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com, listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >cc: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Newsgroups: alt.genealogy,soc.genealogy.computing,soc.genealogy.misc >Reply-to: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Subject: RootsWeb in January -- 451,786,000,000 Bytes Served >Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 19:42:03 -0800 >From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Resent-From: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <listowners-announce@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/36 >X-Loop: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: listowners-announce-request@rootsweb.com > > >I guess this is a new first -- we're posting the January >statistics after, in principle, we could have computed the >February statistics. > >Oh well. It's been *extremely* busy around here, dealing >with the explosive growth and the many problems caused by >the El Nino storms. > >The executive summary is that we had about 33% growth during >just the month of January: > > o 27,751,946 Web files (20,835,802 in Dec) from 2,400 > Websites (2,240 in Dec). > - 8,308,561 were HTML pages (not images or cgi-bin) > (5,903,137 in Dec). > - 3,574,701 were cgi-bin database searches and such. > (2,911,509 in Dec). > - 15,784,790 were GIFs (14,529,204) or JPEGs (1,255,586) > (11,849,905 in Dec were GIFs (10,902,627) or JPEGs > (947,279). > > o 618,762 FTP file downloads from the USGenWeb > Archives and the ROOTS-L Library (472,838 in Dec). > > o Thanks to a neat hack by Tim Pierce, we know we > shipped about 88,649,000 pieces of mail to the > 2,600+ (2,300 in Dec) mailing lists we host. > > o 60,000 alt.g and s.g.* Usenet News articles > to hosts on three continents (same as Dec). > > o Approximately 451,786,000,000 bytes in total > (321,408,000,000 in Dec). > >Besides adding hundreds of new Websites and mailing lists in >January, we also added new servers and a third and fourth T1 >connection to the Internet. (A T1 is about 50 times faster >than a standard modem.) These additions have significantly >increased our costs of operation, but they were essential if >we were to continue to properly support the Internet >genealogical community. > >As always, RootsWeb remains supported by user contributions. >Folks who would like to become a RootsWeb Member or Sponsor >(the cost is very modest) are invited to visit: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >*** You can become a Member easily using your credit card > and our new secure server. *** > >Now is a particularly good time for folks to join, because we >have had a huge increase in utilization since Christmas. Our >bandwidth rate has jumped from 321 to 451 gigabytes/month, and >we're having to do numerous upgrades to our servers to support >the load. Your membership can help our capacity keep up with >the demands of the Internet genealogical community. > >Thanks to everyone who participates in RootsWeb -- clearly folks >are continuing to exchanging a great deal of information! -B > > >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ >P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com >

February 24, 1998 Arkansas Democrat Gazette Little Rock, Arkansas Page: 3B Column 2 OAKLAND -- Wilma Nix, 78, of Oakland, Ark., died Friday. Funeral service will be today at the Kirby Funeral Home Chapel at 1 p.m. Burial will be at the Oakland Cemetery. She is survived by husband, Everett.

Telegraph Herald Dubuque, Iowa February 17, 1998 DIXON, Ill. - Charles F. Nix, 86, 823 N. Ottawa Ave., Dixon, died Monday, Feb. 16, 1998, at K.S.B. Hospital, Dixon. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Anne Catholic Church, Dixon, with the Rev. Rich Rosinski officiating. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Dixon. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home, Dixon, where there will be a prayer service at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Mr. Nix was a billing manager at Commonwealth Edison for 34 years, retiring in 1976. He was born in Virgil, son of John and Matilda (Schottmiller) Nix. He married Ruth Schwarz on May 5, 1939, in McHenry. He was a member of St. Anne's Catholic Church, Dixon, and the St. Anne Young at Heart Club. He served as a commissioner of the Sauk Valley District of the Boy Scouts of America. He also was an avid hunter for many years. Surviving are his wife, Ruth, of Dixon; two sons, C. Jerome (Claire) Nix, of Englewood, Colo., and Donald Nix, of St. Charles; a daughter, Rosemary (Daniel) Maresh, of Galena; six grandchildren, David Nix, Michael Nix and Megan Nix, all of Englewood, Mark (Allison) Nix, of Morton, Monica and Cyndy Maresh, both of Galena; and one great-granddaughter, Ruth Anne Nix, of Morton. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother; one sister; and a grandson, Matthew. Memorials may be given to St. Anne Catholic Church and to Heritage Square, both in Dixon. Copyright 1998 Telegraph Herald Wanda Rabb (researching R*abb (NC/SC), P*enix (NC), B*radshaw (VA>NC), (G*antt (NC), N*ix, R*obertson, W*ilson, C*onner (Rutherford Co.,NC), L*aws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), E*dwards,K*elley (Yancey Co.,NC), C*ausby, P*atton, M*orrison, S*parks(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) P*axton (Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), F*arris & M*orris (York Co., SC) L*ovelace, H*amrick, G*reen and Mc*Swain (Cleveland Co., NC), G*ranger, L*edford, B*lack(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), T*owery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, RABB-L, FARRIS-L, PAXTON-L, NIX-L, and LAWS-L Editor of online newsletter: WILSONS of Rutherford and Polk Counties, NC Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

Please join me in welcoming these new folks to our list: AY8TES2@InfoAve.Net sswann@network-one.com We are happy you have already shared your NIX lines with us. I hope you are able to get some help via the list! Wanda Rabb (researching R*abb (NC/SC), P*enix (NC), B*radshaw (VA>NC), (G*antt (NC), N*ix, R*obertson, W*ilson, C*onner (Rutherford Co.,NC), L*aws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), E*dwards,K*elley (Yancey Co.,NC), C*ausby, P*atton, M*orrison, S*parks(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) P*axton (Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), F*arris & M*orris (York Co., SC) L*ovelace, H*amrick, G*reen and Mc*Swain (Cleveland Co., NC), G*ranger, L*edford, B*lack(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), T*owery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, RABB-L, FARRIS-L, PAXTON-L, NIX-L, and LAWS-L Editor of online newsletter: WILSONS of Rutherford and Polk Counties, NC Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

NIX, Gaylord or Golord born or lived in Rutherford County. > He had a son named James Irvin Nix but was > >sometimes referred to as Jam Nix or Jim Nix or JM Nix. James or Jim Nix >was born in 1870 in November in either Alabama or Georgia. But some of >his children said that information might not be correct and that he could >have been born in North Carolina. I have a death certificate on him but >it doesn't give the place of birth. It gives the father's name but the >spelling is hard to make out. It looks like Gaylord or Golord but you >know how bad the writing can be on some of these old documents. Jim Nix >married Silona Tatum in 1890. Jim Nix also had a brother or uncle whose >first name started with an L. Some of the older relatives I talked with >several years ago said they thought his name was Love but I can't find >anything with that name. Any information would be greatly appreciated! thanks so much, Sincerely. > >sswann@network-one.com

I am new to the list and would like to introduce my lonely Nix family member, Mary Julia Nix. Mary was born in Arkadelphia, Ark on 30July1858; I would like to find her parents. At some point in time Mary married Marlin L. Cannon; they lived in Eastland co, Tx. Thank you, Bev