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Nicholas ARNOLD (1748-1808) m. (1) Margaret WILLIS (1735-1773); and (2) Sarah CHAMP (1772-1847)
s/o Nicholas Thomas Arnold (1707-1743) m. Elizabeth Mary Jennings Hitt (1711-1753)
1-d/o Unknown
2-d/o Thomas Champ
1730 Nicholas ARNOLD born at Culpeper, Culpeper, VA [one source says 1748] [American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI): Nicholas Arnold; Birth Date 1740; Birthplace: Virginia; Volume: 04; Page Number: 535; Biographical Info: mil. Reference: Historical reg. Of Virginians in the Rev., soldiers, saliors and marines, 1775-1783. Ed. By John H. Gwathmey. Richmond, Va.1938. (13, 872p.):22] [one source says 1732 in King Co, VA] [may have been the 3rd son of Thomas Arnold and Elizabeth Mary Hitt]
1735 Margaret WILLIS born at Culpeper, Culpeper, VA [one source says Fauquier, VA]
1743 Father Thomas Arnold died (age 36)
1745? Nicholas Arnold acquires/secures a 400acre land grand in western Culpeper County, while a resident of Orange C, where he appears in the Court Order records as early as 1754. [Northern Neck Grants: Nicholas Arnold of Orange Co., 400 a in Culpeper Co., in Fork of N and S Rush Rivers by some called Thornton's River. North side of Thorofare Mt. Surv. Richard Young, 17 Mch 1755.]
1753 Mother Elizabeth Mary Jennings Hitt died (age 42) at Fauquier, VA
1753 Nicholas ARNOLD and Margaret Willis married at Culpeper, Culpeper, VA [one source says 1768] [Bond by Humphrey Arnold, consent for bride by Nicholas Arnold, Wit by Robert Hamilton and David McNelly. She was listed as Peggy Willis.
] [they had land (Bromfield parrish, south side of middle fork of the Thornton River)]
1 Oct 1754 son John B Arnold born at Culpeper, Culpeper, VA; served in Rev War; married Elizabeth Hitt on 21 Aug 1775 at Fauqier, VA [one source says 10 Jan 1754]
17 Mar 1755 Nicholas Arnold owned in Culpeper Co. Va. Property surveyed by Richard Young 17 March 1755.
24 Aug 1756 son James Arnold born at Culpeper, VA [one source says Harrison, Charles, VA]; married Nancy Keith abt 1772 in Mulenburg, KY
1757 son Lewis Arnold born at Culpeper, VA
1758 son Solomon Arnold born at Lunenburg, VA
17 Jan 1759 son Nimrod H Arnold born at Culpeper, Culpeper, VA
1762 dau Mary Arnold born at Culpeper, Culpeper, VA; married Benjamin Sutton on 8 Dec 1780 at Culpeper, VA
1763 dau Sarah Arnold born at Fauquier, VA; married John Hiett on 30 Dec 1783 at Orange, VA
1764 Nicholas Arnold listed on Culpeper Co Tax Rent Role
1765 dau Margaret Peggy Willis Arnold born; married Samuel HIND on 29 Oct 1787 in Lincoln, KY [She probably came to Kentucky before her father in the Traveling Church part with at least one sister and her three brothers, John, James, and Lewis, or perhaps she came only with one or two of the brothers and met the other or the other two out in Kentucky. Circumstantial evidence points to her being at Bryants Station in 1783 at the time of the Indian attack, and she was probably one of the girls who followed the women of the fort down to the spring to get water."] [Note the marriage bond for Samuel Hind and Peggy Willis Arnold as follows: Marriage Bond of Lincoln County Kentucky - Know all men by these______ that we Samuel Hind and Humphrey Arnold are held & firmly bound unto his Excellency Edmund Randolph Esquire Governor of Virginia in the Sum of Fifty pounds Current Money to the payment whereof to be made to the said Governor his Heirs & ______ we bind ourselves our Heirs & firmly by the presents Sealed with our Seals & dated this 29thday of Oct 1787 The Condition of the above oblegation is sent that whereas there is a Marriage shortly intended to be Solemonized between the above bound Samuel Hind of Peggy Willis Arnold for which a License has issued Now if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the Said Marriage then this obligation to be void order to remain in full force. Signed Samuel Hind - Humphrey (his mark) Arnold. Sealed &Delivered in presence of Willis Green.] [The Hind Family came from Pennsylvania. One of the members of the Hind family (English-Irish) in Kentucky married a Holtsclaw.] [Nicholas signed his name Nicklous, Arnold gave his consent to the marriage.]
3 Jan 1770 son Thomas Arnold born at Basin Spring Place, KY; married Susannah Taylor
1772 son Elisha Arnold born at Culpeper, Culpeper, VA
1772 Sarah CHAMP born at Bourbon, KY (or VA?)
1774 Nicholas Arnold and wife Margaret witnessing a will in Culpepper County
21 Nov 1776 Nicholas Arnold military service in Rev War: Corp in Capt Squire Millard’s Co. [1 day service] [30 day service Dec 4 1776 to Jan 9 1777 in the 8th Reg VA Continental Line - DAR Ancestor #: A003296] ["VIRGINIANS IN THE REVOLUTION by Gwathmey Arnold, Nicholas - 8th Va. Regt, continential line.] [He is listed on a plaque at Bourbon County Kentucky Courthouse among Revolutionary soldiers living in that county.]
Oct 1777 Nicholas Arnold 8th Reg VA Line #34 paid $6 2/3 [Rev War Rolls p. 33 (doc)]
21 Aug 1780 Nicholas Arnold sold the 400 ac in Culpeper Co (see 1745 above) for abt 5,000 pounds [This property was sold by Nicholas and Margaret in 1780 for five thousand pounds. See Culpeper Co., Deed BK K p 250-253 dated 21 Aug 1780.]
1781 Nicholas Arnold seems to have lived in Culpeper until 1781 when James Arnold, his son, returns from the war. Deeds bear this out. But in 1776, we find him selling land in Orange County, Va. He also appears in the Fauquier County Va. records. The last land transaction in Virginia is one in Orange County, Va, from Nicholas and Margaret Arnold to William Pannell. This was in 1784.
20 Jul 1781 Nicholas Arnold gave 200 lb of beef to the army [DAR Ancestor #: A003296] [Patriots of the Up Country by Wm. H.B. Thomas--Orange Roster]
1784 Nicholas Arnold sold 300 ac holding on Terry’s Run in Orange Co; he then joined the Traveling Church with some of the family to go to KY where he prospered [John and Elizabeth moving with the Traveling Church in about 1781 to KY (Elizabeth's brother Nimrod went as well) In the Germanna website historical article it mentions Gov. Spotswood having a John Arnold working for him.]
13 Jun 1785 Nicholas Arnold 400 acres 8-416 13 Jun 1785 Fayette County Hinkstons Creek [KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS by Jillson: Virginia Grants] [In 1780, Nicholas Arnold receives an assignment of a Warrant for 400 acres of land. 400 acres of land is surveyed for Nicholas on 13 June 1785 on West side of Hinkston Creek about 8 miles from Ruddles Station. A grant was issued for this land on 20 August 1785. The next year this land will lie in the newly created county of Bourbon. [Fayette County Hinkstons Creek Research of Charles Hinds of Frankfort, Kentucky (1983) Deed Book B pg 46 Bourbon County Kentucky: Nicholas and Margaret Arnold of Woodford County Kentucky to John Hopper of Bourbon County - Townsend Waters, South Fork of Licking 50 acres.] [KY Land Grants, Book 8; 400 ac. Hinkston Cr, Fayette Co]
1786 Nicholas Arnold begins to pay taxes on Fayette County land. He consents to Peggy Willis Arnold's marriage in 1787 in Lincoln County (The Willis's were from the Richmond, Virginia, area). He is in the so-called 1790 Kentucky Census from Fayette County, indicating where he paid his taxes that year. Nicholas seems to have lived briefly in Woodford County, perhaps with John, Jame, Lewis or with another of his children before moving on to Bourbon County. He bought land in Green River country (recorded in Woodford), but it is likely that this was speculative in nature.
4 Jun 1788 Fayette Co tax records---4 June 1788 400 acres on north and south of Rush River called by some north side of Throfare mountain in Culpeper Co.,Va. He was a farmer. He signed a will in Bourbon Co, Ky. Nicholas leaves "gifts" to children by Sarah Champ It is speculated with only tenuous circumstantial evidence that Nicholas Arnold was the third son of Thomas Arnold, son of Isaac. The only record of Thomas' children is that for Humphery. Thomas died by 1743 at which time his oldest child, Humphery, was still only sixteen years old. Mary, the wife of Thomas, died about ten years later. During these ten years her three sons would have still been under her care and assisting to manage the farm where they lived. When she died the older two sons would have been over twenty one and both were probably married by that time. A youngest son born about 1732 would have just reached the age of twenty one. In his case it is possible that there might have been a guardian appointed for him. [Fayette Co, KY Tax List, p.67]
4 Jun 1789 Fayette County Tax List date: June 4, 1789 KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS by Jillson: Old Kentucky Grants Nicholas Arnold 400 acres Book 3 Page 460 [Fayette Co, KY Tax List]
1790 He is in the so-called 1790 Kentucky Census from Fayette County, indicating where he paid his taxes that year. Nicholas seems to have lived briefly in Woodford County, perhaps with John, Jame, Lewis or with another of his children before moving on to Bourbon County. He bought land in Green River country (recorded in Woodford), but it is likely that this was speculative in nature. Nicholas Arnold's first wife died between 1790 and 1793, probably in Woodford County, where the Arnold's were then living.
15 Jun 1790 Deed Book B pg 46 Bourbon County Kentucky: Nicholas and Margaret Arnold of Woodford County Kentucky to John Hopper of Bourbon County -Townsend Waters, South Fork of Licking 50 acres. Part of Nicholas Arnold survey for 400 acres as assignee of William Pannell. Received by County Court, 15 June 1790. [Part of Nicholas Arnold survey for 400 acres as assignee of William Pannell. Received by County Court, 15 June 1790. Book C pg 153 Bourbon County Kentucky: Nicholas Arnold and Sarah, his wife, of Bourbon County, to William Kendrick of Bourbon County. 50 acres on Townsends Run.]
1790 Margaret WILLIS died at Woodford, KY, where the Arnold's were then living.
24 May 1793 Nicholas Arnold married Sarah Champ at Bourbon, KY [they had 4 children (no dates): Gensey Arnold, Suppish Arnold, Sina Arnold, and Robert Champ Arnold (Arnold, Robt Champ 400ac 14 274 10-10-1797 Bourbon None)] [Bourbon Co, KY Marriage Index: marriage May 1795] [KY Compiled Marriage Index lists 23 May 1793]
7 Nov 1793 Nicholas Arnold 400 acres Book 3 Page 460 7 Nov 1793 Bourbon County Townsend Creek [KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS by Jillson: Old Kentucky Grants]
1794 son Ginsey Arnold born at Bourbon, KY
Mar 1795 Book C pg 153 Bourbon County Kentucky: Nicholas Arnold and Sarah, his wife, of Bourbon County, to William Kendrick of Bourbon County. 50 acres on Townsends Run. March 1795 [March 1795 Book F pag 420 Bourbon County Kentucky: Nicholas Arnold of Bourbon County to Ginsey Arnold, Suppish Arnold, Sina Arnold, and Robert Champ Arnold, his near and dear children. He gave them slaves, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, geese, furniture, farm implements and even his rifle. "He also all the lands that I have equally divided between them and everything else that I have"]
1796 son Suppish Arnold born at Bourbon, KY
10 Oct 1797 Nicholas Arnold received a Grant from Kentucky for 400 Acres on Townsend Creek in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
22 Jun 1799 Book F pag 420 Bourbon County Kentucky: Nicholas Arnold of Bourbon County to Ginsey Arnold, Suppish Arnold, Sina Arnold, and Robert Champ Arnold, his near and dear children. He gave them slaves, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, geese, furniture, farm implements and even his rifle. "He also all the lands that I have equally divided between them and everything else that I have" 22 Jun 1799 received by County Court, November 1800. [22 Jun 1799 received by County Court, November 1800. Book F pg 26: Nicholas Arnold and his wife, Sarah, of Bourbon County to Tealding? Eastis? and John McCoy of Bourbon County. ? acres. Wathers of ? Recalls all previous contracts with children. Received by Bourbon County Court 19 October 1807 (made 25 July 1807)]
1800 son Robert Champ Arnold born at Bourbon, KY
23 Jul 1800 Nicholas Arnold listed on Bourbon Co, KY Tax list, p.8 (doc)
19 Oct 1807 Book F pg 26: Nicholas Arnold and his wife, Sarah, of Bourbon County to Tealding? Eastis? and John McCoy of Bourbon County. ? acres. Wathers of ? Recalls all previous contracts with children. Received by Bourbon County Court 19 October 1807 (made 25 July 1807).
7 Nov 1808 Book F pg 452: Nicholas Arnold and Sarah his wife, late Sarah Champ, daughter of Thomas Champ deceased of Bourbon, to Robert Champ, her brother. All interest in Thomas Champ estate. made 1 November 1808. Acknowledged by Nicholas and wife, 7 November 1808.
1808 Nicholas ARNOLD died at Bourbon, KY [Will: 1808 in Bourbon County, Kentucky; his will he leaves gifts to children by Sarah]
1810 Census Stoner, Bourbon KY: It is likely they moved from Bourbon County to parts unknown after 1810 when Nicholas appears in the U.S. Census for that year in Bourbon County. He assigned his property to the children of this second marriage, no doubt, on the urging or on prior agreement with his wife who appeared to be much his junior, perhaps, 20 years old at time of marriage. [Males <10=2; males 45+=2; females <10=2; females 10-15=1; females 16-25=1; females 26-44=1; slaves=5 (doc)
1840 Census Bourbon, KY-Sarah Champ Males 10-14=1; Females 60-69=1; 2 slaves female (doc)
7 Nov 1847 Sarah Champ died at Illinois
14 Sep 1851 dau Sina Arnold died at Platte Co, MO [no birth date]
Private. DAR Ancestor #: A003296
SAR 60791
SAR 76223
SERVICE: VIRGINIA Service Desc: Arnold, Nicholas. Corporal, Capt. Squire Millard's co.; receipt for wages for service, 1 day, on an alarm, Nov. 21, 1776, dated Warwick; also, Capt. Millard's co., Col. John Waterman's regt.; service, 30 days, between Dec. 4, 1776, and Jan. 9, 1777. 8th Reg VA Continental Line; Orange Co, VA He served in the military Rev War. Nicholas Arnold gave 200 lb. beef--20 July 1781----Patriots of the Up Country by Wm. H.B. Thomas--Orange Roster Rank: PRIVATE/CORPORAL
Kentucky Land Grants
Grantee: Arnold, Nicholas; Acres: 400; Book: 8; Survey Date: 6-13-1785; County: Fayette; Water Course: Hinkstons Cr
RECORDS/DOCUMENTS Nicholas Margaret
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