Genealogy for
Samuel Nixon
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About Samuel Nixon |
 Samuel Nixon 1775 - 1850
| Samuel Nixon was born about 1775 somewhere in South Carolina and died about 1850 somewhere in Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 75 years old.
Can you help us solve the mystery of this person's true identity? He may have been Samuel Nixon (born about 1775) and lived in Dooley Co. GA. Please email us if you have information or clues that might help solve this mystery.
He married Martha _______. (1773)GA. known children: Samuel J. (1813)GA Robert W. (1814)GA Lenna Ann (1818) - married Gabriel McClellan | 
 | Census | 8/7/1820 | GA (Wilkinson County) | 45 yrs old | page 24, Samuel Nixon: two Males - Under 10,
one Males - 10 thru 15,
one Males - 26 thru 44,
two Females - Under 10,
one Females - 26 thru 44.
Additional information about Wilkinson County, GA around 1820: Created in 1803 from newly acquired lands ceded by the Creek Indians in 1802 and increased in 1805. Later, this area is divided to form Laurens, Telfair, and Twiggs counties. | |
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 | Land Deed | 4/28/1827 | GA (Lee County) | 52 yrs old | 1827 land lottery - Samuel Nixon drew land in Lee Co., GA,
Captain's District: Pickards,
Number: 27,
District: 10,
Source: REPRINT of OFFICIAL REGISTER of LAND LOTTERY OF GEORGIA 1827; 46th DAY'S DRAWING-April 28.BIBB, page 142 |
 | Census | 1/1/1830 | GA (Dooly County) | 55 yrs old | page 7, line 6 -Robert Nixon - one male (40-50) and one female (40-50)
line 10 -Honor Nixon - one male under 5, one male (15-20), one female (10-15)
line 17 -Samuel Nixon - one male (5-10), one male (10-15), two males (15-20), one male (20-30), one male (40-50), one female under 5, one female (10-15), one female (20-30) and one female (40-50).
line 27 - Cofield Knight - one male (10-15), one male (15-20), one female (5-10), one female (15-20) and one female (40-50). |
 | Other | 12/10/1833 | GA (Dooly County) | 58 yrs old | Creek Indian Letters Talks and Treaties 1705-1839Compiled by John B Wilson, Sec of State Original Manuscripts in Georgia Department of Archives WPA project, p1175
Irwin County December 1833
To the Commander in Chief of this State.
We the citizens of the county of Irwin and Dooly wish to make our complaint to your Excellency with respect to our treatment by the Chattahoochee Indians and look up to you for protection we are daily insulted and imposed on by these retched intruders. They have been now for about five months ravaging the woods killing our Cattle and hogs and robbing our fields of our corn peas and potatoes and sugar cane and has carried it on to a great access. Too much to be borne with and yesterday we raised a small company to drive them away and we went after them as quick as we advanced in sight of them they raised a yell and fired eight or ten guns. We then became alarmed and turned to go from them when they followed after us screaming and fired another platoon in all this we had not fired a g. They did us nor our no injury they killed and wounded several of our dogs and we narrowly escaped for their bullets they made the bark fly off the trees all around us there was only fourteen of us and we suppose there was near twenty Indians but could not tell as they were in a branch. We now look up to your Excellency for protection as it is in your power to adopt some measure to keep such intruders from amongst us. As we wish to support justice and honesty. We have not yet gone beyond the law but we cannot suffer such impositions much longer. We have good reasons to believe that the citizens of this vicinity has been injured one hundred dollars or more in the course of five months. We have for a considerable time endeavored to suppress such rudeness on moderate terms and if there cannot be measures taken according to law to detect such depredations we shall be forced to shoot them down where ever we find them.
For the satisfaction of your Excellency we will make proof of this matter by the affidavit of some of the company and if we thought it necessary we could qualify the whole company to which we will add our names and certified by a Justice of the Peace that was in company Georgia
Irwin County Personally appeared before me Jonathan Smith a Justice of the Peace for said county Samuel Story and after being sworn saith that on the eight day of this Inst. him and other went to order a party of Indians of and when they came in sight of them they began to hallow and to shoot and continued on till they fired something like thirty times and in all that time we never fired a gun Sworn to and signed before me this 9th December 1833
Samuel A. (his mark) Story Senior Jonathan Smith J. P. Georgia Irwin County
Personally appeared before me Jonathan Smith a Justice of the Peace for said county Seaborn Taylor and after being sworn saith that on the eight day of this Inst. him and others went to order a party of Indians of and when they came in sight of them they began to hallow and to shoot and continued on till they fired something like thirty times and in all that time we never fired a gun.
Sworn to and signed before me this 9th December 1833Seaborn x (his mark) Taylor Jonathan Smith, J. P. We believe this to be sufficient for the satisfaction of the mind of your Excellency and leave the matter with you whether we must be thus imposed on or whether you will defend our rights we have been intruded upon by these savage villains for some length of time but not in such an insulting manner as this which is too much to be borne with we will now record the names of the men that was thus insulted to wit Joseph Sumner Benj. Willis Jerimiah Williss Seaburn Land Samuel Story Sr. Samuel Nixon Lott Whiddon Jesse Hobie John S. Jerkins Samuel Story Jr Richard Story Jr. David Smith Seaborn Taylor Jonathan Smith J. P. S. The way we came to know these Indians is from Chattahoochee Mr. Samuel Story and Jerkins met with one on the 4th Inst. and he told them he was from Chattahoochee and being asked how many there was out he said heap Indians hunting and said his name was Peter. Reverse side of letter Jonathan Smith Et All Dec. 10, 1833 Indian Affairs
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 | Census | 1/1/1840 | GA (Lee County) | 65 yrs old | page 27,line 1 -Samuel Nixon - 2 - Males (5 thru 9),
1 - Males (10 thru 14),
2 - Males (15 thru 19),
1 - Males (50 thru 59),
1 - Females (Under 5),
1- Females (5 thru 9),
2 - Females (40 thru 49). |
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Samuel, his family, and friends. For example, Samuel is 1 years old when July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created.
Age | Date | Event |
7 |
1782 |
The British evacuate Savannah on in July. |
9 |
1784 |
Franklin and Washington Counties are formed. |
10 |
1785 |
Burbon County formed. |
11 |
1786 |
Greene County was created the same year Oglethorpe dies. |
13 |
1788 |
Bourbon County Act rescinded. |
14 |
1789 |
December 21 - Governor Telfair signs first Yazoo Act selling 20,000,000 acres of and for $207,000 or about one cent per acre to. The Yazoo Companies attempted to pay in worthless paper money and Georgia refuses to transfer the land. The Virginia Yazoo, headed by Patrick Henry, even had the unmitigated gall to attempt to pay in worthless Georgia paper money. The South Carolina Yazoo Company sues Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court to compel delivery but the suit fails when Georgia is able to obtain ratification of the eleventh amendment to the U.S. Constitution on February 7, 1795. |
15 |
1790 |
Alexander McGillivray, a mixed-blood of the Upper Creek Nation cedes the Altamaha lands to the Oconee. This treaty -- Treaty of New York -- is signed by President George Washington. |
15 |
1790 |
Columbia and Elbert Counties are created. |
18 |
1793 |
Hancock, Bryan, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oglethorpe and Warren Counties formed. This same year, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. |
19 |
1794 |
General Clarke surrenders ending the Oconee War. |
20 |
1795 |
Governor Mathews signs the Second Yazoo Act selling somewhere between 35,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres of land for $500,000. |
26 |
1801 |
Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed. |
27 |
1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become a border between,GA, FL and AL. GA's western border reaches to the Mississippi River. |
28 |
1803 |
Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811. |
32 |
1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
33 |
1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
34 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
36 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
36 |
1811 |
Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks". |
37 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
37 |
1812 |
The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks". |
38 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). |
42 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
44 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
45 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
46 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
47 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
48 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
49 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
50 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
51 |
1826 |
January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826. |
52 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
55 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
56 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
57 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
58 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
61 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
62 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
63 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
72 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
75 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
Age | Date | Event |
2 |
1777 |
The concept of chemical compounds is conceived by Lavoisier |
8 |
1783 |
The hot air balloon is invented by Michel and Montgolfier and the first people in modern history fly at an altitude of 1800 m. |
10 |
1785 |
The power loom was invented by Cartwright to produce cloth. |
18 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
24 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
25 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
32 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
39 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
55 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
64 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
69 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
Age | Date | Event |
1 |
1776 |
NEWS HEADLINES: July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
25 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
36 |
1811 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians. |
37 |
1812 |
NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured. |
53 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
59 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
Age | Date | Event |
7 |
1782 |
During 1782-1783, land to the south and west of the Tugaloo and Savannah Rivers are ceded by the Cherokee and Creek. |
8 |
1783 |
Charles Town is officially renamed Charleston, SC. |
13 |
1788 |
South Carolina joins the United States of America. State government is moved from Charleston to Columbia two years later. |
55 |
1830 |
South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, setting the stage for the creation of the Confederacy. |
Age | Date | Event |
1 |
1776 |
July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
3 |
1778 |
Alliance between United States and France |
12 |
1787 |
Constitution of the United States is signed |
18 |
1793 |
Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role. |
19 |
1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
23 |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
28 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
29 |
1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
30 |
1805 |
Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier. |
31 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
36 |
1811 |
By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians. |
45 |
1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
55 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
60 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
62 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
65 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
67 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
Age | Date | Event |
4 |
1779 |
Spain declares war on England |
5 |
1780 |
Josef II abolishes serfdom in Hungary; England declares war on Holland |
8 |
1783 |
Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River |
12 |
1787 |
Catherine the Great leads Russia into war with Turkey |
13 |
1788 |
Russia begins war with Sweden |
14 |
1789 |
French feudal system is abolished with the Declaration of Rights of Man. Outbreak of hostilities in France with the fall of the Bastille on July 14; Revolution in Austrian Netherlands declares independence as Belgium |
17 |
1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
18 |
1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
20 |
1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
21 |
1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
22 |
1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
58 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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 | Martha Unknown (Nixon) Born about 1773 and died about 1865
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The Children of Samuel Nixon
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Samuel J. Nixon Born somewhere in Georgia about 1813 and died in an unknown location about 1885. He was about 72 years old.
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Robert W. Nixon Born somewhere in Georgia about 1814 and died in Calhoun County, Florida about 1885. He was about 71 years old.
We do not know who his father was. His mother was Martha ________, she was born about 1772 in GA. She is living next door to Robert in the 1860 census.
Robert occupation was a farmer, a Calhou...
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