b. circa 1797, d. 1 April 1869
Birth | circa 1797 | Nickerson Snead was born circa 1797.2 |
Marriage | 24 May 1822 | He married Elizabeth Scott, daughter of William Scott and Jane Whitely, on 24 May 1822 in Washington County, Virginia. Armstrong Beatie, her first husband had died two years earlier.1 |
Land-Buy | | Among Nickerson and Elizabeth's land holdings were adjacent tracts on the Old Stage Rd. (present day Rt. 11) near what was once the community of Old Glade Spring (south of present day Glade Spring). The northern parcel (135 acres) was purchased on 27 April 1833 from William and Rhoda Beattie for $10 an acre. Nickerson purchased the southern parcel from Moses and Ebenezer Robinson on 23 Sept. 1837 for $900. It included slightly over 35 acres. Nickerson built a large brick house along the north side of the Stage Rd., possibly just inside the former Robinson acreage, but very near the old boundary between the 2 parcels.3,4 |
Cens-1850 | 22 Aug 1850 | Judging by the neighboring households, this home is where Elizabeth and Nickerson resided at the time of the 1850 census enumeration. Nickerson's entry noted that he was a physician, age 52, and owned real estate worth $1,200. Elizabeth was 49. The household also included Sarah Edmondson [Elizabeth Snead's half-sister] (36) and Fleming Rose [Nickerson Snead's nephew] (male, 18, farmer).5 |
Cens-1860 | 10 Jul 1860 | By 1860 Nickerson owned real estate valued at $15,000 and personal property of an almost equal amount.6 |
Cens-1860- Slave | 1 Aug 1860 | The household included 11 slaves.7 |
Cens-1860- Agric | | Nickerson's land included 250 acres of improved land which produced 400 bushels of wheat, 1,500 bushels of Indian corn, 500 bushels of oats and 200 bushels of Irish potatoes. He was one of the few farmers to produce buckwheat. Nickerson also owned another 50 unimproved acres. His livestock included 9 horses, 9 cows, 2 oxen, 26 cattle, 9 sheep and 42 swine.8 |
Death | 1 Apr 1869 | Nickerson died on 1 Apr 1869.2 |
Will-Recd | 6 Apr 1869 | Nickerson's will, recorded on 6 Apr 1869 in Washington County left the bulk of his estate to his wife Elizabeth for her use during her lifetime. At her death it was to be sold and proceeds distributed among Nickerson's surviving siblings or their heirs. However, he also left his sister-in-law, Sarah Edmondson a house and 10 acres of land, and his niece Florence Minerva (Edmondson) Smith received $300.9 |
Burial | | He was buried next to Elizabeth at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.2 |
| 27 Dec 1878 | Elizabeth died in June 1876 and on 27 Dec. 1878, M. Morris, who had been appointed administrator de bonis non [second administrator] of Nickerson's will, sold Nickerson's land along the Great Rd. to Wm B. Mason for $7,229.87. At that time the tract contained a little over 155 acres, not including the 10 acres Nickerson left to Sarah Edmondson in his will. |