John Moore Nicholls

He was orphaned when his mother Catharine died in 1854, and in 1860 he was a 16 year old student living, along with his 3 younger brothers, with his mother's brother and namesake John Moore Crook (and 13 slaves) on Crook's farm at Cushville in the Spartanburg District, SC. He enlisted on 15 April 1862 at Spartanburg, SC as a Private in Company H, First South Carolina Infantry.

He was slightly wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862, by a gunshot "outside right elbow."

He was on wounded furlough from 28 September to 1 February 1863 and was appointed 5th Sergeant by April 1863. He was promoted to 3rd Sergeant on 12 September 1863 and was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

He was a farmer in Spartanburg County, SC and was County Sheriff for 8 years (4 years around 1889, the last 4 from 1905-1909). He was also a founding member of the Spartan Fire Engine Company (1882). In 1900 he was a landlord in Spartanburg, SC and he managed a farm outside the city in 1910.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, with Sharpsburg detail from the Memoirs.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860, 1900, & 1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married the widow Ella Viola Bobo Copeland (1852-1914) in about 1891 and they had a daughter Kate (1892-1969).

12/04/1843; Spartanburg District, SC

01/09/1918; Eutaw, AL; burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, SC