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m. Bef 1760 - Nicholas HelmickAbt 1760 - 1844
- H. Nicholas HelmickAbt 1760 - 1844
- W. Mary Franks1769 - 1830
m. Abt 1788
Facts and Events
Military Service
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
Helmick, Nicholas - entered service 1777 in Winchester [Frederick] County, Virginia, where he resided; entered service 1812 in Columbus, Ohio, for War of 1812; resided 1818 in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio; resided 1831 in Norton, Medina County, Ohio; granted Pension age 72 in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio, 1832 for Revolutionary War service; died Hancock County, Ohio, 9/26/1844; married 3/11/1834 there to Sarah Ward; widow granted Pension age 58 there in 1853 for husband's Revolutionary War service; Bounty Land Warrant #36736 granted there in 1855; P.O. address 1869 Portage Center, that County; died 2/23/1879 in Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio; no application for pension for husband's service in War of 1812; query letter in file states soldier was buried in Pleasant hill Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, further soldier married (2) Sarah Ward; query letter in file in 1917 from descendant Clona Tabitha Helmick (Mrs. Charles B.) Handley, Ponca City, Oklahoma who was born 1875 in Berrian Springs, MI. F-w489, R1249.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find A Grave.
Nicholas Helmick
Birth: 1760
Virginia, USA
Death: Sep. 26, 1844
McComb
Hancock County
Ohio, USA
Son of Nicholas "Klaus" HELMICK and his first wife, Josephine (SMAREK) HELMICK of Western Viginia.
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Nicholas Helmich married 1st abt. 1788 at Fayette Co., PA to Mary FRANKS (1769-1830), dau. of Michael and Elizabeth (LIVENGOOD) FRANKS. There were nine children born of this marriage.
He married 2nd on 11 Mar 1834 at Hancock Co., Ohio to Sarah (LITTLETON) WARD (1795-1879), widow of Willis Jesse WARD.
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In Sept. 1777. while a resident of Winchester, Virginia, Nicholas HELMICK(1760-1844) enlisted and served three years and nine months under General George CLARK, as a private in Captain John CHAPMAN's company in Colonel CROCKETT's Virginia regiment. He marched from the Allemarle, Virginia to Fredericktown, Maryland; thence to Shepherdstown on the Potomac; to the Newstone? within about twelve miles of Pittsburgh, Penna.; down the Ohio River to Wheeling; thence to the falls of the Ohio River; and on to a mudfort at Fall River, Kentucky, where Ensign BULLOCK gave him a written discharge from the Army of the United States.--- From FAG contributor D. Curtis (#47355469)
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Nicholas Helmick (1760-1844) Revolutionary War Veteran, married 1st abt 1788 to Mary Franks 1769c-1830c), dau. of Michael and Elizabeth (Livengood) Franks of Fayette Co., PA. They had nine children including Sally Helmick who married 1815 at Stark Co., Ohio to Isaac DeCoursey. Mary (Franks) Helmick died abt 1830 and Nicholas Helmick married 2nd 11 Mar 1834 at Hancock Co., Ohio to Sara (Littleton) Ward, widow of Willis Jesse Ward. Nicholas died 26 Sep 1844 at McComb, Ohio. See also Hancock Co., Ohio probate records.
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1812 - The first settlers of the site of Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio were Nicholas HELMICK and his sons, John, Adam, and Michael, in about 1812. WADSWORTH MEMORIAL, p.151.
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Nicholas HELMICK (1760c.-1844) enlisted in Columbia County, Ohio, about 1 July 1812, and served six months as private in Captain Wilber FULK's company in Colonel John HINEMAN's militia regiment. Pension.#W489; Blwt.#36736-160-55.
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Nicholas HELMICH of Stark Co., Ohio, recorded a deed for land in Section 22, Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio on 14 March 1814. He is recorded as "a resident of Stark County, Ohio" in the Wooster, Ohio Land Grant record. RITTMAN PRESS, Rittman, Ohio, Aug 18, 1976.
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Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio was organized 4 Sept. 1815. "This is the great coal township of the county." Jacob HATFIELD was "of the opinion that the first election was held where Nicholas HELMICK lived." Douglas, Ben, HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO (1878), pp. 850-852.
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Among the earliest settlers in Chippewa Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio were Nicholas HELMICK and sons Adam, John, and Michael; old Henry FRANKS and his sons John, Michael, Henry, Abraham, and Uriah, and his brothers, John and Jacob FRANKS; Jacob and William HATFIELD; John ROUTSON; John BROWN; Stephen FISHER; Mr. REED; George, Christian, Jacob, Joseph, Michael and Andrew WHITMAN; John MILLER; Peter WALTZ, Sr. and sons John, and David; et.al. Douglas, Ben, HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO (1878), pp. 850-852; WADSWORTH MEMORIAL, p.151-152.
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On 20 December 1816, Conrad FRANKS patented land in East Union Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio. The same day, Jacob FRANKS patented land in Chippewa Twp., Wayne County. OUR WAYNE COUNTY HERITAGE No.4, p.25.
Jacob FRANKS patented land in Salt Creek Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio, on 10 January 1817
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Nicholas HELMICK was living in Wayne County, Ohio in 1818. Pension.#W489; Blwt.#36736-160-55.
The inventory and settlement of the estate of Michael FRANKS #2, German Twp., Fayette County, Penna. was dated 22 Dec. 1818, and the original is on file at the Courthouse at Uniontown, Penna. Among a number of heirs and creditors mentioned in this accounting as receiving disbursements out of the estate is "Nicholas HELMICK who is intermarried with Mary - dau. of deceased." See also Franks, Alice A., and Sublette, Donald J., THE MICHAEL FRANKS FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY (Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1979), pp.169-172.
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Nicholas HELMICK patented land in Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio, 13 May 1820. OUR WAYNE COUNTY HERITAGE No.4, p.26.
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1820 Fed. Census, Wayne Co., OH, Chippewa Twp., p.169 lists:
Isaac DECORCEY and Nicolas HELMICK as a heads of households
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Mary "Polly" HELMICK, dau. of Nicholas and Mary (FRANKS) HELMICK, was married, 23 Nov 1820, to George CRUMBAUGH, at Wayne Co., Ohio by William DOYLE, J.P. MARRIAGES OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO, Bk.2, p.18; OUR WAYNE COUNTY HERITAGE No.10, p.75.
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Mary MANNING, dau. of --?-- and Katherine (HELMICK) MANNING, was born about 1821. She married Christopher WHITMAN, and had children: George, John, Catherine, Mary C., William, Levi, Elizabeth, and Benjamin.
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Dorothy HELMICK, dau. of Nicholas and Mary (FRANKS) HELMICK, was married, 6 February 1827, to George MANNON (MANNING), at Wayne Co., Ohio by John FRANKS, J.P. She died before 1844 in Michigan. MARRIAGES OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO.
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Nicholas HELMICK was a resident of Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio in 1828. Pension.#W489; Blwt.#36736-160-55.
Nicholas HELMICK is listed in the 1830 census of Norton Twp., Medina County, Ohio.
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Mary (FRANKS) HELMICK, first wife of Nicholas HELMICK, died about 1830. She is buried near Norton, Ohio in the Emanuel United Church of Christ burial ground.
Nicholas HELMICK is shown in the 1830 census of Norton Twp., Medina County, Ohio.
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On 3 September 1832, Nicholas HELMICK, aged 72 years, of Chippewa Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio applied for a pension on his service during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Pension.#W489; Blwt.#36736-160-55.
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Nicholas HELMICK (1760c.-1844), widower, married 2nd, 11 March 1834, at Hancock County, Ohio, to Sarah (LITTLETON) WARD, widow of Willis Jesse WARD. According to Janice B. Reddin, "the WARDs were originally from Northampton County, (Virginia or Penna.??), as was Nicholas HELMICK."
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Nicholas HELMICK, age 81, a resident of Portage Twp., Hancock Co., Ohio, was on a list of pensioners in 1840, and on the 1840 Census
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Nicolas HELMICK, of Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, made his will on 21 February 1844. He bequeathed to "beloved wife, Sarah HELMICK, in lieu of dower, the plantation where we now reside," the southwest corner of Sec. 21, twp.2, North Range 10 East, containing 40 acres. He bequeathed to granddaughter Katherine MANNEN (dau. of Katherine MANNING, deceased), $25; to grandson, William MANNEN (son of Katherine MANNING, deceased), $25; to granddaughter Alice Ann DeCORSEY (dau. of Katherine MANNING and wife of David DECOURSEY), $25.00; to granddaughter, Katherine MANNEN (daughter of George and Dorotha MANNING), $25; to grandson, George MANNEN (son of Dorotha MANNING), $25; to youngest son, Michael HELMICK, $50. The remainder of his estate he bequeathed to his children and grandchildren: Adam HELMICK, John HELMICK, Michael HELMICK, Mary CRUMBAUGH, Sary DeCORSEY (wife of Isaac DECOURSEY), Charlotte HOLMES, and Nancy SMITH. "William MANNEN and Alice Ann DeCORSEY being children of my deceased daughter Katherine MANNEN are to have one equal share with my own children. Also Mary WHITMAN (dau. of Katherine MANNING?). Katherine MANNEN, and George MANNEN, children and heirs of my daughter Dorotha MANNEN to have one equal share with my own children, that is to say, the first three named grandchildren to be considered as one heir and the two next mentioned grandchildren to be considered one heir and to have the same share as their mothers would have if living, exclusive of the first bequest to them given." He appointed "my beloved neighbor, Jacob LOEHR, to be the executor." David EDGINGTON and Valentine MILLER were witnesses to the will. Hancock County, Ohio, Will Book.1, page 91.
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Nicholas HELMICK died 26 September 1844 at McComb, Hancock County, Ohio. He is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Section.A, Lot.51, Grave.1, Portage Twp. Hancock Co., Ohio. His will was entered for probate on 14 October 1844 and Jacob LOEHR qualified as executor. For some reason, not stated in the records, the heir's portions were not distributed until 1859 and 1860. In the record of the public sale of his personal property, one Isaac FRANK was one of the purchasers.
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In a chancery petition to sell land dated 17 Nov. 1847, named as heirs of Nicholas HELMICK were: Sarah, John, Michael and Nancy [sic] Adam HELMICK; Mary WHEATMAN, William MANNEN, Geo. and Catherine MANNER, Eliza Ann & Sarah DECORSY, Mary CRAMBAUGH, Chas. HOMES, and Nancy SMITH. Franks, Alice A., and Sublette, Donald J., THE MICHAEL FRANKS FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY (Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1979), p.204.
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In 1851 debts were paid out of the estate of Nicholas HELMICK, died 1844, at varying dates, to the following:
Mahlon MORRISON, Jr., William WOODRUFF, Jesse BURSON, Jacob BUSHONG, Aby SCHOONOVER, John ANDRE, David BUSHONG, Gladwin CHAFFIN, John KELLY, GOIT & BIGELOW, A. P. BYAL Clerk, David EDGINGTON, John COOPER and William L. HENDERSON.
--- Estate of Nicholas HELMICK, Case #136, Hancock Co., Ohio, Will Book 1.
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On 16 June 1853, Sarah HELMICK, age 58, of Hancock County, Ohio, applied for a widow's pension. She declared that she was the Widow of Nicholas HELMICK, Revolutionary War pensioner; that she married Nicholas HELMICK on the 11th day of March 1834 in Hancock Co., Ohio by Charles THOMAS, J.P.; that her name before marriage was Sarah WARD; and that her husband, Nicholas HELMICK, died at Hancock County, Ohio on the 26th day of September 1844. Sarah HELMICK, widow of Nicholas HELMICK, had the distinction of being the last pensioner of the Revolution in the state of Ohio. She died 23 February 1879. Pension.#W489; Blwt.#36736-160-55.
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On 6 June 1859, $10.38 was paid from the estate of Nicholas HELMICK to Catharine STOCKS and Edward STOKES. This probably was Catharine (MANNING) STOKES, granddaughter of Nicholas HELMICK.
On 13 June 1859, $10.38 was paid from the estate of Nicholas HELMICK to William MANNING. C. S. POWERS was witness to the signature.
On 17 June 1859, $20.76 was paid from the estate of Nicholas HELMICK to Michael HELMICK.
On 21 Mar 1860, $10.60 was paid from the estate of Nicholas HELMICK to Mary WHITMAN and Christian WHITMAN of Chippewa, Ohio. Dominick HELMICK was a witness.
On 21 May 1860, $10.80 was paid from the estate of Nicholas HELMICK to Alice Ann DeCORSEY and David DECORSEY. Alice Ann MANNING, granddaughter of Nicholas HELMICK, had married 7 August 1836 to David DECOURSEY son of Peter and Magdalena (VanAKEN) DECOURSEY.
On 21 May 1860, $10.30 was paid from the estate of Nicholas HELMICK to George MANNING, of Ransom (probably Ransom Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan). Michael HELMICK and L. J. SQUIER were witnesses.
No record has been found that Nicholas HELMICK's daughter, Sally (HELMICK) DECOURSEY. or her heirs ever received her share of the inheritance of her father's estate. Sally moved to the Wisconsin wilderness with her husband, Isaac DECOURSEY, in 1836, eight years before her father's death; and she probably lost touch with her family.
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In the summer of 1977, William L. and Mertle J. (BIRD) DECOURSEY of Minneapolis, Minnesota visited the grave site of Nicholas HELMICK at Hancock Co., Ohio and took photos.
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Family links:
Parents:
Nicholas Helmick (1735 - 1801)
Spouses:
Mary Franks Helmick (1769 - 1830)*
Sarah Ward Littleton Helmick (1795 - 1879)*
Children:
John Helmick (1790 - 1871)*
Adam Helmick (1790 - 1873)*
Katherine Helmick Manning (1793 - ____)*
Salome Helmick DeCourcey (1796 - ____)*
Michael Helmick (1800 - 1885)*
Charlotte Helmick Holmes (1811 - 1877)*
Sibling:
Nicholas Helmick (1760 - 1844)
Joseph Helmick (1794 - 1870)*
Inscription:
NICHOLAS HELMICK
VA. MIL.
REV. WAR
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