BARTLETT, Nicholas II

1742 - 1814  (71 years)

• Name	BARTLETT, Nicholas
  Suffix	II
  Birth	25 Jan 1742	Dorchester County, Maryland, British America   [1, 2]
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  Gender	Male
  Misc	1785	Knox County, Tennessee, United States   [3]
  	Built his mill
  Will	3 Aug 1812	Knox County, Tennessee, United States   [4]
  	I Nicholas Bartlet of the County of Knox and State of Tennessee. Do this third day of the eighth month One thousand Eight hundred and twelve ordain this my last Will and Testament in the manner following, that is to say, I leave my plantation whereon I now live to my Wife, with all the movable property thereto belonging during her natural life, at her decease the Land to fall to my son, Jesse Bartlet, and the movable property to be disposed of at his discretion — Also all my notes, with my Book accounts to be collected and my Daughter Rhoda Rogers to have Fifty Dollars out of it. Also my daughter Sarah Pierce to have one hundred and fifty the ballance to be equally divided between my children namely Joseph, Lovey Lydda, Esther Sarah & Mary. Lastly I appoint my Wife Mary Bartlet & William Durham Executors to this my last Will and Testament as Witness my hand and seal the day and date above written.Nicholas Bartlet ATTEST Charles Wilkins Thomas Durham (Note: This will transcription was located on this website: http://www.rabgenealogy.com/ui90.htm This explanation was given: Nicholas Bartlett's will, dated August 3, 1812, was probated in Knox County, Tennessee in April 1814 and was recorded in Estate Book No. 2, Page 97, Knox County. Below is a transcript of the will as provided by the clerk of the county court for Knox County on November 16, 1953. Nicholas died on January 14, 1814.The will does not mention three of his children: Leah, Martha, and Rachel.)
  Death	23 Jan 1814	Knox County, Tennessee, United States   [1]
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  Burial	Knox County, Tennessee, United States   [2]
  	Address: Knoxville Memorial Park
  	Find a Grave contributor sent the following information regarding a memorial on that site that claims that Nicholas Bartlett was buried in Highland Park Memorial West in Knoxville. "Cemetery office has no record of this person.  They also reported, specifically: This is the wrong cemetery. I visited Knoxville Memorial Park and found it to be Highland Park Memorial West (whoever put the cemetery on find-a-grave short cut the name.)Highland Park West was not founded until the early 1970's. From what little research I did, I'd guess Bartlett is buried somewhere along the Blount County line which is ten or so miles south of this site. Blount County records are some of the best in TN. But chances are he is lost to history.
  Person ID	I707	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	BARTLETT, William,   b. 1710, Somerset County, Maryland, British America d. 8 May 1762, Somerset County, Maryland, United States (Age 52 years)
  Mother	UNKNOWN, Margaret   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1737	Somerset County, Maryland, British America   [5]
  Family ID	F234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MARTIN, Mary,   b. May 1746, North Carolina d. 15 Jul 1837, Shakertown (South Union), Logan, Kentucky, United States (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1766	Virginia   [1]
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  Children	1. BARTLETT, Leah,   b. 1767, Virginia d. 1861, Logan County, Kentucky (Age 94 years)   2. BARTLETT, Rhoda Jane,   b. 1769, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   3. BARTLETT, Hannah,   b. 1772, Virginia d. 1834, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 62 years)   4. BARTLETT, Joseph,   b. 13 Jan 1775, Virginia d. 1 Jan 1864, Pin Oak Township, Madison, Illinois, United States (Age 88 years)   5. BARTLETT, Esther,   b. 1783, Virginia d. 10 Sep 1857, Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois (Age 74 years)   6. BARTLETT, Sarah,   b. 1783, Maryland d. 1858, McMinn County, Tennessee (Age 75 years)   7. BARTLETT, Martha,   b. 1786, Tennessee, United States d. Yes, date unknown   8. BARTLETT, Mary,   b. Abt 1789, Virginia d. Shakertown (South Union), Logan, Kentucky, United States   9. BARTLETT, Rachel,   b. Abt 1790, Tennessee, United States d. Yes, date unknown   10. BARTLETT, Major Jesse,   b. 5 Dec 1791, Knox County, Tennessee, United States d. 1 Feb 1838, Washington County, Texas, United States (Age 46 years)   11. BARTLETT, Lydia,   b. 1799, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Photos		Site of Nicholas Bartlett's Mill Located in Knox County, Tennessee
  		Nicholas Bartlett's Mill Pond This was the mill pond that provided the power to drive Nicholas Bartlett's mill.

  
  

  Documents		Will of William Bartlett This will was written April 26, 1762 shortly before William Bartlett died on May 8, 1862.
  		Allegations for Marriage License -- Nicholas Bartlett and Lucy Latimer

  
  

• Notes

  Nicholas and Mary were married in Virginia and first settled in Rockingham County, Virginia. In the fall of 1784 the y left the Greenbrier colony (then in Rockingham County) with their six children and moved to Tennessee, settling a few miles south of Knoxville. This was the area that was then in what was called the state of Franklin, having once been part of North Carolina and then was on the frontier and subject to trouble with the Cherokee. In 1785 he built a grist mill on Stock Creek in what was known as Greene County and in 1792 became Knox County. Soon the mill was fortified to provide safety from the Indian attacks for settlers in the vicinity. Blount County was created from Knox County south of Knoxville in 1795 with "Bartlett's Station" lying on the county line. Nicholas owned a large amount of land and gave much of it to his children before his death. His will took care of only those children who had not received gifts of land from him while he was alive. Nicholas was associated closely with Jeremiah Pearce in Virginia. Four Bartlett daughters married Pearce men, apparently three of them were brothers and one a cousin.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Bartlett, Loop, Fortson, Walker and other Families, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bartlett/bartlett-nicholas.htm. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, Memorial# 65488249. [S344] State of Tennessee Historic Roadside Marker. [S102] Cer. [S64] Bartlett, Loop, Fortson, Walker and other Families, Title: James Alonzo Matthews and Lucille Pearce, comps., Pearce, Bartlett, Matthews, Smart, and Allied Families (Austin, Tex.: Eakin Publications, Inc., 1983) pg 156.