"The Rev. G. W. Nichols, an ordained minister in the M.E. Church, South, presented his petition to become a member of this Presbytery, which was accepted, and he was invited to a seat as an ordained minister."
[Source: Extract of the Minutes of Charlotte Presbytery, The Cumberland Presbyterian, March 26, 1885, page 5]

G.W. Nichols - Omega, Tenn.
Minister - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1886, page 154]

G.W. Nichols - Omega, Tenn.
Minister - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1887, page 151]

G.W. Nichols - Omega, Tenn.
Minister - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1888, page 162]

G.W. Nichols - Omega, Tenn.
Minister - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1889, page 172]

G.W. Nichols - Edywood, Tenn.
Minister - Charlotte Presbytery
Pastor - Central Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Sailors Rest, Tennessee)
Pastor - Greenbrier Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Danville, Tennessee)
Pastor - Halls Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Waverly, Tennessee)
Pastor - Moriah [Mariah] Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Waverly, Tennessee)
Pastor - Taylors Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Waverly, Tennessee)
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1890, page 188]

G.W. Nichols - Omega, Tenn.
Minister - Charlotte Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1891, page 132]

G.W. Nichols - Omega, Tenn.
Minister - Charlotte Presbytery
Pastor - Cane Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Stewart, Tennessee)
Pastor - Pinewood Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Pinewood, Tennessee)
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1892, pages 139 & 242]

G.W. Nichols - Big Sandy, Tenn.
Minister - Hopewell Presbytery
Pastor - Mount Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Manlyville, Tennessee)
Pastor - Pleasant Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Big Sandy, Tennessee)
Pastor - Pleasant Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Bristow, Tennessee)
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1893, page 145]

G.W. Nichols - Big Sandy, Tenn.
Minister - Hopewell Presbytery
Pastor - Mount Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Manlyville, Tennessee)
Pastor - Pleasant Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Big Sandy, Tennessee)
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1894, pages 160 & 260]

G.W. Nichols - Big Sandy, Tenn.
Minister - Hopewell Presbytery
Pastor - Mount Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Manlyville, Tennessee)
Pastor - Pleasant Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church (near Big Sandy, Tennessee)
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1895, pages 186 & 270]

Rev. George W. Nichols was born in Dickson County, Tenn., January 1, 1841, son of Nicholas H. and Eliza (Prather) Nichols. The father was born in Kentucky September 23, 1785, and came to Tennessee in 1831, locating at Lafayette Furnace, being manager of the same. Remaining there for twenty years, he moved to Bear Creek, Dickson County, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1874. The mother was born in Maryland in 1793. Our subject engaged in school
teaching for several years, after which he engaged in farming. In 1874 he was licensed to preach by the Yellow Creek Quarterly Conference, and in 1882 he was ordained by the Tennessee Annual Conference. In the year 1885 he was transferred from the Methodist Episcopal Church South to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Since that time he has been regularly engaged in the ministry as a member of the Charlotte Presbytery. He was married, November 13, 1862, to Arrena S. Adkins. This union has been blessed with seven children: Beulah, Agnes (deceased), L. Ramah, Floudie V., Bovin G., Lester P. and Vida V. Our subject is a Democrat.

[Source: The Goodspeed Histories of Montgomery, Robertson, Humphreys, Stewart, Dickson, Cheatham, Houston Counties of Tennessee. Reprinted from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee. Originally Published 1886. Columbia, Tennessee: Woodward & Stinson Printing Co., 1972, page 1349]

Updated February 13, 2007