Wilson Cary Nicholas 1761--1820

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Just to the south was Mount Warren, the home of Wilson Cary Nicholas. He served in the Continental army, represented Albemarle County in the General Assembly (1784– 1789, 1794–1799), and was a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1788 that approved the United States Constitution. Nicholas was a member of the U. S. Senate (1799–1804), served in the House of Representatives (1807 - 1809), and was governor of Virginia (1814–1816). A close personal friend and political ally of Thomas Jefferson, Nicholas is buried at Monticello.

Department of Historic Resources, 2007

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References/Bibliographic Citation:

Boroughs, Jason, Dawn Chapman, and LeNora King, under the direction of K. Edward Lay, “Mount Warren” in Virginia Road Traces (VRT), James River Road Survey, Structure No. 9, Charlottesville, Virginia: School of Architecture, University of Virginia, 1996, pp.75-82. Hall, Virginius Cornick, Jr. “Portraits in the Collection of the Virginia Historical Society,” Virginia Historical Society, Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1981, p. 183. Lay, K. Edward, “The Architecture of Jefferson Country,” Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 2000, p. 209. “Jefferson’s Albemarle, a Guide to Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville, Virginia,” compiled by workers of the Writers’ Program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of Virginia, American Guide Series, 1941, p. 84. Shackelford, George Green, “Collected Papers of the Monticello Association of the Descendants of Thomas Jefferson,” vol. II, Charlottesville, VA: Monticello Association, 1984, pp. 217-8. Golladay, V. Denis, “The Nicholas Family and Albemarle County Political Leadership, 1782-1790,” the Magazine of Albemarle County History, vol. 35, 1977; vol. 36, 1978, Albemarle County Historical Society, pp. 123-135. Ibid., “The Nicholas Family of Virginia 1722-1820,” University of Virginia PhD., 1973, pp. 91, 228-230, 295-297. Mutual Assurance Society Policy for Mount Warren Plantation owned by Wilson Cary Nicholas, 1805 D, no. 18, 16 July 1805. Computer-generated Land Patent Map of Scottsville, Virginia and vicinity showing the location of patents of James Skelton and George Nicholas compiled by Goochland Co. Historical Society. Outline of Land Patent of George Nicholas showing 2600-acre tract of 1729 and the location of the home of Wilson Cary Nicholas known as “Mount Warren” on Esmont and Scottsville quadrangles topographic maps. Patent Book no. 13, 13 Jan. 1729, p. 424. Ancestry chart of Nicholas Family compiled by Richard L. Nicholas. Agreement of John Nicholas, George Nicholas, and Robert Carter Nicholas of 15 April, 1752, to Partition the Lands left to them by their father George Nicholas. Transcription of original document in the Edgehill-Randolph Papers at the University of Virginia. Green Peyton Map of Albemarle County 1875. Road Map Albemarle County, Virginia Department of Transportation.