Nuckols House
 Located in the Three Chopt District, the home on the site, called the Nuckols House, is believed to be one of the oldest buildings still standing in Henrico County. Situated in the Tuckahoe Creek Valley near Henrico's border with Goochland, the house is a hall-and-parlor style house. This is the circa 1750 home of Israel Richmond Nuckols and Jane W. Nuckols who purchased it in 1849. Six generations of the Nuckols family lived there.
Barn Burns
The property also had an exterior, 19th century barn that was built sometime in the early 1800s. The barn was accidentally burned to the ground in February 2009. Barn Burns
Nuckols History
The Nuckols House in the 1930s or 1940s..........and the Nuckols House today.
The Nuckols Family itself traces back to the 1600's, but this branch of the family begins with James Nuckolls and Susannah Pouncey who had a son who became known as William "The Patriot" Nuckols (1710 - ?). He was an early Virginia Baptist and, apparently, to distance himself from family members who were still loyal to the crown, he dropped the second "L" in his last name and became known as Nuckols. He is recognized by the DAR as having provided beef and other supplies to the Continental Army in Goochland County. This is called Patriotic Service rather than Military Service, but is acceptable for membership in to the DAR.
William's family included 8 children, one of whom was Samuel Nuckols. Samuel Nuckols married Eleanor Knight and they had a son, Israel Richmond Nuckols (1796-1859), who purchased the home and farm in 1849.
Situated in the Tuckahoe Creek Valley near Henrico's border with Goochland, the house is a hall-and-parlor style house. The property also has an exterior, 19th century barn and family cemetery.
Israel Richmond Nuckols married Jane Woodson (1798-1874) and they had four children in the Civil War as part of Company G, 4th Virginia Cavalry out of Hanover County, Virginia. Alongside Jacob Woodson (Nuckols) in Company G were his brothers Henry Knight Nuckols and Thomas Nuckols. In fact, there were so many Nuckols cousins serving in that regiment that it became known as the "Nuckols Regiment". Jacob Woodson was wounded at Spotsylvania Courthouse May 8, 1864.
Jacob Woodson's (Nuckols) wife, Mildred Hester Jordon (1832-1902), is also buried in the cemetery on the property, along with their son Courtland Jerome Nuckols and his wife Harriet A. Nuckols (1877-1930) and their daughter MIldred (1904-1919), who died in the flu epidemic. Courtland Jerome Nuckols owned the farm called Erin Shades on the land that is now Innsbrook at Cox and Broad Streets.
Jacob Woodson (Nuckols) and Mildred had several children themselves, one of whom, Oscar Newton Nuckols, was the first chairman of the Henrico County Board of Supervisors when the county turned to a count-manager form of government.
19 members of 3 generations lived at the Farmhouse, then called Locust Grove, at the time this photo was taken in 1906. Sitting in the center of the second row is Jake Nuckols. Sitting next to him to the right is his 2nd wife, Alice Clark Nuckols.
History Source
The history for this page was extracted from Nuckols House History
Finding the cache
Stage 1
Arrive at the coordinates posted.
Stage 2
When at Stage 1, you will see a sign with some numbers:
1ABC - DEFG
xxHI
Use the numbers from the sign, and calculate the coordinates for the second stage by filling in the appropriate digits
N37 39.H(B+D)A
W77 38.(G+I)F(C-E+1)
Stage 3
When at Stage 2, look for a prominent stone with the dates
July JK, LMNO
Sept PQ, RSTU
and also look for a marker with two names on it. Looking at the name on the bottom, you will see the date
Dec VW, 1XYZ
While at stage 2, project a waypoint at
J(W-Y)(X-Z) degrees for L(K+Q)(S-N) ft.
Visit the waypoint projected and look for a camouflaged lockbox. The cache contains an REI gift card for the FTF and is initially stocked with a few scouting related items such as a caribiner, compass, an emergency poncho, and jamboree and other scouting patches.
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