In 1900, Elijah M. NICHOLAS said that his father was born in TN, his mother in KY.

Ancestry.com database of dpanther@gasou.edu (Donald N. Panther-Yates):


Henry Labon COOPER [Father: William Cooper b: ABT. 1730 in South Carolina? County Antrim, Ireland?]
Marriage 1 Molly (Mary or Margaret) Houston b: ABT. 1750 in Augusta (later Rockbridge Co.), Va.
Married: ABT. 1770
Children
William Huston Cooper b: ABT. 1770
John Cooper b: ABT. 1771 in N.C.
James Cooper b: ABT. 1772
Thomas Cooper b: 1783
Isaac Cooper b: ABT. 1775 in N.C. (?)
Nancy Cooper b: 1776
Mary Cooper b: 1783 in S.C.

This Mary COOPER (b. ca 1783 SC) was the wife of Jacob NICHOLAS (b. ca 1780 TN), and they were the parents of these children:

( James A. Nicholas b: ABT. 1800 in Ky. )?
Hiram Nicholas b: ABT. 1808 in Tenn.
William Nicholas b: 1810 in Tenn.
Jacob Nicholas b: 1814 in Tenn.
C. H. Nicholas b: ABT. 1815
Minitrye Nicholas b: ABT. 1816 in Ala.
Lucinda Nicholas b: 1820
Daughter Nicholas b: ABT. 1822
Jerusha Nicholas b: 1823 in Warrior, Ala.
Morgan W. Nicholas b: ABT. 1825
Elijah M. Nicholas b: ABT. 1827

• Married: ABT 1799

1. James A. NICHOLAS b: ABT 1800 in KY
2. Hiram NICHOLAS b: ABT 1808 in TN
3. William NICHOLAS b: 1810 in TN
4. female NICHOLAS b: BET 1810 AND 1815
5. Jacob NICHOLAS b: 1814 in TN
6. Minitrye NICHOLAS b: MAR 1816 in AL
7. C. H. NICHOLAS b: BET 1810 AND 1820
8. Lucinda NICHOLAS b: ABT 1819 in AL
9. female NICHOLAS b: BET 1820 AND 1825
10. Gerusha NICHOLAS b: ABT 1823 in AL
11. Morgan W(illiam?) NICHOLAS b: ABT 1825 in AL
12. Elijah M. NICHOLAS b: ABT 1827 in MS or AL