NICHOLAS BROYLES [son of Daniel Broyles and Permelia (Millie) Broyles] He was born June 15, 1826 probably in Mercer County, Kentucky, and died Nov 11, 1881, Yuba Co., CA having been murdered by a thug 6 miles from Camptonville, Yuba Co., CA as he returned from the market in Camptonville where he had sold a flock of turkeys. Nicholas, his son Sam, and perhaps some of his other sons, had left their Sierra foothill valley the day before on foot and herded a flock of turkeys to sell in Camptonville. The evening of November 22, Nicholas and his sons began the long walk home; about four miles below Camptonville, near Bullard's Bar, where the trail wound through a narrow wooded defile, Nicholas, some distance in front of his trailing boys, was accosted by an individual who demanded his money. Perhaps this felon had observed the sale of the turkeys in Camptonville and followed Nicholas or perhaps the criminal took advantage of a chance meeting. In any event, Nicholas was coldly murdered there on the trail and the murderer escaped into the underbrush, probably moving on to another lawless place so common to the Gold Country of northwestern California. The robber killed a man for nothing because Nicholas had hidden the proceeds from the sale in his shoe; when his body was prepared for burial, $53.00 (a considerable sum then) was found. His granddaughter, Alice Broyles Davis, stated in 1990 that her father, the son of Nicholas, Samuel Ulysses Broyles was present at the time of his father's murder. Their father's body was borne home by his sons to the cabin above Oregon House and prepared for burial. The residents of the surrounding area were notified and notice was sent to the Sheriff of Yuba County located in Marysville who set out by horseback the next day; however, after traveling some distance into the hills, the Sheriff turned back due to weather conditions. The murder of Nicholas was never solved and his killer vanished into the late frontier period of California history. The identity of the alleged killer was supposedly common knowledge in the area but the Marysville Sheriff never investigated the crime and no individual was ever brought to justice. Nicholas was buried in the Keystone Cemetery off of the present day Indiana Ranch Road near Oregon House where subsequently were buried Julia Ann and several of their children. Julia Ann continued to live at the Broyles Place which had become a stopping place for trail-weary travelers, with the upper story, one large room, used as a dormitory for weary travelers and guests as well as for community events and Saturday night dances.