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- U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815
Name: John Nelson
Company: CAPT. THOMAS' CO., GEORGIA MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 152
Microfilm Publication: M602
Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Name: John Nelson
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 7 Sep 1820
Marriage Place: Pulaski, Georgia, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Sherran
Spouse Gender: Female
1830 United States Federal Census
Name: John Nelson
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Marion, Mississippi
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 6
1840 United States Federal Census
Name: John Nelson
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Lawrence, Mississippi
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: John Nelson
Age: 58
Birth Year: abt 1792
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1850: Lawrence, Mississippi, USA
Race: White
Gender: Male
Family Number: 160
John Nelson 58
Elizabeth Nelson 52
S W Nelson 28
H P Nelson 22
J S Nelson 20
Elizabeth Nelson 18
J D Nelson 15
Eliza Nelson 13
John Nelson, III
Birth 28 Jan 1791
Burke County, Georgia, USA
Death 21 Jul 1855 (aged 64)
Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Hayes Cemetery
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, USA
Memorial ID 197114868
John Nelson III was a First Lieutenant In the Georgia Militia during the War of 1812. He also fought in the Creek and Seminole Indian War of 1816 under General Andrew Jackson. He moved to Alabama in 1826 and then to Marion County, Mississippi in 1829. He and his family lived near Green's Creek in an area in which the county lines changed frequently. It changed from Marion to Lawrence and finally to Jefferson Davis County. John and his wife, Elizabeth Ann Sherrod, are both buried in Haynes Cemetery near Hathorn, MS.
John's parents were Thomas Nelson (1757-1821) and Elizabeth Walker. Thomas served in the Revolutionary War under Colonel John Twigg.
Thomas' parents were John Nelson I (1690-1765) and Elizabeth Duhart. He was born in Barbados, but later moved to Goose Creek, South Carolina and later to Burke County, Georgia.
John Nelson I parents were John Nelson and Rebecca Kent. He died in 1698 in Barbados where he was a bricklayer.
John and Elizabeth's other children were:
Thomas Walker 1823-1870 married Sidney Ann Tolar
Joel Samuel 1830-1874
Elizabeth 1832-1878 married James Parnell
Eliza 1836- married Mr. Rhodus
Gravesite Details Haynes Cemetery, not Hayes, is no longer there. The land was clear-cut and the small cemetery bulldozed. There is no visible sign that a cemetery was ever there. There is a Nelson and a Haynes monument in nearby Society Hill Cemetery.
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1791 - 1855 (64 years)
