Subject: NELSON, John..... From: R. W. Hughes Date: July 04, 1998 Below is some information about one of my 4xg/g'fathers who participated in the Revolutionary War......would others care to share their "Freedom Fighters" with the rest of us?....... Happy Fourth of July to all......... ================================================= Revolutionary War Veteran - Enlisted at about age 16 at White Marsh, VA on 05 Apr 1777. Assigned to Capt. Wm. HULL's Co. as a regular soldier, and then attached to WOVELFORD's Brigade, 15th Regimental U.S. Army. Assigned to the garrison at Camden, Craven District, South Carolina following the surrender of Cornwallis. When the war ended, he was discharged and remained in Camden where he later married Ruth Stratford. >From the Records Section, Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary O W & U, Division LWBW 8486 - "The said John NELSON is the ancestor who assisted in establishing American Independence while acting in the capacity of Private. He enlisted at the age of 16 and served the entire period of the war." Listed in the DAR Patriot Index-Centennial Edition, Volume # 2, page # 2130. Shown as a Private with the Continental Line of Virginia. - Ruth Nelson (nee Stratford), applied for and was granted pension for his service. According to notations in a family Bible of John Alexander Nelson, "John Nelson Sr. and his sister Annie Nelson left orphans in Va. by death of parents who emigrated from England. At age of 16 enlisted at White Marsh Virginia in Revolutionary Army and serving til end of war and settling in Kershaw County S. C. Never heard from Annie again. Lived an honorable life until 1826, leaving a family of honest, industrious children. Millwright by trade. John Nelson married to Ruth Stratford June 1, 1790. Died May 21, 1826. John Alexander Nelson, son of John Sr., was born april 7 1795 - Mary Young his wife born 1809. Married 1825." An additional notation; "John Nelson departed this life on the Sabbath morning May the 21st AD 1826". "I do hereby certify that personally, I knew John Nelson when a soldier in the continental Service in Capt. Ferguson's Co of Artillery. Samuel Dorotry was the Liutenant in said Co. They were sent to the Southward after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and arrived in Camden S.C. where they remained until the troops were ordered on North again. Signed May 31, 1822 //ZACHARIAH CANTEY//" {From Nelson family records.} "John Nelson's grand daughter, Henrietta Nelson Graham related the following incident to her niece, Mrs Annie Young Williams, who in turn passed it on in writing to my mother, Mrs Alice Stewart Nelson: "During Lafayette's return to America, he visited Camden, South Carolina in 1815, by invitation from Camden Masons to attend the 'laying of the corner-stone of a monument to Baron De Kalb, who lost his life in the Battle of Camden, August 19, 1780'. [14 Revolutionary battles were waged in the vicinity of Camden and two of my maternal ancestors fought in the Battle of Hanging Rock - Major Robert Crawford and Capt. Matthew Stewart] A muster of the Revolutionary soldiers was held at Camden the day of the dedicatory event, and Gen. Lafayette shook hands with each veteran. When modest John Nelson's turn came, the great Frenchman, recognizing him, exclaimed, 'Why, this is little John Nelson'. Henrietta Nelson Graham was Grandmother Jesse Nelson's sister. She was only two years old when John died, but her father John Alexander Nelson, his son, had later told her of the incident. [Correction: Henrietta was born two years after John Nelson's death]." >From the "Genealogical Abstracts Of Revolutionary War Pension Files", Volume III: N-Z, Abstracted by Virgil D. White, published by "The National Historical Publishing Company", Waynesboro, Tennessee, 1992, page #2479: "NELSON, John, Ruth, VA Line, W8486, BLW #13204-160-55, sol enl at White Marsh, VA, the son of John Nelson, Sr. appl 7 Oct 1823 Kershaw Dist SC & sol m there to Ruth daughter of Richard Stratford on 1 Jun 1790 & sol also d there 21 May 1824 & his wid appl 15 May 1851 Kershaw Dist SC aged 80, wid appl for BLW 20 Apr 1855 from the same Dist, in 1792 sol & wife had an infant son William Nelson" Bill Hughes [email protected] BAKER, BECKHAM, BLACKMON, BLACKWELL, BREWER, CATO,CAUTHEN, ELLIOTT, ESTRIDGE,HILTON, HOLLAND, HORTON, HOUGH, HUCKABEE, KERSHAW, KING,KNIGHT, MCDONALD, NELSON, PEACH, PEEBLES, SOWELL, TRUESDALE, WEST, YARBOROUGH ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |