Nelson

Nelson
b: 1788
d:
Biography
(398> Nelson -- Born 1759 (one source suggests 1761). Parents and other relatives undetermined. Residing at Nomony Mall in 1775, 1782, 1784 (tithable), 1785 (tithable), Reproduced with permission of the copvriciht owner Further1790, and 1791. Described as cabinetmaker in 1775, carpenter in 1790, and joiner in 1786 and 1791. Working for Mr. Boulton, joiner, in 1778. Specializing in stocking loom needles and other wire products in 1781-84. Ill at Nomony Hall in September 1788. Named in 1791 deed of emancipation. Scheduled for emancipation in 1794. Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, pt. 1, PP. 11, 22, and pt. 2, PP. 1, 18; "2d Book of Miscellanies," pp. 101-4; Nomony Hall Daybook, No. 3, 1775, pp. 51, 78; "Whites & Blacks, living at Nomony Hall in Westmoreland County," October 4, 1775, C.F.P., 1651-1861, Sect. 36 (Mssl C2468 82100), VHS; Nomony Hall Daybook "h W," 1776-1778, p. 104; Nomony Hall Daybook, 1781-1 782, pp. 44, 46, 69, 72; Letterbook, 1782-l 784, p. 10; Nomony Rail Ledger "A b," Pp. 19, 32; Nomony Hall Account Book "C e," PP. 6, 24, 34, 52; Travis Jones's Inventory of Taxable Specific Articles at Nomony Hall, March 1, 1784, C.F.P., 1651-1861, Sect. 36 (Mssl C2468 a2102), VHS; Westmoreland County Personal Property Tax List, 1785, VSA; Nomony Hall Journal, 1785-1787, p. 83; William Dawson to Robert Carter III, June 27, 1788, C.F.P., 1651-1861, Sect. 22 (Mssl C2468 8351-365), VHS; Nomony Hall Daybook, 1788- 1789, Pp. 43, 45, 52-53; Nomony flail Daybnok, 1789-1790, P. 92.
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