Joseph Nelson Nash was the son of William Daniel Nash and Mary Frances Gaulding. He married Elizabeth V. Moore.
In 1850, Joseph was a deputy sheriff at the Tazewell County, Virginia jail. By 1854, he traveled west to Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA, and in 1860 he was a tailor in Waterloo.
During the Civil War, he and all his sons fought in the Union Army, Joseph serving as a corporal in Co. A, 27th Infantry, Iowa. Joseph and his brother John, who was a Confederate soldier, met when the Confederates were taken prisoners at High Bridge, Prince Edward Co., VA, in April 1865. When Joseph's regiment learned of Lincoln's assassination, cannons were fired close by, and the noise deafened him.
In 1866, he and his family left Omaha in a covered wagon and traveled to Cherry Creek, now Denver, and then on to Centerville, Colorado to pan for gold. Joseph was known as an "1867 Pioneer." He was a tailor, placer miner and rancher.
The 1880 Census shows him as a barber in Granite, Chaffee Co., CO.
The following was contributed by Karen Eagle Moman:
(Letter written by Joseph Nelson Nash, sent to Karen Eagle Moman from Marcy Nash on 19 July, 2000). The letter entered below tells of a brother, Joseph Nelson Nash, meeting another brother, John T. Nash, in the Civil War. John was a Prisoner of War from the Confederate States of America, and Joseph and his three sons were all in the Union Army. The following letter is among many in a file of papers and letters of Dr. Francis S. Nash at Virginia State Library. In the 1880s Dr. Nash sent out many requests for Nash family lines, and this file is made up of responses and his personal notes. I may have other letters from other family members of this family, but have not had time to transcribe them all. It would be great if you want to post it, so all may benefit. Thanks. Marcy Nash.
(Typed as written.)
Buenavist April 15th 1889 Chaffee County Colo.
Dr. F.S. Nash
dear Sir in complying with your request I am sorry that I can not give you any amount of information concerning our Family. I left home at 15 years old all that I know is what my farther told me when a small boy his farther & 2 other Bros. came to America in 1774 all 3 are Revolutionary Solders during the war there given names I do not know one of the Bros was never heard of after the close of the war my Grand Farther married a widow Moore in Charlotte County Virginia & settled in said Co. on the Roanoke River by his marrige they had 4 sons James, Robert, Wm. D. my Farther & Prestly. my Farther married in Prince edward Co. Va a Miss Gaulding Feb 20 1812 he settled in said county by his marage they had 11 children 4 sons & 7 daughters he served two 6 months Enlistments in the war of 1812 I am the first born that event taken place Feb 10th 1813. Farther died in Tazwell Co. Va Jan 6 1886 he was born July 9 1788 Mother was Born Sept 29th 1792 & died Jan 26th 1886 ther other brother of my Grand Farther Settled at Nashville Tenn which place takes its name after him & know nothing of his Family I have one Brother Living John T. Nash in Tazewell Co. Va he was a capt in the 16th Va Calvary Confederate army I saw him in 1865 as a Prisoner in our Lines I belonged to the Iowa 39th inft. union army luck is the way of nature I have 3 sons CP. JW. & JD. Nash all soldiers of the union Army I have been deaf for 24 years having lost my Hearing in the army you may gleam some facts concerning the name of Nash from the above but little wishing you success I remain Yours. Truly JN. Nash.
In 1850, Joseph was a deputy sheriff at the Tazewell County, Virginia jail. By 1854, he traveled west to Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA, and in 1860 he was a tailor in Waterloo.
During the Civil War, he and all his sons fought in the Union Army, Joseph serving as a corporal in Co. A, 27th Infantry, Iowa. Joseph and his brother John, who was a Confederate soldier, met when the Confederates were taken prisoners at High Bridge, Prince Edward Co., VA, in April 1865. When Joseph's regiment learned of Lincoln's assassination, cannons were fired close by, and the noise deafened him.
In 1866, he and his family left Omaha in a covered wagon and traveled to Cherry Creek, now Denver, and then on to Centerville, Colorado to pan for gold. Joseph was known as an "1867 Pioneer." He was a tailor, placer miner and rancher.
The 1880 Census shows him as a barber in Granite, Chaffee Co., CO.
The following was contributed by Karen Eagle Moman:
(Letter written by Joseph Nelson Nash, sent to Karen Eagle Moman from Marcy Nash on 19 July, 2000). The letter entered below tells of a brother, Joseph Nelson Nash, meeting another brother, John T. Nash, in the Civil War. John was a Prisoner of War from the Confederate States of America, and Joseph and his three sons were all in the Union Army. The following letter is among many in a file of papers and letters of Dr. Francis S. Nash at Virginia State Library. In the 1880s Dr. Nash sent out many requests for Nash family lines, and this file is made up of responses and his personal notes. I may have other letters from other family members of this family, but have not had time to transcribe them all. It would be great if you want to post it, so all may benefit. Thanks. Marcy Nash.
(Typed as written.)
Buenavist April 15th 1889 Chaffee County Colo.
Dr. F.S. Nash
dear Sir in complying with your request I am sorry that I can not give you any amount of information concerning our Family. I left home at 15 years old all that I know is what my farther told me when a small boy his farther & 2 other Bros. came to America in 1774 all 3 are Revolutionary Solders during the war there given names I do not know one of the Bros was never heard of after the close of the war my Grand Farther married a widow Moore in Charlotte County Virginia & settled in said Co. on the Roanoke River by his marrige they had 4 sons James, Robert, Wm. D. my Farther & Prestly. my Farther married in Prince edward Co. Va a Miss Gaulding Feb 20 1812 he settled in said county by his marage they had 11 children 4 sons & 7 daughters he served two 6 months Enlistments in the war of 1812 I am the first born that event taken place Feb 10th 1813. Farther died in Tazwell Co. Va Jan 6 1886 he was born July 9 1788 Mother was Born Sept 29th 1792 & died Jan 26th 1886 ther other brother of my Grand Farther Settled at Nashville Tenn which place takes its name after him & know nothing of his Family I have one Brother Living John T. Nash in Tazewell Co. Va he was a capt in the 16th Va Calvary Confederate army I saw him in 1865 as a Prisoner in our Lines I belonged to the Iowa 39th inft. union army luck is the way of nature I have 3 sons CP. JW. & JD. Nash all soldiers of the union Army I have been deaf for 24 years having lost my Hearing in the army you may gleam some facts concerning the name of Nash from the above but little wishing you success I remain Yours. Truly JN. Nash.
Joseph Nelson Nash was the son of William Daniel Nash and Mary Frances Gaulding. He married Elizabeth V. Moore.
In 1850, Joseph was a deputy sheriff at the Tazewell County, Virginia jail. By 1854, he traveled west to Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA, and in 1860 he was a tailor in Waterloo.
During the Civil War, he and all his sons fought in the Union Army, Joseph serving as a corporal in Co. A, 27th Infantry, Iowa. Joseph and his brother John, who was a Confederate soldier, met when the Confederates were taken prisoners at High Bridge, Prince Edward Co., VA, in April 1865. When Joseph's regiment learned of Lincoln's assassination, cannons were fired close by, and the noise deafened him.
In 1866, he and his family left Omaha in a covered wagon and traveled to Cherry Creek, now Denver, and then on to Centerville, Colorado to pan for gold. Joseph was known as an "1867 Pioneer." He was a tailor, placer miner and rancher.
The 1880 Census shows him as a barber in Granite, Chaffee Co., CO.
The following was contributed by Karen Eagle Moman:
(Letter written by Joseph Nelson Nash, sent to Karen Eagle Moman from Marcy Nash on 19 July, 2000). The letter entered below tells of a brother, Joseph Nelson Nash, meeting another brother, John T. Nash, in the Civil War. John was a Prisoner of War from the Confederate States of America, and Joseph and his three sons were all in the Union Army. The following letter is among many in a file of papers and letters of Dr. Francis S. Nash at Virginia State Library. In the 1880s Dr. Nash sent out many requests for Nash family lines, and this file is made up of responses and his personal notes. I may have other letters from other family members of this family, but have not had time to transcribe them all. It would be great if you want to post it, so all may benefit. Thanks. Marcy Nash.
(Typed as written.)
Buenavist April 15th 1889 Chaffee County Colo.
Dr. F.S. Nash
dear Sir in complying with your request I am sorry that I can not give you any amount of information concerning our Family. I left home at 15 years old all that I know is what my farther told me when a small boy his farther & 2 other Bros. came to America in 1774 all 3 are Revolutionary Solders during the war there given names I do not know one of the Bros was never heard of after the close of the war my Grand Farther married a widow Moore in Charlotte County Virginia & settled in said Co. on the Roanoke River by his marrige they had 4 sons James, Robert, Wm. D. my Farther & Prestly. my Farther married in Prince edward Co. Va a Miss Gaulding Feb 20 1812 he settled in said county by his marage they had 11 children 4 sons & 7 daughters he served two 6 months Enlistments in the war of 1812 I am the first born that event taken place Feb 10th 1813. Farther died in Tazwell Co. Va Jan 6 1886 he was born July 9 1788 Mother was Born Sept 29th 1792 & died Jan 26th 1886 ther other brother of my Grand Farther Settled at Nashville Tenn which place takes its name after him & know nothing of his Family I have one Brother Living John T. Nash in Tazewell Co. Va he was a capt in the 16th Va Calvary Confederate army I saw him in 1865 as a Prisoner in our Lines I belonged to the Iowa 39th inft. union army luck is the way of nature I have 3 sons CP. JW. & JD. Nash all soldiers of the union Army I have been deaf for 24 years having lost my Hearing in the army you may gleam some facts concerning the name of Nash from the above but little wishing you success I remain Yours. Truly JN. Nash.
In 1850, Joseph was a deputy sheriff at the Tazewell County, Virginia jail. By 1854, he traveled west to Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA, and in 1860 he was a tailor in Waterloo.
During the Civil War, he and all his sons fought in the Union Army, Joseph serving as a corporal in Co. A, 27th Infantry, Iowa. Joseph and his brother John, who was a Confederate soldier, met when the Confederates were taken prisoners at High Bridge, Prince Edward Co., VA, in April 1865. When Joseph's regiment learned of Lincoln's assassination, cannons were fired close by, and the noise deafened him.
In 1866, he and his family left Omaha in a covered wagon and traveled to Cherry Creek, now Denver, and then on to Centerville, Colorado to pan for gold. Joseph was known as an "1867 Pioneer." He was a tailor, placer miner and rancher.
The 1880 Census shows him as a barber in Granite, Chaffee Co., CO.
The following was contributed by Karen Eagle Moman:
(Letter written by Joseph Nelson Nash, sent to Karen Eagle Moman from Marcy Nash on 19 July, 2000). The letter entered below tells of a brother, Joseph Nelson Nash, meeting another brother, John T. Nash, in the Civil War. John was a Prisoner of War from the Confederate States of America, and Joseph and his three sons were all in the Union Army. The following letter is among many in a file of papers and letters of Dr. Francis S. Nash at Virginia State Library. In the 1880s Dr. Nash sent out many requests for Nash family lines, and this file is made up of responses and his personal notes. I may have other letters from other family members of this family, but have not had time to transcribe them all. It would be great if you want to post it, so all may benefit. Thanks. Marcy Nash.
(Typed as written.)
Buenavist April 15th 1889 Chaffee County Colo.
Dr. F.S. Nash
dear Sir in complying with your request I am sorry that I can not give you any amount of information concerning our Family. I left home at 15 years old all that I know is what my farther told me when a small boy his farther & 2 other Bros. came to America in 1774 all 3 are Revolutionary Solders during the war there given names I do not know one of the Bros was never heard of after the close of the war my Grand Farther married a widow Moore in Charlotte County Virginia & settled in said Co. on the Roanoke River by his marrige they had 4 sons James, Robert, Wm. D. my Farther & Prestly. my Farther married in Prince edward Co. Va a Miss Gaulding Feb 20 1812 he settled in said county by his marage they had 11 children 4 sons & 7 daughters he served two 6 months Enlistments in the war of 1812 I am the first born that event taken place Feb 10th 1813. Farther died in Tazwell Co. Va Jan 6 1886 he was born July 9 1788 Mother was Born Sept 29th 1792 & died Jan 26th 1886 ther other brother of my Grand Farther Settled at Nashville Tenn which place takes its name after him & know nothing of his Family I have one Brother Living John T. Nash in Tazewell Co. Va he was a capt in the 16th Va Calvary Confederate army I saw him in 1865 as a Prisoner in our Lines I belonged to the Iowa 39th inft. union army luck is the way of nature I have 3 sons CP. JW. & JD. Nash all soldiers of the union Army I have been deaf for 24 years having lost my Hearing in the army you may gleam some facts concerning the name of Nash from the above but little wishing you success I remain Yours. Truly JN. Nash.
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