John William Nelson

Birth: 9 Oct 1792
Yorktown, York County, Virginia, USA
Death: 8 Oct 1884 (aged 91)
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA
Burial: Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Possibly buried in a Shelby County cemetery Add to Map
Memorial ID: 224143631 View Source

Based on DNA and circumstancial evidence, I am led to believe he was a son of William Nelson and Sarah Page. He appears as a veteran of the war of 1812, residing in Shelby County

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1808 – unknown (m. 1832)

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Sarah Burwell "Sally" Page Nelson

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Thomas Nelson

Elizabeth Nelson West

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William Johnston Nelson

Thomas E. Nelson

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Sarah Burwell "Sally" Page Nelson

Dorcas Johnston Nelson

Thomas Nelson

Elizabeth Nelson West

William Nelson Jr

William Johnston Nelson

Thomas E. Nelson

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