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| Name | Thomas Nelson, Jr. |
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, Virginia , United States |
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December 26, 1738
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| Died | January 04, 1789
(50 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Thomas Walker
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| Info | NELSON, Thomas, Jr., (father of Hugh Nelson), a Delegate from Virginia; born in Yorktown, Va., on December 26, 1738; attended private schools and was graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University in England, in 1761; member of the House of Burgesses of Virginia in 1774; member of the provincial convention in Williamsburg in 1774; Member of the Continental Congress 1775-1777; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; appointed commander of the Virginia state forces in 1777 and served in this capacity until 1781 when he resigned on account of ill health as a result of his service in the field in the campaign against Cornwallis; again a Member of the Continental Congress in 1779; governor of Virginia in 1781; retired to his son’s estate, “Mont Air,” Hanover County, Va., and died there on January 4, 1789; interment in Grace Churchyard, Yorktown, Va.
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