John Nelson (Neilson) - Connection of John Nelson to Rev. Edward ("Ed") Nelson

Started by Stephen Daniel Harper on Thursday, February 3, 2022

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Stephen Daniel Harper

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Erica Howton

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Sir Nicholas Sandor Nelson

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Stephen Daniel Harper PRO

2/3/2022 at 7:01 AM

Geni lists Rev. Edward ("Ed") Nelson as the son of John Nelson and an unnamed Cherokee freedwoman. Is there any documentation to support this relationship? According to multiple census records, Edward was born in Louisiana in 1862, but I don't see that John Nelson had any connection to Louisiana.

Erica Howton C

2/3/2022 at 9:14 AM

This looks like a bad merge, I will undo:

https://www.geni.com/merge/view?revision_id=78600208640

Sir Nicholas Sandor Nelson

2/3/2022 at 9:41 AM

“ Born in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States of America on 13 Oct 1812 to Capt John James Neilson and Paulina Grass. James John Neilson married Eliza Brown Drake and had 8 children. He passed away on 26 February 1852 in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.”

https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/james-john-neilson-24-w02hy

Stephen Daniel Harper PRO

2/3/2022 at 1:57 PM

Thanks. I did find a John Nelson in Lafourche, LA listed as a slaveholder in the 1860 slave schedules, so it's possible this is the John Nelson who supposedly fathered Edward Nelson with a Cherokee freedwoman.

Erica Howton C

2/3/2022 at 1:59 PM

https://www.geni.com/merge/view?revision_id=78600226360 Is also a bad merge

Ingrīda Cinkmane (Dzelvīte)

2/4/2022 at 12:21 PM

John Nelson is my 19th cousin twice removed.

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John Nelson (Neilson) - Connection of John Nelson to Rev. Edward ("Ed") Nelson

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