Hugh Nelson of Caldwell County

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Hugh Nelson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
Death: February 25, 1830 (41)
Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Sarah Nelson
Father of Robert Nelson; John M. Nelson; Hugh Nelson; Nancy Storie; William Alexander Nelson and 3 others

Occupation: Stonemason
Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Hugh Nelson of Caldwell County

Not the son of Maj. John Nelson, I and not the same as Dr. Hugh Nelson of Louisville, Kentucky


Primarily from the Lenoir News, January 13, 1914, and family documents:

Hugh NELSON (B.? [Emigrated from Belfast, Ireland, late 1700's; stonemason] d. [Yakin Valley, Wilkes Co., N.C.?] 1840?), m. Sarah DAY (b.? d. [Yakin Valley,Wilkes Co., N.C.?] 1869?); **Daughters: Jennie (b.? d.? [Wilkes Co.?] m. Edmund SIMMONS), Melissa (b.? d.? m. --- BIDDLE), Nancy (b.? d.? m. Rufus STORIE); **Sons: Thomas (b.? d.? [Tennessee?] m. --- ROBBINS), Robert (b.? d.?), William (b.? d.? m. Missouria SIMMONS), Hugh (b.? d.? m. Sally PENDLEY)

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He was born between 1765/70 in Ireland, during the administration of Govenor James Turner (1802/05). Hugh settled in Buffalo Cove. He came from Belfast, Ireland, to Charleston, South Carolina. He was a stone mason by trade. He died between 1830/1840

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Hugh Nelson of Caldwell County's Timeline

1788
November 22, 1788
Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
1805
1805
NC, United States
1809
1809
NC, United States
1812
May 6, 1812
Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States
1815
1815
1818
September 21, 1818
North Carolina, USA
1821
1821
1825
1825