John Nelson Baird

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About John Nelson Baird

He was given the nam "Nelson" for his mother's family. She was related to Thomas Nelson, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

H was born in Buckingham County, Va but went with his parents to Blount County, Tennessee where he married Rebecca Stone. In 1818, he moved with his wife, and then 3 children to Limestone County, Alabama where he reared his family (five children in all).

In 1839, when the first government work was done in Muscle Shoals on the Tn River, he went there to work and was killed. He was burried on his farm. His sons bought a monument and had it placed on his grave, which is on the Black or Ripley farm near Ripley School.

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John Nelson Baird's Timeline

1780
January 15, 1780
1804
November 13, 1804
1811
January 7, 1811
1812
September 10, 1812
1814
September 10, 1814
Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States
1816
August 20, 1816
Limestone County, Alabama, USA
1839
January 9, 1839
Age 58