Jordan Fernandas Nelson

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He discovered and was the first user of the world famous Po cahontas Coal. He died at the age of 94 and was virtually deaf and blind for several years, but still retained his faculties at intervals. <p></p> <p>The Pocahontas Coal later became the worlds richest coal fi eld. Mr. Nelson opened the first mine, burned the first Po cahontas coal and conducted the first retail coal business in this section. He mined a fourteen-foot seam behind his blacksmith shop and peddled the coal through the mountains in half bushel sacks lashed to the back of a horse, which he sold for one cent. He once gave anold mule and a muzzle loading shotgun for 300 acres which he later sold for $20,000 and now worth much more. One of the farms he formerly owned included the present town of Pocahontas. <p></p> <p>Several years ago a maker </p> <p>was placed by the Department of Highways attesting to the fact that </p> <p>Jordan Nelson discoverd the Pocahontas coal seam.</p> <p></p> <p>In 1885, after suffering theloss of his wife and two of his sons within </p> <p>a period of four months, Jordan sold his property in Tazwell County and </p> <p>moved back to West Virginina, where he spent the remainder of his life </p> <p>among his children. information out of Boone County, History Book and </p> <p>submitted by: Lenore Ferrell</p> <p></p>

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1 FEB 2019 10:08:06 GMT -0500 Lisa Nelson Web Site <p>MyHeritage family tree</p><p>Family site: Nelson Web Site</p>Family tree: 123939021-7 Discovery 123939021-7

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Jordan Nelson 3 1 FEB 2019 Added via a Person Discovery Discovery

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8 JAN 2019 16:17:39 GMT -0500 FamilySearch Family Tree MyHeritage The FamilySearch Family Tree is published by MyHeritage under license from FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church). Collection 40001

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https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-982074703/jordan-f... 4 Jordan Fernandas Nelson&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Nov 20 1828 - Logan, West Virginia, United States&lt;br&gt;Marriage: Spouse: Temperence 'Tempy' Bias - To 1852 - Boone, Virginia&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1870 - Virginia, United States&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1880 - Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia, United States&lt;br&gt;Death: Nov 30 1922- Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States&lt;br&gt;Burial: 1922 - Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States of America&lt;br&gt;Wife: <a>Temperence 'Tempy' Nelson (born Bias)</a>&lt;br&gt;Children: <a>Memory Nelson</a>, <a>Rebecca L. Tabor (born Nelson)</a>, <a>Greenville Nelson</a>, <a>William Nelson</a>, <a>Sarah Smith (born Nelson)</a>, <a>Scott Nelson</a>, <a>Minnie B. Nelson</a>, <a>Dora Nelson</a>, <a>Daniel Boone Nelson</a>, <a>Nannie B Nelson</a>, <a>Samuel S Nelson</a> Record 40001:982074703: