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Philip Nelson

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Birthplace: Yorktown, York County, Virginia, United States
Death: September 05, 1851 (85)
Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Old Chapel Cemetery Millwood Clarke County Virginia, USA Plot: 6
Immediate Family:

Son of Gen. Thomas Nelson, Jr., signer of the "Declaration of Independence" and Lucy Nelson
Husband of Sarah Ann Nelson
Father of Mary Meade; Thomas Frederick Nelson and William NELSON
Brother of Berryman Nelson; William Nelson; Thomas Nelson, Jr.; Francis Nelson; Judge Hugh Nelson and 9 others

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About Philip Nelson

Birth: Mar. 4, 1766 Yorktown York County Virginia, USA Death: Sep. 5, 1851 Millwood Clarke County Virginia, USA

From "Old Chapel"

Philip Nelson of "Long Branch" and "Rosney" (3/4/1766-9/5/1851}. Son of Gov. Thomas Nelson. B. at Yorktown. M. Sarah N. Burwell of Isle of Wight County 6/27/1789. Soon after his marriage, he and his wife came to Clarke County at the insistence of Colonel Burwell of "Carter Hall". For fifty-one years he was a vestryman of the Old Chapel and Christ Church, Millwood, and a delegate from this Parish to the State and the General Convention for a long series of years. He was an excellent Lay Reader, having a most melodious and powerful voice. Died at "Rosney".

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Parents:
 Thomas Nelson (1738 - 1789)
 Lucy Grymes Nelson (1743 - 1830)
Spouse:
 Sarah Nelson Burwell Nelson (1769 - 1856)
Children:
 Mary Nelson Meade (1792 - 1817)*
 Lucy Grymes Nelson (1793 - 1856)*
 Thomas Frederick Nelson (1798 - 1864)*
 William Nelson (1809 - 1851)*
Siblings:
 William Nelson (1763 - 1801)*
 Thomas Nelson (1764 - 1804)*
 Philip Nelson (1766 - 1851)
 Francis Nelson (1767 - 1833)*
 Hugh Nelson (1768 - 1836)*
 Elizabeth Nelson Page (1770 - 1853)*
 Mary Nelson Carter (1774 - 1803)*
 Lucy Nelson Page (1777 - 1863)*
 Robert Nelson (1778 - 1818)*
 Susanna Nelson Page (1780 - 1850)*
 Judith Nelson Nelson (1782 - 1869)*
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Burial: Old Chapel Cemetery Millwood Clarke County Virginia, USA Plot: 6

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Philip Nelson's Timeline

1766
March 4, 1766
Yorktown, York County, Virginia, United States
1792
1792
Millwood, Clarke County, VA, United States
1795
1795
1798
October 18, 1798
Clarke County, Virginia, United States
1851
September 5, 1851
Age 85
Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia, United States
September 5, 1851
Age 85
Old Chapel Cemetery Millwood Clarke County Virginia, USA Plot: 6