Individual Details
Moses Andrew Nelson
(February 6, 1780 - January 13, 1864)
FAG 186257848
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Information about the family and descendants is taken from the Nelson Bible, of which copies are in the Terry Archive. Original was in possession of Opal McDaniel, Big Spring, Texas in 1980.)
"Moses Nelson married Betsy McFarland, 31 March 1807." (Davidson County, Tennessee Marriage Records.)
1830 Bedford County, Tennessee census: Moses NELSON: 1 male 5-10 (?), 1 male 10-15 (Benjamin A.), 1 male 15-20 (John W.), 1 male 50-60 (Moses), 1 female 5-10 (?), 1 female 40-50 (Elizabeth).
1850 Bedford County, Tennessee census, family #56, page 5: Moses NELSON, 70, NC; Elizabeth NELSON, 69, NC; B. A. NELSON, 32, Tenn; Agnes J. NELSON, 31, Tenn; Moses NELSON, 12, Tenn; John NELSON, 7, Tenn; Sarah D. NELSON, 5, Tenn; Robert M. NELSON, 2, Tenn.
1860 Bedford County, Tennessee census, District 3, Shelbyville Post Office, taken 11 June 1860, Dwelling/Family #329/329: Moses NELSON, 82, male, white, Tennessee; Elizabeth NELSON, 80, female, white, Tennessee; Lany NELSON, 19, fe, white, Tennessee. (Benjamin Nelson and children were living next door to his father, Moses Nelson, and two doors away from his first cousin, Sarah Nelson Holland, a widow. I do not know for sure who Lany Nelson is ... I think it may be Benjamin's second wife, Laney, who he married about this time. Apparently these household were somewhat mixed up.)
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Information about the family and descendants is taken from the Nelson Bible, of which copies are in the Terry Archive. Original was in possession of Opal McDaniel, Big Spring, Texas in 1980.)
"Moses Nelson married Betsy McFarland, 31 March 1807." (Davidson County, Tennessee Marriage Records.)
1830 Bedford County, Tennessee census: Moses NELSON: 1 male 5-10 (?), 1 male 10-15 (Benjamin A.), 1 male 15-20 (John W.), 1 male 50-60 (Moses), 1 female 5-10 (?), 1 female 40-50 (Elizabeth).
1850 Bedford County, Tennessee census, family #56, page 5: Moses NELSON, 70, NC; Elizabeth NELSON, 69, NC; B. A. NELSON, 32, Tenn; Agnes J. NELSON, 31, Tenn; Moses NELSON, 12, Tenn; John NELSON, 7, Tenn; Sarah D. NELSON, 5, Tenn; Robert M. NELSON, 2, Tenn.
1860 Bedford County, Tennessee census, District 3, Shelbyville Post Office, taken 11 June 1860, Dwelling/Family #329/329: Moses NELSON, 82, male, white, Tennessee; Elizabeth NELSON, 80, female, white, Tennessee; Lany NELSON, 19, fe, white, Tennessee. (Benjamin Nelson and children were living next door to his father, Moses Nelson, and two doors away from his first cousin, Sarah Nelson Holland, a widow. I do not know for sure who Lany Nelson is ... I think it may be Benjamin's second wife, Laney, who he married about this time. Apparently these household were somewhat mixed up.)
Events
| Birth | February 6, 1780 | Guilford County, North Carolina | |||
| Marriage | August 3, 1802 | Rowan County, North Carolina - Kitturah "Kitty" Parker | |||
| Marriage | March 31, 1807 | Davidson County, Tennessee - Elizabeth "Betsy" "Eliza Y." McFarland | |||
| Death | January 13, 1864 | Bedford County, Tennessee |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Betsy" "Eliza Y." McFarland (1780 - 1864) |
| Child | John W. Nelson (1813 - 1894) |
| Child | Benjamin Asbury Nelson (1818 - 1887) |
| Spouse | Kitturah "Kitty" Parker (1784 - 1804) |
| Child | Araminta Nelson (1802 - 1870) |
| Father | Major John Nelson (1749 - 1785) |
| Mother | Lavinia McCuistion (1742 - 1804) |
| Sibling | Jane "Jenny" Nelson (1768 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Lavinia Nelson (1773 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Nelson (1777 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Nelson (1779 - ) |
| Sibling | John Nelson (1783 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Nancy Nelson (1784 - ) |