Biography
Born in Oak Hill, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Nelson attended the common schools as a child. During the War of 1812, he was commissioned a Captain (United States), captain to the 10th Infantry Regiment and was later promoted to Major (United States), major in the 13th and 18th Infantry Regiments. After the war, he was reduced back to a captain and eventually resigned from his commission on May 15, 1815. Nelson was elected a Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic-Republican to the United States House of Representatives to fill a vacancy in 1816, serving until 1819. He died near Columbus, Georgia, Columbus, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia at age 71 and was interred there in Linwood Cemetery.External links
* 1782 births 1853 deaths United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia People from Mecklenburg County, Virginia United States Army officers 19th-century Virginia politicians 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Virginia-Representative-stub