Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789
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Name (Latin)
Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789
Date of birth
1738-12-26
Date of death
1789-01-04
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Biographical directory of the American Congress, 1950:(Nelson, Thomas, Jr.; b. in Yorktown, Va., on Dec. 26, 1738; d. "Mont Air," Hanover County, Va., on Jan. 4, 1789; member of Continental Congress, 1775-1777; signer of the Declaration of Independence; appointed commander of Va. state forces in 1777, and served in that capacity until 1781; governor of Va. in 1781; father of Hugh Nelson (1768-1836))
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Thomas Nelson Jr. (December 26, 1738 – January 4, 1789) was a Founding Father of the United States, general in the Revolutionary War, member of the Continental Congress, and a Virginia planter. In addition to serving many terms in the Virginia General Assembly, he twice represented Virginia in the Congress, where he signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Fellow Virginia legislators elected him to serve as the commonwealth's governor in 1781, the same year he fought as a brigadier general in the siege of Yorktown, the final major battle of the war.
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