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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 ...
Thomas Nelson, Jr. Library of Congress. Quick Facts. Significance: Planter, soldier, and statesman. Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Place of Birth: Yorktown, Virginia. Date of Birth: December 26, 1738. Place of Death: Hanover County, Virginia. Date of Death: January 4, 1789. Place of Burial: Yorktown, Virginia. Cemetery Name:
26 de feb. de 2015 · Nelson, Thomas Jr. 1739-1789. Thomas Nelson, Jr., was born in Yorktown to one of Virginia's First Families. Groomed since childhood to assume the reigns of power and place, he was a leading merchant, businessman, burgess, and member of the Governor's Council.
Member of the House of Burgesses, 1774; Virginia provincial Convention, 1775; Officer and Commander of the Virginia Militia, 1775...; Delegate to the Continental Congress, 1775-77, 1779; Elected Governor of Virginia, 1781. Thomas Nelson Jr. was born into the aristocratic society of Virginia in December of 1738.
- Yorktown, Virginia
- January 4, 1789
- December 26, 1738
Research Collections. State / Territory. Virginia. Position. Delegate. NELSON, Thomas, Jr. , (father of Hugh Nelson ), a Delegate from Virginia; born in Yorktown, Va., on December 26, 1738; attended private schools and was graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University in England, in 1761; member of the House of Burgesses of Virginia in 1774;
- December 26, 1738
- January 4, 1789
4 de jul. de 2021 · Thomas Nelson, Jr. was born in Yorktown, Va. in 1738. The eldest of five sons, he was able to trace his lineage back to England’s King Henry III, a distant familial connection to King Charles...
Thomas Nelson, Jr. | Declaration Resources Project. HOME / Thomas Nelson, Jr. Delegate Discussions: The Lee Resolution (s) June 7, 2018. Independence, confederation, and foreign alliances. For months, these three elements were the talk of the Continental Congress.
