RICHARD NELSON - TIME LINE
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1815-1825 Birth
of Richard Nelson somewhere in Louisiana Territory. Birth year is calculated by the
1850 Jackson Parish, La. Federal census stating that he was 25 years of age born in Louisiana.
The 1870 Hill Co., Tx. Federal Census shows him to be 55 years of age born in Louisiana.
- 1820
unknown
- 1830
unknown
- 00-00-1838 CALDWELL PARISH,
LOUISIANA formed from CATAHOULA AND OUACHITA
- 00-00-1838.....MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA formed
from CONCORDIA
- 00-00-1839.... UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA formed
from OUACHITA
- 1840................ unknown
- 05-06-1842.... Richard Nelson and St.Helena
Barrett applied for marriage certificate in Caldwell Par., La. William P. Snow, Parish Judge
- stated that they were both residents of Catahoula Par., La.
- 05-00-1842.... Richard Nelson and St.Helena
Barrett married by Nathan M. Davis, MG - Month and year readable, unable to read the day. Witnesses were: Hiram Parker, Henry
Hart, and James "Jimy" Pool
- 12-10-1842.....Richard Nelson and St.Helena
Barrett filed their marriage certificate in Caldwell Parish La. Clerk's Office
- 00-00-1843......FRANKLIN PARISH, LA. formed
from CATAHOULA - OUACHITA - MADISON
- 00-00-1844 Margaret
Nelson - First child of Richard & St.Helena Barrett Nelson was born in Union Parish, Lousiana. Her name possibly
could be Sarah A. Margaret Nelson the 1870 Hill Co., Tx. Federal Census has the oldest child listed as Sarah A. and none by
the name of Margaret.
- 12-12-1844 Richard Nelson, James Roan,
J. Wheat witnessed the marriage of Marion C. Wheat and Sarah Barrett in Union Par., La., Jacob Hickman, MG and John
Taylor, Parish Judge.
- 00-00-1845......Jackson Parish, Louisiana was
formed from UNION - OUACHITA - CLAIBORNE
- 02-27-1845..... Richard Nelson, M.C. Wheat,
Jacob Bass witnessed the marriage of James Edward Lyons and Bashally Barrett in Union Parish, La., Jacob Hickman, MG, and
John Taylor, Parish Judge.
- 10-01-1845..... Richard Nelson bought land:
SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 S21 T18N R2W
- 06-17-1846......Richard Taliaferro Wade Nelson
- second child of Richard and St.Helena Barrett Nelson was born in Jackson Par., La.
- 12-01-1846......George Barrett bought land:
SE 1/4 S21 T18N R2W
- 04-12-1847..... Richard Nelson bought land:
SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 S21 T18 R2W
- 05-01-1847..... Delila Dunn bought land: NW
1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 S33 T19N R2W
- 12-00-1847......Mary Ann Nelson - third child
of Richard and St.Helena Barrett Nelson was born in Jackson Par., La.
- 10-30-1848 George
Barrett sold land to Richard Nelson:
SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 S21 T18N R2W
- 06-00-1849..... Nancy Jane Nelson - fourth child
of Richard and St.Helena Barrett Nelson was born in Jackson Parish, La.
- 09-01-1849..... Richard Nelson bought land:
NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 S21 T18N R2W
- 09-01-1849......William Bailey bought land:
NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 S22 T18N R2W
- 09-01-1849......Delila Dunn bought NE 1/4
of the NE 1/4 S24 T19N R3W -&-NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 S19 T19N R2W
- 09-01-1849......John Dunn bought land: NW
1/4 SW 1/4 S18 T19N R2W SW 1/4 NW 1/4 S18
T19N R2W & NE 1/4 SW 1/4 S18 T19N R2W
- 09-01-1849..... Barsheba Barrett received land
(matrimonal dotal): NW 1/4 SW 1/4 S29 T18N R2W
- 07-01-1850..... John Aarons bought land: SW
1/4 NW 1/4 S30 T18N R2W
- 10-30-1850......1850 Jackson Par., La. Federal Census:
- Richard Nelson 25 La., St.Hellena 25 Ms., Margaret
6 La., R.T.W. 4 La., Mary A. 3 La., Nancy J. 1 La.
- 01-03-1852...... Richard Nelson sells land to
William Bailey: SW 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 S21 T18N R2W SW 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4
S21 T18N R2W SE 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 S21 T18N R2W NW 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4
S21 T18N R2W Note: stated that William Bailey paid Richard Nelson $200.00 and was to pay
the remaining $200.00 with interest one year from date and was to be paid to Reuben Nelson
- 09-01-1852.......Marion C. Wheat bought land:
SW 1/4 SE 1/4 S20 T18N R2W
- 09-00-1852...... Martha A. "Dutch" Nelson -
fifth child of Richard and St.Helena Barrett Nelson was born in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
- 09-01-1853......James Edward Lyons bought land: SW 1/4 of
the SE 1/4 S24 T18N R2W
- 09-01-1853..... William Bailey bought land:
N 1/2 of the SW 1/4 S19 T18N R2W & NE
1/4 of the NE 1/4 S25 T18N R2W
- 02-24-1854......John Tolbert Nelson - sixth
child of Richard and St.Helena Barrett Nelson was born in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
- 00-00-1855.......Richard Nelson left Louisiana
and went to Texas NOTE: according to the 1867 Hill Co., Tx. Voters Registration, had been in Texas
for 12 years putting him in Texas by 1855.
- 00-00-1860....... CAN NOT LOCATE RICHARD NELSON AND FAMILY
ON 1860 FEDERAL CENSUS
- 07-00-1861....... Francis Delila Catherine "Pink"
Nelson - seventh child of Richard and St.Helena Barrett Nelson was born in Texas
- 00-00-1862.......Nacogdoches Co., Tx. Tax List
- Richard Nelson and Jessee Neel by James E. Lyons
- 00-00-1864...... Nacogdoches Co., Tx. Tax List - shows a
Richarad Nelson (col)
- 12-00-1866...... Richard Nelson and family arrives
in Hill Co., Tx. Note: 1867 Hill Co., Tx. Voters Registration stated that he had lived in Hill
Co., Tx. for 8 months - voters registration was dated August 26, 1867
- 1866-1867....... Richard T.W. Nelson and Mary
E.E. Garrison married prior to June, 1867, their first child Thomas Lafayette Nelson was born
3-12-1868
- 08-19-1867..... Richard T.W. Nelson signed up
to vote on the Hill Co., Tx. Voters Registration.
- 08-26-1867..... Richard Nelson signed up to
vote on the Hill Co., Tx. Voters Registration. Stated that they both lived in Peoria Pct. been
in Hill Co., Tx. 8months and had lived in Texas 12 years.
- 03-12-1868..... Thomas Lafayette Nelson - first
child of Richard T.W. and Mary E.E. Garrison Nelson was born in Hill Co., Tx.
- 04-04-1869..... Paulina St.Helena "Hellen" Nelson
- second child of Richard T.W. and Mary E.E. Garrison Nelson was born in Hill Co., Tx.
- 07-19-1870..... 1870 Hill Co., Tx. Federal Census:
Richard Nelson 56 La., St.Hellena 45 Ms, Sarah A. 24 La., Mary A. 18 La.,
- Nancy J. 17 La., Martha A. 15 La., John T. 14
La., and Francis D. 9 Tx.
- R.T.W. Nelson 23 La., Mary E. 19 Tx. Thomas
L. 1 Tx and Paulina S. 3/12 Tx.
- 10-08-1872........ Richard T.W. and Mary E.E.
Garrison Nelson sells land to Hiram West - stated that the land was received by Mary E.E. Garrison
Nelson that was left to her from the estate of her grandfather W.H. Moores as the heir of the Estate
of her late father and mother Thomas F. and Paulina C. Garrison
- 00-00-1872...... Richard Nelson listed on the
Nacogdoches Co., Tx. Tax List - 5 horses valued 200.00 7 cattle valued 28.00
- R.T.W. Nelson listed on the Nacogdoches Co.,
Tx. Tax List - 1 horse valued 60.00 2 cattle valued 8.00
- 00-00-1873....... Richard and R.T.W. Nelson
both listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List
- 00-00-1874....... Richard and R.T.W. Nelson
both listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List
- 01-21-1874....... Richard Nelson applied for
160 ac. of public lands per "Disposal act of Public Lands approved 8-12-1870" land was situated:
SE of C.L. Chandler, NE of C. Koonce, S of James Cooper's survey of 320 Ac. N boundary of Cooper's and
the field of A.J. Chandler. Witnessed by George W. Mills and Franklin L. Taylor
- 01-31-1874........ Richard Nelson's date that
began his residents to homestead this property.
- 07-29-1874........ Richard Walter Nelson - third
child of Richard T.W. and Mary E.E. Garrison was born in Nacogdoches Co., Tx.
- 01-00-1875....... Mary E.E. Garrison Nelson
died when Richard Walter Nelson was 6 months old. NOTE: Family stated that family had to burn wood
to thaw the ground to dig her grave. She was buried in what they called the
Crossroads Cemetery in Nacogdoches Co., Tx. but
I have been unable to find a cemetery by that name
- 00-00-1875....... Richard T.W. Nelson listed
on Nacogdoches Co., Tx. Tax List
- 00-00-1876........R. Nelson listed on Nacogdoches
Co., Tx. Tax List
- 12-05-1876....... land surveyed by D.C. Mast,
deputy surveyor for Nacogdoches Co., Tx., stated that Richard Nelson had lived on this land for 3
consecutive years
- 00-00-1877....... Richard Nelson, R.T.W. Nelson
and J. T. Nelson listed on Nacogdoches Co., Tx. Tax List
- 03-07-1877....... certificate for land witnessed
by A.G. Cooper and Z.D. Williams (also written as E.D. Williams) - R.T.W. Nelson and A.J.
Chandler were the chain carriers - land located 12 miles northeast of Nacogdoches, Texas
- 03-17-1877...... Certificate given to Richard
Nelson for Deed to Land
- 00-00-1878...... Richard Nelson, R.T.W Nelson
and J.T. Nelson listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx. Tax List
- 00-00-1879...... Richard Nelson and J.T. Nelson
listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx. Tax List
- 03-14-1879...... Richard T.W. Nelson married
his second wife Mary F. Byrd, daughter of Leonard and Lucy Owens Byrd.
- 00-00-1880..... Nacogdoches Co., Tx. Federal
Census
- 03-04-1882..... Richard Nelson filed land in
Nacogdoches Co., Tx.
- 01-21-1883..... Francis Delila Catherine "Pink"
Nelson married in Nacogdoches Co., Tx. Judge T.D. "M" Owens, son of Malachai and Amelia Catherine
Weeks
- 08-19-1886..... John Tolbert Nelson married
in Nacogdoches Co., Tx. Missouri Owens, daughter of Malachai and Amelia Catherine Weeks
- 01-17-1888...... Richard Nelson and wife, St.Helena
Barrett Nelson sold land to Z.T. Mast witnessed by J.W. Murph and R.T.W. Nelson
- 00-00-1895...... Richard Nelson, R.T.W. Nelson,
J.T. Nelson, T.L. Nelson listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List.
- 00-00-1896...... Mrs. R. Nelson, R.T.W. Nelson,
J.T. Nelson, T.L. Nelson and R.W. Nelson listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List.
- NOTE: Richard Nelson has died between 1895-1896
tax season
- 00-00-1897....... Mrs. S.H. Nelson, R.T.W. Nelson,
John T. Nelson, and R.W. Nelson listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List.
- 00-00-1898....... St.Hellena Nelson, R.T.W.
Nelson, J.T. Nelson, R.W. Nelson, and T.L. Nelson listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List.
- 00-00-1899...... R.T.W. Nelson, John T. Nelson,
R.W. Nelson, Tom Nelson listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List.
- NOTE: St.Hellena Barrett Nelson died between
1898 - 1899 tax season
- 00-00-1900...... R.T.W. Nelson, J.T. Nelson,
R.W. Nelson, and T.L. Nelson listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List.
- 00-00-1901....... R.T.W. Nelson, J.T. Nelson,
R.W. Nelson, and T.L. Nelson listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List.
- 00-00-1902....... R.T.W. Nelson, J.T. Nelson,
R.W. Nelson, and T.L. Nelson listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List.
- 00-00-1903....... R.T.W. Nelson, J.T. Nelson,
and Walter Nelson listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List.
- 00-00-1904....... R.T.W. Nelson, R.W. Nelson, J.T. Nelson,
T.L. Nelson, listed on the Nacogdoches Co., Tx Tax List.
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