Nelson family.
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Merchants and landholders in Yorktown, the Nelsons were active in the politics of Colonial Virginia. William (1711-1772) held a variety of offices, among them president of the Virginia council and governor 1770-1771). His son Thoma (1738-1789) also served in many capacities including delegate to the Continental Congress (1775), where he signed the Declaration of Independence, commander of troops during the revolutionary war, and governor (June-Nov. 1781).
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