Nelson, Hiram

Biography

12 Nov. 1797

“Hyrum Nelson,” Individual Record, FamilySearch Ancestral File (Ancestral File no: 27BF-SH ) (accessed 14 July 2012).

FamilySearch Ancestral File. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees.

–27 July 1862.

“Hyrum Nelson,” Individual Record, FamilySearch Ancestral File (Ancestral File no: 27BF-SH ) (accessed 14 July 2012).

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FamilySearch Ancestral File. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees.

Stockman.

Bennett, Kerr County, Texas, 141.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bennett, Bob. Kerr County, Texas, 1856–1956. San Antonio, TX: Naylor, 1956.

Born at Orange Co., North Carolina.

“Hyrum Nelson,” Individual Record, FamilySearch Ancestral File (Ancestral File no: 27BF-SH ) (accessed 14 July 2012).

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FamilySearch Ancestral File. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees.

Son of Thomas Burton Nelson and Martha Williams.

“Hyrum Nelson,” Individual Record, FamilySearch Ancestral File (Ancestral File no: 27BF-SH ) (accessed 14 July 2012).

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FamilySearch Ancestral File. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees.

Married Mary (Polly) B. Roundtree, 4 July 1825, in Illinois.

“Hyrum Nelson,” Individual Record, FamilySearch Ancestral File (Ancestral File no: 27BF-SH ) (accessed 14 July 2012); “Hiram Nelson,” Individual Record, FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File (submission no. MMSC-FX9) (accessed 14 July 2012); “Hyrum (Hiram) Nelson,” Individual Record, FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File (submission no. MMSZ-F2R) (accessed 14 July 2012).

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FamilySearch Ancestral File. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees.

FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=prf/search_PRF.asp&clear_form=true. Also available as Pedigree Resource File, Family History Resource File, CD-ROM Library (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1999–).

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by 1838, when he moved to Daviess Co., Missouri.

Lewis, “Mormon Land Ownership,” 137.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Lewis, Wayne J. “Mormon Land Ownership as a Factor in Evaluating the Extent of Mormon Settlements and Influence in Missouri, 1831–1841.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1981.

Involved in election-day brawl at Gallatin, Daviess Co., 6 Aug. 1838.

JS, Journal, 7–9 Aug. 1838; Hiram Nelson, Affidavit, Caldwell Co., MO, 5 Sept. 1838, JS Collection, CHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Smith, Joseph. Collection, 1827–1846. CHL. MS 155.

Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by Nov. 1843; to Itasca, Johnson Co., Illinois, by Nov. 1846; to Jefferson Co., Illinois, by June 1850; to Burnet Co., Texas, by Feb. 1857; and to Kerr Co., Texas, by June 1862.

JS et al., Memorial to U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, 28 Nov. 1843, in Records of the U.S. Senate, Committee on the Judiciary, Records, 1816–1982, National Archives, Washington DC; “Hyrum Nelson,” Family Group Record, FamilySearch Ancestral File (Ancestral File no: 27BF-SH ) (accessed 14 July 2012); Jefferson Co., IL, Deeds, 1822–1889, vol. E, pp. 16–17, 20 Apr. 1850, microfilm 1,003,259, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; 1850 U.S. Census, District 10, Jefferson Co., IL, 362[A]; Burnet Co., TX, Deeds, 1852–1886, vol. D, pp. 39–40, 10 Feb. 1857, microfilm 978,773, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Kerr Co., TX, County Court, Probate Record, 1856–1910, vol. E, pp. 1–2, 15, microfilm 1,016,758, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Bennett, Kerr County, Texas, 141.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Smith, Joseph, et al. Memorial to U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, 28 Nov. 1843. In Records of the U.S. Senate, Committee on the Judiciary, Records, 1816–1982. National Archives, Washington DC.

FamilySearch Ancestral File. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Bennett, Bob. Kerr County, Texas, 1856–1956. San Antonio, TX: Naylor, 1956.

Died at Spring Creek, Kerr Co.

“Hyrum Nelson,” Individual Record, FamilySearch Ancestral File (Ancestral File no: 27BF-SH ) (accessed 14 July 2012).

Comprehensive Works Cited

FamilySearch Ancestral File. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees.

Nelson, Hiram

Biography

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