Nelson County was formed on 1 June 1808 from the northeastern portion of Amherst County. It was named for General Thomas Nelson, Jr., Governor of Virginia from June to November, 1781. Its boundaries have remained stable.
NELSON CO., VA 1810 CENSUS transcribed by John Vogt. 2010, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2, x, 23 pages, illustrations, maps, in the original rough alphabetic order by letter. This is the first surviving census for Nelson, which had just been created two years before.
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