Thomas Nelson

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 425 words | Copyright

Thomas Nelson 1738–89, American Revolutionary general, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Yorktown, Va. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress (1775–77, 1779), commander (1777–81) of the Virginia militia in the Revolution, and governor (1781) of the state. Nelson lost his fortune aiding the Revolutionary cause and died impoverished.

Bibliography: See E. G. Evans, The Nelsons (1957).

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