Southway Nelson
(1750 - September 27, 1836)
Miranda Tignor
(1765 – 1859)
(1750 - September 27, 1836)
Miranda Tignor
(1765 – 1859)
Southway was born in 1750, in Charleston, South Carolina. He married Miranda Tignor. Miranda was born in 1765. Southy and Miranda had seven sons and five daughters.
In Charleston, South Carolina, on November 4, 1775, Southy/Southey/Southway Nelson enlisted, along with a John Nelson (believed to be a brother, enlisted as a private in the same company) to fight on the American side of the Revolution (Captain Joseph Elliott’s (?) Company C of the 1st Carolina Regiment, Commanded by Charles Cotesworth Pickney). According to family lore and a book by Pat Alderman (Overmountain Men) Southy fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
By 1778, Southy was settled in what is now Washington County, Tenn. A list of "Early East Tennessee Taxpayers" has Southy owing poll tax on 100 pounds of personal property; tax 1-0-6 (in English currency, pounds, shillings and pence) or 1 pound and 6 pence. His last pay stub from the Revolutionary War (dated 1783, and found in the North Carolina State Archives) has him a resident of Washington and Sullivan Counties, North Carolina. In 1797, a Southy purchased 100 acres of land from a Henry Shields on the Nolachuckey River in what is now Eastern Tennessee.
Southy died on September 27, 1836, in Washington County, Tennessee. Miranda died 1859.
Children of Southway and Miranda:
1. George William Nelson; b. 1770
2. Southway Nelson, Jr.
3. Henry Nelson; b. 1782; d. 1851
4. Laney Nelson; b. 1784; d. 1849
5. Polley Nelson; b. 1786
6. Elisha Nelson, b. 1790; d. 1865
7. John Nelson, b. 1800; d. 1873
8. Elizabeth Jane Nelson; b. 1806; d. 1880
9. David Nelson; b. 1812
10. James Nelson; b. 1817; d. 1900
11. Margaret Nelson
12. Arva Nelson
In Charleston, South Carolina, on November 4, 1775, Southy/Southey/Southway Nelson enlisted, along with a John Nelson (believed to be a brother, enlisted as a private in the same company) to fight on the American side of the Revolution (Captain Joseph Elliott’s (?) Company C of the 1st Carolina Regiment, Commanded by Charles Cotesworth Pickney). According to family lore and a book by Pat Alderman (Overmountain Men) Southy fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
By 1778, Southy was settled in what is now Washington County, Tenn. A list of "Early East Tennessee Taxpayers" has Southy owing poll tax on 100 pounds of personal property; tax 1-0-6 (in English currency, pounds, shillings and pence) or 1 pound and 6 pence. His last pay stub from the Revolutionary War (dated 1783, and found in the North Carolina State Archives) has him a resident of Washington and Sullivan Counties, North Carolina. In 1797, a Southy purchased 100 acres of land from a Henry Shields on the Nolachuckey River in what is now Eastern Tennessee.
Southy died on September 27, 1836, in Washington County, Tennessee. Miranda died 1859.
Children of Southway and Miranda:
1. George William Nelson; b. 1770
2. Southway Nelson, Jr.
3. Henry Nelson; b. 1782; d. 1851
4. Laney Nelson; b. 1784; d. 1849
5. Polley Nelson; b. 1786
6. Elisha Nelson, b. 1790; d. 1865
7. John Nelson, b. 1800; d. 1873
8. Elizabeth Jane Nelson; b. 1806; d. 1880
9. David Nelson; b. 1812
10. James Nelson; b. 1817; d. 1900
11. Margaret Nelson
12. Arva Nelson
Land Record of Southway Nelson
27 Dec !836
Nameing sons Elisha, John, William David, Dau, Mary Cummings, pg. 1
Tennessee Early Tax List Records 1778-1927
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Land Record, pg 2
Tennessee Early Tax Records 1783-1895 Washington Co., TN, pg. 449
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