This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NELSON, LAWRENCE, COURTNEY, GOODRICH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HKB.2ACI/469.1.1 Message Board Post: That is indeed the man I am looking for. His father was the Reverend Peter Nelson (1757-1827) and his mother Nancy Lawrence Nelson (d. 1814) of Hanover County, Virginia. James Henry Nelson also had an uncle named William Cowper Nelson. If you come across anything more about his children or where he lived and died, I would be grateful for the information. Many thanks!