Here are some marriages for the name of Nelson that I found for Adams,Highland,Brown & Scioto Co., Ohio: 1. Charles Nelson, md Rebecca McFarland 3-18-1817, Adams Co 2. James Nelson, md Rebeckah Montgomery 22-28-2820 Adams Co. 3. John Nelson, md Susanna Gunsaul(is), 11-14-1816 Adams Co. 4.Mary Nelson, md Israel Caus, 7-16-1815 Adams Co. 5.Thomas Nelson, md Elizabeth Masters, 7-18-1815 Scioto Co. 6.Jacob Rapp, md Eliza Nelson 9-6-1849 Scioto Co. 7.Elizabeth Nelson, md Wm. Guthrie 10-22-1849 Scioto Co. 8.Charles Nelson, md Sarah Dawson 3-2-1835 Highland Co. 9.James Nelson, md Sariah Wilson 11-12-1844 Highland Co. 10.James Nelson, md Marse R. Middleswart, 5-18-1849 Brown Co. 11.John Nelson, md mary Ann Timbers, 8-31-1848 Highland Co. 12.John Nelson ,md Ann Jacobs, 3-12-1840 Brown Co. 13.Joshua Smith, md Nancy Nelson1-23-1840 Highland Co. Hope this may help you in your search. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 12:04 PM Subject: [OHADAMS] A new lead on Rosa Nelson b. 1861 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Newman, Nelson, Evans, McIntire, Easter, Irvin, Meeker > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YYB.2ACI/1592 > > Message Board Post: > > Dear Adams County Families, > I have a little lead on my greatgrandma b. 1861, Ohio. Rosa [Nelson] Newman. She was married to David W. Newman. b. February 12, 1856 in Sandy Springs, Adams County, Ohio. His parents were. Richard Newman and Nancy Jane Evans. > > Here is the new lead. > Greene Twp., Adams Co., OH 1880 Census > Lewis F. Nelson 28 > Celia Ann wife 25 [Now get this [Celia Ann Newman is the dau of my gg-grand parents Richard Newman and Nancy J Evans] > Arther W. son 4 Celia gives Kentucky as birth of mother. > Arrilla Bell dau 2 > no name son 1 month > Rozetta sister 19 [ This we think is Rose [Nelson] who married David W.Newman. > > In 1880 David Newman was also in Green Township. [Son of Richard Newman and Nancy Jane Evans. > 1880 Green Township > Richard NEWMAN Self M Male W 52 OH Pensioner OH OH > [GG-granddad] > Nancy Jane [ Evans] NEWMAN Wife M Female W 54 KY Keeps House > KY KY > David W. NEWMAN Son S Male W 23 OH Quarry Laborer OH KY > Ky [Nancy Evans in KY] > Martha C. NEWMAN Dau S Female W 21 OH House Keeping OH KY > John W. MASON GSon S Male W 3 OH OH OH [I don't know > which dau married a Mason] > Now in all census' s Rose gives a different state for her parent's birth. In the 1880 census she and her brother gave no state for parents > > So I know Rosa was still alive in 1930. She is in the 1930 Census Census Perry Township, Fayette County with my dad yet. > I ran a death cert. search and found a Rozetta Newman who died in Scioto in > 1936. There is a good chance that is her so I will send for it. > I searched the 1870 Green Township for Rose Nelson 1 pg at a time, as > Ancestry doesn't have it indexed. That took an hour and a half. Then I > wonder what we are paying for as most Census aren't indexed. No wonder I > can't find people half of the people I look for. For heavens sake I could go > to the library and copy unindexed pages. > > Any way I looked in my marriage book vol. 1 and there aren't any Nelsons. So > it looks like the Nelsons might not been in Adams very long. Maybe Scioto. > So what I would like is anything on any Nelson in Adams County and I really think these people were in Scioto. Any thing at all. If it has the Name Nelson lead me to it. Even if there is no know relationship. There aren't many so chances if I put it all togeather something will show up. > Yours truly, > Brenda [Newman] Moss > > > > > > > > ==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== > Help Instructions at: http://www.bright.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html > Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams > Messge Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.adams&o=1&maxrows=25&dir=next >