James NEILSON

Birth:
Abt 1760
Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Death:
5 Jan 1829
Baton Rouge, Rouge, Louisiana
Marriage:
Bef 1790
Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Notes:
                   CLIFF NEILSON, 3703 MOSS BROOKE CT., FAIRFAX, VA 22031
C.C.NEILSON, 9/90; Cliff desc through this child; James died at Woodlawn, his
     plantation in East Baton Rouge, LA; James married Elizabeth Waddell,
     daughter of John and Mary (Dickey) Wadell; John was the Uncle of William
     Waddell who married Elizabeth Stockton, the sister of James Neilson's mother,
     Isabella. This made James Neilson a nephew of Elizabeth (Stockton) Waddell,
     and Elizabeth Waddell a first cousin of William Waddell, you figure it out
     it's beyond me
1790 LETTERKENNY, FRANKLIN CO., PA; listed with no males children & 3 females.
      (Cliff has no explaination for the 2 daughters born before 1790)
as of 1990, Cliff had James b. c1760, marrying c1791 in Ohio Co., VA; If the
1790 census' 3 females were a wife and 2 daughters, ....  He also has
Elizabeth's birth c1774, which would make her 16 in 1790, him, 30 .....
Elizabeth WADDELL
Birth:
4 Apr 1774
Middleton, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Death:
Abt 1840
Baton Rouge, Rouge, Louisiana
Notes:
                   CC NEILSON, 3703 MOSS BROOKE CT., FAIRFAX, VA 22031; 5/96; BOOK, PG 8-4;
    Elizabeth Wadell b Middleton, Cumberland Co., PA 4 APR 1774; m James Neilson
    about 1791. Together with her brother, William (m James  sister Elizabeth
    Neilson) moved to Wheeling, VA (WVA) area in 1795.  1802 James went down the
    Ohio and MS Rivers first to Natchez, MS, then to East Baton Rouge, LA.  Both
    buried in Penny Graveyard on Highladn Rd., close to Woodlawn.
Her death date can be inferred as prior to 28 FEB 1840 from the following
notice of that date in the Baton Rouge Gazette: "Mrs. Margaret McConnell, Miss
Mary Neilson, James J. Neilson and James n. Lea, the only heirs of the late
James and Elizabeth Neilson deceased, inhabitants of the parish of East Baton
Rouge, having the intention to emanciapte their slave Stephen (a mulatto) the
same being above the age ot thirty years.  All person who may have any legal
opposition to said emanicpation, are required to file said opposition in the
office of the clerk of the parish court of the parish aforesaid, within forty
days from the date of the present notice. Given under my hand this 28th Feb.
1840: Aug. Duplanter, Sheriff."
Children
Marriage
1
John NEILSON
Birth:
18 Mar 1792
Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia
Death:
13 Mar 1813
Baton Rouge, Rouge, Louisiana
Pauline GRAS 
Marr:
17 Dec 1811
Baton Rouge, Rouge, Louisiana 
Notes:
                   CLIFF NEILSON, 3703 MOSS BROOKE CT., FAIRFAX, VA, 22031:
     Cliff says there is a family legend that he was killed in duel by his
     brother-in-law, L.V. Foelkel, over a property matter.  Rosalie Gras, his
     wife's sister married Foelkel.
2
Eliza NEILSON
Birth:
16 Jul 1796
Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia
Death:
Abt 1817
Squire LEA 
Marr:
Est 1811
of Wheeling, Marshall, West Vi 
Notes:
                   CLIFF NEILSON, 3703 MOSS BROOKE CT., FAIRFAX, VA 22031
3
Mary NEILSON
Birth:
Abt 1800
Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia
Death:
21 Feb 1872
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   CLIFF NEILSON, 3703 MOSS BROOKE CT., FAIRFAX, VA
4
William Jefferson NEILSON
Birth:
Abt 1801
Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia
Death:
28 Oct 1829
Bayou Manchac, Rouge, Louisiana
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   CLIFF NEILSON, 3703 MOSS BROOKE CT., FAIRFAX, VA
5
Margaret NEILSON
Birth:
10 Jan 1803
Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia
Death:
7 May 1869
Alexander Elbridge MCCONNELL, DR 
Marr:
22 Aug 1822
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisian 
Notes:
                   CLIFF NEILSON, 3703 MOSS BROOKE CT., FARIFAX, VA 22031
FCID:6241:1828
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James Neilson - Elizabeth Waddell

James Neilson was born at Cumberland, Pennsylvania Abt 1760. His parents were John Neilson and Isabella Stockton.

He married Elizabeth Waddell Bef 1790 at Cumberland, Pennsylvania . Elizabeth Waddell was born at Middleton, Cumberland, Pennsylvania 4 Apr 1774 daughter of John Waddell and Mary Dickey .

They were the parents of 5 children:
John Neilson born 18 Mar 1792.
Eliza Neilson born 16 Jul 1796.
Mary Neilson born Abt 1800.
William Jefferson Neilson born Abt 1801.
Margaret Neilson born 10 Jan 1803.

James Neilson died 5 Jan 1829 at Baton Rouge, Rouge, Louisiana .

Elizabeth Waddell died Abt 1840 at Baton Rouge, Rouge, Louisiana .