Benjamin Asbury Nelson
1818 - 1887 (69 years)-
Name Benjamin Asbury Nelson [1, 2] Birth 2 Feb 1818 Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Family Search ID LH3L-XKY Occupation Farmer [2] Residence 1850 Bedford County, Tennessee, USA [2] District 3 Burial 1887 Bedford County, Tennessee, USA [1] Death 20 Jul 1887 Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA [1] Person ID I62220 Rountree Family Last Modified 26 Oct 2025
Father Moses Andrew Nelson, b. 6 Feb 1780, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA d. 13 Jan 1864, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Mother Elizabeth McFarland, b. 1780, North Carolina, USA d. Aug 1864, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA (Age 84 years) Relationship natural Family ID F38975 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Agnes Jane Nelson, b. 5 Feb 1819, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA d. 19 Sep 1858, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 39 years) Children 1. Moses Nelson, b. 1838, Tennessee, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. John Nelson, b. 1843, Tennessee, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Sarah D Nelson, b. 1845, Tennessee, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 4. Robert Mansfield Nelson, Sr, b. 9 Jul 1848, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA d. 23 Oct 1935, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F39585 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Oct 2025
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Birth - 2 Feb 1818 - Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA 
Residence - District 3 - 1850 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Burial - 1887 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Death - 20 Jul 1887 - Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S3294] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Moses Andrew Nelson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=150280079&indiv=try - [S3774] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 3, Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: 869; Page: 100b.
Record for B A Nelson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=5934951&indiv=try
- [S3294] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).