"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC5M-QF3 : 20 February 2021), James E Nelson in household of Thos Nelson, Central Magisterial District, Essex, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 18, sheet 152B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,363.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMNM-C6X : accessed 9 April 2021), Jas E Nelson, Occupacia Township, Essex, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27, sheet 1A, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,707.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPS-959 : accessed 9 April 2021), James A Nelson, Occupacia, Essex, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 7B, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1627; FHL microfilm 1,375,640.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CDP4-S2M : accessed 9 April 2021), James Nelson, Occupacia, Essex, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 6A, line 3, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2441; FHL microfilm 2,342,175.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRY5-GDQ : 29 January 2020), James S Nelson, Occupacia Magisterial District, Essex, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29-5, sheet 6B, line 66, family 119, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4260.
"Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR8-JRXB : 16 August 2019), James Edgar Nelson, 27 Apr 1948; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Champlain, Essex, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
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