Thomas "Scotch Tom"  NELSON

Biography
Scotch Tom Nelson's youth and training occurred in England but little is known. At eighteen, he went to Whitehavon Port and made his first voyage to Virginia in 1695, and again in 1698 and 1700. He returns finally in 1705 to Yorktown to stay. His mercantile experience must have been successful, and was working with a power of attorney in the court. In the next few years he had firmly established himself, built building to include a frame house on Lot 52, where the current Nelson House is standing. He built a mercantile business across the street from his home. He married Margaret, daughter to John Reade of York County in 1710. In 1711, the year his first son was born, William, he was sworn in as a justice of the York County Court. In the summer of 1711, he furnished supplies for the fortification of Yorktown. As time went by he purchased more and more Yorktown lots. Between 1711 and 1715 the office of justice was added to his role. He purchased a 215 acre farm near in the spring of...Read full story


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