| Birth: | 1759
Frederick County
Maryland, USA | | Death: | Jun. 7, 1815
Frederick
Frederick County
Maryland, USA | 
US Representative from Maryland. He served in the Revolutionary Army, was wounded at the Battle of Camden and attained the rank of Brigadier General. After the war he studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1785 and practiced in Taneytown and Frederick. There he held several local offices, was a member of the State house of delegates in 1795, 1801, and 1802 and served in the State senate from November 1803 to November 1804. He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Congresses and served from November 6, 1804, until his resignation May 14, 1810. He was also one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1804 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Samuel Chase, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. His last public office was as a elected associate justice of the fifth and sixth judicial circuit of Maryland in 1810. His son John Nelson was also a US Congressman from Maryland. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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Spouses:
Mary Brooke Sim Nelson (____ - 1794)*
Eliza Nelson (1774 - 1855)*
Children:
Catherine Murdoch Nelson Lawrence (1790 - 1851)*
Madison Nelson (1803 - 1870)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Roger Nelson | | | Burial:
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Frederick
Frederick County
Maryland, USA
Plot: Area MM Lot 40 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Record added: Apr 07, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8610391 |
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