Cpl Co H 12th LA Infantry C.S.A.
Proud Confederate Soldier

member of Gen. Leroy Stafford Camp #3
United Confederate Veterans

John Huey Nelson was only 13 years old at the death
of his father in 1843. Even so he suddenly had to
become, along with his brother William Donevant
Nelson (less than a month away from his 12th
birthday), head of household and head of the
family farm. School work was now over and only
farm chores remained from before dawn till after
dusk.
Other than the few slaves left to them by
their grandmother, there was only the small
young family left to till the land. John
Huey Nelson remained on as head of the family
for the next 18 years until enlisting in the
Confederate army in 1861, at which time he
left the farm in the hands of his brother
William.

Nelson, John H. Pvt. Corpl. Co. H, 12th La.
Infantry, Enlisted August 13, 1861, Camp
Moore, La. Present on all rolls to December
1862. Roll for March and April, 1863. Absent,
left at Port Hudson, La, sick, April 5, 1863.
Roll for May and June, 1863. Absent, left
just before the Battle of Baker's Creek,
May 16, 1863. Went to Vicksburg. Rolls
from July, 1863 to August, 1864, Absent,
Captured in Battle of Baker's Creek May 16,
1863; in Yankee prison. Federal rolls of
Prisoners of War. Captured Champions Hill,
May 16, 1863. Sent to Memphis, Tenn. May 25,
1863; Received at Ft. Delaware, Del. June 15,
1863. Sent to Point Lookout, MD Sept. 20, 1863.
Transfd. to Elmira, N.Y. August 18, 1864.
Paroled at Elmira, N.Y. February 25, 1865.
Sent to James River for exchange.

RECORDS OF LOUISIANA CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
AND LOUISIANA CONFEDERATE COMMANDS.
VOLUME 3, BOOK 2 PART 2 COMPILED BY
ANDREW B. BOOTH

STATE OF LOUISIANA
CLERKS OFFICE
PARISH OF LINCOLN
ELEVENTH DIST. COURT

To any ordained minister of the gospel,
Judge or to any Justice of the Peace, Greeting:

You are hereby authorized and empowered to unite
in the Bonds of matrimony and Holy Wedlock Mr.
John H. Nelson and Miss Sena R. Payne, both
residents of the State aforesaid, and to
Solemenize and celebrate said marriage between
said parties according to the laws and customs
of this State and make your return hereof as
the Law directs and this your Authority for
so doing.

Given under my Hand and Seal of office on this
6th day of July, 1875.

(s) Spencer P. Colvin
Clerk District Court

STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF LINCOLN

I hereby certify that I have on this day in
pursuance of the foregoing license celebrated
and soleminized a marriage between Mr. John H.
Nelson and Miss Senie R. Payne agreeably to
the Laws and customs of the State of Louisiana.

In faith whereof I have together with the parties
and in presence of the undersigned witnesses
signed the same on this 7th day of July, 1875.

WITNESSES

S. P. COLVIN JOHN H. NELSON
L. S. JONES S. R. PAYNE
W. J. COOK L. M. GAHAGAN
Justice of the Peace

A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE RECORD AS SHOWN
IN MARRIAGE RECORD BOOK A, PAGE 213, RECORDS OF
LINCOLN PARISH, LOUISIANA =================================================
John Huey Nelson owned propety and a business place
in Vienna and Ruston, Louisiana, owning and operating
a wagon supply and blacksmith shop in Ruston. While
serving as constable and jailor in Ruston, he paid
a man $9.00 per day to operate his shop, and in that
day that was considered big wages. Dolph Jackson,
a merchant in Ruston and one of his best friends,
recommended him to a firm in St. Louis, Missouri,
to buy his supplies. Dolph Jackson, later removed
to Mansfield, Louisiana, and continued in his
merchantile business, while John Huey Nelson sold
his holdings in Ruston and moved to Texas in 1886.
Minnie Jackson Kidd, daughter of Dolph Jackson,
and Minnie Nelson Phillips were friends and kept
in touch all of their lives. John Huey Nelson
and his family settled in Calvert, Texas, remaining
there until 1904, when they moved back to Shreveport,
Louisiana, leaving two married daughters at Franklin
and New Baden, Texas.