John Griffith Nelson: Robin's Roots

1776 - 1817 (41 years)

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

Less detail

Generation: 1

John Griffith Nelson was born on 2 Apr 1776 in Mason County, West Virginia, USA (son of Richard Nelson and Elizabeth Griffith); died on 23 Sep 1817 in Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Gilmore Cemetery, Madison County, Indiana, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1810, Mason County, Virginia, USA; Males M<10:2 (Arbuckle, Davis), <15: 1(?), 26-44:1 (John; husband) Females: 16-25:1, 26:44:1(?); >45:1(?) Slaves: 1
Military: 13 Mar 1813, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; Muster Roll for Capt Martin Smith's co of the 33rd Regiment
Possessions: 30 Sep 1835, Madison County, Indiana, USA; Purchased 49.74 acres of public land
Residence: 1840, Madison County, Indiana, USA; Males: 60-69: 1(John G); 30-39:1(Davis?); 10-14: (John W) Females: 50-59:1(Polly); 20:29:1(Nancy); 15-19:2(Susan,Frances); 5-9:2 (Agnes,Magin)

Notes:

Birth:
FindAGrave says "Doddridge Co WV"

Buried:
GRid=42026242; Inscription: "In memory of John G. Nelson who died March 4, 1847 aged 70 years 1 month and 15 days"

John married Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle on 22 May 1807 in Gallia County, Ohio, USA. Mary (daughter of William Arbuckle and Catherine Madison) was born on 4 Apr 1784 in Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died on 13 Sep 1847 in Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Gilmore Cemetery, Madison County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
She is listed as "Polly"; they were married by Thomas Rodgers J.P.

Children:

William 'Arbuckle' Nelson was born on 13 Sep 1807 in Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died on 4 Aug 1876 in Cambria, Wayne County, Iowa, USA; was buried in Cambria Cemetery, Cambria, Wayne County, Iowa, USA.
Davis Griffith Nelson was born in 1809 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died after 1880.
Thompson Nelson was born on 12 Jan 1811 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died on 17 Sep 1884 in Wisconsin, USA; was buried in Ramsey Cemetery, Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA.
Eliza Jane Nelson was born on 12 Jan 1811 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died on 12 Feb 1881 in Dade County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Sinking Creek Cemetery, Everton, Dade County, Missouri, USA.
John Nelson was born on 30 Dec 1812 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died on 27 Jan 1818 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA.
Mary Ann Nelson was born on 6 Feb 1814 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died after 1880.
Katherine Madison Nelson was born on 18 Oct 1816 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died on 11 Jun 1893 in Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Gilmore Cemetery, Madison County, Indiana, USA.
Elizabeth R Nelson was born on 28 Dec 1818 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died after 1880 in Kansas, USA.
Nancy Jane Nelson was born on 19 Oct 1820 in Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died on 18 Jan 1880 in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA.
Frances Nelson was born on 5 Dec 1822 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died on 16 May 1846 in Madison County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Gilmore Cemetery, Madison County, Indiana, USA.
John W. Nelson was born on 29 Jan 1825 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died after 1880 in Indiana, USA.
Susan Nelson was born on 20 Mar 1827 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died in 1873 in Madison County, Indiana, USA.
Agnes Nelson was born on 22 Jun 1829 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died on 13 Oct 1906 in Madison County, Indiana, USA.
Maglin Nelson was born on 13 Aug 1831 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died on 5 Jan 1915 in Kennard, Henry County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Gilmore Cemetery, Madison County, Indiana, USA.

Generation: 2

2.	Richard Nelson was born about 1750 in Maryland, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1775, Durham Parish East Hundred, Charles County, Maryland, USA Richard married Elizabeth Griffith in UNKNOWN. Elizabeth died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Griffith died in UNKNOWN.

Children:

1. John Griffith Nelson was born on 2 Apr 1776 in Mason County, West Virginia, USA; died on 23 Sep 1817 in Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Gilmore Cemetery, Madison County, Indiana, USA.


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