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The house was built by Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson around 1730, and later occupied by his grandson, Founding Father Thomas Nelson, Jr. (1738-1789) during the American Revolutionary War. Nelson, Jr., who signed the Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, was a planter, politician, and later governor of Virginia. The house was damaged during the siege of Yorktown. It served as a hospital during the Civil War.
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George Washington
Commander-in-Chief
Thomas Nelson Sr
Delegate
Thomas Nelson Jr
Governor VA
William Nelson
Charles Cornwallis
Major General
Charles O'Hara
Brigadier General