James Arbuckle, Sr

1713 - 1783  (Age 69)



Birth	30 Aug 1713 Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland
Died	Apr 1783 Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Buried	​ Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Father	John Arbuckle b. 1686, Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland
Mother	Margaret Bartholomew b. 1685, Scotland
1	Rachel Gilmore
Married	11 Jan 1762 Turkey Cove, Lee County, Virginia, USA

Margaret Thompson

1714 - 1761  (Age 46)



Birth	1 Jan 1714 Scotland
Died	1761 Augusta County, Virginia, USA

Family	James Arbuckle, Sr & Margaret Thompson
Married	12 Feb 1734 Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Children	1. Matthew Arbuckle b. 15 Jul 1740, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA 2. John Arbuckle b. 17 Mar 1742, Augusta County, Virginia, USA 3. Thomas Arbuckle b. 2 Nov 1747, Augusta County, Virginia, USA 4. William Arbuckle b. 3 Mar 1752, Balcony Falls, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA 5. Elizabeth Arbuckle b. 1757, Augusta County, Virginia, USA 6. James Arbuckle, Jr b. May 1760, Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA

Humphrey Madison

1730 - 1756  (Age 26)



Birth	25 Apr 1730 King & Queen County, Virginia, USA
Died	12 Sep 1756 Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA
Father	Thomas Madison b. 1698, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Mother	Joanna Buckner b. 1698, Caroline County, Virginia, USA

Mary Dickinson

1725 - Aft 1797  (> Age 73)



Birth	1725 Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Died	Aft 1797 Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Father	Adam Dickinson b. 5 Feb 1701/02, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Mother	Catherine Stephenson
Married	**EMPTY LEVEL1 RECORD**
1	Samuel Brown b. Abt 1717, New Jersey, USA
Married	Abt 1743
Children	1. Adam Brown b. 1745, Virginia, USA 2. Henry Brown b. Abt 1747, Augusta County, Virginia, USA 3. Samuel Brown, Jr b. Abt 1750, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
2	James Littlepage b. 1738
Married	14 Jul 1759 Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Children	1. John Dickinson Littlepage b. 14 Aug 1761, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA

Family	Humphrey Madison & Mary Dickinson
Married	17 Aug 1753 Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Children	1. Catherine Madison b. 1754, Augusta County, Virginia, USA

Richard Nelson

Abt 1740 - 1823  (Age 83)



Birth	Abt 1740 Maryland, USA
Died	1823 Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA

Elizabeth Griffith

Abt 1740 - unknown



Birth	Abt 1740 Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, USA
Died	unknown

Family	Richard Nelson & Elizabeth Griffith
Married	Abt 1772
Children	1. John Griffith Nelson b. 2 Apr 1776, Charles County, Maryland, USA

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Name	Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
		DAR Recognition of Mary Arbuckle Nelson "DAR To Honor Grave of Soldier's Daughter", From the Anderson, Indiana Herald, June 8, 1953. A Revolutionary War medallion was placed next to her grave
Gender	Female
Birth	4 Apr 1784 Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA [1, 2, 3]
		DAR Recognition of Mary Arbuckle Nelson "DAR To Honor Grave of Soldier's Daughter", From the Anderson, Indiana Herald, June 8, 1953. A Revolutionary War medallion was placed next to her grave
Died	13 Sep 1847 Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA [1, 2, 3, 6]
		DAR Recognition of Mary Arbuckle Nelson "DAR To Honor Grave of Soldier's Daughter", From the Anderson, Indiana Herald, June 8, 1953. A Revolutionary War medallion was placed next to her grave
Buried	​ Gilmore Cemetery, Madison County, Indiana, USA [2, 3]
	FindAGrave Memorial 42026284; Old thin stone with script inscription. Has a DAR plaque. Marriage date and place. Lists her 14 children

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Family ID: F20388 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  

Father	William Arbuckle (ID:I20848) (Age 84) b. 3 Mar 1752, Balcony Falls, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Mar 1836, Mason County, West Virginia, USA (Age 84)
Mother	Catherine Madison (ID:I20849) (Age 64) b. 1754, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 18 Jul 1818, Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA (Age 64)
Marriage	30 Oct 1779 Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
Children	1. Jane Madison Arbuckle (ID:I21390) (Age 46) b. 2 Apr 1780, Fort Union, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA d. Sep 1826 (Age 46) 2. Margaret Thompson Arbuckle (ID:I21391) (Age > 53) b. 26 Mar 1782, Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. Aft 21 Jan 1835 (Age > 53) 3. Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle (ID:I20850) (current person) (Age 63) b. 4 Apr 1784, Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 13 Sep 1847, Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA (Age 63) 4. William Arbuckle, Jr. (ID:I21592) (Age 16) b. 26 Nov 1788, Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 1805, Mason County, West Virginia, USA (Age 16) 5. Elizabeth Arbuckle (ID:I21393) (Age 71) b. 15 Jul 1790, Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 29 Jul 1861, Mason County, West Virginia, USA (Age 71) 6. Catharine (Kitty) Brown Arbuckle (ID:I21392) (Age 66) b. 11 Jul 1793, Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 16 Oct 1859, Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA (Age 66) 7. Frances Littlepage Arbuckle (ID:I24695) (Age 8) b. 11 Jul 1793, Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. Dec 1801, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age 8) 8. Nancy Arbuckle (ID:I21593) (Age 5) b. 8 Sep 1796, Kanawha City, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA d. 21 Dec 1801, Kanawha City, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age 5)

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Family ID: F20418 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  |  Last Modified: 5 Feb 2025  

Husband	John Griffith Nelson (ID:I20901) (Age 70) b. 2 Apr 1776, Charles County, Maryland, USA d. 4 Mar 1847, Emporia, Madison County, Indiana, USA (Age 70)
Marriage	22 May 1807 Gallia County, Ohio, USA [3, 4, 7]
	She is listed as "Polly"; they were married by Thomas Rodgers J.P.
Children	1 . William 'Arbuckle' Nelson (ID:I20902) (Age 68) b. 13 Sep 1807, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 4 Aug 1876, Cambria, Wayne County, Iowa, USA (Age 68) 2 . Davis Griffith Nelson (ID:I26414) (Age > 77) b. 24 May 1809, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. Aft 1885 (Age > 77) 3 . Thompson Nelson (ID:I26415) (Age 73) b. 12 Jan 1811, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 17 Sep 1884, Wisconsin, USA (Age 73) 4 . Eliza Jane Nelson (ID:I26416) (Age 70) b. 12 Jan 1811, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 12 Feb 1881, Dade County, Missouri, USA (Age 70) 5 . John Nelson (ID:I26417) (Age 5) b. 30 Dec 1812, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 27 Jan 1818, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA (Age 5) 6 . Mary Ann Nelson (ID:I26418) (Age > 67) b. 6 Feb 1814, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. Aft 1880 (Age > 67) 7 . Katherine Madison Nelson (ID:I26419) (Age 76) b. 18 Oct 1816, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 11 Jun 1893, Fall Creek, Madison County, Indiana, USA (Age 76) 8 . Elizabeth R Nelson (ID:I26420) (Age 69) b. 28 Dec 1818, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 20 Jan 1888, Madison, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA (Age 69) 9 . Nancy Jane Nelson (ID:I24694) (Age 59) b. 19 Oct 1820, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 18 Jan 1880, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA (Age 59) 10 . Frances Nelson (ID:I26421) (Age 23) b. 5 Dec 1822, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 16 May 1846, Madison County, Indiana, USA (Age 23) 11 . John William Nelson (ID:I26422) (Age > 56) b. 29 Jan 1825, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. Aft 1880, Indiana, USA (Age > 56) 12 . Susan Nelson (ID:I26423) (Age 45) b. 20 Mar 1827, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 1873, Madison County, Indiana, USA (Age 45) 13 . Agnes Nelson (ID:I26424) (Age 77) b. 22 Jun 1829, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 13 Oct 1906, Madison County, Indiana, USA (Age 77) 14 . Maglin Nelson (ID:I26425) (Age 83) b. 13 Aug 1831, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA d. 5 Jan 1915, Kennard, Henry County, Indiana, USA (Age 83)
Documents		Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993
Histories » Slide Show		North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 William Arbuckle.Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 088 : 1911
		DAR Recognition of Mary Arbuckle Nelson "DAR To Honor Grave of Soldier's Daughter", From the Anderson, Indiana Herald, June 8, 1953. A Revolutionary War medallion was placed next to her grave
		PollyArbuckleDARCeremony1953

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Residence	1834 Emporia, Madison County, Indiana, USA [3]  –  Parents John and Polly Arbuckle Nelson and their 14 children (some adult) moved to a 127-acre tract near the present community of Emporia
		DAR Recognition of Mary Arbuckle Nelson "DAR To Honor Grave of Soldier's Daughter", From the Anderson, Indiana Herald, June 8, 1953. A Revolutionary War medallion was placed next to her grave

Documents » Slide Show		U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 William Arbuckle.Birth date: 3 Mar 1752
		Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993
		William Arbuckle Wiill - 1836 Lots of $1 bequests to his children, but substantial bequests to at least one son-in-law.

Histories » Slide Show		North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 William Arbuckle.Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 088 : 1911
		DAR Recognition of Mary Arbuckle Nelson "DAR To Honor Grave of Soldier's Daughter", From the Anderson, Indiana Herald, June 8, 1953. A Revolutionary War medallion was placed next to her grave
		John Morris & Wm Arbuckle Nelson Bios Biographies and descendancies of John Morris Nelson & his father William Arbuckle Nelson, settlers in Wayne County, Iowa. Excerpted from "History of Cambria Community and Washington Township, Iowa", written and compiled by John W. Snook, May 1977
		JG Nelson Family Bible Images PDF (From 1949!?) Pages badly damaged, but much is readable. Originally furnished by Mrs. Ruth Forcum, Lannon, Obion Tennessee from Photostat furnished by John B(D?)ille family Miami Florida who had possession of John G. Nelson’s old Bible. jmbaker1954 originally shared this on 29 Apr 2017
		Those I have met, or, Boys in Blue p. Edwin Trueblood biographical entry
		PollyArbuckleDARCeremony1953

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	Birth - 4 Apr 1784 - Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA Marriage - 22 May 1807 - Gallia County, Ohio, USA Residence - 1834 - Emporia, Madison County, Indiana, USA Died - 13 Sep 1847 - Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA Buried - - Gilmore Cemetery, Madison County, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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[S190] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 SCI Details: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; Citation: Page: Mary Polly Dickinson Arbuckle Text:  Name: Mary Polly Dickinson Arbuckle Birth Date: 4 Apr 1784 Birth Place: Pt Pleasant, W Vir Death Date: 23 Sep 1847 Death Place: Madison, Indiana SAR Membership: 98242 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 22 Mar 1969 Father: William Arbuckle Mother: Catherine Madison Spouse: John Griffith Nelson Children: Nancy Jane Nelson Household Members: Name: Age Frank Christian Mayer Jr: Mary Kathryn Wallace: Frank Christian Mayer: Anna Louise Wheeler: Hilton Wallace: Margaret Forcum: Richard Wallace: Nancy Jane Nelson: Milas Forcum: Mary Polly Dickinson Arbuckle: John Griffith Nelson Catherine Madison William Arbuckle McClanahan Pogue Note: http:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=sarmemberapps&h=1067433&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 William Arbuckle.Birth date: 3 Mar 1752 [S15] FindAGrave.com SC Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Citation: Page: FindAGrave Memorial 42026284; Mary Dickenson "Polly" Arbuckle Nelson Text:  Mary Dickenson “Polly” Arbuckle Nelson Birth: 2 Apr 1786 Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA Death: 21 Sep 1847 (aged 61) Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana, USA Burial: Gilmore Cemetery, Adams Township, Madison County, Indiana, USA Memorial #: 42026284 Bio [excerpt] On 22 May 1806, Mary married John Griffith Nelson, son of Richard Nelson and Elizabeth Griffith, in Gallion County, Ohio. They had fourteen known children: William Arbuckle, Davis Griffith, Eliza Jane (twin of Thompson), Thompson, John, Mary Ann, Catherine Madison, Elizabeth R, Nancy Jane, Frances, John William, Susan, Agnes and Maglin. Maintained by: RoxAnne Sweany (47294733) Originally Created by: Samuel Poor (47106761) Added: 16 Sep 2009 Note: http:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=websearch-3902&h=1428523&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S202] Newspaper: Anderson (Indiana) Daily Bulletin CI Citation: Page: June 8, 1953, p1, DAR To Honor Grave of Soldier's Daughter June 13,1953 p2, Descendants of Revolutionary Daughter Attend DAR Ceremony Text:  (1) Biographical story of Mary (Polly) Arbuckle Nelson, daughter of Revolutionary War-era soldier William Arbuckle. (2) Story about a DAR ceremony at Mary Nelson's grave, honoring the notion that she was the only daughter of a Revolutionary War veteran buried in Madison County. (Whether William Arbuckly actually was a "Revolutionary War" veteran in dispute, though he definitely served as a Private at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, which was, in a meaningful sense, a precursor to the American Revolution) The two articles have essentially the same geneological information and make essentially the same historical errors. Note: https:/​/​www​.newspapers​.com/​search/​results/​?city=Anderson&county=Madison&date=1953-06-08®ion=us-in DAR Recognition of Mary Arbuckle Nelson "DAR To Honor Grave of Soldier's Daughter", From the Anderson, Indiana Herald, June 8, 1953. A Revolutionary War medallion was placed next to her grave PollyArbuckleDARCeremony1953 [S94] Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993 SCI Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016; Citation: Page: Film Number: 000317652 Text:  John G Nelson & Polly Arbuckel Marriage Date: 22 May 1806 Marriage Place: Gallia, Ohio, USA Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993 [S335] West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 SCI Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015; Citation: Page: Will books; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Mason County); Probate Place: Mason, West Virginia Text:  [[Names 4 surviving daughters; 1 deceased daughter, several grandchildren. Most bequests are $1 "by way of remembrance" and $100 notes due from son-in-law Samuel Alexander, who recieved the most significant bequest of Williams property, including, "my blacksmith tools and all my property belonging to or appertaining to my shop" See note in William Arbuckle's profile]] Note: https:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=9087&h=168616&indiv=try William Arbuckle Wiill - 1836 Lots of $1 bequests to his children, but substantial bequests to at least one son-in-law. [S999] Those I have met, or, Boys in Blue, by Samuel Harden SCI Details: Name: Wm Mitchell; Location: Greenfield, IN; Date: 1888; Citation: Page: pp 380,381. Edwin Trueblood biographical entry Text:  son of Edward and Mary Trueblood... born in North Carolina, May 2, 182... On the 8th day of April, 1949, he was married to Agnes Nelson, daughter of John G. and Mary Nelson...(Arbuckle). Mrs Trueblood was born in Mason County, Virginia June 22, 1829... Mr Nelson died March, 1847. Mrs Nelson died Oct 1, 1847 (sic) [Children's names, birth, spouses, residences] Those I have met, or, Boys in Blue p. Edwin Trueblood biographical entry [S1121] DAR Lineage Books SCI Details: Name: National Society of the DAR; Citation: Page: p.205, Volume 088 : 1911, Miss Ida Evelyn Steele. #87674 & Mrs Mabe A Steele Bahls #87675 Text:  1. Charles Wesley... 2. Andrew Jackson Chapman (1831-1903) m, 1855, Nancy Jane Nelson (b. 1835) 3. Arbuckle Nelson m. Jane Greenlee 4. John Nelson m. Mary D Arbuckle 5. William Arbuckle m. 3rd Katherine Madison) William Arbuckle (1746-1836) enlisted, 1774, in Capt. John Stewarts company at the battle of Point Pleasant and 1779 served with George Rogers Clark.... He was born in Augusta County, Va; died in Mason County, W. Va North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 William Arbuckle.Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 088 : 1911