Birthplace of Allison Nelson

Birthplace of Allison Nelson is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1992.

On GA 139, southeast of Chattahoochee River in Atlanta.

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One mile north of where Sandy Creek flows into the Chattahoochee River, was the house of John B. Nelson, owner of Nelson's Ferry in the 1820s. His son, Allison Nelson, was born there in March 1822. After service in the Mexican War, he was a representative in the Georgia General Assembly (1848 - 1849) & ninth Mayor of Atlanta (1855). Removed to Texas in 1856 where he engaged in Indian warfare & in 1860, became a member of the Texas legislature. Commissioned Brig. Gen. in the Confederate Army, Sept. 12, 1862, he served until his death near Austin, Lonoke Co., Arkansas, on Oct. 7, 1862.

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1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Birthplace of Allison Nelson

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