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Mary "Polly" Nelson 1788 – 1848 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: July 1788

Birth Location: South Carolina, United States of America

Death Date: 18 October 1848

Death Location: Marion County, Alabama, United States of America

Father: William Nelson

Mother: Catharina Roberts

Spouse(s): Robert Bowlan

Children(s): Selety Maddox, Julia Bowlan, Henry Bowlan

According to available records, Mary "Polly" Nelson was born in 1788 in South Carolina, United States of America, the child of William Black Nelson and Catharina Roberts. Following those early years, Mary "Polly" Nelson married Robert Thomas Bowlan, and their family grew to include Selety Maddox, Julia Ann Bowlan and Henry Nelson Bowlan. In the later years of life, Mary "Polly" Nelson died in 1848 in Marion County, Alabama, United States of America.

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Parents

William Nelson
1735 – 1804
Birth Location: Northern Ireland
WN
Catharina Roberts
1740 – 1813
Birth Location: Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA
CR

Spouses(s)

Robert Bowlan
1782 – 1851
Birth Location: South Carolina
RB

Children(s)

Selety Maddox
1818 – 1897
Birth Location: –
SM
Julia Bowlan
1825 – 1897
Birth Location: South Carolina
JB
Henry Bowlan
1825 – 1898
Birth Location: –
HB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: July 1788
    Event Place: South Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 25 Feb 1812

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 18 October 1848
    Event Place: Marion County, Alabama, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Winfield, Marion County, Alabama, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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