Thomas Nelson Jr.

Thomas Nelson Jr.
4th Governor of Virginia
In office June 12, 1781 – November 22, 1781
Preceded by	William Fleming (acting)
Succeeded by	Benjamin Harrison V
Virginia House of Burgesses representing York County
In office 1761–1775 Serving with Dudley Digges
Preceded by	Robert Carter Nicholas
Succeeded by	position abolished
Virginia Ratification Conventions representing York County
In office 1775–1777 Serving with Dudley Digges
Virginia Representative to the Continental Congress
In office 1775–1777 Serving with Carter Braxton, Thomas Jefferson, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, George Wythe
Preceded by	Patrick Henry
Succeeded by	John Banister
Virginia Representative to the Continental Congress
In office 1779–1780 Serving with William Fitzhugh, Thomas Adams, Cyrus Griffin, John Harvie, Arthur Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Richard Henry Lee, James Mercer, Edmund Jennings Randolph, Meriwether Smith
Preceded by	John Banister
Succeeded by	James Henry
Virginia House of Delegates representing York County
In office May 5, 1777 – June 1781 Serving with Joseph Prentis, William Reynolds
Preceded by	William Digges
Succeeded by	unclear
Virginia House of Delegates representing York County
In office May 1782 – May 2, 1784 Serving with Joseph Prentis
Preceded by	unclear
Succeeded by	Nathaniel Nelson
Virginia House of Delegates representing York County
In office October 16, 1786 – June 22, 1788 Serving with Joseph Prentis
Preceded by	Nathaniel Nelson
Succeeded by	William Nelson
Personal details
Born	December 26, 1738 Yorktown, Colony of Virginia, British America
Died	January 4, 1789(1789-01-04) (aged 50) Hanover County, Virginia, United States
Resting place	Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Yorktown
Spouse	Lucy Grymes
Relations	Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson (grandfather) Robert Carter I (great-grandfather) George Reade (great-great-grandfather) Nicolas Martiau (third great-grandfather) George Washington (third cousin)
Children	Hugh Nelson
Parent(s)	William Nelson Elizabeth Burwell
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Profession	Planter, soldier, statesman
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Thomas Nelson Jr. (December 26, 1738 – January 4, 1789) was a Founding Father of the United States, general in the Revolutionary War, member of the Continental Congress, and a Virginia planter. In addition to serving many terms in the Virginia General Assembly, he twice represented Virginia in the Congress, where he signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Fellow Virginia legislators elected him to serve as the commonwealth's governor in 1781, the same year he fought as a brigadier general in the siege of Yorktown, the final battle of the war.