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The Neilson Family
Sources & Notes

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Sources for Robert Neilson of Thornflat & Elizabeth Douglas

• A. Lou Neilson's family chart.
• Campbell Genealogy, via AyrshireRoots.com
• A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans: Volume 8 by William Thomas Hale & Dixon Lanier Merritt
• Mike Murphy.
• Neilson-Garrett Cemetery, Hot Springs, Madison Co., North Carolina, via Findagrave.com

Notes:
• A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans calls him Thomas.

Sources for Hugh Douglas Neilson & Sarah Heale

• A. Lou Neilson's family chart.
• A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans: Volume 8 by William Thomas Hale & Dixon Lanier Merritt
• Mike Murphy.
• Old Shiloh Methodist, Somerville, Fayette Co., TN, via Findagrave.com.
• Terry Michael Bradley's Family History

Notes:
• Sarah's last name also appears as Hale. Mike Murphy also says she was born 14 Oct 1761. Terry Michael Bradley's Family History says she was born 19 Oct 1761. Mike Murphy says she died 11 Aug 1818.

Sources for Joseph Hale Neilson & Mary Smith

• A. Lou Neilson's family chart.
• Lineage book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 12
• Mike Murphy.
• Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette Co., MS, via Findagrave.com

Notes:
• We originally had daughter-in-law Mary's surname as Bowln, but I think we misread A. Lou Neilson's e for an l.