History of the NELMS family (General)

by s_dnelms, Monday, February 04, 2008, 10:00 (6143 days ago)

My name is Daniel Nelms, and I have been doing genealogy research on my family off and on for numerous years now. The farthest I have been able to reach back (for certain) is Nathaniel H. Nelms, who was born in 1834 in Georgia, USA.

His father could possibly be William Nelms married to Ann Shepard.

And I also have this information (which is what led me to the Forest of Dean Area)

1790 RS Elbert Nuberg David BBB22 115 & William BBB 4 115 Nuberg===11-11-1793 Joseph Blackwell & Sally Chandler Blackwel, his wife ,to Julius Christler for $40.00 both sides of Nelms Bigg Branch granted 1-6-1791 420 ac signed Joseph & Sally
Blackwell, wit. Reuben McClary & Donton Blackwell.==Nelms came from Gloucestershire on West Coast of England from Forest of dean. Coat of Arms at Berkeley Church 3 elm trees "Dwellers near the elms" "Property with 9 Elms"

This information seems really scrambled, and the original poster of this information on rootsweb.com never responded to my questions on where this information came from.

I am (hoping) to find the direct link between Nathaniel (or William if William actually was Nathaniel's father) and the Forest of Dean area. It seems certain that one of my ancestors must have came over at some point in the 1700s to the US, or possibly earlier.

I am not sure if anyone has any information that could possibly help me. Thanks so much!

Daniel Nelms