Thomas Nelson Jr. | |
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| 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 (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) William Henry Harrison (third cousin) Benjamin Harrison (third cousin twice removed) |
| Children | Hugh Nelson |
| Parent(s) | William Nelson Elizabeth Burwell |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Profession | Planter, soldier, statesman |
| Signature |  |
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.