1921
John Moultrie Nelson was born on 28 Aug 1921 in Kershaw, South Carolina, USA a child of John D Nelson and Della Jackson.
1930
Moultrie Nelson was counted in the census on 28 Apr 1930 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA as a 9-year-old, male, white, single, son. Also in the home was his father, John D Nelson; his mother, Della E Nelson; and his siblings, Victoria G Nelson, Sady K Nelson, Jessie Nelson, David Nelson and Nettie L Nelson.
1939
When he was 17, he married Thelma Hornsby, daughter of Joseph T. Hornsby and Emily Bowen, on 01 Feb 1939 in Kershaw, South Carolina, USA.
1944
On September 28, 1944, John Moultrie Nelson was listed as the living father on the death certificate of Infant Daughter Nelson.
1966
John M Nelson
ELGIN- John Moultrie Nelson, 45, of Elgin, died Thursday at Veterans Hospital, Columbia.
Mr. Nelson was in the hardwood timber business and was born in Kershaw County, son of the late John D. Nelson and Della Jackson Nelson.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Thelma Mae Hornsby Nelson; a daughter Wanda Jane Nelson of the home; a son, John Donald Nelson, U. S. Air Force, Plattsburg, N. Y., three sisters, Mrs. Victoria Barfield and Mrs. Jessie Harris of Elgin and Mrs. Juanita Ross of Lugoff, and four brothers, David Nelson and Jimmy Nelson of Elgin, Bill Nelson of Bamberg and Franklin Nelson of U. S. Army in Germany.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Baptist Church.
The body is at Kornegay Funeral Home.
Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA
2015
On November 19, 2015, John M Nelson was listed as the deceased father in the obituary of John Donald Nelson.