Seth Iredell Nelson

Seth Iredell Nelson, Sr. (1809 in Penns Valley, Union County, Pennsylvania - 1905, Round Island, Clinton County) was an early resident and a prominent pioneer hunter in the Keating Mountain vicinity of Clinton County, Pennsylvania.

Biography Seth Iredell Nelson was born about 1809 in Penns Valley, Union County, Pennsylvania. Seth was the oldest son of David Nelson and Mary Elizabeth née Lashbough Nelson.

In 1853, it was approved by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that general and township elections for Keating Township would take place at the home of Seth Nelson.

In Keating Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, there is a small town called Nelsonville. This was a small community on Keating Mountain founded by Seth Nelson.

Nelson died on his farm at Round Island, Clinton County in 1905. He was buried in Nelsonville Cemetery in Keating, Clinton County, Pennsylvania.

Hunting achievements Nelson has often been regarded as one of Central Pennsylvania’s most successful and resourceful big game hunters and armorers. As a hunter, Seth was so renowned that he was dubbed “The King Hunter of the Sinnemahoning” by the Seneca Indians.

One account stated that Nelson once threw a mountain lion out of his cabin.