UNITED STATES
SECURITEIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year of Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Nelson Capital Management, Inc.
Address: 245 Lytton Avenue
Suite 350
Palo Alto, CA 94301
13F File Number: 28-99999
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing
the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained
herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that
all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are
considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Brooks P. Nelson
Title: President
Phone: 650-326-0200
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Brooks P. Nelson Palo Alto, California December 7, 1999
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 81
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $257686
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE CUSIP VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
OF CLASS (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Abbott Labs COM 002824100 4218 114960 SH SOLE 114960 0 0
ACNielsen COM 004833109 3833 168931 SH SOLE 168931 0 0
Aluminum Co of America COM 022249106 211 3400 SH SOLE 3400 0 0
American Express COM 025816109 5576 41300 SH SOLE 41300 0 0
American Home Products COM 026609107 222 5355 SH SOLE 5355 0 0
American Intl Group COM 026874107 802 9221 SH SOLE 9221 0 0
Amgen COM 031162100 2460 30180 SH SOLE 30180 0 0
Anheuser Busch Cos COM 035229103 230 3276 SH SOLE 3276 0 0
Apache Corp COM 037411105 730 16900 SH SOLE 16900 0 0
AT&T Corp COM 001957109 5337 122692 SH SOLE 122692 0 0
Atlantic Richfield COM 048825103 499 5632 SH SOLE 5632 0 0
Avery Dennison Corp COM 053611109 4787 90750 SH SOLE 90750 0 0
Baldor Electric COM 057741100 3298 174144 SH SOLE 174144 0 0
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 267 4789 SH SOLE 4789 0 0
Bell Atlantic Corp COM 077853109 367 5450 SH SOLE 5450 0 0
BellSouth Corp COM 079860102 311 6908 SH SOLE 6908 0 0
Bestfoods COM 08658U101 4808 99000 SH SOLE 99000 0 0
Boeing Co COM 097023105 489 11475 SH SOLE 11475 0 0
BP Amoco Plc-ADR SPONSORED ADR 055622104 3737 33721 SH SOLE 33721 0 0
Bristol Myers Squibb COM 110122108 784 11610 SH SOLE 11610 0 0
Carnival Corp COM 143658102 3226 74150 SH SOLE 74150 0 0
CBS COM 12490K107 5883 127200 SH SOLE 127200 0 0
Chevron Corp COM 166751107 3417 38503 SH SOLE 38503 0 0
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 12081 176210 SH SOLE 176210 0 0
Citigroup COM 172967101 6624 150542 SH SOLE 150542 0 0
Coca-Cola COM 191216100 495 10262 SH SOLE 10262 0 0
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 1015 22180 SH SOLE 22180 0 0
Compaq Computers COM 204493100 3535 154527 SH SOLE 154527 0 0
Corvus Systems COM 221016108 0 12000 SH SOLE 12000 0 0
Dial Corp COM 25247D101 2885 113146 SH SOLE 113146 0 0
Disney (Walt & Co) COM 254687106 1027 39509 SH SOLE 39509 0 0
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 281 4445 SH SOLE 4445 0 0
Enron Corp COM 293561106 8077 196702 SH SOLE 196702 0 0
Exxon Corp COM 302290101 909 11963 SH SOLE 11963 0 0
Federal National Mtge COM 313586109 813 12964 SH SOLE 12964 0 0
Gannett & Co COM 364730101 226 3270 SH SOLE 3270 0 0
General Electric COM 369604103 7286 61448 SH SOLE 61448 0 0
GTE Corp COM 362320103 5491 71431 SH SOLE 71431 0 0
Healtheon/WebMD COM 422209106 740 20000 SH SOLE 20000 0 0
Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 5085 56029 SH SOLE 56029 0 0
Home Depot COM 437076102 1032 15032 SH SOLE 15032 0 0
IMS Health COM 449934108 4218 184900 SH SOLE 184900 0 0
Intel Corp COM 458140100 14582 196225 SH SOLE 196225 0 0
Int'l Business Machine COM 459200101 12368 102215 SH SOLE 102215 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 6614 71989 SH SOLE 71989 0 0
Kennametal COM 489170100 3102 119870 SH SOLE 119870 0 0
Lilly (Eli & Co) COM 532457108 360 5610 SH SOLE 5610 0 0
Loral Space & Communication COM G56462107 1049 61050 SH SOLE 61050 0 0
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 644 9920 SH SOLE 9920 0 0
MCI WorldCom Inc COM 55268B106 322 4486 SH SOLE 4486 0 0
Marsh & McLennan Companies COM 571748102 207 3018 SH SOLE 3018 0 0
McDonald's Corp COM 580135101 264 6100 SH SOLE 6100 0 0
Merck & Co COM 589331107 6027 92988 SH SOLE 92988 0 0
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 3694 40790 SH SOLE 40790 0 0
Miller (Herman) COM 600544100 3973 166200 SH SOLE 166200 0 0
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 213 2220 SH SOLE 2220 0 0
Mobil Corp COM 607059102 308 3055 SH SOLE 3055 0 0
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COM 617446448 1770 19844 SH SOLE 19844 0 0
Morgan (J.P. & Co) COM 616880100 1419 12420 SH SOLE 12420 0 0
Motorola COM 620076109 2437 27695 SH SOLE 27695 0 0
Newell Rubbermaid COM 651192106 278 9723 SH SOLE 9723 0 0
Oracle Corp COM 68389X105 4374 96125 SH SOLE 96125 0 0
Overland Data COM 690213103 159 30650 SH SOLE 30650 0 0
Pall Corp COM 696429307 1646 71000 SH SOLE 71000 0 0
Pepsico COM 713448108 4360 142961 SH SOLE 142961 0 0
Pfizer COM 717081103 708 19740 SH SOLE 19740 0 0
Philip Morris COM 718154107 318 9300 SH SOLE 9300 0 0
Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 528 5630 SH SOLE 5630 0 0
Sara Lee COM 803111103 5533 236700 SH SOLE 236700 0 0
SBC Communications COM 78387G103 4389 85959 SH SOLE 85959 0 0
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 2449 39300 SH SOLE 39300 0 0
Schwab, (Charles & Co) COM 808513105 1728 51666 SH SOLE 51666 0 0
Staples COM 855030102 652 29877 SH SOLE 29877 0 0
State Street Corp COM 857477103 7228 111850 SH SOLE 111850 0 0
Steris Corp COM 859152100 2135 155300 SH SOLE 155300 0 0
Sun Micro Systems COM 866810104 5162 55510 SH SOLE 55510 0 0
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 9015 109600 SH SOLE 109600 0 0
Union Pacific COM 907818108 2295 47742 SH SOLE 47742 0 0
Vodafone AirTouch PLC-SP ADR SPONSORED ADR 92857T107 1136 4780 SH SOLE 4780 0 0
Watson Pharmaceutical COM 942683103 3081 100800 SH SOLE 100800 0 0
Xilinx COM 983919101 23847 363900 SH SOLE 363900 0 0
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