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, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Nelson Capital Management, Inc.
Address: 1860 Embarcadero Road
Suite 140
Palo Alto, CA 94303
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: 650-493-1000
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Brooks P. Nelson Palo Alto, California November 15, 2000
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: 92
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $426150
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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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AT&T Corp COM 001957109 235 7987 SH SOLE 7987 0 0
Abbott Labs COM 002824100 7404 155659 SH SOLE 155659 0 0
ACNielsen COM 004833109 5634 236611 SH SOLE 236611 0 0
Actionpoint Inc COM 00504A108 46 10000 SH SOLE 10000 0 0
Agilent Technologies COM 00846U101 918 18760 SH SOLE 18760 0 0
America Online Inc COM 02364J104 12073 224618 SH SOLE 224618 0 0
American Express COM 025816109 8521 140260 SH SOLE 140260 0 0
American Home Products COM 026609107 268 4732 SH SOLE 4732 0 0
American Intl Group COM 026874107 1093 11423 SH SOLE 11423 0 0
Amgen COM 031162100 6685 95737 SH SOLE 95737 0 0
Anheuser Busch Cos COM 035229103 201 4752 SH SOLE 4752 0 0
Apache Corp COM 037411105 857 14500 SH SOLE 14500 0 0
Applied Materials COM 038222105 319 5370 SH SOLE 5370 0 0
At Home Corp COM 045919107 434 30761 SH SOLE 30761 0 0
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 243 3640 SH SOLE 3640 0 0
Avery Dennison Corp COM 053611109 8782 189380 SH SOLE 189380 0 0
Baldor Electric COM 057741100 1030 50728 SH SOLE 50728 0 0
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 286 5465 SH SOLE 5465 0 0
Bestfoods COM 08658U101 291 4000 SH SOLE 4000 0 0
Boeing Co COM 097023105 237 3760 SH SOLE 3760 0 0
Bristol Myers Squibb COM 110122108 619 10844 SH SOLE 10844 0 0
British Petroleum SPON ADR 110889409 5079 95823 SH SOLE 95823 0 0
Carnival Corp COM 143658102 2919 118540 SH SOLE 118540 0 0
Chevron Corp COM 166751107 5907 69287 SH SOLE 69287 0 0
Ciena Corp COM 171779101 436 3554 SH SOLE 3554 0 0
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 18884 342279 SH SOLE 342279 0 0
Citigroup COM 172967101 12738 235610 SH SOLE 235610 0 0
Coca-Cola COM 191216100 371 6730 SH SOLE 6730 0 0
Cognos COM 19244C109 937 23000 SH SOLE 23000 0 0
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 892 18900 SH SOLE 18900 0 0
Comerica COM 200340107 300 5126 SH SOLE 5126 0 0
Dell Computer COM 247025109 365 11830 SH SOLE 11830 0 0
Disney (Walt & Co) COM 254687106 7685 200915 SH SOLE 200915 0 0
EMC Corp Mass COM 268648102 973 9820 SH SOLE 9820 0 0
E. Piphany COM 26881V100 3076 39911 SH SOLE 39911 0 0
Enron Corp COM 293561106 17955 204912 SH SOLE 204912 0 0
Exodus Communications Inc COM 302088109 202 4100 SH SOLE 4100 0 0
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 1508 16920 SH SOLE 16920 0 0
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 981 13714 SH SOLE 13714 0 0
General Electric COM 369604103 12685 219899 SH SOLE 219899 0 0
Greater Bay Bancorp COM 391648102 417 6000 SH SOLE 6000 0 0
Hewlett Packard COM 428236103 4931 50830 SH SOLE 50830 0 0
Home Depot COM 437076102 1232 23226 SH SOLE 23226 0 0
Inktomi COM 457277101 417 3654 SH SOLE 3654 0 0
Intel Corp COM 458140100 13240 318547 SH SOLE 318547 0 0
Int'l Business Machines COM 459200101 14737 130996 SH SOLE 130996 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 9786 104180 SH SOLE 104180 0 0
Juniper Networks COM 48203R104 2010 9179 SH SOLE 9179 0 0
Kennametal COM 489170100 4653 180700 SH SOLE 180700 0 0
Lilly (Eli & Co) COM 532457108 319 3930 SH SOLE 3930 0 0
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 359 11748 SH SOLE 11748 0 0
Marsh & McLennan Companies COM 571748102 292 2200 SH SOLE 2200 0 0
Medtronic Inc COM 585055106 214 4132 SH SOLE 4132 0 0
Merck & Co COM 589331107 9332 125364 SH SOLE 125364 0 0
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 8131 134807 SH SOLE 134807 0 0
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 2242 24600 SH SOLE 24600 0 0
Morgan, J.P. & Co COM 616880100 1679 10280 SH SOLE 10280 0 0
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COM 617446448 3348 36618 SH SOLE 36618 0 0
Motorola Inc COM 620076109 1144 40511 SH SOLE 40511 0 0
Netratings COM 64116M108 281 15000 SH SOLE 15000 0 0
Nokia Corp SPON ADR 654902204 446 11204 SH SOLE 11204 0 0
Nortel Networks Corp COM 656568102 3273 54956 SH SOLE 54956 0 0
Oracle Corp COM 68389X105 14829 188301 SH SOLE 188301 0 0
Pall Corp COM 696429307 1053 52800 SH SOLE 52800 0 0
Pepsico COM 713448108 9004 195731 SH SOLE 195731 0 0
Pfizer COM 717081103 1069 23792 SH SOLE 23792 0 0
Pharmacia Corp COM 71713U102 263 4377 SH SOLE 4377 0 0
Philip Morris COM 718154107 200 6800 SH SOLE 6800 0 0
Phone.com COM 71920Q100 210 1850 SH SOLE 1850 0 0
Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 10002 149289 SH SOLE 149289 0 0
SBC Communications Inc COM 78387G103 7768 155357 SH SOLE 155357 0 0
Safeway COM 786514208 7294 156240 SH SOLE 156240 0 0
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 5615 68210 SH SOLE 68210 0 0
Schwab, (Charles & Co) COM 808513105 13053 367694 SH SOLE 367694 0 0
Siebel Systems COM 824170102 636 5712 SH SOLE 5712 0 0
Spieker Properties REIT 848497103 1868 34744 SH SOLE 34744 0 0
State Street Corp COM 857477103 11986 92202 SH SOLE 92202 0 0
Steris Corp COM 859152100 1701 141785 SH SOLE 141785 0 0
Sun Micro Systems COM 866810104 12892 110425 SH SOLE 110425 0 0
Sysco COM 871829107 225 4850 SH SOLE 4850 0 0
Texas Instruments COM 882508104 8844 187430 SH SOLE 187430 0 0
Veritas Software COM 923436109 554 3900 SH SOLE 3900 0 0
Verisign COM 92343E102 463 2288 SH SOLE 2288 0 0
Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 8131 167868 SH SOLE 167868 0 0
Viacom Inc - Cl B COM 925524308 9230 157773 SH SOLE 157773 0 0
Vodafone Group PLC SPON ADR 92857W100 640 17285 SH SOLE 17285 0 0
Watson Pharmaceutical COM 942683103 5627 86740 SH SOLE 86740 0 0
WebMethods COM 94768C108 3627 31500 SH SOLE 31500 0 0
WebMD Corp COM 94769M105 311 20400 SH SOLE 20400 0 0
West Coast Entertainment COM 952182103 1 10000 SH SOLE 10000 0 0
WorldCom Inc COM 98157D106 220 7230 SH SOLE 7230 0 0
Xilinx Inc COM 983919101 56281 657300 SH SOLE 657300 0 0
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