This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ig.2ADI/472.614 Message Board Post: my paternal grandmouther maden name powell was the daughter or rebecke neeely sister of joshua neeley. of jersey county, it is believed that the neeleys were illinies sp?? ( that took english names ) for protection from the sioux durring the black hawk wars and massacar