Thank you so very much, without Emily there I am not sure it is the right family (but at the moment have drawn a blank on her d.o.b. *blush) This has been a stinker to find because there are so very many Daniel McNeills. The Marshall Co site has; McNeill,Miss Julia Ann, 11.23.50 The funeral card had Daniel being born in 1799 so I don't know if this is him or a cousin but the Emily is awfully suggestive. Moore Co NC site has up Daniel as Sheriff and marrying Julia Farish and then he dropps off the map. I will save this as it is the first tickle of him since 1824, thank you so much Eliz