Nancy, Here are a couple of possibilities from Dr. William Powell's North Carolina Gazetteer: Neal Branch: rises in southern Wake County and flows east into Swift Creek; Neills Creek: rises in southern Wake County and flows sw in north Harnett County into Cape Fear River. Named for Red Neill McNeill who settled along its banks in 1740. There's also a Neill Creek Township in Harnett County. And while I'm sure the following has nothing to do with your search, I thought this one was sort of funny and is in Franklin County: Neal Gut, a narrow water-filled defile in central Franklin County which empties into the Tar River. ;-) For what it's worth, Swift Creek seems to be south of Cary/ north of Angier - and seems to flow into Lake Wheeler. I cannot seem to spot Neal Branch as being labeled in my particular Atlas - but there are numerous healthy-sized branches in that area that flow into Swift Creek, so any one of them might be Neal Branch. I do see Neills Creek which is mostly in Harnett County - but you can see the faint lines of its origin just over the Wake line, south of Fuquay-Varina. It my atlas, it looks like Kenneth Creek flows into this Neills Creek. In any case, while both seem to be associated with southern Wake, it does seem that Neal Branch and Neills Creek are two different water courses. Hope this helps, Sandy On Mar 8, 2007, at 10:22 PM, Nancy Hamilton wrote: > Could someone help me identify where Neals Creek is (or was)? I > have a ggg > grandfather, Alsey Hamilton, who bought land on Neals Creek in > 1819. I > would like to have a general idea of where that would be in Wake > county. > > Thanks, Nancy nbhamil@msn.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWAKE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message