Hi there....this is the way the family fell into place on the Neville List. It would appear that you are correct about the spelling. I am not from the area nor part of his immediate family which Neville ancestors descend from William Neville and Winefred Oldham. I am going to forward your post to the Neville List in hopes that someone connected with the family will contact you. Meanwhile I will add your email address and inquiry to my file and update to World connect in a couple of weeks.....good hunting....Ren Neville PUTTERSC@aol.com wrote: > I saw your file on rootsweb. I am very interested in Samuel Neville > Pitchford's wife, > Sarah Martha Matella Grizzer b 17 DEC 1867 in Atlanta, GA; married 2 > JUL 1885 in Walhalla, Oconee Co., SC and d 3 MAY 1931 in Walhalla, SC > > Could you please tell me where you acquired the above dates for her > birth and marriage? The reason I ask is that I believe her maiden > name to be GRIZZARD, dau of Thomas Joseph Grizzard and Ida Unknown. I > first located her on the following census record: > 1870 GA Census, Fulton Co., Atlanta Twp, Ward 1, Post Office: Atlanta, > June 13, 1870, p. 111-b: > 232/232 > T. J. GRIZZARD, 28y m w Clk in Store b GA > Ida A., 22y f w Keeping House b GA > Harry, 5y m w b GA > Matilda, 2y f w b GA** > Sarah, 17y f b Domestic Servant b GA can't write > > I also found in my research at the Walhalla Library and researching > the Atlanta Constitution newspapers the following: > > THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, August 7, 1904 > Mortuary > T. J. GRIZZARD, Walhalla, SC > Columbia, SC - August 6 (Special) > T. J. GRIZZARD is dead at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sam M. > Pitchford, in Walhalla, at the age of 92. He was a confederate veteran > and until a year ago lived in Atlanta. > > > KEOWEE COURIER, Walhalla, SC, August 10, 1904, p. 3, Col. C: > Death of T. J. GRIZZARD > T. J. Grizzard died at the home of S. N. Pitchford, in Walhalla, S. > C., on Thurday August 4th, after a lingering illness, from paralysis, > aged sixty-four years. He and his wife came from Atlanta, Ga., a year > ago and made their abode with his son-in-law. He leaves his wife and > two children surviving, who have the sympathy of many friends. He was > a native of Georgia and resided in Atlanta about thirty years. On > account of failing health he retired from business and removed to > Walhalla. He was member of the Methodist church and a Royal Arch > Mason. After appropriate funeral services at the home Friday > afternoon at 1 o'clock, conducted by Rev. E. S. Jones, assisted by > Revs. J. G. Law and R. L. Rogers, his body was buried in Westview > cemetery. > > I know that there are several differences in the obituary notices, but > I believe them to be the same person. > > Any assistance that you may provide would be most helpful. And of > course, I am willing to share any information I have to assist you in > your research. > > BTW, do you live in the Walhalla, SC area? I have copies of Samuel N. > Pitchford, Matella Grizzard Pitchford's obituaries and several others > from the Pitchford line if you would like to have a transcribed copy. > > Regards, > Pat Winfree > puttersc@aol.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- ======================================================================== Ren and Judy Neville 925-516-4976 voice/FAX "If God so clothe the grass of the field..... shall He not much more clothe you" MATT. 6:30 "My fathers badge, old Nevil's crest, the rampant bear chain'd to the ragged staff" Henry VI, part 2, verse 1........William Shakespeare http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=johnneville Ne vile velis "Form no mean wish"