John P. Alcock recently came out with a second volume of Fauquier Families (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 2001). One of the helpful sections is an abstract of various tithable & personal property tax lists. Some of this is in the first volume, that has been arranged as an index of sorts. However it is very helpful to see the original order of the lists. One item in particular caught my attention and I will relay it here. There are 3 tithable lists for 1759 & it apparently is complete, whereas for most years (1766, 1768, 1775, 1777, 1778, 1781, 1783) only partial lists have survived. James Neville was born 1 Sept. 1741, and in 1759 would have been 18. It would be sometime after this that he would be looking for a wife. If you recall, the unproven surname of his wife has been proposed as Blackburn, Jackman or Joyce. In 1759 there was no one named Blackburn or Joyce in the county. The only Neville in the county was George Neavell with one tithe (on p5). He is enumerated between John Obanyon & Samuel Earle. In 1777 there is only a list of tithables for the lower district of Leeds Parish, so large numbers of people are missing. The lower district of Leeds Parish was roughly from Courthouse village (Warrenton) north to what is now Marshall, according to Mr. Alcock. However we do find in 1777 (p39 of this book): ... Mr. Burr Harrison, Chas Haycock, N 7 - 9 tithes Thomas Jackman Jur, Saml Madden, 150 acres, 2 tithes Anderson Cockrell, 1 tithe James Neavill, Jos Neavill, Negros 3, 300 acres, 5 tithes Edward Ball, N 3, 4 tithes ... 1778 tithe list of William Pickett (p52) ... Peter Kemper Junr - 1 tithe James Nevell - 1 tithe Thomas Watts, Negroe 1 - 2 tithes Benjamine Stone - 1 tithe Addam Funk - 1 tithe Wm Jackman, Negr 1 - 2 tithes ... 1778 tithe list of Hezk Turner (p59) William Turley - 1 tithe Thomas Nevill - 1 tithe Jacob Fobey - 1 tithe .... 1781 list (p78; alpha order) Tho Neavill with 1 tithe [1783] List of Hezh Turner (p94; alpha order; according to Alcock this was the northwesternmost district) Thomas Nevil - 1 tithe This is all of the Neville references. There is no Blackburn or Joyce at all in this volume. The index has 10 references to Joseph, Thomas & William Jackman. Besides tithe lists Mr. Alcock has abstracted some marriage bonds recently found in loose papers and the first 76 chancery suits from 1759-89. I went back and looked at Alcock's first volume that is titled, Fauquier Families, 1759-1799, Comprehensive indexed abstracts of Tax and Tithable Lists, Marriage Bonds and Minute, Deed, and Will Books, and Others. There is no surname Joyce. For Blackburn there is a Judith Blackburn, a Richard Scott Blackburn & Sarah Brown Blackburn. The Nevilles (various spellings) are: George, Henry, James, Joanna, John, Joseph, Judith, Lettice, Letty; Mary, Peggy, Sarah, Susanna, Thomas, & William. None of this proves anything, but perhaps someday we will gather enough bits & pieces to make a good conclusion. Shirley Langdon Wilcox