Dear list- I am still searching for a clue of SUSAN J. NEVILLE born about 1820 in Virginia. Did any of this Yelverton Nevilll's family stay in Virginia? Thanks, Libby Stone dlstone@netexpress.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Teedirk@aol.com> To: <NEVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 5:31 AM Subject: Re: [NEVILLE-L] Yelverton Nevill/Yelverton Payton > Hi Bill, > > Good to hear from you. Had forgotten that I had written what you enclosed > back to me. The particular grandson mentioned in that note is almost a year > old now and another son and his wife have presented us with another grandson > since then. We more fully understand the strong bond which develops between > grandparents and grandchildren, we share a common enemy. > > Have not chased too many Nevilles this year, been concentrating on the > Dirksen side of the family and also on my Littleton and Bean lines which > connect with Neville in southern IL. But have one thing to add which might > be of help. Shirley Wilcox previously sent me a copy of an indenture made > between William and Lord Fairfax, was quite hard to read the spelling of the > name but have since seen a microfilm when in VA, this certainly helped. > > >From the VA land records, an indenture made 28 July 1763 between the right > honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britain > called Scotland, etc. and William Neavill etc. etc. in consideration of > yearly rent, etc. etc. to the said William Neavill for and during the natural > life of him the said William Neavill and for and during the natural lives of > Winnifred Neavill his wife and Yelverton Neavill his son and every one of > them longest living etc. etc. > > This does several thing for me: > > 1. Puts William and Winnifred as husband and wife and parents of Yelverton. > Ta Daa! > > 2. Gives a birth year for Yelverton. Cousins and I previously had birth year > as "either 1762 or 1763," But because of the above, he could not have been > born Christmas of 1763 if he was already mentioned in the indenture dated > July 1763. Ta Daa, ta daa! > > 3. Gives me the earliest spelling of his name, Yelverton and not Yelvaton > (about which we cousins have been arguing for years - I really hoped it was > Yelvaton but then, what do I know)? Ta daa, ta daa, ta daa! > > Don't you sometimes wonder why such a trivial piece of information can get > the adrenaline flowing? > > Thus have changed my records for the last time, my mind is made up. It is > Yelverton! Will listen to no further reasoning on the subject. Even Jean's > threat of starching my underwear will not budge me. Many of Yelverton's > signatures (or of those signing for him) when viewed for the correct spelling > can be read either direction. Thought some years ago when Jean and I visited > his grave site in the TN Mountains that I finally had it as Yelvaton - that > is how the stone is carved. But the following year I read the will of his > grandson, Alexander, which was what directed and made payment for erecting > the grave stones for his "Beloved Mother," Granddad, and Aunts. BUT, at a > time some 31 years after death of Yelverton. My cousin tells me from her > 1970s visit to Jackson County that the folks pronounced the name, Yelton, and > thus some three decades post his death, how many folks would be able to spell > a name like that, especially when all the principal players were dead? > > William had previously made a similar indenture in 1760, some months after > the birth of his eldest son, Jesse. This agreement also mentions Winnifred > as part of the deal. While I have not read this type literature all that > extensively, these are the only two indentures I know of which were made in > names of sons and their mother. Got to give William credit, his version of > Social Security? But I have not located any records of William giving up > that land when the family moved to NC/SC. In fact, I do not know if records > of giving up land exist other than when someone else took up the land. > > Think I mentioned already of finding him listed in the SC Archives Colonial > Records file, spelling was Navil or maybe Navl as I recall and thus his > listing was pages and pages removed from all the rest of the Nevils (and all > other spellings of the name). I had been missing it, only found it by a > fluke. Gives William's early land record. I still must revisit the SC > Archives to sort a bit further, but I believe that William had at most two > plantations while living in that area, before the move to KY. One was along > Lawsons Fork which runs through Spartenburg, SC. Was located on Nevill Creek > (Branch?) which I cannot find on any map thus far. Who knows, when we visit > we may find we own downtown Spartenburg? Not part of my retirement plans, > however. He has multiple listings of addresses in both SC and NC but I > believe much of that is due to the colony/state/county boundary changes which > evolved over the years. But for me this is still a mess waiting for some > free time to sort. I had one great piece of good luck. I was mumbling to > myself in the SC Archives and was overheard (I do not mumble quietly) by one > of the staff. Turns out he had written an article about the Great > Acquisition, the event back when SC got a chunk of NC. A good deal of old > Tryon County, NC became property of SC -- and this territory seems to be the > area in which William lived. Hence his being on listing of both states. > > Have you had further success along the Yelverton line? That sun is up, the > temperature is climbing into the 50s, it is time to go outside and play with > the leaves and pine needles. > > Best wishes, Tom > > > ==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== > You may contact the Neville list manager at: > NEVILLE-admin@rootsweb.com >