> Jan: > > I'm forwarding this message to the Nevill board. We need to all be > hashing these elusive Nevills around, and I think it helps for us to > share what we are thinking. I've noticed that the reply on rootsweb > defaults so that we are replying privately instead of on the open board > (I thought it was the other way around?)...so I think that now we are > missing out on a lot. Anyway...... > > Yes, there are is at least one Presley in Solomon Neville's line, but he > belongs to a daughter's line...he is Presley Snipes. I've seen a Presley > in George Nevill's line in Montgomery Co...he also has a different > surname because he belongs to a daughter line. In Demarius Travis' > household there is a Presley O. _________. I think he is a Travis...I > will have to look, but on one census the surname is given as Nevel > because he is listed in the household after Annette Nevel (Granderson's > wife [ex-wife?]). I think the Nevel name is a mistake....based on age I > ruled him out as an elder son of Granderson's. I think in this instance > the Presley name is coming out of George Nevill's line...Demarius is his > grand daughter. That is how I think McAllister had interpreted it. > > Kathy > > --------------28C064763F69 > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <jdfaulk@hop-uky.campus.mci.net> > Received: from aus-c.mp.campus.mci.net from [208.140.84.23] by mail.airmail.net > (/\##/\ Smail3.1.30.16 #30.181) with esmtp for <ppskdd2@airmail.net> > id <m0weueX-000BUOB@mail.airmail.net>; Thu, 19 Jun 97 22:46:25 -0500 (CDT) > Received: from s18-pm08.snaustel.campus.mci.net (s18-pm08.snaustel.campus.mci.net [207.49.120.239]) > by aus-c.mp.campus.mci.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA02406 > for <ppskdd2@airmail.net>; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:44:03 -0400 (EDT) > Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:44:03 -0400 (EDT) > Message-Id: <199706200344.XAA02406@aus-c.mp.campus.mci.net> > X-Sender: jdfaulk@hop-uky.campus.mci.net > X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.1.1 > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > To: ppskdd2@airmail.net > From: jdfaulk@hop-uky.campus.mci.net > Subject: Re: Presley Nevill > > Kathy, > > I have been going back through all of your posts and noticed your "wrinkle" > below. According to the traditional and much debated lineage of the Prince > William and Fauquier Co., VA Nevilles, Presley's father John, who moved to > PA, was a brother (not proved) of George Nevill who came to Montgomery Co., > TN after living in area of Rutherford Co., NC and that part of SC just below > Rutherford Co., NC. (The border was in dispute and they probably didn't move > - the line moved.) Their other brother (not proved) William also moved to > the same area of SC (Greenville Co.) and his son was the Jessie Nevill found > in that area. William also left SC and came to area around Barren Co., KY, > where another brother (not proved) James lived. James had moved directly > from VA to KY according to a deposition. William left KY and settled in > either Jackson or White Co., TN just below KY. (I will check if you need to > know for certain.) Joseph, Jr., another brother (not proved) to Presley, > George, William, and James, moved to Hampshire Co., VA (what is now Hardy > Co., W. VA). Ann, a sister (not proved), married an O'Bannon and came to > Logan Co., KY. Her son Presley Nevill O'Bannon was a Marine hero and there > is a historical marker in front of his home in Russellville, KY (about a > half hour from where I live). All were said to be the sons of Joseph Nevill. > If you have seen the disputed Booger genealogy, you probably "have a handle" > on this tradition. (The Benjamin and Richard listed as other brothers turned > out to be Newells in Fauquier Co.) The only "proved" sons of the above > Joseph were posted on our list (recent Rev. War ancestors post); however, it > does seem pretty likely they all were bothers because they continued family > names with their children and grandchilren. > > George in Montgomery Co., TN named Joseph Bargel Nevill, John Nevill, and > George Washington Nevill as his sons in his will in early 1800's in > Montgomery Co., TN. George also left them "money due me in the Natchez." > He may have sold whiskey, tobacco, or other goods to market in Natchez or he > may have lent someone money who was there or he may have sold some land > there, but so far, I have found no record of him in late 1700 records in > Natchez. George had some daughters and Presley Pollock is the child of one > of his daughters. > > Back to your wrinkle. Why ARE the Halifax/Orange Co., NC Nevills so chummy > with the above Nevills who went to Montgomery Co., TN? I wish I knew. Were > they cousins who got back together during the Rev. War? Or, were they > cousins who had always known about each other? What seems really strange is > that Solomon and John lived so close to each other, as if they had been > together before coming to Montgomery Co., TN. Sometimes, I question whether > John is the John named in George's will, but a certified genealogist in > Montgomery Co., TN, who is also a Nevill descendant says that the John > living near Solomon was George's son. > > As I have stated before, another wrinkle is that John and his brother Joseph > Bargel Nevill owned land on Cole's Creek and in old Greenville, MS where my > Nevels first lived. > > I am consolidating your posts so I can compare what you have sent to what I > have. I'll send what I have when I finish. > > Jan > > ______________________________ > > > >Here's another wrinkle. Have you ever noticed that there are a couple of > >Presley Nevills among my Solomon Nevill group in TN--the ones who are > >hanging around the George Nevill group? It could be that they had heard > >of Presley Nevill and wanted to name after a famous Nevill, or there > >could be a family connection. Don't know. > > > >Kathy > >ppskdd2@airmail.net > > > > > > --------------28C064763F69--