Remona, I noticed Brownlows and Nevilles together on a census in the 1790 Halifax District, Halifax Co., NC census. Judging by the census, it looks like they lived fairly close to each other. The Carstaphin and Holt families were in the same neighborhood. We have list members Robert G. Nevels and Lois Boesch who are related to the Nevill/Carstarphen line from Halifax Co. The Holts are found in several records with the Nevills in Halifax Co. and were related through marriage. At least some of the Nevill/Carstarphen group went to AL. Then Lois's family went to LA and Bob's on to TX. Since TN was a part of NC until the 1780s and many from NC went to TN before traveling westward, you may find Leroy's TN Brownlows have a NC connection. In the 1880 census Glenn posted, it shows Sarah Nowel's father was from NC, too. If she was, indeed, a Nevill, then her husband may have been from NC, too. Glenn's posting: #139 #139 Brownlow, Leroy W M 34 md farmer MO TN NC " Elizabeth W F 28 md keeping house KY VA KY " Allice W F 10 s MO MO KY " James W M 7 s MO MO KY " Lorra W F 5 s MO MO KY " Ida W F 3 s MO MO KY " Margarett W F 5/12 Dec. s MO MO KY #140 #140 Nowel, Sarah W F 60 wid housekeeping can't read or write KY NC SC " Mary W F 26 dau. S KY KY KY ------------- Heads of Families At the First Census of the United StatesTaken in the Year 1790 North Carolina (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978, Baltimore) p. 61 Halifax District, Halifax County Nevill, William 1 FWM 16+ 1 FWM under 16 2 FWF 1 slave Nevill, Benjamin 1 FWM 16+ 2 FWM under 16 2 FWF 1 slave Nevill, John 1 FWM 16+ Nevill, Benjamin 1 FWM 16+ 2 FWM under 16 2 FWF 2 slaves Brownlow, James 2 FWM 16+ 1 FWF 1 other free person 17 slaves I have not looked for other Brownlows in the Halifax Co., NC area. I just happened to notice the one above in the same neighborhood as the Nevills. Of course, this may be a coincidence since it seens your Leroy must have met his wife in MO, but sometimes families did regroup as they moved westward. I know the above James Brownlow is separated by at least a generation from your Brownlows, but if there is a will (or wills) for the Brownlows in Halifax Co., it might give you a lead. Have you had any luck locating the Brownlows in TN where Leroy's father would have lived? Jan At 02:35 PM 1/30/99 EST, you wrote: >Glenn: >Thank you so much for looking up the census record for Brownlow. I am hoping >now to be able to make some headway. I am hoping someone will come up with >who Sarah Nowel's (Nevil) parents are. I was in Laclede Co. and Springfield >last Aug. but was not able to find anything on Elizabeth. One birth record of >one of her children said that Elizabeth was from Hartville and since there >isn't a Hartville in KY I figured that she had been living in Hartville, MO. >I looked through every name on the Census for 1870 for Wright Co., MO and did >not find a Nevil in that Co. I am not sure about Nowel but I think I would >have spoted it if I saw one. Thanks again. >Remona Turner >Modesto, CA > > >==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== >You may contact the Neville list manager at: >mailto:[email protected] > >