Ruth and Bob, I see Bob has answered the question about who is researching the Nevilles in West Feliciana Parish. Thank you, Ruth, for showing the possible connections of the Wilkinson Co. group and those in West F. P. Bob, the Wilkinson Co., MS Neill/Nevill reference I was referring to in my previous note is as follows: The Natchez Court Records 1767-1805 Abstracts of Early Records compiled by May Wilson McBee. (Originally published Greenwood, MS 1953; reprinted for Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1994.) The following according to May W. McBee: When the U. S. acquired the Natchez District from Spain, it was agreed that all legal land claims would be recognized. To get this confirmation, written proofs of title had to be submitted to the U. S. government for consideration. The abstracts of title are recorded in seven volumes under the name Written Evidences and lettered A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. They are deposited in the Dept. of Interior, Land Division, National Archives, Washington, DC. Also available in the same dept. of the Nat'l Archives are the original files of the claims recorded in the Written Evidences...The files give much detailed information that is not included in the Written Evidences. Every file was examined and is given with the written evidence to which it belongs. [My note - Jan: I think the double slash marks indicate the division between the abstracts and other information found in the files from which the abstracts were made.] Land Claims Book F, p. 213. Claim No. 1762. Spanish Govt. to John Cammock, 400 acres on a br. of Bayou Sarah, 45 mi. SSE of the Fort, adj. Thos. Lilly White and Daniel Clark. N.O., 7 Dec. 1797, by Carondelet. // File. Claimants, Nevill and Beauvais, 30 Mch. 1804. Rejected 3 June 1807. Samuel Nevill and James Beauvais Claim 400 acres of land in Wilkinson Co., as above, and the intermediate conveyances annexed. (signed) Neill and Beauvais. Land Claims Book F, p. 216. Claim 1764. Spanish Govt. to William Collins 500 acres on a br. of Bayou de la Feliciana, adj. Wm. Dunbar. Dist. of Natchez, 1795. // File. Claimant, Neill and Beauvais, 30 Nov. 1804. Rejected 13 June 1807. Samuel Neill and St. James Beauvais claim 500 arpents as above granted to Wm. Collins, a res. etc. and by the intermediate conveyances. [Some of the original files of claims were not recorded. The following is one of them.] Unrecorded Land Claims No. 1763. Claimants: Neill and Beauvais, 30 Mar. 1804. Rejected. Neill and Beauvais claim 4 acres in Town of Natchez, by virtue of a Spanish patent in name of Baptiste Trenier prior to 27 oct. 1795, and an improvement made sd Trenier in 1797, while an actual settler of the Territory. Plat shows lots adjoining those of George Cochran, John Girault, and S. Minor [probably Stephen Minor]. ------------ If Nevill was corrupted to Neill in some of the MS records, that could explain why you are having some difficulty locating your family in MS, Bob. One real interesting detail related to your search is the Lilly name in the above record. That name was also associated with the Nevills in one of the Feliciana Parishes. I hope some of this helps. Did your family spell the name Nevels by the time they were in TX? Jan At 05:45 PM 2/20/99 -0600, you wrote: >Jan, > >I do have that supplemental index that you referred to, and I see what >you are talking about. > >I know nothing about that Samuel. > >There are two marriage records in Wilkinson that interest me also. >Willis Nevils to Feliciana Reems in 1843 and Ann Neville to Wm. Brister >in 1842. > >A Willis Neville, G. Neville, and Stephen Neville are listed on 1850 >census index of West Feliciana Parish, LA. > >This Parish is adjacent to Wilkinson County, Mississippi. > >Do you know of anyone working on these lines? > >