WOW! THANKS, EVERYBODY for your many kind and prompt responses! The connection seems pretty firmly established from Thomas Bragg/Lucy Neville Blakemore back to George Neville... At 08:21 AM 2/22/99 EST, [email protected] wrote: >Blakemore, page 62: > > "LUCY NEVILLE BLAKEMORE, the fifth child and second daughter of Thomas >Blakemore, Sr. and his wife, Ann Neville, was born April 8, 1764, and died in >1858. She married THOMAS BRAGG and they were the grandparents of the >Confederate General Braxton Bragg (1817-1976). Their children were (1) >ELIZABETH BRAGG, born June 29, 1782. (2) SUKEY BRAGG, born December 3, 1783. >(3) ARMSTEAD BRAGG, born May 17, 1785. (4) SIDNEY BRAGG, born December 31, >1786." > >Page: 13: > >"THOMAS BLAKEMORE, SR., the eldest child of Edward Blackmore (Blakemore) Sr. >and his wife Hannah________, was born June 19, 1718, and died October 26, >1808. He came from Lancaster County about 1756 and settled in Frederick (now >Clarke) County. On November 5, 1756, he married ANN NEVILLE, born October 11, >1735, and died January 10, 1826. She was the second daughter of George >Neville by his second wife, Mary Gibbs. George Neville had nine daughters but >no sons." > >Page 14: > >"Thomas Blakemore's plantation, known as 'Moorland,' was in Frederick (now >Clarke) County, Virginia, the latter county having been formed from Frederick >in 1836. The land is at Berryville, on Alternate Route 340, but it is now >longer owned by the family. While the old house is still standing it is so >altered in appearance as to be unrecognizable. Close to the house is the >family burial ground which the Clarke County Historical Society says is the >largest private burial ground in Clarke County." > >Page 15: > >"Some years ago my aunt [this would have been the author, Maurice Neville >Blakemore, writing], Mrs. Worcester Reed Warner, had the stone wall rebuilt >with original stones, a new monument erected for Thomas and Ann (Neville) >Blakemore, and the grounds generally cleaned and restored under my >supervision. . . . . Thomas Blakemore, Sr., and his wife Ann (Neville) are >buried here with other members of the family, some with tombstones while the >stones of others have disintegrated through age and lack of care. . . . . >Below is listed the ten tombstones which still remain: > ' THOMAS BLAKEMORE > son of Edward Blackmore (Blakemore and Hannah __________ > born June 19, 1718 > died October 26, 1808 > > 'ANN NEVILLE > wire of Thomas Blakemore and > daughter of George Neville and Mary Gibbs > born October 11, 1735 > died January 1826'" > >Other graves located at same site are: George, son of Thomas and Ann, and his >wife Elizabeth Mauzy; Thomas, son of Thomas and Ann; and the rest are children >of George and Elizabeth. > >Hope this info is helpful. > >Jerry Dalton, Dallas > > >==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== >Have you tried the Neville Query List on GenForum? >http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/neville > > >