On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Shirley L Wilcox wrote: > Anita, > > Winifred Neville, was born 9 March 1817, probably in Orange Co., NC, & > was a daughter of Jesse Neville & Winifred Norwood. Her grandparents were > Jesse Neville and Elizabeth Parke. She married Robert Harris 7 Oct. 1841 > in Marshall Co., MS. She is a descendant of Benjamin Neville of NC. There > are some others on this list that know more about these Nevilles than I > do. > > Shirley Wilcox Shirley & Anita: Do you think it is at all significant that a Jacob NORWOOD was a witness to an Indenture for Thomas Mitchell Srs. land which he willed to his daughter Elizabeth. I find the document very difficult to read but it appears that Hannah Mitchell, Moses NEVILL and his wife Elizabeth Mitchell NEVILL are relinquishing their claim on the land prior to leaving MD for Canada. Do you think the Norwood witness is just a coincidence? The other witness was Thomas WELSH. Was it common practice for witnesses to land transactions to be, one witness to protect the interests of the wife and witness for the husband? Paddy