At 09:54 PM 4/10/99 -0400, you wrote: > > >>I have a theory that William's father was John H. Nevil, and that he >>probably left his family in western Pennsylvania while establishing a >>home in Kentucky, using the Ohio River for transportation as many did in > >>those days. A Kentucky land grant is listed for John Nevill, Jefferson >Co., >>1783, on Clear and Jesse Creeks. There is probably more than one >>Clear Creek in then Jefferson Co. but I believe the most notable one >flows >>through Shelby Co. and Shelbyville. Assuming that this is one John >>Nevil(le), he must have already left his original home by 1783. >>William was born about 1785. >> > >>Western PA could have been the jumping off point for many KY >>immigrants from various states, but wouldn't a 1783 Kentucky land grant >have to be filed in Richmond VA? I have been unable to locate this John >Nevill >>land grant in the University of VA digital library. Would the full text >of >>the document be available anywhere else? > >George, > >The 1783 grant of 1000 acres to John Neville in Jefferson Co., KY is >listed in Old KY Entries and Deeds by Willard Rouse Jillson (originally >pub. 1926). According to p9 of the foreword these records are in the >custody of the Jefferson Co. Court Clerk in Louisville. > >It would also be wise to check the deeds to see what he did with the land >& if there are other clues for your research. The tax records might also >help pinpoint his movements. Shelby Co. was formed in 1792 from Jefferson >Co. > >Shirley >p9 > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- George Allison e-mail: [email protected] Registrar's Office, 124 Mrak Hall University of California, Davis voice: (530) 752-2618 Davis, CA 95616 fax: (530) 752-0329 --------------------------------------------------------------------------