Hello group, It's good to have the list going again. Thanks, Glen, for taking care of the details related to finding a new home for us. I truly appreciate your time and effort in doing this. I am trying to find the father of my great-great grandfather William Nevels who was born in Mississippi in 1808. In the 1880 census of Holmes Co., MS, William states that his father was born in SC and his mother in VA. Below is the information I have on William (copied from a family Bible and researched through census, family information, newspaper accounts, cemetery records, death certificates, etc. - no marriage certificates because of courthouse fire) William Nevels, b. 8 March 1808, probably Jefferson Co., MS; d. 22 Oct 1883, Holmes Co, MS. May have lived in other MS counties, including Yazoo and Hinds, before coming to Holmes Co. (On 1880 U.S. census for Holmes Co., MS, William says his father was born in SC and his mother in VA.) Brothers and sisters of William Nevels, b. 1808: Isaac Nevels, b. 16 April 1812 Betsey Ann Nevels, b. 15 March 1816 James Gardner Nevels, b. 6 Sept. 1818 Sarah Jane Nevels, b. 4 Jan 1821 Hiram M. (Mordecai ??) Nevels, b. 24. Dec. 1823 Lucinda Nevels, b. 11 Nov. 1825 Martin Nevels, b. 8 March 1828 The above William J. Nevels married (1) 4 June 1834, Mary J. Nevil, b. 15 Feb. 1817, in Mississippi. (Nevil or Nevill is her maiden name. My grandfather said she was the daughter of a Neville and a Peyton. I have been unable to find a Neville - Peyton marriage in early 1800's, yet, in Southern states), b. 15 Feb. 1817, probably Jefferson Co., MS. Children of William J. and Mary J. (Nevil) Nevels: Julia Ann Nevels, b. 9 Feb. 1838; m. Daniel McBride ca. 1855, Holmes Co., MS; d. before 1869, prob. Holmes Co. Lucinda Elizabeth Nevels, b. 27 Oct. 1839; m. Thomas Alexander Eakin; d. 29 Jan. 1929; bur. Oak Grove Cemetery, Holmes Co., MS (Tolarville) Robert Peyton (Payton) Nevels (my great-grandfather), b. 25 Jan. 1841, Holmes Co., MS; m. (1) Mary Caroline Porter, 14 Jan 1872; m. (2) Susan Porter, 10 Dec. 1884; m. (3) Sudie Sanders, 19 Nov. 1903; William d. 1 Sept. 1926 in Holmes Co., MS, bur. Oregon Cemetery, Holmes Co. Sarah Jane Nevels, b. 21 Apr. 1842 Martha Ann Nevels, b. 28 Jan 1844 Margaret Eliza Nevels, b. 15 July 1845, m. William Lloyd Mary Matilda (Molly) Nevels, b. 16 Jan. 1847, Holmes County, MS; m. Franklin Washington Eakin; d. 16 July 1939, Holmes Co.; bur. Oregon Cemetery, Holmes Co., MS Emily Louise Nevels, b. 17 Feb. 1849, Holmes Co.; m. 26 Apr 1868 to John W. Porter, d. 24 Feb. 1870 William James Nevels, b. 5 Sept. 1851 Laminda (or Lawinda) Alice Nevels, b. 30 Aug. 1853; m. Edward Crabtree John Thomas Nevels, b. 23 Jan. 1855, Holmes Co., MS; m. Lula Lee Sherrod; d. July 1931, bur. Tolarville cemetery, Holmes Co. William J. Nevels (b. 8 Mar 1808) m. (2) sometime before 1865, Missouri Ann Pitchford, b. ca 1831 in MS Their children: Lewis Albert (or Elbert) Nevels, b.ca 1865, MS Ella B. Nevels, b. ca 1867, MS Larkin Everet, b. ca 1870, MS Ida Nevels, b. 6 Jan 1879 (date on tombstone; census indicates she was b. ca 1872); unmarried Franklin Nevels, b.ca 1876 Fannie Virginia Nevels, b. 29 Jan 1881; m. 19 May 1893 to John Wesley Crabtree; d. 22 Dec. 1909, Holmes Co., MS; bur. Liberty Chapel Cemetery, Holmes Co. (Yes, I know William, b. 1808, was quite old when these children were born, but they are listed with him on census and this information was also related by family members. I have not been able to find any descendants, yet, of William's second set of children.) My grandfather was Robert Porter Nevels (son of Robt. Peyton Nevels above), b. 1 Nov. 1872 in Holmes Co., MS; m. 14 April 1909 to Alberta Virginia Ferguson in Memphis, TN; d. 4 Sept 1963 at my parents' home in Hopkinsville, KY; bur. Memorial Park Cem. in Memphis.