Hello to all this New Year! When I was in Knoxville, TN recently I had the joy to examine the two volumes of a book called "Recollections of My Life" by J. B. Killebrew. The first four pages of Vol. 1 were a wealth of information for those of you descended from George Washington Neville and Rachel Killebrew. If you would like these pages in their entirety you may send .15 X 4 pages plus .55 for postage to the Genealogical collection of the Knoxville-Knox County Public Library. At any rate, several questions were answered that I had puzzled about. First of all, in my gggrandfather's (Robert Buckner Neville) obitutary, it was stated that Robert Buckner Neville was the son of George Washington Neville and the grandson of " Joe Nevile, a native of SC". It is well documented that George Washington Neville was the son of George Neville who m. Rachel Earle in VA so this has always seemed weird to me. Jan suggested that they were just confusing George with George WAshington's brother, Joseph B. Neville. It turns out Jan is right and the confusion seems rather logical given this statement from the Killebrew document: "My grandfather Killebrew (he is referring to Buckner Killebrew, father of Rachel who married George W.) died several years anterior to my birth, and my grandmother, after a few years married Joseph Neville, a highly respected citizen and descended of a noble English family. She continued to reside on the old homestead until her death August 24, 1843." So, Joesph B. Neville married Mary Whitfield Killebrew, widow of Buckner Killebrew and in so doing he became his brother George Washington Neville's stepfather-in-law. Since Joseph married Rachel Killebrew's mother the intergenerational mix-up is somewhat logical. The other question answered for me is where did the Buckner come from in my gggrandfather's name, he was named for his grandfather on his mother's side. The beginning of this document gives some other great information so i will reproduce part here: Chapter I- My Father's Family My father's name was Bryan Whitfield Killebrew. His father, Buckner Killebrew, was born in Edgecombe County, N.C., April 11th, 1753. After his marriage he settled in Duplin County from which place he removed to to Tennessee in 1795 or 1796 and settled on Spring Creek in Montgomery [Co., TN.] where he resided up to the time of his death, July 15th, 1824. My father's mother was Mary Whitfield, the daughter of William Whitfield 3rd., and the grand-daughter of a Revolutionary Captain whose father was also William. William Whitfield3rd, was a man of wealth and influence, who lived on the Neuse River fifty five miles above New Bern... He was father of 29 children, having married four times. My paternal grandmother was one of those by his first wife whose maiden name was Hester Williams. My father's mother was born June 4th, 1765." There is more here which I will transcribe and post later on today. Donna