William, What a great find on your William J. Neville! Looks pretty certain that William J. Neville of Accomack Co., VA was Charleston, SC Joshua Neville's descendant. Once you get the generations clearly linked with evidence of who William's father was, you should have your line all the way back to Antrim County, Ireland in the 1700s! We have a world-wide Neville list, too, so maybe you will be able to find some distant cousins still living in Ireland. I have a South Carolina computer index to references for Joshua and son Henry's legal dealings in Charleston if you would like me to mail you a copy of it. I ordered it from the SC State Archives, and it is called a COM index. My copy is about 10 years old so references may have been updated since then if more court records have been uncovered. I know you can also find this index through a program at a Family History Center if one is near you. It may be available on the internet, too. I am sure the index will be of interest to you because it gives good information about the Neville cases and parties involved. Apparently, some Charleston folks liked beautifully crafted funiture but were not so good about paying their bills after Joshua and son Henry did work for them. One of their cases involves trying to collect from one of the Neufvilles (the Neufvilles have been a topic of discussion on the Neville discussion list lately). Are you now on the Neville list? Jan At 05:38 PM 1/6/99 -0500, you wrote: >Jan I have found further information on my great great grandfather William J. Neville. In the 1870 Accomack CO. VA. census he is listed as a cabinet maker born in South Carolina. Also in the Baltimore sun a wedding announcement that Wm... J. Neville of Charleston S.C. married Mary H. Nelson of Accomack CO. on July 25, 1854.I assume he was living in Baltimore at the time. I will next try to find the marriage certificate which may list his father's name and other information