Hello Neville Group, I think it is about time to post my line and queries again. Any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, would be appreciated. There is a Mackey-Neville connection in the Natchez Territory, just as there is a Mackey-Neville connection with the James Nevill family in Barren Co. (originally of Fauquier Co., VA). I have not found a connection between my MS Nevills and those in Barren Co. John and Joseph Bargel Nevill of Montgomery Co., TN, also owned land in Jefferson Co., MS, on Cole's Creek, where my Nevills/Nevels lived in early 1800's. John and Joseph Bargel Nevill were sons of George Nevill who lived in Fauquier Co., VA before going to NC, SC, and finally to Montgomery Co., TN. I have not found a connection between my Nevill/Nevels line and those in Montgomery Co., TN, either. Jan Faulkner ____________________ >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. Based on a Holmes Co., MS, newspaper account I read, I believe William's father is James Nevill/Nevels who lived in Holmes Co., also. James would have been born ca. 1770-80. 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. > >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, probably Jefferson County. Nevil or Nevill is her maiden name. I am trying to find her parents. 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 in Southern states. The likely candidate to be her father is a Thomas Nevill who lived in Holmes Co., MS. > >Children of William J. and Mary J. (Nevil) Nevels: > 1. Julia Ann Nevels, b. 9 Feb. 1838; m. Daniel McBride ca. 1855, Holmes Co., MS; d. before 1869, prob. Holmes Co. > 2. Lucinda Elizabeth Nevels, b. 27 Oct. 1839; m. Thomas Alexander Eakin; d. 29 Jan. 1929; bur. Oak Grove Cemetery, Holmes Co., MS (Tolarville) > 3. 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. Robert Peyton Nevels d. 1 Sept. 1926 in Holmes Co., MS; bur. Oregon Cemetery, Holmes Co. > 4. Sarah Jane Nevels, b. 21 Apr. 1842 > 5. Martha Ann Nevels, b. 28 Jan 1844 > 6. Margaret Eliza Nevels, b. 15 July 1845, m. William Lloyd > 7. 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 > 8. Emily Louise Nevels, b. 17 Feb. 1849, Holmes Co.; m. 26 Apr 1868 to John W. Porter, d. 24 Feb. 1870 > 9. William James Nevels, b. 5 Sept. 1851 > 10. Laminda (or Lawinda) Alice Nevels, b. 30 Aug. 1853; m. Edward Crabtree > 11. John Thomas Nevels, b. 23 Jan. 1855, Holmes Co., MS; m. Lula Lee Sherrod; d. July 1931, bur. Tolarville cemetery, Holmes Co. -------- >The above William J. Nevels (b. 8 Mar 1808) m. (2) sometime before 1865, Missouri Ann Pitchford, b. ca 1831 in MS >Their children: > 1. Lewis Albert (or Elbert) Nevels, b.ca 1865, MS 2. Ella B. Nevels, b. ca 1867, MS 3. Larkin Everet, b. ca 1870, MS 4. Ida Nevels, b. 6 Jan 1879 (date on tombstone; census indicates she was b. ca 1872); unmarried 5. Franklin Nevels, b.ca 1876 6. 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. >(William, b. 1808, was rather old to be having more children, 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. >