One clue I have about Elihu Neavill is that there was a biography of his son, James A., published in Goodspeed book done in Arkansas. In that book, it states that James' grandfather Neavill (Elihu's father) served in the War of 1812 from Kentucky and "was with General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans". Do you know if the old George was in the War of 1812? James Graham -----Original Message----- From: BARBARA A MCNAMER <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 8:15 AM Subject: [NEVILLE-L] NC, AR, & AL Nevilles >"I have a strong hunch that Elijah and Elihu Nevill who are in land >records >of AR are part of the Halifax group, too, because the Greens who >intermarried with the Nevilles in Halifax Co., NC, had a fondness for >the >Elisha, Elijah, Elihu names. Last year, Charles Graham noted the >following >on Elihu Nevill: he was given a land grant in Jackson Co., Alabama in >1830; >a Geoge W. Nevill was given a land grant immediately next to Elihu's. > Elihu >moved from Alabama to White county, Arkansas in 1844, one of the >original >settlers of that county. According to Arkansas Census records in >1850, >Elihu was born in Kentucky (he would have been born in 1805). " > >I have some loose threads, I may have mentioned before. >George S. Barrett ( and son John) also had land ajoining or near >Elihu and George W. Neavill in Jackson Co. AL. George Barrett was >the husband of Patsy Neavill of Wayne Co KY. Old George Neavill of >Wayne Co KY gave concent to their marriage as a father of Patsy. So. >.........could Patsy, George & Elihu be possible siblings? Then Ryan >has info that the Wayne Co KY & IL Neavill's families came from NC >as Neufville's. So, this thread goes from NC to (maybe TN) to KY to >AL? > >There are a whole lot of missing pieces. Too bad there are not more >records in Alabama...........Old George did not stay anywhere for >very long. I haven't a clue as to where he was 1760-1800. No >records in Alabama 1811-1830. Interesting that Elihu and George W. >got land grants the same year that old George took off for Illinois? >(1830). So all I am going on are a couple of records in Wayne Co KY >1800-1811 and jump to Effingham Co IL from 1830-1835. > >George S. Barrett and Old George Neavill both ended up in Missouri? >Now wave a magic wand and connect all of the dots??? > >____ >Barbara >