Shirley, Thank you very much for your all your helpful details and insightful analysis. Based on your notes, it seems that James Nevil, son on the Rev. War Thos. Nevil who went from Amherst Co., VA to Rutherford Co., TN, is the one who married Sally Shrader, and that Sara Ann Agnes Shreader Neville, buried in Rutherford Co., TN, and Sally Shrader are the same person. That leaves the other James of Amherst Co., son of James Nevil and Mary Lewis, without a wife, and the Ivan B. Nevill GENEALOGY OF THE NEVILL FAMILY incorrect with regard to that James. I am interested in any stray James, William, and/or Martin Neville/Nevill/Nevil/Nevils/Nevel/Nevels around the end of the 1700s and beginning of the 1800s. If James, son of James Nevil and Mary Lewis first appeared on the tax list of AC in 1787, he must have been b. ca. 1766 or before. I am going to check Nelson Co., VA to see what I can turn up on the estate that Lafayette Nevil administered in Nelson Co. for a James Nevil. I would like to know what the James Nevil, b. ca. 1766, was doing in the early 1800s. Do you think Lafayette Nevil who administered the estate in Nelson Co. the same one who was the son of Zachariah Nevil who m. Ann Scott Jefferson and went to Tuscaloosa, AL? You mentioned that you thought James, son of James and Mary Lewis Nevil, never married, which would account for a nephew administering his estate. An abstract in THE DEEDS OF AMHERST COUNTY, VA, 1761-1807 AND ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA 1748-1763 by Rev. Bailey Fulton Davis supports that idea. p. 393 of book Deed Book I, p. 473: 17 Feb. 1803. Jas. Lewis, Cornelius Nevil, [my note: according to the index of DB I, Jas. Lewis is a mistake in transcription. It should be Jas., Lewis, & Cornelius Nevil], Rowland Edmunds & wife Eliz., Chas. A. Lewis & wife Sally, Wm. O. Murray & wife Lucy, Clough Shelton & wife Mary, Saml. Edmunds & wife Ester, Amherst Co., to Zach. Nevil, AC, for L213-7-6, 142 1/2 acres. Lines: S fork Rockfish, Jas. Nevil, Zach. Nevil, Cornl. Nevil, Peter Legrand, Dutch Creek road. There is doubt whether brothers and sisters of Jas. Nevil, in case he dies without issue, would not be entitled to tract by virtue of their father's will; they rel. all rights. Wit: Hardin P. Lewis, Jno. B. West, Jno. Staples. My note: The stipulation in the will of the father of the above children (James Nevil 1784 will in Amherst Co.; Will Book 2) that seems to be causing the problem in the above deed is as follows: "My Will and Desire is that if any of my children die before they have children themselves that their part may be equally divided between the rest of their brothers and sisters." Although the language of the deed abstract is ambiguous, it looks like the bothers and sisters were being very kind in relinquishing all rights to James's part of the estate in case he died without children. That relinquishment to him alone and to none of the other brothers or sisters would seem to indicate he was the only one of them without children or without the prospect of having children at the time of the deed, thus probably not married (or else he had had a really bad accident--sorry, I couldn't resist <g>). I have not followed him any later than the 1807 references to him in the Amherst Co. Deed book. Ruth Nevels sent me a Confederate soldier's record for a Lafayett Nevels in Mississippi. He could be part of the Obadiah Nevil group in Barnwell Co., SC who came to MS. Several in the Barnwell Co. group were using the same given names as the James Nevil/Mary Lewis group in Amherst Co., VA. However, I am wondering if the Lafayette Nevil of Nelson Co., VA could have a connection with the one in MS or be the same person. The Confederate record Ruth sent shows the following: Lafayett Nevels, Co. M, Wood's Regiment, Confederate Cavalry (1st Regiment Mississippi Cavalry / Wirt Adams' Regiment Cavalry), Private. Company Muster Roll of the organization named above for Dec. 31, 1861 to April 30, 1862. Enlisted April 10(?), 1862 in *Monroeville(?) by Yancey. Period: During the war. *[My note - Jan: The place of enlistment is hard to decipher. Maybe Ruth can read her copy better than I can read mine. It could be Masonville or Menserville or something else. If it is Monroeville, that would be in Alabama, which makes it plausible that this Lafayette had some connection with Zach. Nevil who went to AL from Amherst Co., VA; maybe the son who was b. ca 1818 (birthdate according to Ivan Nevill's book) or a grandson.] Shirley, do you know if there is a publication which has the VA tax lists, or does one have to use microfilm? I am very grateful for the help you provided in answering questions about James Nevil who m. Sally Shrader. Jan At 11:37 AM 3/4/99 -0500, you wrote: >Daris, Milton, Jan etc., > >I suspect some of this is a repeat, but I will post it in the hopes it >helps someone. > >The Amherst Co., VA Marriage Register 1763-1852 has: > 22 May 1818 Nevils, James & Sally Shrader, George Shrader sec. & wit. >[I don't have a page number in my notes; I used microfilm at VSL. I did >make a note in 1985 that the register was not indexed & that I needed to >look at it again.] > >I do not know George Shrader's relationship. There is a George Shrader on >the 1820 VA census index as on page 35A of Amherst Co. > > >I have two sources for Rutherford cemetery records, that differ somewhat. > >Stones River Chapter SAR & Rutherford Co Hist Soc, Rutherford Co, TN >Cemeteries, Vol. 1, Northwest Third of County (1985 or 1975?) >p132 Ward Cemetery on Walter Hill Quadrangle > Sarah S Nevill, mother of Sarah A Ward, d 21 Feb 1882 > Sarah Ann Agnes Nevil Ward, wf of Best Ward, 6 Nov 1820-June 1910 > > >Rutherford Co Hist Soc, Publication No 8, Winter 1977 >p62 Ward Cemetery, edge of Florence > [Most people buried here were members of Bethel Church] > 1. Sara Ann Agnes Shreader Neville > 2. Best Ward d ae 24 > 3. Mrs Jarrell, dau of Sarah Ann Agnes Nevill > 4. Letitia Neville, d as a young lady > 10. Sara Ann Agnes Nevile Ward, b 1819, d ae 91 > > >NOTE that Sarah Ward's birth would be consistent with an 1818 Amherst Co >VA marriage of James Nevill & Sarah Shrader, > > >The Colonial Hardy Murfree Chapter DAR, Rutherford Co TN Marriage Records >1804-1850 >p22 > Cain, George & Elizabeth Nevils, 18 Dec 1829 >p23 > Parker, Phillip & Anne Nevil, 19 Nov 1829 >p36 > Ward, Best & Sarah Ann Nevil, 25 Sept 1838 >p53 > Jarrell, Edmond T & Emeline E Nevill, 9 Jly 1844 > > >Porch, Deane, 1850 Census of Rutherford Co, TN (1967) >p20 9 Sept > 223 Thomas G Nevil, 44, m, farming, VA > Elizabeth, 29, f, VA > Mary A, 9, f TN, sch > Caroline, 6, f, TN, sch > Elizabeth, 3, f, TN > Catharine, 10/12, f, TN > William H Hagar, 31, m, blacksmith, VA > Elizabeth Hagar, 57, f, VA >p36 > 263 George I Cain, 50, m, farming, VA > Elizabeth, 46, f, VA, can't r/w > ... > Reubin J, 10, m, TN >p52 > 378 Best Ward, 42, m, farmer, 3000, NC > Sarah A A. 30, f, VA > Jas, 10, m, TN, sch > ... > Emeline E, 2 f, TN >p59 > 424 Jno Nevil, 31, m, carpenter, TN > Mary A, 25, f, TN > Jas, 2, m, TN > infant, 3/12, f, TN > Saml Hope, 18, m, carpetner, TN > Richard, 24, m, carpenter, TN > 425 SARAH A NEVIL, 50, f, VA > Emeline E Jarrell, 28, f, VA > Mary E, 4, f, TN > Sarah E, 2, f, TN > George A, 7/12, f[sic], TN > >Note that Sarah A Nevil was born ca 1800 in VA and Sarah A A Ward was >born ca 1820 in VA. So, if this was the Sarah Shrader who m James Nevil >gives some idea of her age at least. John Nevil who lived next door was >born ca 1829 in TN. Davidson Co TN marriages show a license but not >return of John J Nevels to Mary Ann Hope 13 Apr 1848. > > >WPA, Tennessee Records of Rutherford County Wills, Settlements & >Inventories, Vol. 8, 1830-1832 (1938) >p141 > Inventory of the estate of James Nevils deceased, sold by Walter >Keeble administrator etc. on the 28th of Nov. 1830 - > The purchasers included Reuben Nevils, Mrs. Nevil (widow), Thomas >Nevil > >Note that the first name of the widow is not mentioned. The 1840 census >of Rutherford Co, TN does have a female Sarah however who appears to be a >widow. > SARAH NEVIL, 0 males, 1 f 15-20, 1 f 40-50 > >Anyway, for those trying to sort these families out, several different TN >counties need to be examined. > >Shirley Wilcox > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > >==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== >Have you tried the Neville Query List on GenForum? >http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/neville > >