Thanks, Milton, for the reply. When I have time, I am going to go back and look at this fellow again. I had never noticed the discrepancy between the two Amherst Co., VA Nevil groups, with both showing Sally Shrader as the wife of their respective Jameses, until last week. Jan At 01:19 AM 3/4/99 -0800, you wrote: >Jan, >I have a James in Gibson Co., James Madison NEVIL, this James was born in >1838 and would have been a son of Reuben SR. I do not have any info on >whether the James that signed the documents ever came to Gibson Co. >Milton >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Volunteer of "Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness" >at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/genkin.htm > >---------- >> From: Jan & David Faulkner <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [NEVILLE-L] Nevils that stayed in TN >> Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 10:32 PM >> >> Milton and Daris, >> >> Thank you for the information about James. I went back through the >Amherst >> Co. deed book and the microfilm copies I have of Amherst records but >can't >> find anything that would indicate which James Nevil married Sally >Shrader, >> yours or the one in the Capt. James Nevil line (the line we haven't been >> able to connect with your Thomas. Maybe the probate records in Amherst >Co. >> or the Nelson Co, VA records will show something. >> >> Did James, the son of Thomas, go to Gibson Co., TN? >> >> Jan >> >> At 11:09 AM 2/26/99 -0800, you wrote: >> >Jan, >> >I have two documents with James NEVIL's signature. Both concern the >coming >> >marriage of Polly NEVIL and Wm WHITEHEAD. The first is a marriage bond >of 6 >> >July, 1819 that Wm C Whitehead and Reuben J. NEVIL entered, it is signed >by >> >Wm C WHITEHEAD and James NEVIL. The second is a document asking the >clerk >> >of Amherst Co. to let Mr. William C Whitehead have a license to marry >Polly >> >NEVIL and is signed by Thomas NEVIL (the C signature), Reuben J NEVIL >and >> >James NEVIL dated 6 July 1819. >> >Milton >> > >> >---------- >> >> From: Jan & David Faulkner <[email protected]> >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: Re: [NEVILLE-L] Nevils that stayed in TN >> >> Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 9:01 PM >> >> >> >> Milton and Daris, >> >> >> >> The James Nevil, b. 1796, who is in the family tree Thomas and >Elizabeth >> >> Tiller Nevil, which Daris shared, shows him married to Sally Schrader >22 >> >May >> >> 1818. I have a microfilm copy of the Amherst Co., VA Marriage records >> >which >> >> show the marriage as follows: 1818 May 22 James Nevils, husband; Sally >> >> Shrader, wife; George Shrader, security & witness. >> >> >> >> There is one problem with James Nevil who m. Sally Shrader. He seems >to >> >be >> >> listed in two different families. In Ivan B. Nevill, Sr.'s book, >> >Genealogy >> >> of the Nevill Family, he is also shown as James Nevil (no birth or >death >> >> date), the son of Col. James Nevil who was born 1728 and died >12-20-1784 >> >in >> >> Amherst Co., VA. Col. James Nevil does name a son James in his will, >> >which >> >> is in the Nevill book. Ivan Nevill shows the source for the will as >> >Amherst >> >> Co. Will Book 2, 1780-1786; he also shows the will was presented to >court >> >> Feb. 7, 1785. I am trying to learn what happened to the James named in >> >the >> >> will of 1784 and the James who was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth >Tiller >> >> Nevil, who also lived in Amherst Co.. It looks like two James Nevils >> >could >> >> have been in Amherst Co. about the same time. How did you learn that >> >Thomas >> >> had a son James? >> >> >> >> Jan >> >> >> >> >> >> == >> >> Husband: James NEVIL >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- >> > >> >> -------------- >> >> Birth: 1796 >> >> Death: >> >> Burial: >> >> Marriage: 22 May 1818 >> >> Father: Thomas C. NEVIL (b 1764) >> >> Mother: Elizabeth TILLER >> >> >> >>============================================================ >= >> > >> >> ============== >> >> Wife: Sally SHRADER >> >> >> >> >> >> At 01:44 AM 2/22/99 -0800, you wrote: >> >> >Not all of Thomas line left TN and went to TX. James and family >stayed. >> >> >These burials are in the Old Baker Cemetery, now the Bradford >Cemetery, >> >in >> >> >Bradford right down the road from Skullbone. >> >> > >> >> >NEVIL Suzanne wife of James 3-27-1834 5-4-1854 >> >> >NEVIL M.A. wife of J.M. 1-6-1849 2-4-1892 >> >> >NEVIL James Madison 12-16-1838 11-28-1912 >> >> > >> >> >There are several more all descendants of James. >> >> > >> >> >Milton >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== >> >> >You may contact the Neville list manager at: >> >> >mailto:[email protected] >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== >> >> Have you tried GenConnect? >> >> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/index.html >> >> >> > >> > >> >==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== >> >Have you tried GenConnect? >> >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/index.html >> > >> > >> >> >> ==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Neville Heritage Society Home Page: >> http://www.prairienet.org/neville/ >> > > >==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== >Have you tried GenConnect? >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/index.html > >