Re: The Solomon Neville, b. 1808 of Chapel Hill, N.C. I have a copy of a letter that his great-grandson, Shackelford Miller Jr. (b. 1892 ) wrote on July 17, 1959. In it, he wrote that Solomon "was in the tobacco business and moved from Chapel Hill, N.C. to Louisville, Kentucky, where he had a tobacco factory, operated largely by slaves. Following the emancipation of the slaves, he moved to Rockport, Indiana, about 1863. A daughter, Barbara Ann Neville (his grandmother) married John Miller, and they were parents of Shackelford Miller (his father) who was born February 29, 1856." Other information about descendants of Barbara is included in the letter. One other reference I found: a Drury Nevill is shown on records in connection with army pay, 1781-1785. (N.C. Col. State Recs. l7-236.) Ruth Kathy Duncan/Peter Selph wrote: > > Jan: > > You lured me out of the woodwork!! Not fair, I'm sick. > > Couple of comments from me. First, I'm not convinced that > Solomon Nevill Sr. was named Solomon CORBIN Nevill. I have > never seen his name this way in a primary source. I have > not even seen a middle initial C. for him that I remember. > I think the assumption has been made that he was Sr. and > Solomon Corbin Nevill was Jr. I'm thinking that 1777 was too > early for the common usage of middle names. Can any one shed > any light on that? Jeanne Barton, what do you think? I think > the Corbin name was added with Jr.'s generation. > > My gut feeling is that Drury A. Neville was a Drury Allen Neville. > That's a favorite name among the early Allens. If he is a son > of John Sims Neville, then I'd look for John's mystery wife to > have an Allen connection since I do not know of any up the > Neville-Walton-Sims line. > > Also Barbara "Heston" Neville's name was most likely Barbara > Hester Neville, named after her maternal grandmother Barbara > (Hester) Walton. That Heston clue led me astray since 1984. She > married Needham B. Farrier. > > I have Annette Travis as Granderson (Grandison) Neville's THIRD > wife. His first was Minerva Peterson who married as her second > husband Meredith Howard. They had a long marriage and many children! > > Kathy > > ==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== > Have you tried Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet? > http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm