Here's some info on what I know about Enoch NEAVILLE. ENOCH NEAVILLE'S AGE Enoch was born sometime between 1765 and 1770. We know this because (1) the 1810 census for Wayne County, Kentucky, lists him as between the ages of 26 and 45 which means he could have been born no earlier than around 1765 and no later than 1784; and (2) the 1830 census for Wayne County, Illinois, lists him as between 60 and 70 years old which places his birth sometime after 1760 and sometime before 1770. ENOCH NEAVILLE'S BIRTHPLACE The only sources I have seen that indicate where Enoch may have been born are the Wayne County, Illinois, census records. The 1870 census lists Andrew J. Neavils (Enoch's son) / age 59 / born in Illinois / father born in Tennessee / mother born in South Carolina. Tennessee may indeed be the correct birthplace for Enoch as the earliest record I am aware of that mentions Enoch is the Knox County, Tennessee, tax list for 1796. In 1796, Enoch would have been between the ages of 26 and 31. ENOCH NEAVILLE'S MIGRATION Enoch must have left Tennessee sometime between 1796 and 1804 since he appears in various Kentucky records between 1804 and 1817. The majority of info at this time is in Wayne County, Kentucky, with a couple of records from nearby Pulaski County, and one in Adair County. Here's a timeline: 1804 Enoch purchases 76 acres in Wayne County, KY 1806 Enoch purchases 200 acres in Pulaski County, KY 1810 Enoch on census for Wayne County, KY 1811 Enoch's daughter, Anna, is married in February in Pulaski County 1811 Enoch and Barsheba Neavill sell 76 acres of land to Henry Thomas in August 1811 Enoch is surety for marriage of James Neavill and Marian Dodson in September in Wayne County, KY 1816 Enoch marries Edith Goodman in Adair County, KY 1817 Enoch Neavill was Capt of 90th Mil Dist, Wayne County, KY After 1817, Enoch disappears from Wayne County, Kentucky. In 1818, he appears on the White County, Illinois, census (part of White County later became Wayne County). In 1820, 1830 and 1840 he appears on the Wayne County, Illinois, censuses. Following are various sources for this info. ************ An Searching (genealogy quarterly) index. 1977, p. 138: Enoch Nevill on Delinquent Tax List, Knox Co., Tenn. 1796 (Captain Mannefee's Co.). The following names on tax lists copied from card file in TN State Library and Archives. TN Tax Lists: Enoch Nevill, 1796, Knox Co., p. 29 ************ Land Grants South of Green River [Kentucky] Master Index Survey # 05482 Nevell, Enoch 76 [acres] 116 [Wayne Co.] 01/11/1804 [survey date] 5 148-149 [grant book & page] [Grantee or Heirs] Same Survey # 10009 Nevell, George 150 [acres] 116 [Wayne Co.] 02/28/1809 [survey date] 8 322-323 [grant book & page] [Grantee or Heirs] Walker, Wm. Survey # 10916 Nevell, James 50 [acres] 116 [Wayne Co.] 09/09/1807 [survey date] 13 36 [grant book & page] [Grantee or Heirs] Burnett, Sham ************ THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS, Volume 1, Part 1 CHAPTER IV GRANTS SOUTH OF GREEN RIVER (1797-1866) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY page 378 Grantee: Neavill, Enoch Acres: 200 Book: 13 Page: 342 Date Survey: 12-8-1806 County: Pulaski Watercourse: Goose Cr ************ WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY 1810 CENSUS p. 355 Enoch NAVALLS 2wm -10 3wf -10 1wf 10-16 1wm 16-26 1wf 16-26 1wm 26-45 1wf 26-45 ************ PULASKI COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS BOOK I, 1799-1850 - Pulaski Co. Historical Soc. 25 Feb. 1811 Wm. S. Hammonds & Anna NEVILL. Stephen Sayers, surety. Enoch NEVILL, bride's father. ************ WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY MARRIAGES AND VITAL RECORDS, 1801-1860 vol.2 - Bork NEVILL, James and Marion (Maryann) Dodson. Surety, Enoch NEVILLE. Bond dated 17 September, married 20 September 1810 by Richard Barrier. Endorsement on Bond: "Parents of both parties present and consented". ************ WAYNE CO. KY, Deed Book B., 1811 Aug 15 Recorded: 19 Aug 1811 page 2-4 Indenture: ENOCH NEVIL & BARSHEBA NEVIL of Wayne to Henry Thomas of same.. $700 for 76 acres being a tract Granted to ENOCH by the Commonwealth of Kentucky by Patent from the Registers Office dated 5 Nov 1808 on Big Sinking.. Beg. on S. side of Big Sinking Creek at a sugar tree & black walnut.. William Beaty's line.. Jesse Dodson's line.. McCulluck's line.. /s/ ENOCH (x) NEAVILL, BARSHEBA (x) NEAVIL Wit: Rodes Garth, William Walker ************ ENOCH NEVILLE married EDITH GOODMAN on February 26 1816 in Adair County, Kentucky ************ WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, 1817 Enoch Neavill was Capt of 90th Mil Dist Wayne Co (tax purposes) ************ ILLINOIS CENSUS RETURNS 1820 WAYNE COUNTY Free white inhabitance: Enoch Nevils Free white Males under 21: 1 Free white Males of 21 & upwards: 1 Free white females under 21: 3 Free white females of 21 & upwards: 1 ************ WAYNE CO. KY, Deed Book D, 1821 Aug 11 Recorded 30 Aug 1821 page 269-270 Indenture: Leonard Dodson & Mary his wife to JAMES NEVELL.. $400 for 100 acres by Survey on Big Sinking... Beg. at the mouth of Dodsons fork at a walnut & a conditional line... /s/s Leonard Dodson, Mary Dodson who relinq. dower. ************ WAYNE CO. KY, Deed Book D, 1827 Sep 20 Recorded: 24 Sep 1828 page 370 Indenture: JAMES NEAVILL & wife MARIAM to Mastin Durham ... $175 for 100 acres by Survey on Big Sinking... Beg. at mouth of Dodson's Fork at a walnut on a conditional line.. on Wm. Mitchell's line.. with all woods, ways, waters, fences, trees, orchards, houses... /s/ JAMES NEAVILL, MARIAM NEAVILL who relinq. dower.. Wit: Stockton Dodson, Leonard Dodson. ************ 1830 FEDERAL CENSUS, WAYNE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Enoch Nevil 1 male 5-10 years old 1 male 10-15 years old 1 male 15-20 years old 1 male 60-70 years old 1 female under 5 years old 1 female 10-15 years old 1 female 40-50 years old