I have some 1896 letters written to Hiram Barbee which deal with the Neville ancestry. They are very faded, written in pencil on tablet paper, I will try to make the words out as best I can. I think, that these letters which used to be owned Lena Barbee Salyers and copied by Dossie Gilbreath were the original source of come of the Neville information. I have tried to copy it - spelling and all -- just as I found it. Faucette, N.C. January 1896 Dear Cousin Hiram, I will send you the list of your great grandfather Neville's family. Jesse Neville was your great grandfather. Jesse Neville born September 24, 1746 His wife, Elizabeth Neville born 1752 They were married in 1770 Their children's names and ages: 1. Goodwin Neville born January 13, 1771 2, Cynthia Neville born October 18, 1772 3. Elizabeth Neville born January 28, 1775 (your grandmother) 4. Solomon Neville born April 3, 1777 5. Benjamin Neville born July 8, 1779 6. Jesse Neville born Dec 29, 1782 7. Goodmon Neville born January 9, 1784 8. Cynthia Ann Neville born March 16, 1786 9. Wilie Whitley Nevillle born Dec. 16, 1787 10. Samuel Park Neville born March 23, 1790 (Great Western Preacher) 11. Selah Neville born April 16, 1792 12.Oriss or Cass? Neville born 1794 (dead) (the above was not ledgible) The two letters ss were all I could be sure of. there was the name Oriss mentioned below. Cousin Hiram, this is correct. It is taken from the old Family Bible. Cousin Henry Ruffin Lloyd has the Bible and I have taken this list from it, myself. Robert can tell you who Hall Lloyd is. We all call him Hal. If you want a list of my great grandfather's family and also a list of my great- great- grandfather's family and I also can send you a list of the negroes. This Bible has been handed down from generation to generation. I have only one great Aunt Neville living. She is Ephran Lloyd, mother of Henry Ruffin Lloyd. Aunt Ephran's husband's name was Oriss. (I am not sure of this name, it was too dim to read.) Lloyd. He is dead. I guess that this will be interesting to you. I will send you my age. I was born September 13, 1866. Nearly all the above Nevills have children in the West. They are scattered all over the West. Solomon Neville has children in Memphis, Tenn. Solomon's grandson, Ike, was here at Chapel Hill about three years ago. The letter is signed by Sidney Lloyd who married Susannah Barbee. The Lloyds, Nevilles, and Barbees seem to have intermarried several times. The letters he promised to send later have not been located as far as I know. However, there are a couple of letters with scattered information, I will try to copy later in hope it will help someone find a piece of the family puzzle. Janella ---------- > From: Ruth Nevels <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NEVILLE-L] West Feliciana Trip > Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 4:05 PM > > Bob, Jan, Shirley, others, > > I believe that the Goodman who was born in 1783 (son of Jesse and > Elizabeth Parks) was too young to be the father of Stephen (b. ca 1798) > and Gideon (b. ca 1793). > > There was another Goodman, son of a Thomas. Halifax County, N.C. Deed > Book 17, page 24. April 3, 1788: Thomas Neville to Goodman Neville for > natural love and affection he hath and does bear to his son Goodman > Nevill & heirs of his body lawfully begotten , & if he die without such > issue to my son John Neville - - grants tract of 140 acres land in > Halifax County, etc. > > Index to N.C. Wills 1665 -1900, lists Goodman Nevill, 1837, Will Book 4, > page 154, Halifax County. > > Another reference from Records of Estates, Halifax County, N.C., by > David B. Gammon: Nevill, Goodman. The widow, Nancy Nevill entered her > dissent to the will of the dec'd Aug 1837. Inventory Nov 28, 1837 by > Reddin Nevill, exr. Year's provisions allotted to the widow, Nov. 17, > 1837. Account of sale Dec 22, 1837. > > Also, I found reference to marriage of a Stephen Nevill & Mary Peebles, > 28 Mar 1820 in Halifax County, N.C. Jesse Burt, bm. > > I hope that some of this is helpful. > > Ruth Nevels > Shirley L Wilcox wrote: > > > > Bob, > > > > What a fruitful trip! > > > > When you say they were sons of Goodman Neville was this the man born 9 > > Jan 1783 who m 15 Sept 1804 Orange Co, NC, Jane McCauley? Or was there an > > earlier man by this name? > > > > Last Oct. Jan posted material from The Plains and Their People which had > > been copied by Lois Boesch. It said that Henry who d. Jly 1853 was a son > > of Gideon. Is this then wrong? > > > > Shirley > > > > On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 05:29:42 EDT [email protected] writes: > > >Ruth and Jan: From the court documents found in the 7th Judicial > > >District of > > >Louisana I have proved: > > > > > >l. Gideon and Stephen were brothers and the sons of Goodman Neville of > > > North Carolina. > > > > > >2. Stephen was the father of Henry G. Neville and Willis Neville. > > > > > >3. Henry died with no children or wife and named Willis the executor > > >of his will. He named the Willis children in the will. > > > > > >4. Willis had 3 children at the time of Henry's death: Mary Ann, > > >Leonard Marion, andFlorence. > > > > > >5. Henry died in 1853 and Willis died in 1860. > > > > > >I hope this helps some. 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