---------- > From: JANELLA HENDON <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NEVILLE-L] West Feliciana Trip > Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 3:04 PM > > 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 P.S. On examining the other old letters, the infomation is mostly Lloyd names. I don't know how much help they would be in researching Nevilles. Does anyone have the names of the children of Benjamin Neville, father of Jesse? It might give a clue as to his father's name. 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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