Hi Sandra :) OOPS! My fingers had a senior moment. Yes, Lavina J. Snider Neel was born Aug 08, 1817 in Georgia. She married Jesse Calhoun Neel (born in Newberry Dist.?, SC, July 5, 1806) in Tuscaloosa on Jan 3, 1833. My Ira Griffin Neal was born Sept 1835, the second child of Jesse & Lavina. He had 11 brothers and sisters, so 12 children all together. Ralph is a little settlement just southwest of the town of Tuscaloosa off of I-20. It is in the southwest corner of Tuscaloosa County. (At least that is where the Neel Family Cemetery is located... or I should say WAS located. A recent land owner took a bulldozer and shoved 6' stone monuments off the hill and down into a ravine, so the markers are gone. A local resident of Ralph showed us where it was and told us what happened. He said that the man went bankrupt and lost the land. Serves him right!!!! It had been raining heavily so I was not able to climb down the ravine to investigate. I never told Mrs. Elizabeth Neel here in Palestine. It would have broken her heart. Enjoyed your story. Happy Hunting :) Frances ----- Original Message ----- From: <DDCMMG@aol.com> To: <txanders@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [TXANDERS] Willingham Family in Anderson, TX > Haha Frances, > It feels great to know that someone else is going around and > around > with all of these names. My gggrandfather Troy Griffin had a son named > Ira > Griffin. Ira Griffin was b. in Tuscaloosa, Al. on the l6th of July l830. > Ira Griffin died Nov 20, l895 Fayette Co. Al . He was married to a Susan > A. > McFarline on the 31, Jan. l853. I have read that Ira Griffin was an > artist. I > do not know where Ralph, Tuscaloosa, Al. is located , but Troy Griffin, > The > Willinghams, The Poes, The Richards, The Robertsons lived in the N.W. > part of > Tuscaloosa Co., Al. then that part of Tuscaloosa Co., was changed to > Fayette > Co. The area that I have listed is where the Old Sheffield Post office > was located in Bankston, Al. It is between Fayette and Tuscaloosa. In > fact > Ira Griffin is buried in Bakston Cem., Fayette Co. > I have seen the name McNeil, Neal, and Neil thru out the migration of the > Griffin name. From Ga. to Al., I do not know if they were in Virginia. > In > your letter you stated Lavina J. Snider Nell was b. Aug 8, l870 in Ga. > married > Jeesse Calhoun Neel in Tuscaloosa in l833. Was this a typical error > since > Ira Griffin Neal/Neel was b. Sept l835? I know Troy's family lived in > S.C. > Troy lived in Columbia Co., Ga. near Evens before he moved to Tuscaloosa, > al. His first child , :Martha was b. in Ga on Sept l9, 1824. > Frances , I have so many names surnames that my father gave me > connected > his family. > The problem is he did not tell me which family. The Cooks, The > Willinghams, > The Robertsons, The Shephards, and the Freemans. I know he did tell me > that we had Neals in our family. Bless his heart, he was trying to get > me > interested in family history, but I was only l3 and l4 at the time. > Everytime I > came in with a name of a new person I met at school, my Dad would say, > "Sandra > , we have such and such in our family". (Being the intelligent child > that I > was, I would roll my eyes and say sure we do!) Boy, have I regretted > that > action. LOL. > I will see what I can find out and get back with you. I love genealogy > and finding connections. I started in this when my daughter was taking > Women's history at Texas A&M. > I wanted to write a short story on her grandmother Griffin. That was 6 > years ago. > She loved going to Frankston with me one day. She was insulted that a > man > said he was going back to lock his car door because strangers were in > town. I > told her , if he only knew, we are probably kin in some way. LOL > Will close for now and will keep your e-mail for further reference, > Sincerely, > Sunshine and soft breezes, > Sandra > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXANDERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >