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I did a fast www.google.com search on "Neal Plantation" and this is all I found aside from http://www.coastalconnections.com/wills-c.html which has some Neale in NC, Abstract of Wills Manuscript Department Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION #4370 NEAL FAMILY PAPERS Inventory http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/n/Neal_Family Neal, Aaron, d. 1869. INTRODUCTIONBiographical Note The two generations of the Neal family prominent in these papers lived between 1816 and 1915. Principal figures in the earlier generation included Moses, James, John, Aaron, and Mary (Timberlake), children of Moses Neal (d. pre-1830), planter of Franklin County, N.C. Other individuals who figure in the earlier portion of these papers are Aaron's wife, Elizabeth Fox; her relatives (probably siblings) Burrell, Robert, Richard, Martha, and William Fox; Richard Timberlake (Mary Neal's husband); and the slaves Sim Neal and Foxes Peney. In the 1820s, James and John Neal moved west, first to Alabama, then to Tennessee, to buy land and establish cotton plantations. Their sister Mary Timberlake and her family soon followed. By the 1830s, Burrell, Richard, Robert, and William Fox were in Mississippi setting up plantations, and their sister Martha and her family were homesteading in Tennessee. Aaron Neal (?-1869) remained on the family plantation with his mother. He later married Elizabeth Fox. Moses Neal was a merchant (and a bachelor) in Williamsboro (Granville County), N.C., until his death in 1853. The Neals, Foxes, and Timberlakes were all slave-owning planter families of at least moderate wealth. Those who went west all took slaves with them and had the cash to buy good farm land. A check of the Population and Slave Schedules of the Federal Census for Franklin County revealed that Aaron Neal in 1860 had real estate worth $15,210 and personal property worth $20,402, and was the owner of 18 slaves. Members of the second generation of Neals represented in these papers are the children of Aaron Neal, their spouses, and a few friends. The 1860 Federal Census for Franklin County listed Aaron's children as Transbry C. (20, male), Temperance B. (17), Mary E. (14), Lavinia (11), Moses (8), Charles I. (5), and Mit (2, female). Aaron had two older sons living away from home in 1860, Nathan (24), and James (26). Nathan was a student at the University of North Carolina in 1857, and during the Civil War worked in Alabama as a railroad construction engineer. His brother Transbry served in the Confederate Army in Virginia. After the war, Transbry returned to the family farm near Louisburg, but Nathan went west and settled in Waxahachie, Tex., (about 30 miles south of Dallas) where he remained until his death. Nathan eventually married and raised a son, Garrett, who joined his father in the land surveying business. Aaron Neal died in 1869, and his wife apparently died earlier. The 1870 Federal Census for Franklin County listed Transbry Neal, age 30, as head of household with the following family members (all his siblings): Temperance (26), Lavinia (21), Moses (17), Charles (15), and Stilla ? (10). The Civil War had nearly impoverished the Neal family: the 1870 census listed Transbry's real estate as worth $5000, and his personal estate $300. Abstract: Members of the Neal family were planters, businessmen, and farmers in Franklin, N.C.; Fayette and Henderson counties, Tenn.; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Hinds County, Miss.; Waxahachie, Tex.; and other areas in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among them was Aaron Neal of Franklin County, N.C., who died in 1869. Correspondence, and financial, legal, and other papers of Aaron Neal, his siblings, in-laws, and children, and other members of the Neal family. Most of the correspondence relates to the antebellum era and consists primarily of letters from family members in the Old Southwest that describe to relatives in North Carolina the everyday problems associated with moving west, buying land and slaves, and establishing profitable cotton plantations. There are also letters, 1857, to and from Nathan Neal, a student at the University of North Carolina. There are twelve letters from the Civil War years that describe camp life and combat experiences, mainly in the Virginia theater. Most postbellum letters pertain to late nineteenth-century farm life in North Carolina and to small-town life in Texas. Financial, legal, and other items date from both before and after the Civil War. Neals Plantation To: wvjackso-l@rootsweb.com Subject: Neals Plantation From: SPRAD666@aol.com Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 20:17:24 EST CC: va-roots@vlinsvr.vsla.edu, VA-WVA-ROOTS-L@listserv.indiana.edu Looking for information on the location and history of Neals Plantation in Jackson Co., VA in the 1840s. Am also wondering about its proximity to Kanawha Co., VA. Thank you. Tim Spradling In a message dated 8/31/2000 11:01:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, << Subject: [WVA] Huffman/Neal Plantation Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My gggg & ggg grandfathers Thomas Huffman & John Stuart Huffman purchased 500 acres of Jackson County, VA/WV property on 6 December 1842, referred to as the "Neal Plantation." This information comes from Jackson County Deed Book 9 pages 454-455 in a deed transaction dated 11 May 1853, where Thomas Huffman's "heirs-at-law" (children) sold the property to their mother Margaret Huffman. Also on 11 May 1853, Margaret Huffman, Thomas' widow, sold 400 of the 500 acres to a Benjamin Boggess. This is from Jackson County Deed Book 9 page 456. I am not privy to & have not viewed the original deed of sale, in which the "Neal Plantation" was sold to Thomas Huffman & John Stuart Huffman. (I would definitely like to see it.) Also, Jackson County land records, mention a deed of "bargain & sale" re: said property on 14 April 1847 where a Henry Middleton is mentioned. Does anyone have any information on the 500 acre parcel of property once called the "Neal Plantation?" Do you know where it might have been located? I believe that the location is somewhere in the vicinity where Jackson County borders the Poca District of Kanawha County. It may have been somewhere between Goldtown, Jackson County & Sissonville, Kanawha County. Does anyone know the history of the Neal family? Thank you in advance for any information or guidance. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com >>

Researching Benjamin Franklin Morris Jr. & Ella America Price Benjamin b. 1876 Brownstown (Marmet) W.Va d. 1947 Marmet, W.Va m. abt. 1899 Mongomery, W.Va Ella b. 1881 Kanawha Co., W.Va d. 1926 Marmet, W.Va. Both buried in Marmet Cemetary Children: Roy Jennings, Charles Ray, Lawrence (Lance), Bertha Lee (Bug), Ruth Edgel, Russell Churchman, Jennie Louise, Leonard Wade, Margaret Lucille, Helen Reed and Benjamin Franklin III. Also: Trying to find the Jordan’s from West Virginia. Oscar Jordan b. 1887 Putnam Co. d. 1979 Kanawha Co. m. Josephine "Josie" Fisher b. 1885 Mason Co. They were married on Oct 9, 1909 at Mason Co. Had two sons: Charles Gideon and Garland Clayton If you have any information please forward to BoogHoog@aol.com Thank you

My gggg & ggg grandfathers Thomas Huffman & John Stuart Huffman purchased 500 acres of Jackson County, VA/WV property on 6 December 1842, referred to as the "Neal Plantation." This information comes from Jackson County Deed Book 9 pages 454-455 in a deed transaction dated 11 May 1853, where Thomas Huffman's "heirs-at-law" (children) sold the property to their mother Margaret Huffman. Also on 11 May 1853, Margaret Huffman, Thomas' widow, sold 400 of the 500 acres to a Benjamin Boggess. This is from Jackson County Deed Book 9 page 456. I am not privy to & have not viewed the original deed of sale, in which the "Neal Plantation" was sold to Thomas Huffman & John Stuart Huffman. (I would definitely like to see it.) Also, Jackson County land records, mention a deed of "bargain & sale" re: said property on 14 April 1847 where a Henry Middleton is mentioned. Does anyone have any information on the 500 acre parcel of property once called the "Neal Plantation?" Do you know where it might have been located? I believe that the location is somewhere in the vicinity where Jackson County borders the Poca District of Kanawha County. It may have been somewhere between Goldtown, Jackson County & Sissonville, Kanawha County. Does anyone know the history of the Neal family? Thank you in advance for any information or guidance. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com

Prologue: Journal of the National Archives Winter 1986, vol. 18, no. 4 http://www.nara.gov/publications/prologue/fox.html Income Tax Records of the Civil War Years By Cynthia G. Fox M795, West Virginia, 1862- 1866, 4 rolls. This might be helpful to some of us looking for dead-ends.

Trying to find the Jordan’s from West Virginia. Oscar Jordan b. 1887 Putnam Co. d. 1979 Kanawha Co. m. Josephine "Josie" Fisher b. 1885 Mason Co. They were married on Oct 9, 1909 at Mason Co. Had two sons: Charles Gideon and Garland Clayton Thank you L.M. Jordan BoogHoog@aol.com

I am still hunting for my elusive Barnhart ancestors -- specifically the parents of my ggg grandfather James Barnhart. James Barnhart married Anna ROSOLY on 4 April 1850 in Jackson County, VA/WV, according to Jackson County marriage records. While recently perusing Jackson County, VA/WV death records, transcribed by Linda Murdock, I found the following new information: BARNHART, Sarah 12/26/1873 87y. Parents are Jacob & Hannah Love. Born PA. Sarah BARNHART is found living next door to my ggg grandfather James BARNHART in 1860 Jackson County, VA/WV. Sarah is listed as a 66-year-old living in the household of Jesse HANSHAW & his wife Elizabeth. Sarah BARNHART's place of birth is listed as PA. My ggg grandfather James BARNHART's place of birth in the same census is also given as PA. The age in Sarah BARNHART's death record does not correlate with the age given in 1860 census records. She is 66 according to 1860 census data. So she should be circa 79 at the time of death instead of the 87 given in the death record. But I've found that ages in census records, death records, etc. aren't always reliable. (Seems that vanity was sometimes a major factor.) Also found in Jackson County death records is the following report of my ggg grandfather's death: Barnhart, James died 9/17/1902, 74y 11 months 20 days, died Goldtown, parents H & S Barnhart Given the proximity of the HANSHAW residence to my ggg grandfather James BARNHART's house, I am lead to believe that Sarah BARNHART may be the mother-in-law of Jesse HANSHAW, mother of James BARNHART & therefore the "S" of H & S BARNHART, who are listed as the parents of my ggg grandfather in Jackson County death records. Does anyone have a copy of the 1860 Jackson County, VA/WV Census that lists the relationship of Sarah BARNHART to head of household Jesse HANSHAW? Does anyone have in their records a PA nuptial between Sarah LOVE, d/o Jacob & Hannah LOVE, & a Mr. H______ BARNHART? Thank you in advance for any guidance or information. Thank you also for your patience in this matter. I look forward to reading your E-mails & hopefully learning the answers. Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com

----- Original Message ----- From: Donald Grant To: RONEY-L@rootsweb.com Cc: WVBERKEL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 12:11 PM Subject: MARIA RONEY Hello Again! Earlier I posted about the marriage of Maria Roney and Jacob Carper. I have been having some serious "perplexitations" about them. Maria was 7 years older than Jacob. I am wondering if she was a Roney widow and married Jacob after in 1849. Any marriages out there in the Winchester Va area between a Roney and a woman named Maria earlier than 1849??? Also cannot find a listing of her in the 1870 census in Berkeley Co.WVA on ancestry.com. I am wondering if she had died and Jacob remarried. This could explain the children winding up in Ohio without parents. I know that the ancestry listings are far from complete- Does anyone out there have access to the 1870 Berkeley co.WVA census that could help me out?? An interesting side note- while reading about the American Revolution I ran into a passage that said Virginia marriages between very old women of means and much younger men were not at all uncommon. The particular passage spoke of a man in his 20's marrying a woman of 83! The newspaper marriage notice stated that she was "a lively old tit". I had a good laugh! thanks- pamela grant

----- Original Message ----- From: Donald Grant To: WVBERKEL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 9:23 AM Subject: Berkeley Co. Carpers Hello to all! Up till now I have only been 'almost certain' that my GGGrandparents were JACOB CARPER & MARIA RONEY m,14 AUG 1849 in Berkeley Co.This has now been confirmed by death certificate and family interview!! As of the 1860 census they show 3 sons- James V./John D./Jacob A. ( I have family hearsay -at this point- of 2 more, Mary and Joshua) It took 2 sessions with an elderly aunt to hit the motherload. I have learned that one talk just isn't enough. Apparently the first talk began to open the door to memories long forgotten and by the second talk they had time to filter up. So dont give up after just one family interview!! She also remembered that the bible buried with my grandmother was not THE family bible- another living relative has it! Can you imagine burying a bible like that though?? At this point I am very suspicious that Carper/Wolfersberg and Carper/Sharff are connected to my people. They are in place in Berkeley Co at the right time. any and all information about these folks woudl be greatly appreciated. I have been told that the Carpers were notoriously bad at keeping records and most of the information we have is due to other sides of the family keeping them! I have good information concerning the eventual move (between the civil war and 1880) to Ohio of Jacob and Maria's children. I feel that some family from Berkeley co. must have already been in place in Ohio to receive the children because my aunt says they moved without the parents. Jacob A. was married in Ohio in 1880- one of his daughters is my grandmother. should anyone be interested- my email is sundog01@home.com thanks- and sorry this was such a long post - but I wanted to be sure of my stuff before asking for help. Pamela Grant Fairview, NC

I have in my possesion a couple pictures of JAMES HARRISON LAWHORN ,PVT. CO D 13th regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Calvary ....anyone wishing a copy ...just email me and I'll send you one..... Bea Goodman bgoodman@kvinet.com http//www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/o/o/Beatrice-A-Goodman/index.html

Hi: I am new to the list so I will hang around a while and then start looking for my West Virginia people. Thanks for having me. Bill Covey Author of Watson Is Where It Wuz http://home.att.net/~billcovey/index.html

Henry Hovatter was my gggrandfather. His son Elias was the father of my grandfather, Francis Clyde Hovatter. My father, Clyde Hovatter, is the fourth of twelve children. Elias was married to Alice Bertha Cozad. Henry deserted his family and went to Arkansas, where he took another wife and fathered other children. Elias was taken in by Henry's brother, David. Would be happy to correspond and find other connections. Debbie Larkins

I am looking for information on the Keffers, Daltons, Halsteads, O'Mearas, and Sims in Kanawha, Boone and Fayette Counties. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Linda in Arizona lchanaz@primenet.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Would anyone have the above referenced census? If so, could you lookup, Delcie Jarvis b: 1900 d/o John & Mary/Molly Jarvis. Thank you so much.

Does anyone know more about these Hovatters? Even though Anna may have been born in South Carolina, the family lived in the Parsons, WVA area. Thanks, Wanda Descendants of Henry Hovatter 1 Henry Hovatter b: Bef. 1859 d: Aft. 1874 .. +Rosella Lipscomb b: Bef. 1859 d: Aft. 1874 ........ 2 Anna Hovatter b: 1874 in South Carolina d: 27 June 1947 in Ohio ............ +Jasper Newton (Jack) Wamsley b: 27 April 1873 in Indiana d: 02 March 1962 in Petersburg, Virginia; buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia. ........ *2nd Husband of Anna Hovatter: ............ +Jacob Smith b: Unknown d: 1942 Wanda Wamsley Balducci, a Southern American *************************************************************************** Descendant of Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania families - Wamsley, Motley, Foster, Talbott, Harper (Herper), Wade, Appelman, Oliver, Addy, Rash, Rives. Luvin' Dear Ole Dixie in Ole Virginia Grande, The South!! God save the South!!

Hi, I am new to the W.Va. list. Hope someone can help me in a search. I have been looking for a brother, rather 1/2 brother for several years nor. Just found out that in 1929 his mother Edna North (Fox) giving birth to my 1/2 brother Edward John North. Edward was given to cousins to raise in West Virginia. I think there name was Magnus. I don't know where in W.Va. he went to. In 1947 Edward was killed in an automobile accident. I can't find any record of the death. I don't know if he was adopted and name changed to Magnus. I s there anyone out there that has any information that can help me. Thank you Jerry North

I am searching for the decendants of Firl Marion Wamsley, the son of John Huff and Rebecca Alice Canfield Wamsley: Descendants of Firl Marion Wamsley: Firl Marion Wamsley b: 05 July 1905 d: 03 January 1939 wife: Willa Jean Wamsley b: 1929 d: 02 January 1935 in Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia son: Jimmie Wamsley .................. daughter of Jimmie: Anne Wamsley ...................... +Robert Collins ....................................... Benjamin Collins ..........................................Brandon Collins ..........................................Crystal Collins ................. son of Jimmie: Gary Wamsley ...................... +Bonnie ......................................Danielle Wamsley ......................................Marissa Wamsley Thanks, Wanda Wanda Wamsley Balducci, a Southern American *************************************************************************** Descendant of Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania families - Wamsley, Motley, Foster, Talbott, Harper (Herper), Wade, Appelman, Oliver, Addy, Rash, Rives. Luvin' Dear Ole Dixie in Ole Virginia Grande, The South!! God save the South!!

Looking for NANCY BLANKENSHIP b abt 1850 , dau. of JESSE and HANNAH ALLEN BLANKENSHIP, possibly married a BISHOP(not sure) but i do know she married a ROBERT BELCHER ON 3-11-1886, and later married a JOHN NOE...would love to hear from anyone with info on them...Thanks in advance Bea Goodman bgoodman@kvinet.com http//www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/o/o/Beatrice-A-Goodman/index.html

I have reached the brick wall, ladies and gentlemen; can't find anything on Daniel or Rebecca McSherry other than a census that listed her in 1870. If you can help, please contact me at xftr@nnex.net. Kallie A. Jurgens