Posts Tagged ‘ Neal ’

Hugh Tinnin is my 4th Great Grandfather. My family line continues through his daughter Lucille “Lucy” Tinnin Neal from his second wife. Hugh Tinnin Birth – 1800, Tennessee Death – 13 Dec 1869, Burleson Co., Texas Father – John Tinnin (1770-1835) Mother – Elizabeth “Betsy” Moore (1775-1840) Married (1): Betsy Rutherford Birth – Mississippi...
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Will and Minnie Bell (Nees) Ingram are my Great Grandparents through their daughter Syble Bell Ingram. Only one of their daughters is still living, Lucille. I’m working on getting in touch with her to see if she can tell me more about her parents. Here’s the family record I have for Will and Minnie...
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Captain Robbert Harreld is my 5th Great Grandfather through his daughter Sinai who married William Neal, Sr. Sinai and William Neal’s son James Preston Neal had told a story of he and his brother (my 3rd Great Grandfather William Thomas Neal) as boys having had the opportunity to meet Samuel Houston and welcomed him...
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Sinai Harreld Neal Buchanan is my 4th Great Grandmother through her son William Thomas Neal, Col. (1822-1864) who died in the Civil War. She was first married to William Neal/Neel (abt 1797-1821) who was my 4th Great Grandfather. Shortly after her first husband’s death, she married Andrew “Uncle Buck” Buchanan and moved with their...
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I was reviewing the 1850 census today, and noticed how closely Hugh Tinnin was living to his daughter Lucy Jane Tinnin Neal. I started to go through the pages of the census and noticed Andrew and Sinai Neal Buchanan nearby. The Buchanans and Neals both had a Tinnin kid staying with them, so I...
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After my posting on Hugh Tinnin and his connection to Austin and Tinnin Ford Road, I got a lot of response from other Tinnin relations. Since he had a rather large family with 3 wives and a history that spread across many states, he was bound to have a lot of decendents. One of...
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James “Jim” Nees Jr. was my 3rd Great Grandfather and my family line continues through his son Steven Guthrie Nees (1863-1881) who married Anna Eliza Neal (1863-1935). Several people from his family applied for Cherokee Citizenship in order to claim lands in the Indian Territory before it was divided up. The applications that they...
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I believe that I was sent these photocopies of the Civil War records of William T. Neal and W.T. Neal by someone who I met online. I’m not quite sure how to read them, and need to do some more research to verify that they are indeed the William Thomas Neal who was my...
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I feel very lucky to have crossed paths online with James Preston IV who shared with me photos and family information on his namesake that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise been able to get. He granted me permission to share the items with others, and so below is the only picture he has of...
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My 5th Great-Grandfather Thomas “Uncle Tom” Neel and his wife Mary were the first of my Neal family to arrive in America. Born in Northern Ireland in 1760 and 1762, they arrived about 1780 and joined many of their relatives and neighbors who had preceded them to America and had settled in Pennsylvania, eastern...
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