Thank you all for your contributions of time, research, donations, support and feedback.

Many thanks to the good folks at Bassett Historical Center for their input and assistance.

Thank you for visiting our heritage and history.
Please consider making a contribution (any amount is appreciated) to help offset the expense, and help us continually improve the quality and quantity of information.

We Gratefully Accept Yout Old/Odd Bitcoin, and Bit Cents at:
14Q2Cm1pRmUrSGTfn1a66Qe9YbAmdD8Dez

  First Name:  Last Name:
Log In
Surnames
What's New
Statistics

Terms of Use & Privacy
Contact Us
Join Our Community

Confederate Soldier Private John T. Neal[1]

Male 1839 - 1864  (25 years)


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name John T. Neal 
    Title Confederate Soldier 
    Prefix Private 
    Born 1839  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 May 1864  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Typhoid
    Person ID I17628  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2019 

    Father William David Neal,   b. 1814, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1867, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Sybil Yeaman,   b. 23 Aug 1807, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1873, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1835  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • John T Neal (1839 - 1864)
      Mary P. Neal Sledge (1840 - 1908)
      James William Neal (1844 - 1916)
    Family ID F6342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy Virginia Howard,   b. Est 1841, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1862, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Susan Neal,   b. 17 Nov 1861, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1935, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     2. William Howard Neal,   b. 1863, Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2017 
    Family ID F6341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93378306.
      Neal, John T., Private
      Birth: 1839
      Death: May 25, 1864
      son of William David Neal and Sibyl Yeaman
      Siblings:
      John T Neal (1839 - 1864)
      Mary P. Neal Sledge (1840 - 1908)
      James William Neal (1844 - 1916)


      Enlisted in Co. B on 7/8/1862 in Caswell Co. at age 23; born in 1838; son of William David Neal and Sibyl Yeaman; moved to Caswell Co., NC in late 1850; brother of James William "Bill" Neal, also of Co. B; on December 12, 1859 married Lucy A.[Virginia] Howard (died in childbirth on August 25, 1862); muster rolls list him serving as a courier to Gen. Wade Hampton Jan. 1864; died 5/25/1864 of typhoid fever, buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond; his brother Bill raised his children after the war.

      [Neil Hunter Raiford, The 4th North Carolina Cavalry in the Civil War: A History and Roster]

    2. [S37] Death Certificate, Mary Neal Powell.
      Parents: J. T. Neal North Carolina and Lucy Virginia Howard