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David Neal

Male Abt 1816 - 1867  (~ 51 years)


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  • Name David Neal 
    • AKA: William David Neal 1816-1867
    Born Abt 1816  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1867  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23440  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2021 

    Family Cyrena/Serena Dalton,   b. Feb 1816, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1900, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Married 12 Mar 1840  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2021 
    Family ID F8884  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Neal-285.
      William David Neal
      Born about 1814 [location unknown]
      Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
      [sibling(s) unknown]
      Husband of Cyrena Dalton ? married 12 Mar 1840 [location unknown]
      Descendants
      Father of John Neal, Martha Neal, Sarah D. (Neal) Dixon, William Joseph Neal, Betsy A. Neal, George R. Neal and Mary J. Neal
      Died about 1857 likely in Caswell Co., NC

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182216829/william-david-neal.
      William David Neal
      Birth 31 Jul 1816
      Halifax County, Virginia
      Death 25 Jan 1867 (aged 50)
      Caswell County, North Carolina
      Burial: First Baptist Church Cemetery
      Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina
      William David Neal was the son of Thomas Neal and Elizabeth Brown. Thomas and Elizabeth married 01 Jan 1787 in Mecklenburg Co., VA. She was born in 1768, daughter of Thomas Brown, Sr. Thomas Neal was born in Amelia Co., VA, probably about 1761. He was the son of Roger Neal and Ann Hatchett. Thomas served in the Revolutionary War (War Record W5407). Thomas Neal died in Halifax Co., VA, on 10 Apr 1824. His will, dated 10 Dec 1823, was recorded in Halifax Co., VA, on 27 Sep 1824 (WB 13, p. 271). He names his wife Elizabeth and 9 children. His children are: Abraham H., Paschal P., Liza D., Roger B., Harriet W., A.M., Polly P., James A., and William David.

      George Washington Neal was the son of William David Neal and Sibyl Yeaman, who married in 1835 (Pittsylvania Co., VA, MB 1, p. 110). William David Neal was born 31 Jul 1815 in Halifax Co., VA, and died 25 Jan 1867 while living near Providence in Caswell Co., NC. Sibyl was born 23 Aug 1807 in Pittsylvania Co., VA, and died in Sept 1873 in Caswell Co., NC. The 1850 census for Pittsylvania Co., VA, lists William Neal and Sibyl with 5 children.

      Their children were: Harriet A.E. (01 Sep 1836), John T. (20 Mar 1838), Mary P. (1840), James William (1844), and George Washington (10 Aug 1847). Harriet A. E. Neal married William R. Ingram in Caswell Co., NC, on 10 Nov 1857. Her nephew John David Neal reported that her family moved to Missouri with several children. John T. Neal married Lucy A. Howard in Caswell Co., NC, on 11 Dec 1859. Lucy was the daughter of Alanson Howard and Susan Swift Shelton. Mary P. Neal married Crawford D. Sledge in Caswell Co., NC, on 05 Feb 1868. James William Neal married Sallie Belle Riddle in Campbell Co., VA, on 26 Nov 1895. They moved to Caswell Co., NC, and are buried in the Moon Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.

      William David Neal and Sibyl Yeaman married 05 October 1835 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Her father, John Yeaman, sent his written permission. Bondsman was her brother Isaac Yeaman. The 1850 census of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, lists William Neal, wife Sibyl and their five children. By 25 November 1852, when an accounting of Sibyl's father's estate was recorded, William David and family were living in North Carolina. John Yeaman's will was recorded in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on 15 November 1852. It was written in 1838, and names his daughter Sibbey Neal.

      Source: The Beaver Pond Neals of Virginia, Carl B. Neal (1965).

      "William David Neal died Jan. 25, 1867, and was buried in the cemetery at Yanceyville Baptist Church."

      Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 402 (Article #516, "William David Neal" by William Lewis Neal).
      Family Members
      Spouse

      Sybil Yeaman Neal

      1807?1873

      Children
      John T Neal, 1839?1864
      Mary P. Neal Sledge, 1840?1908
      James William Neal, 1844?1916
      George Washington Neal, 1847?1915