George Neville

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1st Regiment Continental Dragoons of Virginia. He was a Lt. Col. at the close of the war. He served until the end of the war

Documented son of Joseph through deeds from Joseph, called George Jr. insome Fauquier Co., deeds.

Probably born in Gloucester Co., VA and moved to Prince William Co whenhe was about seven years old.

Moved from Fauquier County, Virginia to what now is Davidson County,Tennessee, in 1765.

December 19, 1762: Survey for George Neavill Jr. of 270 acres on CedarRun, thorough fare to Pignut Ridge, adjoininig John Hudnall, G W Fairfax,Esq., Thomas Jackman, Richard Hampton (Peggy Shomo Joyner, Abstracts ofVirginia's Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys, Vol. 3, p 141)

October 26, 1765 George Neavill Jr and wife Rachel sold 206 acres inHamiltion Parish to Joseph Smith, it being one half of 412 acres patentedby John Hudnall of Northumberland and purchased by Thomas Walker who soldto Joseph Neville who conveyed to George Neaville Jr by deed of gift;land on North side of Carters Run. Witness: George Lamkin, Joseph Smith,William Smith, John Cordene, John Smith, ,Benjamin Sebastian, PeterTaylor (Faurquir Co., VA deed Book 2, p 390-3, 501-2)

June 21, 1766 Rachel Neavil, wife of George Neavil Jr released dower fordeed to Joseph Smith, October 26, 1765 (John K. Gott, Fauquier Co., vadeeds 1759-1778: Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1988 p61)

October 10, 1766: George Neavill Jr. of Fauquier Co., granted 270 acreson Cedar Run in the thoroughfare of the Pignut Ridge; adjoins Mr. Fairfaxand Richard Hampton, Warren, John Hudnall, Thomas Jackman (Gertrude E.Gray, Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, Volume II, 1742-1755: BaltimoreGPC, 1993, p99)

1767, went to North Carolina where he reared a family

September 25, 1785 George Neville of Davidson Co., NC gives power ofattorney to Martin Pickett and John Moffet, Gentlemen, of Fauquier Co. toconvey to Roley Smith and John Smith assignees of Joseph Smith, theestate in fee simple of 270 acres at Pignut Ridge in Fauquier Co., VA.Witnesses: Richard Jackman, Enock Bradford, Joshua Burditt. (FauquierCo., VA Deeds Book 9, p182, also Charles Hughes Hamlin, VirginiaAncestors and adventures (1975 reprint), 3:37)

Served in the Cornet First Light Dragoons in 1780. Served to November 29,1782 and was awarded 2,666 acres of land.

George is evidently well documented through court and land records by adescendant, Irene Griffey, a genealogist in Montgomery Co., TN. He livedin western NC and SC after migrating from Fauquier Co., VA. William, hisbrother lived in the same area of NC-SC before coming to KY where theirother brother James (b: 1742) lived.

George's will names all his children except Ann who pre-deceased him andhis wife who is believed to have died in 1829. His will is in Will BookA, Montgomery County, Tennessee.

The Davidson County, North Carolina, to which George and Rachael moved,was not within the present confines of the state. It was and is in thelocaton of the present County of Davidson in Tennessee, all of which thenwas a part of the colony of North Carolina. It became the state ofTennessee in 1796.

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In 1762 George obtained a license to operate the oridnary previously operated by his father north of Warrenton. After his Revolutionary service, he moved to Tennessee.