Southwest Virginia & Stokes County, NC
1. | Robert Ray Burress was born on 20 Nov 1859 in Wolf Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia (son of James Rabourn "Rabe" Burress and Roseanna Hounshell); died on 02 Jun 1940 in Bland County, Virginia; was buried in Burress Cemetery, Grapefield, Bland County, Virginia. Notes: Birth: Robert married Martha Neal on 26 Oct 1886 in Bland County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
Robert married Margaret Christine "Maggie" Tabor on 12 Sep 1895 in Bland County, Virginia. Margaret (daughter of James Tabor and Luvenia V. Cameron) was born on 22 Oct 1876 in Virginia, United States; died on 12 Dec 1921 in Bland County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | James Rabourn "Rabe" Burress was born in 1838 in Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia (son of James "Jimmy" Burress and Mary Frances "Franky" Neel); died on 15 Mar 1865 in Narrows, Giles County, Virginia. Other Events:
Notes: Died: James married Roseanna Hounshell on 07 Apr 1859 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Roseanna (daughter of Henry Hounshell and Elizabeth Kline) was born about 1837 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Jul 1916 in Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Roseanna Hounshell was born about 1837 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA (daughter of Henry Hounshell and Elizabeth Kline); died on 23 Jul 1916 in Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia.
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4. | James "Jimmy" Burress was born in April 1807 in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA (son of Micajah "Cager" Burress and Rachel McCoy); died on 7 Jun 1883 in Headwaters Clinch, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; was buried on 10 Jun 1883 in Grapefield, Bland County, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Court: James married Mary Frances "Franky" Neel in 1830 in Russell County, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Alexander Neel and Missouri "Miss" Kidd) was born in 1808 in Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia; died in 1869 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Burress Cemetery, Grapefield, Bland County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Mary Frances "Franky" Neel was born in 1808 in Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia (daughter of Alexander Neel and Missouri "Miss" Kidd); died in 1869 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Burress Cemetery, Grapefield, Bland County, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
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6. | Henry Hounshell was born in 1789 (son of Andrew Hounshell and Lovice (Louisa) Lambert). Henry married Elizabeth Kline. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Elizabeth Kline
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8. | Micajah "Cager" Burress was born in 1777 in Bedford County, Virginia (son of William Burress and Ellender Candler (?)); died in July 1852 in Russell County, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Birth: Micajah married Rachel McCoy on 20 Oct 1795 in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA. Rachel (daughter of ? ? and Rachel) was born in 1779 in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA; died in June 1855 in Pike County, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Rachel McCoy was born in 1779 in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA (daughter of ? ? and Rachel); died in June 1855 in Pike County, Kentucky, USA. Other Events:
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10. | Alexander Neel was born in 1777 in Jackson River, Augusta County, Virginia (son of Thomas Neel and Eleanor "Ellen" McFarland); died in 1844 in Wolf Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in 1844 in Cove Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Witness: Alexander married Missouri "Miss" Kidd in 1799 in Virginia, United States. Missouri (daughter of John Kidd, Sr. and Selia Anderson (?)) was born in 1783 in Amherst County, Virginia; died in 1828 in Wolf Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Neel Family Cemetery, Cove Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Missouri "Miss" Kidd was born in 1783 in Amherst County, Virginia (daughter of John Kidd, Sr. and Selia Anderson (?)); died in 1828 in Wolf Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Neel Family Cemetery, Cove Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. Notes: Source information on the name of Missouri/Caroline Kidd: There doesn't seem to be much documented proof on the name of Alexander Neal's wife. I've seen it listed both as Caroline and Missouri. I am leaning toward the Missouri, as I have the source of this name, but not the source of where Caroline came from. No one seems to bother with sourcing anymore, so no one can tell me where the name Caroline came from. The following information is from Orval Hodges (Boondocks38@aol.com):::: My Grandfather Osker Franklin Neel said that they call her Miss Kidd and the Miss was for Missouri. She was not named from the State, her name is a Illinois Indian name the refers to a canoe. But in my first find of anything referring to Missouri was in the Waggoner Family book in the Virginia Room of the Tazewell Library, there she is referred to as "Miss Kidd". I'm not going to dispute the Caroline connection but in my family she was never called Carolline. And also for your information she has five grandchildren and great grandchildren named Missouri after her. Missouri Kidd Neel was my grandfathers Great Grandmother and one great thing about my Neel ancestors, some of them like to talk about their family. Mother had a Uncle named Daniel Alexander Neel (Grandson of Missouri Kidd Neel) and I could talk to you all day about the stories that came from Uncle Daniel. Let me tell you a short story about Missouri Kidd. My great aunt Minnie Roland Blankenship (sister to my Grandmother Cora B. Roland Neel) told me this story, it involved aunt Minnie and my mothers Uncle Daniel Neel, Uncle Daniel had a lot of horse and he was a great horseman. He was teaching Aunt Minnie how to ride a horse and during this time of training Uncle Daniel told Aunt Minnie that girls could learn to ride just like a man and he repeated that 'Missouri Kidd Neel' his great grandmother could and did ride a horse as good as any man, she could also load and shoot a muzzle loading gun. Miss Kidd Neel would ride from Wolfe Creek to what is now known as Pearisburg Virginia and back then you had to ford Wolfe Creek nine times to get there, just to visit with her Aunt Deborah Kidd Peery. So to make a point that her name Missouri has been in our folk lore a long time. Continuing email... Well Michelle the Deed you are probably speaking of, I had in my files but just never jumped at it until I was look at what you had brought up. You can see that I have put James Burress and Mary Frances aka Franly Neel Burress in the Burress Cemetery that states where the farm was that James Burress and Franky got a Indenture Deed loan of $19.46 on Jul 16 1844. I figured they would have been buried there. For your information the Burress Cemetery should be called Burress-Neel Cemetery because there are 12 Neel's buried there but it was set up as Old Neel Cemetery. When they finally sold off the farm Thomas Neel b 14 Feb 1815 died 1907 ( Mary France Neel Burress younger brother) he was buried in the Neel Family Cemetery with his mother and father.
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12. | Andrew Hounshell was born on 3 Oct 1766 in Chester County, Pennsylvania ? (son of John Caspar Hounshell and Christina Messersmith); died in Jan 1832 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Birth: Andrew married Lovice (Louisa) Lambert on 17 September 1786 in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA. Lovice (daughter of Heinrich "Henry" Lambert and Maria Magdalena Daude) was born on 30 August 1766 in Derry, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; died on 5 January 1810 in Reed Creek, Wythe County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Lovice (Louisa) Lambert was born on 30 August 1766 in Derry, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (daughter of Heinrich "Henry" Lambert and Maria Magdalena Daude); died on 5 January 1810 in Reed Creek, Wythe County, Virginia. Notes: Birth:
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