Southwest Virginia & Stokes County, NC
1. | Rebecca Jane Burress was born in 1840 in Virginia, United States (daughter of James "Jimmy" Burress and Mary Frances "Franky" Neel); died on 1874 - 1880 in Virginia or West Virginia. Other Events:
Notes: Birth: Rebecca married Fleming "Flem" Pack in 1858 in Virginia, United States. Fleming (son of John "Jack" Pack and Matilda "Tilda" Ann Delong) was born in Aug 1836 in Patrick, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Dec 1906 in Baptist Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in 1906 in Pack Cemetery, Baptist Valley, Tazewell, Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | 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] |
3. | 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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4. | 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] |
5. | 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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6. | 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] |
7. | 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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8. | William Burress was born in 1750 in Virginia, United States; died in 1815-1820? in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Birth: William married Ellender Candler (?) in 1774 in Virginia, United States. Ellender (daughter of John Candler and Elizabeth Gibson) was born about 1757 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Ellender Candler (?) was born about 1757 in Virginia, United States (daughter of John Candler and Elizabeth Gibson). Other Events:
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10. | ? ? ? married Rachel. was born in 1755; died in 1820 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Rachel was born in 1755; died in 1820 in Kentucky.
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12. | Thomas Neel was born in 1750 in Augusta? Virginia; died in 1819 in Wolf Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Neel Family Cemetery, Cove Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Thomas and Ellen McFarlane moved from Augusta County to the Grapefield section of what is now Bland County, Virginia. Their log cabin home was a story and half with the kitchen cabin to the rear of the main house. Thomas married Eleanor "Ellen" McFarland in 1774 in Augusta County, Virginia. Eleanor (daughter of William McFarland and Elizabeth Gibson) was born in 1755 in Augusta County, Virginia; died in 1830 in Wolf Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Eleanor "Ellen" McFarland was born in 1755 in Augusta County, Virginia (daughter of William McFarland and Elizabeth Gibson); died in 1830 in Wolf Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia. Other Events:
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14. | John Kidd, Sr. was born in 1763 in Buckingham County, Virginia, USA (son of William Kidd); died in 1843 in Nelson County, Virginia. Other Events:
Notes: Birth: John married Selia Anderson (?) Selia was born in 1768 in Buckingham County, Virginia; died in 1848 in Nelson County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Selia Anderson (?) was born in 1768 in Buckingham County, Virginia; died in 1848 in Nelson County, Virginia, USA. Notes: Birth:
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