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     Benjamin NEVILL II, son of Benjamin NEVILL I and Elizabeth Williams, was born in 1705 in Nansemond County, Virginia.

Benjamin married Elizabeth Alston in 1733 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.

Benjamin left a will dated 15 November 1758 in Halifax County, North Carolina. It was probated September 1759.

Benjamin NEVILL II died in September 1759 in Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina.

     Elizabeth Alston was born in 1705.

Elizabeth married Benjamin NEVILL II, son of Benjamin NEVILL I and Elizabeth Williams, in 1733 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.

Elizabeth Alston died in 1758.

     Benjamin NEVILL I was born in 1657 in Nansemond County, Virginia. He was the son of John Nevill (1640-1704( and Elizabeth Reynolkds (1643-1706.)

Benjamin married Elizabeth Williams circa 1686 in Virginia.

     Jesse NEVILL, son of Benjamin NEVILL II and Elizabeth Alston, was born in 1746.

Jesse NEVILL died in 1809.

     Elizabeth NEVILL, daughter of Benjamin NEVILL II and Elizabeth Alston, was born in 1748.

Elizabeth NEVILL died in 1774.

     Thomas R. NEVILL, son of Benjamin NEVILL II and Elizabeth Alston, was born in 1744 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.

Thomas R. NEVILL died in 1832.

     Jesse NEVILL, son of Thomas R. NEVILL, was born on 5 July 1759 in Halifax County, North Carolina.

Jesse NEVILL died in 1819.

     Ella R. Cooper was born on 7 May 1866 in Ridge Grove, Lee County, Alabama.¹

Ella married James Marshall BURT, son of Joseph Tarpley BURT and Amanda Arnold MARSHALL, on 21 February 1888 in Lee County, Alabama.

Ella R. Cooper died on 17 August 1888 in Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, at age 22.¹ She was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Lee County, Alabama.²

     Thomas Hamilton ABNEY II, son of Alexander Hamilton ABNEY and Rachel Gaster, was born on 14 July 1845 in Louisiana.² His mother, Rachel, died either in childbirth or soon afterward, sometime before 1850. My cousin, Abney H. Brewer, related the following: "From a story my grandfather, William Hamilton Abney, told his cousin's son, Zach Abney of Prattville, Alexander brought the baby back to Alabama to be cared for by his sisters. He bought a bolt of cloth and put it on the back of his saddle. Riding his horse back home to Alabama, whenever the baby needed changing, he cut off a bit of the cloth. He later returned for his son."²

Thomas Hamilton ABNEY II appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1850, in the household of his father Alexander Hamilton ABNEY in Upshur District, Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas. He was listed as T. H. Abney, 5 year old male, born Georgia.^3,1

Thomas Hamilton ABNEY II died on 23 December 1852 in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas, at age 7.⁴ Abney H. Brewer, related the following: "Alexander was in the Pittsburg (Upshur Co., now Camp Co.) Census in 1860 where he and our great-grandfather were in business together. But in 1854 and 1856 he was in Gilmer so I think it likely the little boy [Thomas H. Abney] was buried somewhere around Gilmer.²

     George Washington ABNEY, son of Benjamin D. ABNEY and Sarah E. Greene, was born on 4 August 1855 in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia. He was named after his father's brother George W. Abney (born 1837).¹

George married Olivia Josephine Hill on 4 Jan 1877 in Marshall County, Alabama. They had their first son Christopher C. Abney and two daughters Mattie W. and Mary Francis there. They moved to Gilmer, Texas where their son Perino Frank was born.

George Washington ABNEY died on 15 September 1937 in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas, at age 82. He died of Brights disease.¹ He was buried in Gilmer City Cemetery, Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas.¹