Minor Neal (1802 - 1878)

Born 2 Mar 1802 in Logan, Kentucky, United States

Husband of Nancy Ann (Amick) Neale — married 18 Aug 1842 in Cooper County, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1878 at age 76 in Pilot Grove, Cooper County, Missouri

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Biography

On August 18, 1842, Minor married Nancy Amick in Cooper County, Missouri.^[1]

Minor Neale was the son of Spence Neale and Susan Williams. Spence Neale was born in what is now Westmoreland County, VA. The family of Susan Williams (father-Benjamin Paul Williams) lived in Front Royal, VA, then moved to South Carolina for about 25 years. When Paul Williams died his wife Ann Tutt Williams moved with her children to Kentucky.

Upon the death of his father, Minor Neale's uncle, Daniel Neale was appointed as his guardian by the courts of Scott County, Kentucky.

The records of Scott County were destroyed by fire in 1876. However, in 1818 certain Neale family records were sent to the Probate Court of Boone County, Missouri as Neale's uncle, John Williams had taken land there and relocated. Minor Neale's mother, Susan Williams Neale, had married John Osborn. She was once again widowed after only a few years. John Williams was the administrator of Osborn's estate, so a copy of the will of John Osborn will was also sent to Columbia, county seat of Boone County, Missouri.

1821 Tax Records of Boone County, MO show Neale owned 160 acres with one dwelling, two slaves, two horses over 3 years old, 1 cow. He had no carriage and was not married.

When he was 27, Minor Neale witnessed the will of his uncle, John Williams, which was made in Boone County. He later purchased the farm of William Stone in Lebanon Township, Cooper County, Missouri. Records of the First Baptist Church of Columbia indicate that the week John Williams died Mary Neale died. Doubtless, she was a relative; but her identity hasn't been determined.

Sources

Children:

1. Margaret E. Neale Spencer (1845 - 1905)*
2. Zwingle Luengleus Rae Neale (1849 - 1931)*
3. Mary Winn Neale Hixson (1851 - 1932)*
4. James Quincy Neale (1854 - 1933)*
5. George M. Neale (1856 - 1931)*
6. Louisa J Neale Young (1858 - 1933)*
7. Thomas Lee Neale (1862 - 1937)*

1. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGTF-9GT2 : 1 October 2019), Rev Minor Neal, 18 Aug 1842; citing Marriage, Cooper, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007424330.

• Descendants of Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri Pioneers, by Eugene Allen Cordrey (Bunceton, MO, 1973), pages 105-6; 192-197

• Edward Neal of Pilot Knob, Logan County, Kentucky and some of his descendants, by Dewey William Neal and John D. Beatty (2000)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44537869

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15592448

Acknowledgements

John D. Beatty, C.G., Dewey William Neal and Donn C. Neal, Ph.D., are the leading researchers on the family of Edward NEAL.