Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Matthew Neely    
                Born: Dec- 5-1791          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Jun-10-1857           3,1
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1840                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
            Military:                      11th Regiment, Virginia Militia, War of 1812  5,3
              Father: John Neely, Jr.   (1759 - 1835) 
              Mother: Margaret Neely   (1768 - 1859) 
Notes 
                Wife: Maria Newlon   6,1  
       Also known as: Mariah Newlon 
             Married: Feb- 1-1818          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  7
                Born: Aug-22-1802           8
                Died: Feb-24-1851          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  9,3,1
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  10
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Elijah Newlon   (1777 - 1859) 
              Mother: Mary Furr   (1787 - 1854) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: William Rufus Neely      
       Also known as: Rufus Neely 11
                Born: 1820                 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, (W)VA  12
                Died: Sep-  -1855          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  11,12
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  10
                Wife: Mary Ann Frye  
           F Child 2: Julia Ann Neely      
                Born: Sep-16-1820          in Kingwood, Preston Co, (W)VA  13
                Died: Feb-25-1893          in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Francis Marion Franklin Smith  b. Jun- 4-1822  d. Apr- 5-1897  
             Married: Nov-29-1847           1
           M Child 3: Floyd Neely      
                Born: 1823                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  12,14
                Died: Nov-29-1895          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  15
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1883                 in Doddridge Co, WV  14
              Census: 1870, 1880           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  16,17,18
          Occupation: 1860, 1863           sheriff  19
          Occupation: 1850                 miller  20 (see note 1)
            Military:                      Colonel, 180th Regt, W.Va. Militia, Civil War  21 (see note 2)
                Wife: Jane Ann Fitzwilliams  b. May-16-1835  d. Mar- 5-1876  
                Wife: Nannie Smith  b. Mar-30-1839  d. Dec-30-1924  
             Married: Apr- 3-1883          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  14
           F Child 4: Mary Newlon Neely      
                Born: Nov-20-1825          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, (W)VA  22
                Died: Jan- 3-1893          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  22
             Husband: Ira Hart  b. May-11-1825  d. Aug- 9-1879  
             Married: Oct- 9-1849          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, (W)VA  22
           M Child 5: George Neely      
                Born: Jun-28-1830          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  10,12,20
                Died: 1911                 in Chickasha, Grady Co, OK  10,12
              Buried:                      in Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady Co, OK  10
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Anne Murray  b. Jun-30-1834  d. 1903  
           M Child 6: Alfred Newlon Neely      
                Born: May- 5-1831          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  9,23 (see note 3)
                Died: Feb-19-1906           3
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  3,10
              Census: 1900                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1871                 in Doddridge Co, WV  23
              Census: 1870                 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV  17
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA   (see note 4)
          Occupation: 1860, 1870           physician  16,17
          Occupation: 1850                 teacher  
                Wife: Mary Martha Morris  b. Sep-24-1849  d. Nov- 4-1938  
             Married: Oct-14-1871          in Doddridge Co, WV  24
           M Child 7: Edwin S. Neely      
                Born: ca 1833              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  16,25
              Census: 1870                 in Humansville, Polk Co, MO  
             Resided: 1863                 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV  26
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation: 1870                 school teacher  27
          Occupation: 1863                 surveyor  26
          Occupation: 1860                 merchant  16
            Military: Sep-21-1864 - Jun-30-1865 Pvt, Co A, 17th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  
         Description: 1864                 5'8", black hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion  25,28,29
                Wife: Martha M. Windom  b. ca 1842  
             Married: 1867                 in Benton Co, MO  30
           M Child 8: John B. Neely      
                Born: Nov-  -1834          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  10,20
                Died: Apr-23-1904          in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN  10
              Buried:                      in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN  10
             Resided:                      in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN  31
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
           F Child 9: Harriett Neely      
                Born: Dec-12-1836          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  9,32
                Died: May-25-1901           9
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  10
             Resided:                      at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Zachariah Offutt  b. Jul-12-1826  d. Dec-13-1906  
             Married: Nov-29-1855          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  32
          F Child 10: Emily Neely      
                Born: ca 1841              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  23
             Resided: 1867                 in Doddridge Co, WV  23
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: George E. Gee  b. ca 1837  
             Married: Jul-30-1867          in Doddridge Co, WV  23
          F Child 11: Margaret V. Neely      
                Born: 1843                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  12,33
                Died: 1869                  12
              Buried:                      in Laurel Oak Cemetery, Windsor, Henry Co, MO  10
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  33
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Thomas W. McKinley  b. May- 8-1835  d. Aug-23-1880  
             Married: May-23-1860          in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV  33
          M Child 12: Joseph Neely      
                Born: ca 1848               20
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  

Sources:
(1) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, National No. 87275, Ohio No. 5285. 
(2) Family Bible. 
(3) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(4) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999), 
Inscription:  Died June 10 1857.  Age 65 years.  This information is based on the WPA reading of 28 May 1933.  Tombstone 
is no longer readable or missing, p. 13. 
(5) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com. 
(6) Marriage record of son. 
(7) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. 
(8) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, Died Feb 24 1851, age 48y 6m 2d. 
(9) Headstone. 
(10) Findagrave.com. 
(11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(12) Headstone (year only) 
(13) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(14) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(15) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Floyd Neely, white male, age 73, married; died Nov 29 1895 
in West Union, cause of death cardiac insufficiency, burial in Smithton (now known as Smithburg) on Dec 1 1895. 
(NOTE:   Floyd Neely's headstone at Archbold Cemetery in Smithburg has birth-death dates of 1823-1905.  In view of this 
death record, the death date on the headstone is clearly incorrect.  It should be noted that the headstone is of a more 
modern type than would have been used at the time of burial.), DR p. 97 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046745&Type=Death. 
(16) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(17) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). 
(18) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(19) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), 
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers
/doddridgecountyhistory.html. 
(20) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(21) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999), 
Citing Jim Comstock's WV Heritage Encyclopedia (p. 47), this source reports Colonel Floyd Neely's military unit as the 
18th WVa Infantry, which did not exist.  But Col. Neely's actual military unit was the 180th Regt WVa Militia, as shown 
in his original correspondence on file at the West Virginia State 
Archives. 
http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/militia/militiabox04f02.html, p. 12. 
(22) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com. 
(23) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(24) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Alfred Neely, single, occupation physician, age 41y 5m 
1d, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Matthew & Maria Neely; and Mary M. Morris, single, age 22y 1m 4d, b. 
Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of George & Elizabeth Morris.  Married Oct 14 1871. MR p. 
182. 
(25) Civil War Service Records, . 
(26) U.S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. 
(27) 1870 Census. 
(28) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(29) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(30) Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (online database), Ancestry.com and Missouri State Archives. 
(31) Bernard L. Butcher, Genealogical & Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley WV (1912, reprinted 1978 by 
Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD), Vol 3, p. 1074. 
(32) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(33) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 130, Line 20 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790823&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In the hotel of Francis F. M. Smith, his brother-in-law.
Note (2) Transcription of handwritten letter from Floyd Neely to Francis P. Pierpont,
dated May 30 1864:

West Union, W.Va.
May 30 1864

F. P. Pierpoint Esq
     Adjutant Genl

Dear Sir,
     I have caused a very considerable amount of guard duty performed by the
Militia of this County during the last three weeks, since the last gang of Horse
thieves were discovered.  We have guarded up to this time all the important
passes leading South from this County.  We are using every effort in our power
to capture the banditties, if they make their appearance again.  We have run
short of Ammunitions especially Caps.  We have some Cartridges yet I would like
to have 500 or 1000 caps and one Box Cartridges for Austin muskets 69 in Cal. 
The safety of our property in this country requires a consent of action on the
part of the Citizens in the absence of regular soldiers.  A portion of the
Militia South of the Rail Road have been very prompt in the discharge of any
duty required of them, while there are another portion almost uncontrollable. 
That portion are of the Butternut Tribe.  These are a few persons residing on
the waters of the North Fork of Hughes River in Ritchie County and one in this
County near the Ritchie line, all in the same section of County, who from recent
developments I [am] satisfied are aiders and abetters in the horse stealing
business, so far as harbouring and giving them information, and think the
Country would be well rid of them.
Hoping to hear from you at once,
I am your Obt Servt --
Floyd Neely, Col, 180th Regt
     W.Va. Militia


NOTE:  "Butternut" was a term used prior to the war to refer to people
(especially those of Sourthern origin) who lived in southern Illinois, Indiana,
and Ohio.  During the war, the expression commonly was applied to Confederates,
especially Rebel soldiers, whose clothing -- like that of the original
Butternuts -- was often a light-brown color, owing to the use of dye made from
butternuts or walnuts.  At times, as in Letter 13 in chapter 2, it was applied
to Northerners who were sympathetic to the Confederacy.
SOURCE:  "The Wilderness of War:  The Civil War Letters of George W. Squier,
Hoosier Volunteer," University of Tennessee Press, 1998.
https://books.google.com/books?id=q-ZuI6W854wC&lpg=PA29&ots=
MMl4i_c3ZT&dq=butternut%20tribe&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q=butternut%20tribe&f=false
Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1828, but marriage record shows it as
May 1830, the date May 13 1830 specifies by some researchers.  But birth date on
headstone is May 5 1831.
Note (4) In 1850, with occupation given as teacher, he was listed in the household of
John J. Ingle (age 37, b. Pa, physician) and his family.







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