Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 23:50:09 -0600
From: "Frank H. Roberts" bfhenry@netdoor.com

Rankin County, MS 1850 Census you will find the following entries:

p. 205 14 -
James NEELEY 57 male b. GA (same as your James Samuel NEELEY #3)
     Melany 45 female b. SC
     William NEELEY 27 m. b. MS
     Nancy NEELEY 24 f b. MS
    Thomas NEELEY 22 m. b. MS
    James H. NEELEY 21 m. b. MS
    Rebecca NEELEY 19 f. b. MS
    Irvin NEELEY 18 M. b. MS
    Wilkins NEELEY 16 m. b. MS
    Margaret NEELEY 14 b. MS
    L.E.P. NEELEY 12 m. b. MS

16 Jacob NEELEY 51 m. MS
     Margaret NEELEY 20 F. b. MS
     Nancy Briggs 3 F b. MS

17 Joseph NEELEY 31 M. b.MS
     Mary NEELEY 24 F b. TN
     James H. 2/12

Don't know if it ties in with them, but a short distance from their entry prior to James NEELEY is that of

Elizabeth Tucker 72 F. b. SC
Samuel Briggs 60 M. b. GA
Elizabeth Briggs 48 F b. SC
Jane Briggs 10 F. b. MS
Nancy 4 F. b. MS

I'll bet Elizabeth Tucker was Elizabeth Brigg's mother. I noted whoever supplied your names had an Margaret Rucker Briggs....just a thought!

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NEELEY/NEALY/Neeley folks in Greene County.
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 00:00:52 -0600
From: "Frank H. Roberts" bfhenry@netdoor.com

I had an opportunity today to stop in at the library in Greene County, MS. One thing that sort of prompted me was the fact that they have a community called NEELEY, MS there. What I found created some confusion for me. You will note that the McCaskill family married into the NEELEY family here in MS.

From Records of Greene County, Mississippi (1812-1820 Tax Rolls)

1812 Tax Roll

p. 2. Joseph NEELEY 1 White Poll tax; $1.00
p. 3 Jacob NEELEY 200 Acres - Tax .50

1815 Tax Rolls

p. 6 David NEELEY 1 White Poll Tax
p. 7. Joseph NEALY 1 White Poll Tax

1816 Census

Jacob NEALY 2-1-1-2-6-0-1-7
Thomas NEALY 1-1-1-2-5-0-0-5
Daniel McCaskill 1-5-1-2-0-0-0-9
Joseph NEALY 1-1-1-0-3-0-0-3

Categories are
White Males >21, White Males <21, White Females >21, White Females <21, Total,   Free Negroes, Slaves, and Grand Total.

1816 Tax Roll

p. 18 Jacob NEALY
p. 18 Thomas NEALY

1817 Tax Roll

p. 23 David NEELEY 1 White Poll Tax
p. 27 Daniel McCaskill 1 White Poll Tax
p. 28 Peter McCaskill 1 White Poll Tax

1818 Tax Roll

p. 31 David NEALY .95
p. 31 Thomas NEALY 1.50
p. 31 James NEALY .83
p. 34 Peter McCaskill 17.49

1819 Tax Roll

p. 46 Thomas NEALY 620 Acres
p. 48 James NEALY 1 White Poll Tax $1.00
p. 48 David NEALY "

1820 Tax Roll

Thomas NEALY 2 Polls 1 Slave $1.50

Jacob NEALY 1 Poll 1 Slave $1.50

The part that is also confusing is that Patricia Edwards and Jean Strickland in Who married Whom in Greene County, Mississippi also list the following:

p. 76 Jacob NEELEY b. NC 1758 m. Rebecca ? 1820 Census
p. 76 Thomas NEELEY b. 1787 m. Catherine McCaskill b. SC 1807

So somehow the Greene County folks (once a part of Alabama) are stating that this group of Neeley folks once lived in their area.

 Frank

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