Display Patriot - P-255223 - William NEILL/NEAL

William NEILL/NEAL

SAR Patriot #: P-255223

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State of Service: NC      Qualifying Service: Captain
DAR #: A081824

Birth: abt 1731 / Chester / PA
Death: abt Nov 1797 / Burke / NC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Captain: North Carolina Militia at King's Mountain
  2. Remained with contingent at the Cowpens when selected assault force departed for the Kings Mountain objective
  3. Rejoined the assault force after the battle during the retrograde movement into North Carolina

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783, pg 418
  3. Jones, Randell. Before They Were Heroes at Kings Mountain. Winston-Salem, NC: Daniel Boone Footsteps, 2011. pg 431, 478
  4. Rostet of North Carolina Soldiers in the American Revolution, NC DAR, 1932, pg 43, 546

Spouse: Mary/Polly Clinton
Children: James; Robert; Alexander; Betsey;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1961-03-27 IL Unassigned James D Trabue (87160) Robert   
1967-10-09 UT Unassigned Frank Byrd Newman Jr (96301) Hannah   
1996-03-12 TX 204180 Charles Wesley Smith (146117) James   
2006-11-30 OH 26980 William Knapp Harrison Jr. (168185) Robert   
2018-01-19 GA 77553 Chad Andrew Word (183465) Robert   
2019-04-26 TX 86223 Gary Leroy Moseley (211388) Robert   
2020-02-14 CA 90462 John William Neill (214563) James   
2020-02-14 CA 90463 William Ross Neill (214564) James   
2020-02-14 CA 90464 Hans Anderson Neill (214565) James   
Burial:
UNKNOWN (Unindexed)
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No record on FInd-a-Grave 29 Aug 2020, 12 Jul 2021



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Additional Information:

DAR shows individual's roll in the Revolution as Civil Service, Assessor, 1778. Source: Linn, Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quater Sessions Rowan County, Vol 3, p 36.



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