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John Neely


JOHN NEELY came from Lancastar 20., South Carolina, and settled near Sharpsburg in Coweta Co., Ga. Ho was a soldier during the Revolutionary War, fighting with the S. C. Troops. He m. Luce tia Slack. John Neely d. 1847, buried in the old churchyard of Ebenezer Church near Thompson's cross-roads in Fayette Co., Ga.
  1. ANANIAS NEELY, remained in S. C.
  2. JOHN HILL NEELY m. Rebecca P. Whitten. Children:
        
    1. William Ananias Bingley Neely b. 1823 m. Emmaline Graves. Children:
      1. Talullah Neely b. 1855 m. Joshua Rush. Children: Ernest, Clyde, Irene, Myron, Earl.   
      2. Joshua Rush Neely.   
      3. James Hill Neely b. 1857 m. Sara Frances Jackson. Children: Henry Grady b. 1890 m. 1st Lillie Belle Brown, 2nd, Mrs. Maude Berry; Grace b. 1892 m. 1st Banks, 2nd, John Holt; Howell b. 1893; Polly b. 1895 m. Leonidas Rivers; Jones b. 1897; John b. 1898; Emma b. 1899; Clyde b. 1901; Bessie Mae b. 1902 m. Jesse Benjamin Roberts; Robert David b. 1904 m. 1st Elsie Betsill, 2nd, Alma Pullin, 3rd, Nona Thompson; Hems Lee b. 1906 m. Annie Lee Graves.
      4. George Ware Neely b. 1860 m. 1st, Lou Cox, 2nd, Mrs. Ella Roberts Morgan. Children: Willie May, Rich.
      5. Sallie Ophelia Neely b. 1862 m. George Tankersley, Children: J. Wilbur m. Hattie Scarborough; Mary m. Tom Conally; Emma m. Arthur Worth; Ben m. Clemer Lee; Hubert; Ernest; Sam m. Nell Jackson;Homer Guy m. Lvonne Voyles; Lewis m. Cynthia Hornsby; Gertrude m. J. T. Head.
    2. Craton Alonzo Neely b. 1825.
    3. Jonathan Philip Neely b. 1827.
    4. Adaline O. Neely b. 1929.
    5. David M. Crockett Neely b. 1832.
    6. Robert C. Neely b. 1835.
    7. Elizabeth (Betsy) Neely b. 1938 m. Augustus Romulos Graves. Children: Hester Graves b. 1856 m. Cicero Gravette; Roxie Ann Graves b. 1960 Thomas Augustus Bridges; Thomas LaFayette Graves b. 1862 m. 1st Mattie Susan Cole, 2nd, Susan Rehecca Broadwater Moore.
      
  3. Letitia Susan Neely b. 1841 m. Monroe Walton. Children:
    1. Oscar Perry Walton b. 1870.
    2. Jim Walton.
    3. Ernest Walton.
    4. Joe Walton.
    5. Olive Walton.
    6. Helen Rebecca Walton b. 1877 m. T. R. North.
      
  4. Nancy Caroline Neely b. 1843.   
  5. John Hubbard Hill Neely, Jr. b. 1847 m. Martha Eudocia Beavers. Children: (a) Nora Neely m. Hartwell Nolan; (b) Tom Neely m. Mary Ragsdale. Children: Martha Gene b. 1908; Willie Mae b. 1910 m. Monroe McKoy; John b. 1912 m. 1st, Geneva Sprayberry, 2nd, Inez Rowe; William Claiborne b. 1916 m. Sarah Sutton; Robert Hunter b. 1915 m. 1st, Mary Smith, 2nd, Pauline Borders; Frank Lee b. 1920 m. Lanell Cunningham; Mary Rebecca b. 1922 m. 1st, William Johnson, 2nd, Warfield Everett. (c) John Robert Nelly m. Willie Vernon Hunter.
  6. HENRY NEELY, lived Carroll Co., Ga.
  7. WILLIAM NEELY, lived Campbell Co., Ga.
  8. JANE NEELY m. Wiley Peyton Jones. Children:
    1. Rebecca L. Jones b. 1832 m. Lewis Lester.
    2. Lewis Lester Jones.
    3. Emily C. Jones b. 1834 m. Thomas Ward.
    4. Martha A. Jones b. 1836 m. George W. Dennis.
    5. Thomas Franklin Jones b. 1938 m. Roxa Ann Beavers. Children: John Thomas b. 1870 m. Sarah Catherine Sewell; Muller Lee b. 1871; Beatrice Missouri b. 1873; Louie Perdue; Altha Pearl b. 1876 m. J. Othel Morgan; Iula Wren b. 1881 m. Joseph M. Brown; Ruble Faye b. 1891 m. Hugh Glass.
    6. Mary Elizabeth A. Jones b. 1840.
    7. William Harrison Jones b. 1843 m. Mary E. Cooper.