Facts and Events
Robert Neely was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA
Acquisition of Land in Virginia:
- Page 525.--18th August, 1761. James Neilly to Robert Neilly, £50, 350 acres on a branch of Roanoke; cor. Archabald Graham. Sent to Israel Christian, January, 1767. (Note: Robert Neely received this land from his father, James Neely).
Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:
- Page 287.--6th January, 1767. Robert Neelley (Neally, Neilly, Nealy) (and Anna), of Halifax County, to William Christian, £78, 350 acres on a branch of Roan Oak, adjoining Robert Breckenridge and Archibald Graham. Teste: Isaac Christian, Stephen Trigg, Arthur Campbell, James McCorkle, John Crocket.
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER 23, 1764. - (203) Robert Neeley, returned no inhabitant. (Note: likely moved to Halifax County, per land disposition above).
References
- http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.unknown/15345.2.1.3.1/mb.ashx
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