Person:John Nevils (1)

Records in Tennessee

Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Court Minute Book A, May 2, 1835 - May 6 1844

Court met January 3, 1842

(Page 406) J. C. Barnes, H. C. Keller, John Fletcher, John C. Nevils, and Begnal Crook, appointed at the October term [no record of their appointment appears in the October minutes] to mark a road from Ashport to the mouth of Cole Creek reported they had marked it from the mouth of Cole Creek up the Mississippi on the highest ground to J. C. Nevels, then to J. C. Barnes’, then to John Fletcher’s, then to Booth’s, then to the place known as the Hale place, then to John Nixon’s, then to Ashport.

(Page 407) John Nixon was appointed overseer to cut out that road from Ashport to John Booth’s with all the hands in Ashport and vicinity; J. C. Nevels was appointed overseer to cut it out from the mouth of Cole Creek to John Booth’s with all the hands “in the point.” Nixon and Nevels are to report to the April term of court.

Court met April 3, 1843

(Page 575) John C. Nevels was appointed overseer to cut out the road from Booth's to the mouth of Cole Creek with all hands from (Page 576) Booth's to the mouth of the creek and report to the July session of court.

Notes

From the Revolutionary Pension File of Joseph McClellan:

[p 6: On June 15, 1844 in Lauderdale County Tennessee, the veteran applied for the transfer of his pension benefit to the Tennessee agency giving as his reason for removing to Tennessee that his wife had died, all his children & friends had left the region where he resided in Indiana and he wish to spend the remainder of his days with his daughter Mrs. John Nevill whose residence is in Lauderdale County Tennessee. John C. Nevils gave a supporting affidavit.]

Tax & Census Records:

John Nevels is listed in the Early Tax Records and in the 1840 U.S. Census in Lauderdale County, Tennessee. He disappears from records prior to the 1850 U.S. Census, as his likely wife Elizabeth [McClellan] is listed in the subsequent 1860 & 1870 U.S. Census records without him, but is listed with her two daughters Melinda J. and Nancy Catherine Nevels.

There is a John C. Nevels listed in the Index of Will Book "B", 1844-1855 in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, as follows:

Nevils, John C. i. 119-20

It is very likely that this John Nevels is the same person listed, which would certainly explain his disappearance from records from 1850 on. Additional research needed to prove.

1.   United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

   1840 United States Federal Census
   Name: John Nevels
   Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Lauderdale, Tennessee
   Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
   Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
   No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
   Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
   Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
   Total Free White Persons: 5
   Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 5

2.   Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895.

   Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895
   Name: John Nevels
   Year: 1836
   Residence: Lauderdale, Tennessee