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The O'Neal Genealogy Association Expedition 2002,
Day 6
On Day 6 we left the DC area and headed south. We were going to Neale
Sound to try and find Wollaston Manor, the home of Captain James Neale.
Rose O'Neale's grandmother Henrietta Maria Neale was born here and some
sources indicate Rose lived here for awhile, so we wanted to see if we
could find the old homestead and look around the area. Our first stop was
The Holy Ghost Cemetery. We found lots of Neale tombstones. (These will
be added to the website.)
From there we went to The Swan Point Golf Course. According to land
records, the golf course is within the boundaries of the property owned
by Captain James.
And last, we went to Neale Sound. What a treat. Captain Neale owned
a tract of land named Bachelor's Hope. While driving down Wollaston Circle
Lane we encountered a side street named Bachelor's Hope Drive. We think
we found the site of the old homestead, which was consumed by fire in the
20th century. We were driving down Neale Sound Drive and turned onto Wicimoco
river Drive. These roads join at the Point of the Potomac and Wicimoco
Rivers and there we found what we think was probably the site of Wollaston
Manor. We decided against doing any digging around without permission.
Maybe next time!
After leaving Neale Sound we began heading southeast. Our destination
for Day 7 was Culpeper Virginia.
The O'Neal Genealogy Association Expedition 2002,
Day 7 & 8
We spent the 7th day in The Culpeper County (Virginia) Library. Culpeper Virginia is a beautifully restored historical city The library contained lots of O'Neal information, but very little of it was related to our line. Of note, we found some additional information on John & Daniel and Basil O'Neal. We spent the day in the Library, then went back to our rooms. This was the last day of the expedition and we wanted to spend some time going over our info. We spent the evening making copies of our photo disks and passing them around so we'd all have copies of the photos. The next morning we went to a copy shop and copied all the documents we had accumulated during the week. We had breakfast and then parted ways. The TOGA-Xpedition, 2002 was officially over.
