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Basil O'Neale Vital Statistics, Sources
Item 6th. I give unto my grandson
Jas. B. Neal, the negroes now in his possession viz. Mahala, John, Isabel,
Lezar, & Savannah with their future increase to him and his heirs forever.
Item 7th. I give unto my grandson Richard S. Neal the negroes
in his possession viz. Joseph, Anderson, Patsy, Hapsey & young Aggy
with their future increase, also our bed and furniture & cow and calf
to him & his heirs forever. I also give unto my Grandsons James
B. & Richard S. Neal my tract of land lying in Paulding County containing
fifty acres.
Item 8th. The following negroes I decide shall be divided unto
two equal lots or shares (viz.) Oliver, old Aggy, Jerry, young Ben,
Elijah, Hiram, William, Easter, Josey, Elleck, Randle, Adam, Old Mary,
Solomon, Hariett, young Mary, Terry, Allen, Charity, and Savannah with
their future increase. One of the lots or shares I give unto my five
children by my present wife heretofore named the other lot or share to
be divided unto four equal lots, one lot I give unto my two grandsons James
B. Neal and Richard S. Neal, One lot to my daughter Eleanor Smalley, one
lot to my decreased daughter Elizabeth Dunn's children, this fourth and
last lot my decreased daughter Ann McCord's children.
9th. I give my son in law James McCord, John Livingston, William
S. Dunn, Daughter in law Dorothy Palmer one dollar such as their certain
portion of my estate.
10th. Should my wife marry and remain with my children on the farm
I wish her supported so long as she may remain with them.
11th. I request that no division of any kind take place until after
the gathering of the crops. Finally I constitute and appoint my wife Sarah
H. Neal Exer and James B. & Richard S. Neal Exers. to see this
my last Will and Testament carried fully unto effect. In witnesses where
of I Basil O'Neal have this day set my hand and seal A.D. One thousand
eight hundred and forty six, third day of June Signed Sealed & Acknowledged
in the presence of us the year and day above written. A. G. Dozier,
Basil ONeal (LS), Daniel L. Marshall, Joseph G. Marshall Georgia
Columbia County Albert G. Dozier, Daniel L. Marshall, and Joseph G. Marshall
the three subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing instrument
after being duly sworn upon the Holy Evanglxx depose and say that they
were personally present and saw the testator Basil ONeal in life sign seal
pronounce and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament that the
testator was of sound and disposing mind and memory at the doing thereof
and that they signed the same at the request and in the presence of the
testator and in the presence of each other.Sworn to in open court A. G.
Dozier the 14th day of December 1848. Daniel L. Marshall, G. Jones,
Clerk, Joseph G. Marshall
Basil Oneal's will listed his children as Neal so when they all
signed and acknowledged the will as neal (as a deed poll ) they legally
changed their name as a group to Neal from ONeal.
(12) 30 Apr 1858, Columbia Co., Georgia, USA. (13) Basil Oneal has a
revolutionary war boundary land warrant (BL WT 81,555-160-55 ) that Sarah
claimed on 30 April 1858. In that claim James B. Neal swore that "Basil
Neal and Sarah H. Green were joined together in holy state of matrimony,
the 22nd day of July 1829 by Wm. Wright, Judge of the Inferior Court" and
that "Basil Oneal departed this life the 14 of October 1848, on Saturday
morning, at 4 o'clock aged 90 years and five days."
Endnote: Much of this information on Basil was researched by Carol
(Gehrs) Mitchell. <carolmit@usaor.net>
