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December 24, 1803, and served until his (natural) death. His 18th Brigade fell under the 3rd Division of Militia. His brother John Neville continued to live in what was now Pennsylvania, and also held a general's rank, and a job as federal tax collector. In 1794, John Neville defied an anti-tax mob and shot a man, so the mob burned his house, which led officials in Washington to send troops against what became known as the
472:, Joseph Neville signed the non-importation pact in May 1774, and Mercer signed in August. Relatively new and unpopulated counties west of the Appalachians had difficulty funding the travel of representatives to the state capital, either when it was Williamsburg (in the Tidewater region), or later Richmond, and travel was also difficult and time-consuming. Thus, his fellow Hampshire County delegate James Mercer actually lived in
437:. His younger brothers Captain William Neville and private James Neville also served in the Virginia militia or Continental Army. His father, a landowner of the same name, was too old to fight but during the American Revolution provided the troops with food and supplies. The surname Neville appears in several different forms in early documents; Neavil, Nevil, Nevill, and Neavel are other common variations of the name.
511:). In May 1776, Joseph Neville was reimbursed 381 pounds for "necessities for Captain Abel Westfall's Company" (the 8th Virginia recruited from Hampshire county), which defended Charleston, South Carolina until February 1777. The 8th Virginia would later be consolidated with the 12th Virginia (also recruited in Hampshire County and led by Col.
554:. The VanMeter and Neville families lived in the new Hardy county. Moorefield became the county seat and Hardy became the new county's first sheriff as well as its first surveyor. Complicating matters, Hardy's father of the same name either died in Pittsylvania County (substantially to the southeast) in 1783 or lived until the 1790s.
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The following year, 1785, Joseph
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444:in 1764. They would have ten children.
407:United States House of Representatives
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273:Edward Williams Graveyard,
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393:, Neville represented
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804:MacMaster pp. 134–135
795:MacMaster pp. 108–109
435:French and Indian War
413:during his lifetime.
118:May 1780 – March 1781
175:William Aylett Booth
285:Anti-Administration
16:American politician
466:Lord Dunmore's War
427:Colony of Virginia
399:House of Burgesses
379:Joseph Neville Jr.
344:, Virginia Militia
185:House of Burgesses
153:may 1777-Jan. 1778
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391:War of 1812
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1179:Categories
1080:DeJarnette
948:1793–1795
615:References
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417:Early life
328:Allegiance
315:Occupation
865:March 24,
505:Fort Pitt
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