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THE GENEALOGY OF JAMES N. NABOURS AND MARY BROWN Written by John Whitman Monroe Neal Edited by Sue Comerford
Written by John Whitman Monroe Neal Edited by Sue Comerford James^ married Mary Brown, bom 1782, the daughter of William T. Brown of Newberry Co., S.C. Their children were: William Nabours '^1803-1886; He married three times and raised a large family. One of his most famous descendants was great-grandson Jim Nabors, well known television singer and comedian. In 1864 he enlisted in the State Troops. After the war he served as Justice of Peace nine years and county commissioner ten years. In 1886 he was elected to the Alabama State Legislature and served one term. He was a Master Mason, a Democrat and a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a wealthy planter owning 320 acres of land, most of it under good cultivation. William"* married Nancy Jane Cato (1806-1844) James Halaway Nabours® bom 8 Feb 1831 in Newberry District, S.C. He taught school in early life, but became a prominent planter in Coosa Co., Alabama. James^ m. (1) Sarah Mathews (1854), d. July, 1888. James^ m. (2) E.C. Porch (1888). William Neil Neighbors^ 1855-1904 m. 1887 Sarah Ann Baker b.l856 d.l889 Daniel Baker Neighbors' b.l887 d.I963 m. 1912 Mary Lillian Gilliland Mary Nelle^ James Abner Neighbors'^ b.l856 d.l903 m 1892 Mary V. Pope b. 1866 d. 1905 No issue John McLemoreNeighbors^ b.l858 d.l917 m. 1880 Mary "Mollie" Abigail Shurman b.l857 d.l909 Mattie Belle Neighbors' b.l882 d.l909 unmarried Sallie Moss Neighbors ' b. 1884 unmarried Florence Louisa Neighbors' b. 1887 d. 1965 m. (l)Dr. R.L. Mitchell and (2) William Goggans No issue Walter Ernest Neighbors' b. 1890 d. 1909 unmarried James Horace Neighbors' b. 1892 d. 1959 m. Irene Golden James Horace Neighbors Jr.^ b. 1925 m. Bessie Spradley James Horace Neighbors IH^ b. 1951 Mary Helen Neighbors^ b. 1927 m. Robert Farris Estes b. 1918 Annette^ b. 1942 Farris Gale^ b. 1944 James Carl David' b. 1947 Betty Charlene Neighbors® b. 1939 m. Floyd Freeman Macon b. 1939 No issue
Lena Elizabeth Neighbors^ b. 1900 d. 1932 m. Owen Draper No issue John Sherman Neighbors' b.l905 d.l931 unmarried Mary Alice Neighbors' b. 1896 d. 1858 m. Oscar A Rich Curtis Allan^ Thomas Lafayette Neighbors^ b. 1859 d. 1938 m. 1886 Alice L.Chapman (child of William and Elizabeth Peterson Chapman) Dr. Thomas Herbert Neighbors^ b.l890 d.l914 m. Nellie Lee Moon b. 1892 d.l964 (daughter of William Henry and Fannie Bell Moon) Thomas Herbert Neighbors, Jr.' b. 1915 m. Lillian Nell Coffey, b. 1915. Thomas Herbert HI ^ b. 1943 Nell Alice Neighbors' b. 1917 m. George Gilbert Branson b.l910 d.l945 George Gilbert Jr. b. 1943 Jane Neighbors 'b. 1920 m. William Theo Hawkins William Theo Hawkins, Jr.^ b. 1937 Barbara Jane Hawkins^ b. 1938 m. George Hamphill Jr. Beverly Karen^ b. 1961 Brenda Faye^ b. 1963 Donna Nell Hawkins^ b. 1942 m. Charles Dark Donna Lisa^b. 1964 Sandra Kay Hawkins^ b. 1946 Thomas Cleve Hawkins^ b. 1949 Dr. Jacob Allen Neighbors' b. 1922 m. Carolyn Hay Partridge Carolyn Me!inda b. 1958 Mary Katharine^ b. 1956 Charles Francis Neighbors' b. 1924 m. Mary Frank Weathers b. 1925 (daughter of B.F. Weathers) Susan Jane^b. 1950 Nancy Karen^ b. 1955 Joyce Allison® b. 1957 Richard Henry Neighbors' b. 1926 m. Delores Deon Oswalt No issue William James Neighbors® b. 1887 d. 1948 m. Mary Pearl Crew b. 1889 d. 1946 Alice Neighbors b. 1914 m. William Houston Cowan b. 1911 A Rosemary Cowan b. 1940 m. Joseph Lewis Byrd b. 1935 Jeffrey Lewis Byrd^ b. 1964 Ronald Houston Cowan® b. 1943 m. Jo Ann Pittard b. 1943 William James Neighbors Jr.' b.l916 m. Sara Elizabeth Moore b 1923 Wm. James III® b.l947 Mary Elizabeth®b. 1949 Sara Moore ® b. 1952
Mattie Lillian Neighbors^ b. 1892 m. Eldridge Worrell Thompson 1914 Thomas Vincent Thompson^ b. 1915 died young Eldridge William Thompson^ b. 1919 m. Annie Katharine McKnight b. 1917 Martha Ann^ b. 1948 j Eldridge William® b 1950 Joseph Thomas® b. 1952 i Robert McKnight® b. 1956 | Lawler Neighbors Thompson^ b. 1922 m. Jean Sorg b. 1928 Thomas Reid® b 1950 | Bruce Eldridge® b. 1956 j Edna Neighbors^ m. Lance J. Hendricks No issue i I Dr. Hugh Anderson Neighbors^ b.l897 d.l964 m. Ora Swann b. 1899 Hugh Anderson Neighbors, Jr.^1926 m. Ann Smallman b. 1930 Hugh Anderson Neighbors,11 ®b 1952 Ann Smallman Neighbors® b. 19155 Jane Swaim Neighbors® b. 1957 Benjamin Harrison Neighbors^ b. 1863 d.l891 m. 1885 Mrs. A.D. Carlisle b. 1862 d.l901 (Susan Daniel Carlisle, called Serpia) I Ruth Neighbors^ b. 1888 m. Harper B^aty b. 1889 Susan Agnes Beaty^ b. 1914 m. (l)j James Robert Forrester James Robert Forrester® b 1934 m Nancy Louise Culberson b. 1933 Susan Agnes^ m. (2) Henry Elmer Beasley Elmer Paul® b. 1945 | Julia Ruth® b. 1949 i Margaret Ruth Beaty^ b. 1920 unm^ied Mary Louise Beaty' b. 1916 m. Luin H. Hickey b 1920 Robert Harrison Hickey® b. 1951| Julia Beatrice Beaty^ b. 1918 m. Wplliam Olie Stowe b. 1916 William Perry® b. 1948 CaryLee®b. 1952 Sarah Magalene Beaty' b. 1923 m. Thomas R.V. Tuck b. 1921 Timothy Norman® b. 1954 ' Martin Thomas ®b. 1956 | Evelyn Juanita Beaty^ b. 1925 m. ]^ph Waldo Thomas b. 1923 Beverly Arm® b. 1947 Juanita Annette® b. 1948 Patty Marie® b. 1952 j Sherri Lynn® b. 1957 | Harrison Harper Beaty^ b 1928 m. Rowena Culberson b. 1934 Russell Harrison® b. 1955 Cameron Culberson® b. 1957 58
Dorothy Dean Beaty^ b 1930 m. Herbert Pitts Constance Diane^ b. 1950 Peggy Lynn^ b 1951 Deborah Jane^ b. 1953 Thomas Alexander Beaty^ b. 1935 m. Kay Reynolds Susan Kay^ b.l957 Stacey Annette^ b. 1959 Roscoe Owens Neighbors^ b.l886 d.l936 m. Vera Fulmar b. 1893 John Fulmer Neighbors^b. 1912 d.l964 m. Maggie Lee Thomas b. 1910 John Thomas Neighbors^ b. 1942 m. Carolyn English b. 1942 Peggy Anne Neighbors^ b. 1948 Roscoe Fulmer Neighbors^ b. 1917 d. 1965 m. Charlotte Jo Ponder b 1920 Mark Owen^ b. 1954 ClayHall^b. 1959 Bertha Neighbors^ b. 1915 m (1) Lewis Johnson C. Roscoe Neighbors^ b. 1939 m (2) Robert Douglas Nabors^ b. 1896 (son of Ledford Allen Nabors) James Douglas Nabors^ b. 1942 m. Marie Thompson James Douglas Nabors, Jr.^ David^ Bobby Jean Nabors^ b. 1944 m. Paul Ray Milford Paul Douglas^ b. 1964 William Eugene^ b. 1965 William Allen Nabors^ b. 1947 Eddie Owen Nabors^ b. 1954 Martha Sue Neighbors' b. 1927 m. James Samuel Norris Martha Annette^ b.l952 Daniel Allen^ b. 1957 Debbie Kay^ b. 1960 James Bunyan Neighbors^ b. 1891 m. Baxie Ward 1914 William Fred Neighbors' b. 1932 m. Ruth Jean Hammond 1952 William Hiran Neighbors^ b. 1956 Joel Lee Neighbors^ b. 1959 James Bunyan Neighbors Jr'. b.l916m. Ava Lurline Thompson b. 1918 Janet Lurline^ b. 1949 Lawler Clyde Neighbors'b. 1919 d. 1942 unmarried Baxter Lynwood Neighbors' b. 1924 m. Grace Mae Dean 1943 b. 1926 Linda Dean Neighbors^ b.l946 William Murray Neighbors^ b. 1949 Traci Irene^b. 1960 Benjamin Ward Neighbors'b. 1922 m. Mabel Frances Weaver b. 1932 Jim Keith Neighbors^ b. 1962
Jack Earl Neighbors^ b. 1930 m. Hilda H^dy b. 1933 Robert Hardy Neighbors^ b. 1956 | Jackie Hilda® b. 1957 ! I Nathan Lawler Neighbors^ b. 1870 d. 1923 li. Susie Peterson 1897 b. 1865 d. 1958 No issue I Reuben Phillips Neighbors^ b.l872 d.l94^ in.(l) Jennie Rosa Dark Vera Adele ^b. 1900 d. 1982 Horace L. Dewitt b. 1896 d. 1998 Dr. Horace Daniel Dewitt® b. 1926 d. 1970 m. (1) Caroline Leach I (2)Isabelle Tuttle Adele^ Isabelle^ Daniel' James Robert^ b 1898 m. Tensie Ann Sndth b. 1895 No issue i Rosa^ b. 1903 m. Marvin Franklin Stewak b. 1892 I No issue m. (2) Linnie Murray fo. 1870 d. 1932 i Reuben Fields^ bl906 m. Mary Ellen Cak b. 1900 Lennie Lenore Neighbors® b. 1934 m John Dowd Peny b. 1931 Melanie Ellen'b. 1966 ' Guesna^ b.l3 May 1908 m.5 May 1935 Frank Wilmot Moon b. 15 Feb 1900 Linnie Sue Moon® b. 21 Feb 1936|m.l960 Richard J. Comerford b. 3 Sep 1937 James Wilmot Comerford' b.lbjMay 1964 m. 4 Nov 1995 Anita Huntley 18 Feb 1964 ! Matthew Luke Comerford'°b. 12 Oct 1998 Caleb Richard Earl Comerford^® b. 18 May 2000 Matthew Lawrence Comerford'b. 17 Jul 1974 Frank Wilmot Moon, Jr.® b. 18 MaV 1939 m. 1964 Susie Mae Bryant b. 1946 John Audrey Richard Elaine Moon' Moore'b. b. 1967 1965 | m.jLucy Phenix 1999 b. 1971 Amber Renee'®' b. 2001 David Brian Moon' b. 1971 m. Tanya Williams 1994 b. 1966 Christian Micheal^® b. 1992 | Damian Alexander^® b. 1996i Patricia Moon® b. 18 Dec 1942 m. 1960 John Winifred Fox b. 1938 Phillip Lynn' b. 1965 m Lynn Marie Carlson Vohringer 1990 Jordan*® b. 1992 ' Jerry Flynn' i Lana Leigh' j m. (3) Dora Ora Stewart | No issue
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LEDGERS FROM RECORDS OF NATHAN NABORS, SRr DATED DE. 30, 1806 James N. Nabours^, bom ca. 1765, was the brother of Nathan^ whose will was probated in Newberry Co., S.C. 2 Oct. 1834. Indications are that he had brothers: John, Benjamin, Abraham, and Isaac. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF NATHAN NABOURS^ NEWBERRY DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA OCTOBER 2, 1834 SOUTH CAROLINA NEWBERRY DISTRICT In the name of God, amen, 1, Nathan Nabours^ of the same State and District, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, but weak in body, and calling to mind the uncertainity of life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it hath please God to bless me with in manner following, that is to say: I desire that my wife, Jane Nabours, do sell enough of my personal property without any expense that I do particular name in my Will to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses. I give to by beloved wife, Jane Nabours, all my estate as well as real and personal, also, for and during the natural term of her life; and after her death, I give the same to my brother James Nabours children, hereinafter mentioned, to them and their lawful begotten heirs of their body, forever. I give to Nathan Nabours of my Negroes one boy by name of Ellick, the other a girl named Viney, one large chest, one folding table, and one cow and calf to him and his lawful begotten heirs, forever. I give to Jane Nabours, daughter of brother James Nabours, two of my Negro girls, one by the name of Harriet, the other by the name of Edney, and one sixth part of all my bed furniture, not including a bed, one bureau, one clock and on cow and calf to her and her lawful begotten heirs of her body, forever. I give to Francis Nabour, our Negro woman, by the name of Eddy, but not for her to have the two first children the said Eddy has after this present time. I, also, give her one bed and the sixth part of my bed furniture and one bedstead to her and her lawful begotten heirs of her body, forever. I give to Nancy Nabours our Negro woman, by the name of Hannah, but if the above Eddy, given to Francis Nabours, should not have the two children mentioned to be living at the age of two years, the above said Hannah give to Nancy Nabours her two first children she has after this present time is not to be Nancy Nabours provide Eddy has one child living of the two that is mentioned that Francis Nabours is not to have there shall be but one taken of Hannah to Nancy Nabours instead of two. Also I give to Nancy Nabours
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one bed and one sixth part of my bed furniture and bedstead to her and her lawful begotten heirs of her body, forever. ! I give or desire Mary Ann Nabours to have the first Negro child Eddy or Hannah has after this time agreeable to the above statement concerning said Negroes. Also, one bed and the sixth part of my bed furniture, and one bedstead, one cow and calf to her and her lawhil begotten heirs ot her body; forever, j i I ^ve or desire James Nabors to have the set^nd Negro child Eddy or Hannah has after this time, agreeable to the above mentioned statement concerning said negro child Eddy or Hannah has after this time, agreeable to thje above mentioned statement concerning said Negroes to him and his lawful heirs, forever. I give Benjamin Nabours our Negro named Sam to him and his lawful heirs, forever. I give to Sarah Nabours one Negro girl namep Laury, and one bed and the sixth part of my bed furniture and bedstead, one cow and jcalf to her and her lawful begotten heirs of her body, forever. ; I give to Lucy Caroline Nabours our negro girl named Sarah, and cupboard and one sixth part of my bed furniture not including a bed io her and her lawful begotten heirs of her body, forever. ' I give to John L. Nabours, son of John Nabours, deceased, fifty dollars to be put out on interest for him until he becomes of age. If he dies before that time, to be given to James Nabours. |1 I All the rest of my estate, real and personal, o^ what nature and quality soever it may be not hereinbefore particularly disposed of deiire may be sold, and after all just demands against the estate is satisfied I give to Samuel Nabours and William Nabours the money to be equally divided between them and theiij lawful heirs forever. If one of my brothers children dies without a lawful b^otten heir of their body, forever, that I have given property to in this Will, the property given t<^ them shall be equally divided among the rest. And lastly, I do constitute and appoint Samuel Nabours, son of James Nabours, Executor of this my last Will and Testament by me hei etofore made; in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this Second day of October in the year of Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-four. ' (Signed) Nathan Nabours Signed, sealed and published, and declared as and for this last Will and Testament of the above named, Natlm Nabours, in the present of us. (Signed) William Whitmie (Signed) Joseph Hill (Signed) James Prewit
LEGENDS OF THE NEIGHBORS The French Huguenots were a protestant group, adhering to the teachings of John Calvin, which flourished in France in the 1500-1600's despite periodic persecutions. One of the latest persecutions occurred in 1685 when Louis XIV repealed the edict of Nantes and thousands of the Huguenots fled France, settling in England, Prussia, and nearby European countries. A large group came to the colonies at this time, establishing homes in the states along the east coast. Abraham Neighbours^ was bom in 1686 {Ramsey's History of South Carolina). Abraham had a strong religious faith as he named his sons: Isaac, Abraham, and Nathan The Neighbours had settled in Laurens and Newberry Counties by 1780 and were wealthy planters, affording their families the luxuries available. Recorded deeds indicate that they owned land, slaves, and livestock.. In 1780 British soldiers held Charleston. Tories rode the countryside, preying on the farms of the Whigs. H.S. Halsey, an Alabama historian, wrote the following story of Isaac Neighbour's death in a letter to Thomas McAdory Owens: "It was on a dark night, late in the spring or early summer of 1780, that a band of Tories under the noted (Bloody) Bill Cunningham made a raid into the neighborhood in which Isaac Nabors lived. A party from the band stealthily approached his house, suddenly broke into it and killed Nabors with their broadswords as he was arising from his bed. Mrs. Nabors in her fright, supposing that all the family would be killed, hurried her hastily aroused children out into the yard where all hid themselves. While some of the Tories were plundering the house, others visited the Negro quarters and took possession of all the Negroes: forty in number, except a woman named Fanny and two old men who resolutely refused to go off with them. "The stolen Negroes were sold in Jamaica, which was a great depot for stolen Negroes during the Revolutionary War. After the departure of the Tories with their booty, Mrs. Nabors and her children and remaining slaves ventured back into the house where lay her husband brutally mangled by the Tory broadswords, and where occurred a heartrending scene: the widowed mother, the orphaned children and the faithful slaves mingling their tears over the mutilated corpse. "It was a night of horror long to be remembered. The next day some of the people of the neighborhood came in and buried Nr. Nabors. But it was not the Nabors family alone that suffered from that horrible night's bloody work. Other families were visited, their horses and Negroes were stolen and persons were barbarously murdered. Among these was a man named Woodruff, who was killed with his wife and one or two children.
"After her husband was killed, Mrsi Nancy Boyd Nabors moved her children to the house of her sister and brother-injlaw, Abraham Nabors, and the two families lived together until peace was made. { "They suffered much from Tory cruelty during the war and they had to resort to every artifice to save their food and clothing from the Tory marauders. They had hollow logs and trees in the woods in which, during the day, they kept their provisions, clothing, and beddinig concealed. "John, a boy of fourteen and !son of Abram Nabors, often suffered from Tory malices. They would frequently torture him, hanging him up to force him to reveal the hiding places of the familyj supplies. But John was resolute in making no revelations. | "In this impoverished condition, the family adopted a perfect system of domestic economy. Each had a cert^n specified task assigned, which he was to perform every day. One was to do tne milking, one to do the wood cutting, one the washing, one the cooking, etc. Itjis remembered that Isaac's son, William was the weaver of the family. "Mrs. Nancy Boyd Nabors, Isaac's widow, kept her horse and her cows in the swamp. She had a bridle at the hl>use with which she would bridle her horse, mount him and drive the cows up at a certain time to be milked, for this milk was the main dependence for the living cjf the family. "On one occasion, a party of Tories visited the house, and one of them happened to see the bridle and took p ossession of it. Mrs. Nabors was a spirited woman and seized the bridle while it was in the hands of the marauder, and though he pulled her several times around the house, she held onto it so resolutely that the Tory finally yielded it to her. "As an instance of the poveiti^ of the country, on one occasion, Mrs. Nabors lost a needle and she spent three days looking for it until she found it, as it was impossible to get another needle except at Charleston, which was then in the possession of the British." ! H.S. Halsey wrote another letter to Thomas M. Owens in which he relates an interesting Neighbours family legend. He writes: | 1 I "These three Nabers brothers|had a sister -her name is not known to us. On one occasion, perhaps in the Warj of the Revolution, on a warm summer day, this young Nabers woman was weaving. Wearied by the heat, she leaned her head over the loom and went fast asl^p. She dreamed that she was captured by Indians. | "The next day, sure enough, ihe Indians came, burnt the house and took her away a captive. She was a shre>yd woman, and knew that her friends would follow the Indians and attempt to rescue her. So, whenever she well could do so, she would break the small twigs on die bushes along her route, so as to guide her fiiends. She wore a white dress .. .and managed to tear off small fragments of this dress and dropped them along the route.
"The Indians, however, detected her in this and gathered up all the fragments which she had dropped. She then tore off bits of a blue apron which she wore and dropped them. The blue was not so conspicuous as the white and she managed to scatter several fragments along the trail. After about two days march, the Indians camped one night in a glade. "The young woman had an idea that a rescue would be attempted that night. She lay on the ground between two Indians, but kept herself wide awake. Late in the night, just as she anticipated, her rescuers who were following the Indians, noiselessly arrived near the camp. The moon was shining brightly and one of them could see everything in the Indian Camp. Crawling up noiselessly through the bushes near the Indians, he took his ramrod, reached over and touched the woman's face. She knew what it meant; silently rose, stepped over the sleeping Indians, and sprang out among her fiiends, who instantly opened fire and killed all the Indians, but one, who sprang to his feet and fled. His pursuers overtook him and shot him down. The party then returned home. "This torn blue apron was kept for a long time in the Nabers family.. My mother saw it in her girlhood. Now, this is all that I know about the tradition, only I have heard that the Indians were Creeks." Although the War caused a setback in the financial condition of the Neighbors family, they soon overcame obstacles and by 1800 were thriving; the holders of numerous deeds to land in Laurens and Newberry Counties, possessors of slaves, children and houses. Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church was the center of spiritual and social activity for many of the Neighbors and their fnends. A church history indicates that "the first settler in the area was John Duncan, a Scotch-Irish pioneer form Pennsylvania. Finding the country to his liking, he induced two friends, Joseph Adair and Robert Long and their families to join him. Long and Adair later fought in the Revolution. The Rev. Hexekiah Balch began holding services near Duncan Creek in 1751 and in 1763 a building was erected. The present structure, built in 1821 is the third. Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church is known as the 'Mother Church' of the Presbyterians in this neighborhood. About 1788 there arose a quarrel between adherents of Rouse's and Watt's versions of the Psalms which were sung at services , and a large portion of the congregation seceded to form a Baptist Church. Obviously there were Neighbors in both groups, and although not all relationships to Father Abraham and Mother Rebecca are legally established, we shall follow the generations of those from North and South Carolina and Virginia and it is believed that they were kinsmen, all!
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