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Mason County.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

William Presley Lewis Neale Manuscript

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1374
Overview

Sketch of a western Virginia pioneer who left Loudon County, Virginia when his mother and stepfather emigrated (ca.1816) and settled in Mercer's Bottom in Mason County. The sketch was written by one of the subject's children and has anecdotes about Neale's boyhood, parents, and frontier farming. This family history contains a life story of Nancy Maria Smith Neale, William's mother, a woman of vision and independence.

Dates: n.d.