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George Bartlett McNiel

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Birth	:	31 Aug 1844 Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	13 Feb 1905 Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Oak Grove Cemetery, Lawton, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.1707993, -85.8339005
Description	:	A descendant of the Reverend George McNeill born in Glasgow, Scotland, about 1720. Reverend McNeill trained as a Presbyterian minister and around 1750, he and two brothers first came to North Carolina. Influenced by the baptist preachers of the region, he became a baptist minister himself around 1776. Both he and the Reverend John Cleveland were chaplains in Colonel Benjamin Cleveland's North Carolina Militia and they were both at the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina. The October 7, 1780 battle was a decisive patriot victory. The Reverend McNeill was a respected pioneer preacher of the... Read More	A descendant of the Reverend George McNeill born in Glasgow, Scotland, about 1720. Reverend McNeill trained as a Presbyterian minister and around 1750, he and two brothers first came to North Carolina. Influenced by the baptist preachers of the region, he became a baptist minister himself around 1776. Both he and the Reverend John Cleveland were chaplains in Colonel Benjamin Cleveland's North Carolina Militia and they were both at the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina. The October 7, 1780 battle was a decisive patriot victory. The Reverend McNeill was a respected pioneer preacher of the Yadkin and later Mountain District Baptist Association of western North Carolina. He eventually settled on the North Fork of the Lewis Fork Creek in Wilkes County, North Carolina and died at his homestead, June 7, 1805. George Bartlett McNiel was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina to parents William and Martha Roberson McNiel. On November 3, 1862, at the age of 18, George Bartlett enlisted in Company K of the 53rd NC Infantry. He was wounded at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, captured at Spotsylvania on May 12, 1864 and he spent the rest of the war as a POW at Elmira, New York. He was paroled and released on June 29, 1865 at Point Lookout, Maryland. After returning home from the war, George Bartlett married Mary Ann Vannoy in Wilkes County on April 12, 1866. Around 1869, George Bartlett, his wife and 2 young daughters left North Carolina and moved to Iowa in search of a better life. From "Genealogy of the McNIEL Clan 1720-1967" by Dorothy McNIEL Moore, Buhl, Minnesota, 1967. Posted on Iagenweb.org and transcribed by Joey Stark: "George Bartlett McNIEL 4, b. Aug. 31, 1844, Wilkes Co., N.C., d. Feb. 10, 1905, Jefferson Co., Iowa, married April 12, 1866, to Mary Ann VANNOY (dau. of Abraham Wesley VANNOY and Aley ELLER VANNOY), b. Feb. 7, 1845, in Wilkes Co., N.C. and d. Mar. 13, 1909, in Jefferson Co., Iowa." "George Bartlett McNIEL was a Confederate soldier, serving under General Lee. He was in the Battle of Gettysburg and in his words 'the man in front of me was killed, then the one to the left, and then the one to the right.!' He lost a toe in the battle - as well as his freedom, as he was captured by Union soldiers and sent to Elmira, New York, as a Prisoner of War. He was released at the close of the Civil War, and returned to his home in North Carolina. What remained of his company were with General Lee at Appomattox." "THE MIGRATION. Following the long and bitter Civil War, which left devastation and ruin in its wake, was the black era of reconstruction which blighted the hopes of the brave people for a speedy recovery from the effects of the war. North Carolina was an impoverished state. It was during this period that many people left the state for 'greener pastures.' This, then, was the motivation for George Bartlett and his wife to leave North Carolina. That Iowa was their destination could be borne out from the following accounting." "Mary Ann VANNOY's great-uncle, David ELLER (b. Apr. 11, 1796, d. Mar. 18, 1870) left North Carolina in 1828 for Wayne Co., Ind., and from there, about 1838 or 1839 to Jefferson Co., Iowa. David ELLER had a good farm in Iowa of about 200 acres close to Cedar Creek. His homestead was later known as the old Marion Tracy farm, 2 1/2 miles southeast of Brookville in Jefferson County. He erected a fine pioneer home which was unusually spacious for the times, and established a large bearing orchard. Apparently his letters 'back home' inspired many of his North Carolina relatives to hasten westward. The large family of his nephew, Harvey ELLER (b. Mar. 24, 1819, d. Nov. 3, 1906), arrived by wagon at his home in Late November, 1852. Many more arrived both before and after the Civil War, each family using the home of either David ELLER or Harvey ELLER as a resting place until they either located a home of their own or moved on to other states...."

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George Bartlett McNiel's memorial is located at: Oak Grove Cemetery, Lawton, Van Buren County, USA.
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George Bartlett McNiel death on 13 Feb 1905 in Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.1707993
Longitude: -85.8339005

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Mary Ann Vannoy McNiel

(1846 - 1909)

Siblings

Children

Luticia Ann McNeil Mace

(1868 - 1937)

William Lawson McNiel

(1872 - 1938)

Cora M. McNiel Ornduff

(1876 - 1942)

Orby Lee McNiel

(1879 - 1960)

Curtis Guy McNiel

(1881 - 1956)

John Bartlett McNeil

(1884 - 1939)

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