John Neville

John Neville (July 26, 1731 – July 29, 1803) was an American military officer, land speculator, and local official who served in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War and the American Revolutionary War. As an early federal tax collector he became a central figure in the Whiskey Rebellion. Personal and family life Neville's parents were Joseph Neville Sr. (son of John Neville and Elizabeth Bohannan) and Ann Bohannan of Gloucester County, Virginia. According to family tradition, Joseph had a brother George who was kidnapped from England as a boy, brought to Virginia, and married Hannah Burroughs, a cousin of Lord Fairfax of Cameron however this has been disputed by his descendants and is not supported by historical documents. John Neville was born in Prince William County, Virginia on his father's land near the head of Bull Run. He had at least two sisters and five brothers, including Joseph Neville who also fought and settled on the Appalachian frontier. In 1754, John Neville married Winifred Oldham, also of an established Tidewater Virginia family. They had a son (Presley Neville) and daughter Amelia Neville Knox who survived them.