McNeel Cemetery (also historically referred to in connection with the pioneer homesteads as the Widow McNeel / McNeel Family Cemetery)

 

Located on a hilltop knoll overlooking the rolling pastures of the Little Levels north of Hillsboro, the McNeel Cemetery (also historically referred to in connection with the pioneer homesteads as the Widow McNeel / McNeel Family Cemetery) holds many of the earliest Scots-Irish and German pioneer families of the Greenbrier Valley. The first burial was an infant child of pioneers John and Martha (Davis) McNeel in October 1774.

Pioneer McNeel Family Lineage

1. John McNeel, Sr. (1745–1825): Earliest permanent pioneer settler of the Little Levels (1765) and builder of the historic White Pole Church.
   
   
2. Martha (Davis) McNeel (1743–1823): Born in Wales; brought the first Welsh family Bible to the Greenbrier Valley and conducted early burial rites on the knoll.
   
   
3. Abraham McNeel (1780–1860): Son of pioneer John McNeel; prominent Little Levels landowner and surveyor.
   
   
4. Elizabeth (Bridger) McNeel (1778–1815): First wife of Abraham McNeel.
   
   
5. Rachel (See) McNeel (1816–1887): Wife of Isaac McNeel; member of the pioneer See family of the Greenbrier Valley.
   
   
6. Anne (Seebert) McNeel (1795–1870): Wife of William McNeel.
   
   
7. Lydia A. (Edmiston) McNeel (1813–1874): Matriarch connected to the Edmiston line of pioneer settlers.
   
   
8. Maggie (Bell) McNeel (1849–1916): Little Levels family descendant.
   
   
9. Mary (Curry) McNeel (1870–1962): Wife of early 20th-century agriculturalist Isaac McNeel.
   
   
10. Harriet (Lockridge) McNeel (1810–1888): Descendant of the pioneer Bath/Pocahontas Lockridge lineage.
    
    
11. John McNeill / McNeel (1832–1885): Little Levels farmer and civic figure.
    
    
12. Sarah (Silva) McNeill (1841–1900): Wife of John McNeill.
    
    

Allied Pioneer Settlers & Revolutionary Patriots

13. John Bruffey (1752–1807): Native of County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; Continental soldier under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne.
    
    
14. Thomas Casebolt (1783–1872): Early settler closely tied through marriage to the pioneer McNeel family.
    
    
15. Nancy (Casebolt) Kinnison (1785–1870): Daughter of early Little Levels pioneers; wife of Nathaniel Kinnison.
    
    
16. Rebecca (Lewis) Kinnison (1841–1896): Allied Kinnison and Lewis pioneer family branch.
    
    
17. Joel Hill (1807–1884): Prominent Little Levels farmer connected to the Richard Hill and Nancy McNeel line.
    
    
18. George Hill (1831–1861): Antebellum Little Levels resident.
    
    
19. Martha (Auldridge) Hill (c. 1837–1861): First wife of George Hill.
    
    
20. Virginia Hill (1863–1933): Lifelong resident of Hillsboro.
    
    
21. Susannah (Little) Ruckman (1757–1843): Matriarch of the Little Levels Ruckman homestead.
    
    
22. Priscilla (Wade) Ruckman (1799–1859): Wife of early landowner John Ruckman.
    
    
23. Margaret Ann (Moore) Ruckman (1824–1877): Descendant of the pioneer Moore family of Droop Mountain.
    
    
24. Mary (Hogsett) Ruckman (1863–1944): Wife of James W. Ruckman.
    
    

Beard, Callison & Cackley Families

25. Joseph Beard (1810–1889): Prominent 19th-century Little Levels farmer and stockman.
    
    
26. Martha (Jordan) Beard (1815–1897): Wife of Joseph Beard; daughter of early settlers Christopher and Miriam Jordan.
    
    
27. William T. Beard (1826–1905): Antebellum farmer and landowner.
    
    
28. Mary G. Beard (1831–1928): Wife of William T. Beard.
    
    
29. Charles Edgar Beard (1850–1908): Merchant and community trustee.
    
    
30. Lucy E. Beard (1851–1907): Wife of Charles Edgar Beard.
    
    
31. Carl George Beard (1882–1949): Hillsboro civic leader.
    
    
32. Irene G. (Callison) Beard (1884–1948): Wife of Carl G. Beard.
    
    
33. George W. Callison (1853–1923): Little Levels livestock breeder and farm owner.
    
    
34. Maude M. Callison (1856–1923): Wife of George W. Callison.
    
    
35. Margaret McNeel Callison (1886–1938): Daughter of George and Maude Callison.
    
    
36. Jacob F. Cackley (1817–1878): Descendant of pioneer millers and landholders.
    
    
37. Valentine Cackley (c. 1797–1855): Early 19th-century Pocahontas County magistrate and civic leader.
    
    
38. Caroline (Moore) Cackley (1820–1849): Wife of Jacob F. Cackley.
    
    

Auldridge, Clendenen & Clark Families

39. Samuel Auldridge (1810–1893): Patriarch of the Locust Creek and Little Levels Auldridge line.
    
    
40. William H. Auldridge (1843–1919): Confederate veteran (Co. F, 22nd Virginia Infantry) and farmer.
    
    
41. Effie L. (Pennell) Auldridge (1855–1946): Wife of William H. Auldridge.
    
    
42. William Clendenen (1812–1896): Little Levels pioneer farmer.
    
    
43. Jane (Cochran) Clendenen (1818–1897): Wife of William Clendenen.
    
    
44. George G. Clendenen (c. 1839–1904): Civil War era farmer.
    
    
45. Martha Elizabeth (Auldridge) Clendenen (1852–1918): Wife of George G. Clendenen.
    
    
46. Anna (Lewis) Clark (1831–1912): Lifelong Hillsboro resident.
    
    
47. Samuel Clark (1825–1886): Merchant and landowner.
    
    
48. James Howard Clark (1854–1923): Hillsboro builder and trustee.
    
    

Additional 19th- & 20th-Century Interments

49. Beverly Waugh (1822–1889): 19th-century Little Levels farmer.
    
    
50. John Wade (1848–1930): Longtime resident and agriculturalist of southern Pocahontas County.