When John Neat was born on 6 January 1777, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Hans Rudolph Neat, was 22 and his mother, Maria Margaretha Frey, was 21. He married Asuneth Pelley on 25 September 1801, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Columbia, Adair, Kentucky, United States in 1810 and Adair, Kentucky, United States for about 30 years. He died on 19 June 1856, in Carroll, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Adkins Cemetery, Eugene Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries - 1779: Kentucky County, Virginia, United States; 1780: Lincoln, Virginia, United States; 1793: Green, Kentucky, United States; 1802: Adair, Kentucky, United States.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
"In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."
English: from Middle English neat ‘ox, cow’ (Old English nēat), probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a cowherd, or a nickname for someone thought to bear some resemblance to the animal. The modern English adjective neat (via French from Latin nitidus ‘clean, shining’) does not occur before the 16th century, after the main period of surname formation.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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