Searching for any information of a John McNEAL b. about 1743. Died about 1819 in Washington County, Ohio. John married Anna Howell, b. 1760 in New Jersey.
I think he could of been from Bucks, Co. Pa., but not sure.
Here is an excert from the book:
History of Washington County, Ohio By H.Z. Williams
pg. 624
Among the early pioneers of Washington County, was John McNeal, Sr. He was of Scotch parentage, born about the year 1743. When fourteen years of age he was taken
prisoner by the Indians in Pennsylvania and remained in captivity for seven years. During his captivity he and another white boy accompanied three Indian chiefs as servants from
Pennsylvania to the headwaters of the Missouri, as he called the county which is now Dakota or Montana. They visited on their journey the principal Indian tribes and consulted their chiefs. He did not know positively the object of the visit, but supposed it was to unite the various tribes in a general war against the whites. If such was the case it did not succeed. The journey both ways consumed three years. When the treaty of November, 1764 was concluded, he was set at liberty. He made his way back to Pennsylvania, where he found one sister still living. He subsequently married Anna
Howell who was a native of New Jersey, born in 1760, and some time prior to the summer of 1791 removed to Morgantown, Virginia. In the spring of 1796 he decided to remove to the Northwest Territory and floated down the Monongahela and Ohio rivers to Marietta, arriving in the later part of April. He drew his donation lot (No. 28) between
Rainbow and Waterford. He first settled on Duck creek, near what is now Stanleyville, where he lived until the spring of 1799 when he moved to his clam where he resided until
his death which occurred probably in the fall of 1819. His wife survived him many years, dying in 1846. Their children, who grew to mature years, were James, Elizabeth, John,
Susan and Margaret (twins), William, Andrew, Levi and David. -End-
If John was born in 1743, and taken prisoner at 14 yrs. old it would of been in the year 1757, and in captivity for 7 years, would take you to the year, 1764.

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