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The arms were assumed in 2003 and registered on
behalf, and in memory, of James Benjamin Nail, son of Benjamin L. Nail, Jr. In
1911 he married Zera M. Godbee with whom he had two
children. Zera died in 1963 and James in 1968.
Issue:
1a Geneva Nail, b. 1912, m. Jesse Nathaniel Scott, and has issue,
1b Jimmy Nathaniel Scott, ob. inf
1b Shirley Elizabeth Scott
2a Estelle Carolyn Nail, Bachelor of Science
(GA Southern U), b. 1918, m. Charles Hinton Drake, Doctor of Medicine (Med.
Coll. GA), sometime Major USAF. Their two children:
1b Charles Edward Francis Drake, m. Rita Jayne Elizabeth Chabot
Their child:
1c Vivienne Rita Caroline Marissa Drake
1b Carol Louise Drake
The Neales, otherwise Nyells,
were from in and around Kilkhampton and Morwenstow, Cornwall. Their ancestry can
be traced there at least as far as the commencement of the registers. The
progenitor of this family in America was Nicholas Neal, a tailor, who came from
Bradworthy, Devon to Albemarle County, Virginia in 1727.
The drops of blood in the design of the arms commemorate the sacrifices of
family members in military service, with the white stars on a blue background
borrowing symbolism from the both the Stars and Stripes and the Stars and Bars.
The Native American elements in the crest reflect an aspect of the American
Revolutionary War along the southern frontier. Captain Joseph Nail (Neale)
commanded Nail's Fort during the War of American Independence and died in that
conflict. His son Reuben enlisted at age 14 and fought at his side, along with
an older son, Ensign Joseph Nail, Jr. Reuben's grandson Benjamin L. Nail, Sr.,
fell in 1863 at Chickamauga during the War for Southern Independence. The motto
is a pun on the surname
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