Notes on this Family : Not much is known of this Malcolm McNeill, almost as little known as that concerning his father, "Bluff Archie" McNeill. Malcolm's 1805 estate settlement states he died with 2,295 acres. Many early grants and deeds for much of this land can be found in the Cornelia S. McMillan Collection at the archives in Raleigh. Information has been passed down in the McNeill family line from this couple that Malcolm married a woman named Mary who it was believed had been a McNeill, but her parentage was unknown. Since my research began on James McNeill of Rockfish Creek I've noticed that Malcolm and Mary's first five children—Barbara, Archibald, James, Daniel and Elizabeth—bear a remarkable resemblance to the names of what would be a complete list of their grandparents (and two uncles, both named Daniel) if James McNeill of Rockfish and his wife Elizabeth were taken into account as possible grandparents. Scottish naming patterns were still being used in the region at the time Malcolm's children were being born, and it should be noted that the ONLY adult James McNeill in the area at the time to have been a namesake for their second son was James of Rockfish.
    Barbara McNeill, below, married Alexander Johnson, and I now believe Alexander was from the Piney Bottom Johnson family which included P.P.D. Johnson and Rev. Angus Johnson. However, Barbara's sister Margaret died in late 1821 and John B. Johnson, son of the Daniel Johnson, Esq. family near Godfrey McNeill on Raft Swamp, co-signed the bond for her estate settlement. Those two Johnson families were not related.