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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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