I descend from John W. L. Reeves, son of Joel Avery and Nancy) brother of Mary's and had some info on the Heards. Have been in touch with one of them for several years off and on. This is what I have at hand: ( I changed computers not long ago and some of my info wasn't transferred.) Descendants of Wyatt Thomas Heard 1 Wyatt Thomas Heard 1799 - 1860 .. +Mary M. Reeves 1804 - 1860 ........ 2 Elizabeth Jane Heard 1821 - ........ 2 Augustine Early Heard 1823 - 1907 ............ +Sarah Jane Dixon ........ 2 Dooley Tatnall Heard 1825 - 1855 ........ 2 Henrietta Talitha Heard 1827 - ........ 2 Nancy Sophronia Heard 1829 - ............ +Thomas Cargill ........ *2nd Husband of Nancy Sophronia Heard: ............ +Bailey Marshall ........ 2 Newnan Heard 1831 - 1859 ............ +Cornelia Griffin ........ 2 Mary Whatley Heard 1833 - ........ 2 Lawrence Pike Heard 1835 - 1897 ............ +Martha Emeline Thompson ........ 2 Wyatt Avery Heard 1838 - ............ +Frances Delafield ........ 2 Hubbard Thompkins Heard 1840 - 1869 ............ +Rachel E. Marshall ........ 2 Thomas Woodson Heard 1844 - ............ +Elizabeth Edna Moore ........ 2 Kate Heard 1845 - I had some census through the years but would have to see if I still have them. I believe Mary and Wyatt died in TX if my memory serves me well. I would have to look it up again. Some of their children were born in Jasper Co., I know they moved through GA and lived in one of the counties on the AL line for a period before moving westward. Beulah Reeves McCain GrannyMc@aol.com In a message dated 10/8/2004 3:04:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, archives@poppet.org writes: Jasper-Wilkes-Burke County GaArchives Biographies.....Reeves, Joel Avery 1777 - May 23 1843 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Jeffries rjeffres@charter.net October 8, 2004, 3:04 pm Author: Robert Jeffries Joel Avery Reeves was born about 1777 and died about May 23, 1843 and about 1800 he married Nancy (?) in Wilkes County, Georgia. They had Mary M. Reeves who was born about 1801 and married Wyatt Thomas McHurd about 1820 in Greene County, Georgia Elizabeth Reeves who was born on October 2, 1806, married Burkett N. Jeffries on August 30, 1825, and died on May 28, 1892 James M. Reeves was born about 1808 and married Maude Johnson Nancy S. Reeves, who was born about 1810 and married (?) Terrell John William Lumpkin Reeves who was born about 1814 Martha C. Reeves was born about 1816 and married Eli Boyette Joseph Reeves was born about 1818 married Allie Banks and died before 1868 Sarah P. Reeves who was born about 1820 and married Rev. James Reeves Pleasant Reeves who was born about 1822. (An e-mail message I received, which may or may not, be of help in studying Elizabeth Reeve's parents' family is as follows: Robert, I'm not certain; but, I suspect that your (?) McHurd listed as husband to Mary M. Reeves is my 3rd ggrandfather - Wyatt Thomas Heard. He was born in 1799 in Georgia and married a Mary M. Reeves (maybe yours?) abt 1820 (probably Greene Co., Georgia as that's where most of their children were born). They had: Elizabeth Jane - 1821, Augustin Early - 1823, Dooley Tatnall - 1825, Nancy Sophronia - 1829, Newnan - 1831, Mary Whatley - 1833. Lawrence Pike - 1835 Wyatt Avery - 1838, Hubbard Tompkins - 1840, Thomas Woodson - 1844. If any of these names, etc. sound right, send me a reply and I'll send you what info I have. Good luck. Chuck Johnson)