Barb, the census you have listed at 1870 I have as being 1880. That may account for the discrepancy in the ages. I have also found a 1850 census from Buncombe County as follows: Family #289 J. B. Weaver (m) 29 b. NC William 3 Thomas Reviss 18, laborer Margaret 22, b. Tn Mary 2 b. NC The Buncombe County 1880 Census also shows the following: Family #238 - Flat Creek Thomas 47 Martha 18 Jennie 14 Mary 12 Robert 9 Anderson West, laborer Buncombe County 1870 Census shows Family #121 Lower Hominy - Sulpher Springs Thomas Reaves 30, b. NC Mary 24 Buncombe County 1850 Census Thomas Reaviss, Sr.75, laborer, NC Mary 73 Jane 16 Joan