Interesting observation about the will. I have also examined the will at this location: >>These wills are all on the Reavis/Revis research site at >>http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/reavisrevis/index.html >>think last hyperlink on the page..orig documents. *B Although torn it is my opinion the signature is clearly REVIS. I also think all the other references could be REVIS also. In this case I can persue my strategy of looking for EDWARD REVIS. However I will keep an open mind about it. Andrew Sefton Yorkshire -----Original Message----- From: Amma C. Crum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 09 November 2000 01:58 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Edward Reavis Barb, I have been reading with interest the messages from Andrew Sefton about the Reavis family in England. I got out the copy of the will of Edward Reavis to see if I could get any clues from it. I got the copy that I sent you awhile back from the North Carolina Archives. Unfortunately, the page is apparently torn where he signed his name and it is hard to tell whether it has an 'a' in Reavis or not. It has 'Ravis' throughout the will and has "signed, sealed and pronounced by the said Edward Ravis........" Of course someone else wrote the will and Edward signed it. Then it has "The within written will of Edward Reavis Deceased..........". The will was probated at the February Court 1752. It is unclear as to the date it was written, but it looks like 21st Day of Febry 1750/1. It starts off with "I, Edward Ravis Sen. of Northampton County........". It is in North Carolina Wills, Vol. XXVI, p. 10 (this is what is typed on the copy I got from NC). Amma Crum [email protected]