In a message dated 11/14/2000 12:51:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Barb, I found this in the Davie Co. N.C. Hertiage Book, (Levi Rives) was > born to William and Rebecca Freeman Rives, in Franklin, N.C. born June > 9,1806. He married Eddy Thomas who was the d/o of John and Sally Younger > Thomas, she was born 1810 in Halifax, Va. They were the parents of 11 > children and all were born in Houstonville, N.C. It was during this time the > name changed from (Rives to Reeves to Reives).This list all of their > children and who some of them married. OH MY GOSH, have been looking for his parents FOREVER, thanks. Needed more data to rule them out as Reavis..since they are in same areas as Reavis...had thought he might be a son born aft death of Joseph :-) THANKS again ...now can pretty much cross him off our list of REAVIS, *Barb