We have a total brick wall on our Reeves line. J.W. Reeves (my great grandfather) was born 1873. He lived at one time in Little River County, AR. His mother's name was Emelia (Amelia) Ann sometimes called "Mellie". We only have a photo of her. J.W. was sometimes called "Jim" so am assuming he was James W. Reeves. Sometimes spelled Reves on his marriage certificate in 1898 in Little River County. There are a few other Reeves living in the area who are caucasian. A Lee Reeves with wife Samantha, but not old enough to be J.W.'s father. A John Reeves with wife Nancy born 1815, too old to be J.W.'s father. And a Thomas Benton Reeves who was about the right age to be a sibling, but not living with his parents in 1880 census. So far no connection to any Reeves line. The remaining Reeves in that county were Black or Mulato. J.W. was definately caucasian or part American Indian. His mother's photo shows her to be fair skinned and definately caucasian. No other leads, no clues, nothing. We do know that Emelia divorced J.W.'s father at some time and married a Mr. Jones of Nacogdoches, TX. She was living in Nacogdoches in 1915. Anyone out there having any information on Reeves who lived in either Sevier County, AR or Little River County around 1850-1900, please contact me.

My Line Benjamin Reeves born abt 1783 unknown. Eliza Reeves b.about 1814 Ky near Bardstown, Nelson county, Ky. She married Eli Parish in Ky moved to Ind. Monroe and Owen counties about 1827 with her parents and his parents. In 1851 moved to Christian co., Il. May have had two sons John M and Austin B.

Chuck, I urge you to consider joining the DNA project on the Reeves List. You see my line stopped with me and I had to hunt up a first or second cousin that would be willing to take the test for me at my expense of course. ( It was my idea and really for benefit). They will store you DNA for 25 years and if you want to extend the test with what they learn later you can. They have already extended it from 25 markers to 37 if you want to have that. Please think about it. It will be around form years to help a lot of researchers. Go to this site and it is the Reeves DNA project with a link to sign up and shows you what is done. However if you want to visit the site it is FTDNA and it will give you all the information you need. _http://www.familytreedna.com/_ (http://www.familytreedna.com/) We'd love for you to join us. Beulah Reeves List Manager In a message dated 5/2/2005 2:31:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Judi--Thank you for finding my note on the REEVES channel and connecting me with your group. I had just about given up hope and what fascinates me is that you say you have my ancestors down to my grandfather. I wonder where you got that information. All of Washington's descendents that we are aware of claim to have no knowledge of William's ancestors. It will be great to see what you have. I am the last male in Sherman's line and he was the only male to survive long enough to have a family. So it would appear the direct Reeves line stops with me. We live outside Cincinnati OH having moved here about eight years ago from New Jersey. Great to hear from you. Chuck Reeves

Judi--Thank you for finding my note on the REEVES channel and connecting me with your group. I had just about given up hope and what fascinates me is that you say you have my ancestors down to my grandfather. I wonder where you got that information. All of Washington's descendents that we are aware of claim to have no knowledge of William's ancestors. It will be great to see what you have. I am the last male in Sherman's line and he was the only male to survive long enough to have a family. So it would appear the direct Reeves line stops with me. We live outside Cincinnati OH having moved here about eight years ago from New Jersey. Great to hear from you. Chuck Reeves ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [REEVES] Reeves Line Hi Charles, it seems we're distant cousins. In my documentation, which another cousin put together for our family group, I have your family from William to Sherman. We don't have anything after Sherman, documented. I would love to share what we have and introduce you to the other cousins following this line. Email me at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>_ (mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) . Talk to you soon Judi Reeves ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE: email <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> and write only the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message - nothing is needed in the subject line. (Substitute REEVES-D in the address for the Digest Version)

James Bridgeman Reeves Born 1829 TN , Father / Mother unknown. Married Matilda Oneal 1872. First document found 1870 Dade GA Census. This is my brickwall. Barbara & George Grenier <[email protected]> wrote:Hi all Mary Reeves married Jonathan Squire, Weston, Fairfield CT 19 Nov 1775 at the Congregational Church. I originally came across her in Donald Lines Jacobus' book The History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield [CT]. He didn't have a clue to who she was. She was the third wife of Jonathan and they proceeded to have four children in Weston and baptized there. Darius bapt 6 Oct 1776 Mary bapt 10 Jan 1779 (??died young) Phineas-Reeves bapt 27 Aug 1780 Sarah bapt 14 Apr 1782 Then Jacobus says Jonathan resided in Fredericksburgh district Dutchess Co NY. 1783-1784. That's where my 3rd great grandfather, Bradley Squire was born Oct 1783. This area is now in Putnam Co NY to the best of my research. I have not found a baptism for Bradley and am still looking. Jonathan is dead by Dec 1784 and there is an almost 7 year gap where I can't find Mary and the kids. An older son by the first marriage stayed in NY Mary married Caleb Hendee Sr. (a big fish in a small pond:-) in Pittsford, Rutland, VT 30 June 1791. They had a son, Abner,born on 8 Aug 1792. There is no record of her death or burial that I have found so far. Caleb married her about six weeks after his first wife died (in childbirth I suspect) and his children of this marriage were extremely unhappy about it. Caleb Hendee was town clerk and a deacon in the Baptist church and thus this line of the Squire family became Baptists. Local histories of Pittsford state that both Mary Reeves Squire Hendee and Bradley Squire were from Manchester, [VT?]. Mary must have gone to some relative with her young children. Reeves?? Squire?? or?? A local genealogy guru told me there were REEVES on Long Island. This is just across the water from Fairfield. Haven't found any links. One thought is that Mary's father might be a Phineas, haven't found anything so far and haven't had time to look for some time. Barbara Brea CA . > >We are hoping to formulate a list of all known immigrant Reeves >ancestors. We generally consider the Reeves surname to be English with >perhaps an earlier origin in France. >We are asking all on the list to notify us of their earliest known Reeves >ancestor. We also need the date and place where that ancestor was first >documented. By documented, I mean when they show up as a land owner or on >a census or tax list. > >David LeRoux ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE: email and write only the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message - nothing is needed in the subject line. (Substitute REEVES-D in the address for the Digest Version) Keith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

From Walter, to John, then Henry to Abraham, to James, then Jacob, the Ben, who died in Kansas in 1897.. What a small world.....HA..... Brenda, ............OKC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 12:28 AM Subject: Re: [REEVES] Earliest Known Reeves Ancestor > Brenda, > > Which child do you descend from? I have some info on this family. > > Sally > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Thomas" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:56 PM > Subject: Re: [REEVES] Earliest Known Reeves Ancestor > > >> Sally, I come from the same line in Burlington, N.J. But my line kept >> the orginial spelling of REVES......I have the Reves book too...... >> >> Brenda >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sally Smith" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 9:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [REEVES] Earliest Known Reeves Ancestor >> >> >>> My earliest Reeve is Walter Reeve who came from England to Burlington >>> Co, NJ prior to 1684. >>> His first wife was Susannah. HIs second marriage was to Ann Howell on 11 >>> Nov 1682. He died before 18 Jun 1698Ann died before 31 Jul 1733. >>> >>> His Son, Walter Jr, was born in 1684 and died 21 Mar 1754. He is buried >>> in St Andrews Espisipal Church Cemetery and his stone is still standing >>> but very hard to read. He married Ann Bennett, daughter of Alexander and >>> Sarah Bennett. She died 11 Dec 1744 and her stone is still standing in >>> St Andrews Cemetery. >>> >>> Their son was Micajah, died 1777. He married Hannah Lee. >>> >>> Their son Thomas died May 1832 and is buried in the Quaker cemetery in >>> Woodstown, Salem Co, NJ. He married first Sarah Rakestraw. He married >>> second Mrs.Sophia Coleman. >>> >>> Thomas' son, Asa married Sarah Bassett Waters. >>> >>> Their son was Anthony Waters Reeves. He married first Sarah Lawrence, >>> second Martha Ann Godley. >>> >>> His son, Anthony Waters Reeve, married Mary Elizabeth Koerner. >>> >>> I hope to exchange information on these Reeve. >>> >>> Sally Smith >>> Lake Havasu City, AZ >>> >>> >>> >>> ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE: email <[email protected]> and write only the >>> word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message - nothing is needed in the >>> subject line. (Substitute REEVES-D in the address for the Digest >>> Version) >>> >> >> >> ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== >> To POST: email <[email protected]> In the subject line please state >> the person, where the person lived. Like Joel Avery Reeves, d ca 1846 in >> Jasper Co., GA. >> >> >> > > > > ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== > To POST: email <[email protected]> Please fill in the subject line > with the name of the person you are researching and where the person lived > ........ >

My lineage goes back to Robert Ryves, b. 1490 in England, but linkage to all ancestors born prior to 1769 was documented by other researchers, and not me personally. Anyway, here is my line as best as I can trace it: Robert Ryves - b. 1490 - England John Ryves - b. 1514 - Blandford in Dorset, England Richard Ryves - b. 1547 - England Timothy Rives - b. 1588 - England William Ryves - b. 1636 - Woodstock, England - emigrated to America William Rives - b. 1689 - Probably VA William Reeves - b. 1723 - Granville County, NC Wiley Reeves - b. 4/27/1769 - Granville County, NC - I have personally documented my lineage from this point down. William Reeves - b. 7/7/1794 - York County, SC James Milton Reeves - b. 6/15/1824 - Jasper County, GA G. G. Reeves - b. 1/27/1865 - Crawford County, GA Rodolphus Wright Reeves - b. 1/13/1895 - Crawford County, GA - my father If anyone has documentation to connect Wiley Reeves b. 4/27/1769 to his father William Reeves b. 1723, I would be interested in hearing from them, as that would help me verify one more link in my lineage. I am also interested if anyone wishes to swap information with me on any of my ancestors from Wiley to the present. Cordially, Paul Reeves ----- Original Message ----- From: "DAVID LEROUX" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:05 AM Subject: [REEVES] Reeves DNA : Next Step > Hello to All, > > I wanted to inform everyone of the next step in the development of the > Reeves DNA project. > > We are hoping to formulate a list of all known immigrant Reeves > ancestors. We generally consider the Reeves surname to be English with > perhaps an earlier origin in France. However, we do not have a good > working list of first known Reeves throughout the world. We know that > Reeves have emigrated from England to Virginia, New Jersey, Australia, > Canada and perhaps Canada. > > We are asking all on the list to notify us of their earliest known > Reeves ancestor. We also need the date and place where that ancestor > was first documented. By documented, I mean when they show up as a land > owner or on a census or tax list. > > We are looking for all first known Reeves throughout the world. We will > hopefully be able to use this information to build a framework to form > groups within the Reeves DNA study. > > I will ask that everyone email their response to the Reeves list. > > I appreciate everyone's help with this project. We now have 23 > participants and have had several very close matches which have allowed > us to form our first groups. This next step will hopefully allow us to > involve more people in the Reeves DNA project and find the connections > between us. > > Thanks for your help. > > > David LeRoux > > > ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== > To POST: email <[email protected]> In the subject line please state > the person, where the person lived. Like Joel Avery Reeves, d ca 1846 in > Jasper Co., GA. >

Hi List: I have copies of the Reeves Review by Jonathan Floyd Reeves and Emma Barrett Reeves as it relates to descendants of William Reeves of Granville County, North Carolina, 1690-1751 Also have Reeves Review, Book II, Memorial Volume by Emma Barrett Reeves. They are not complete and what I have is not indexed. I am happy to do some lookups for anyone out there who needs some help. Please remember since they are not indexed it may take some time if I have too many requests. Karen Bennett California

Hi all, My earliest Reeves is Isaac M. Reeves who was born in New Jersey about 1814. I'm sure where, but I've found a Susan Loveland born in Salem, New Jersey. Isaac and Rebecca were married Philadelphia on 26 Jul 1846, and all their children were born in Philadelphia. Alexa Edlund Susan Loveland 1798 - ........ 2 Isaac M. Reeves 1814 - 1879 ............ +Rebecca Louise Bird 1823 - 1895 ................... 3 Isaac Reeves 1847 - ................... 3 Robert Flanagan Reeves 1849 - ................... 3 John Boyd Reeves 1851 - 1926 ................... 3 Rebecca Louise Reeves 1856 - 1909 ....................... +James Joseph Welch 1852 - 1936 ................... 3 William A. Piper Reeves 1856 - ................... 3 Susanna Amanda Reeves 1858 - ....................... +William H. Boulden -

Sally, I come from the same line in Burlington, N.J. But my line kept the orginial spelling of REVES......I have the Reves book too...... Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [REEVES] Earliest Known Reeves Ancestor > My earliest Reeve is Walter Reeve who came from England to Burlington Co, > NJ prior to 1684. > His first wife was Susannah. HIs second marriage was to Ann Howell on 11 > Nov 1682. He died before 18 Jun 1698Ann died before 31 Jul 1733. > > His Son, Walter Jr, was born in 1684 and died 21 Mar 1754. He is buried in > St Andrews Espisipal Church Cemetery and his stone is still standing but > very hard to read. He married Ann Bennett, daughter of Alexander and Sarah > Bennett. She died 11 Dec 1744 and her stone is still standing in St > Andrews Cemetery. > > Their son was Micajah, died 1777. He married Hannah Lee. > > Their son Thomas died May 1832 and is buried in the Quaker cemetery in > Woodstown, Salem Co, NJ. He married first Sarah Rakestraw. He married > second Mrs.Sophia Coleman. > > Thomas' son, Asa married Sarah Bassett Waters. > > Their son was Anthony Waters Reeves. He married first Sarah Lawrence, > second Martha Ann Godley. > > His son, Anthony Waters Reeve, married Mary Elizabeth Koerner. > > I hope to exchange information on these Reeve. > > Sally Smith > Lake Havasu City, AZ > > > > ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE: email <[email protected]> and write only the > word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message - nothing is needed in the > subject line. (Substitute REEVES-D in the address for the Digest Version) >

Brenda, Which child do you descend from? I have some info on this family. Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [REEVES] Earliest Known Reeves Ancestor > Sally, I come from the same line in Burlington, N.J. But my line kept the > orginial spelling of REVES......I have the Reves book too...... > > Brenda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sally Smith" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 9:54 PM > Subject: Re: [REEVES] Earliest Known Reeves Ancestor > > >> My earliest Reeve is Walter Reeve who came from England to Burlington Co, >> NJ prior to 1684. >> His first wife was Susannah. HIs second marriage was to Ann Howell on 11 >> Nov 1682. He died before 18 Jun 1698Ann died before 31 Jul 1733. >> >> His Son, Walter Jr, was born in 1684 and died 21 Mar 1754. He is buried >> in St Andrews Espisipal Church Cemetery and his stone is still standing >> but very hard to read. He married Ann Bennett, daughter of Alexander and >> Sarah Bennett. She died 11 Dec 1744 and her stone is still standing in St >> Andrews Cemetery. >> >> Their son was Micajah, died 1777. He married Hannah Lee. >> >> Their son Thomas died May 1832 and is buried in the Quaker cemetery in >> Woodstown, Salem Co, NJ. He married first Sarah Rakestraw. He married >> second Mrs.Sophia Coleman. >> >> Thomas' son, Asa married Sarah Bassett Waters. >> >> Their son was Anthony Waters Reeves. He married first Sarah Lawrence, >> second Martha Ann Godley. >> >> His son, Anthony Waters Reeve, married Mary Elizabeth Koerner. >> >> I hope to exchange information on these Reeve. >> >> Sally Smith >> Lake Havasu City, AZ >> >> >> >> ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== >> To UNSUBSCRIBE: email <[email protected]> and write only the >> word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message - nothing is needed in the >> subject line. (Substitute REEVES-D in the address for the Digest Version) >> > > > ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== > To POST: email <[email protected]> In the subject line please state > the person, where the person lived. Like Joel Avery Reeves, d ca 1846 in > Jasper Co., GA. > > >

Sue, There was a Pleasant Reeves whose father was Reuben Reeves. He is listed in the 1840 census of Humphrey Co, TN. I believe Reuben's wife was Nancy ?. Lynn Laster ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 2:40 AM Subject: [REEVES] Oldest known REEVES/REAVES relative > Pleas Reeves b: 1825 in TN his father's name is unknown. Pleas' mother > was Elizabeth, maiden name unknown. > Pleas married Sarah (Sally) Jane Smith on 27 Jan 1845 in Stewart County, > TN. > > Pleas Reeves and Sarah Jane Smith had James Pleas Reeves/Reaves. He was > born in Steward County, TN. > James Pleas Reeves married Martha Susanna Bullard 8 May 1868 in Steward > County, TN. > > Any information on this line would be greatly appreciated. > Sue > > [email protected] > > > > ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== > To contact the LISTOWNER: email <[email protected]> Beulah Reeves McCain > >

John M. Reeves b. abt 1807 in Tennessee. He lived in Hawkins Co., TN. Married Artimesa Broyles in Greene Co., TN. They had James F. Reeves who was b. 1841 in Russellville, Jefferson Co., TN., but later lived with his parents in nearby Hawkins Co., TN. James appears in Rogersville, Hawkins Co. in the 1860 census. James joined Union army (9th TN Cavalry) in Rogersville. Anything ring a bell with anyone? Phil Phil Knox <[email protected]> My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~pknox/ My genealogical database on WorldConnect: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=pknox NOTE: All incoming and outgoing e-mail attachments are automatically scanned by McAfee Antivirus software.

Hello List, My earliest known Reeves ancestor was Samuel Reeves, who married Susannah Brack, on 20 Nov 1785 in Wake Co., NC. Elizabeth Ordway

My earliest Reeve is Walter Reeve who came from England to Burlington Co, NJ prior to 1684. His first wife was Susannah. HIs second marriage was to Ann Howell on 11 Nov 1682. He died before 18 Jun 1698Ann died before 31 Jul 1733. His Son, Walter Jr, was born in 1684 and died 21 Mar 1754. He is buried in St Andrews Espisipal Church Cemetery and his stone is still standing but very hard to read. He married Ann Bennett, daughter of Alexander and Sarah Bennett. She died 11 Dec 1744 and her stone is still standing in St Andrews Cemetery. Their son was Micajah, died 1777. He married Hannah Lee. Their son Thomas died May 1832 and is buried in the Quaker cemetery in Woodstown, Salem Co, NJ. He married first Sarah Rakestraw. He married second Mrs.Sophia Coleman. Thomas' son, Asa married Sarah Bassett Waters. Their son was Anthony Waters Reeves. He married first Sarah Lawrence, second Martha Ann Godley. His son, Anthony Waters Reeve, married Mary Elizabeth Koerner. I hope to exchange information on these Reeve. Sally Smith Lake Havasu City, AZ

Hi Diane, I have never been able to identify Thomas Reeves' parents or siblings. Thomas Reeves named his children, John, Elizabeth, Wiley B., Martha Dranny and Edward Lafayette Thomas Reeves. [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])

In a message dated 5/1/05 5:26:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: My great great grandmother was Maretta J. Reeves. She was born ca. 1850 in Georgia, but that is all I know. Does anyone know anything about her and her family? --- [email protected] wrote: > My oldest and only Reeves ancestor in a tree of over > 3700 in my > g-g-g-grandmother, Barbara (Barbary) Reeves, born ca > 1777 As I said, Barbara Reeves McElvy is the only Reeves I have. No ancestry; no descendants with the Reeves surname. Good luck! Liz Gerlits Palm Bay, FL

My earliest REEVES, all from Kent or Sussex and personally validated in PRO's of both parishes in 2003. Thanks, Margaret REEVES Stewart Carefree, AZ Descendants of William Reeves 1 William Reeves 1727 - b: Abt. April 1727 in Ewhurst, Sussex, England .. +Martha Hyland 1729 - b: Abt. April 20, 1729 in Bodiam, Sussex, England ......... 2 Mary Reeves 1753 - b: August 08, 1753 in Bodiam, Sussex, England ............. +Edward Burden 1750 - b: Abt. 1750 in Rolvenden, Kent ......... 2 Willaim Reeves 1755 - 1755 b: Abt. January 25, 1755 d: February 21, 1755 ......... 2 Martha Reeves 1756 - 1792 b: April 23, 1756 in Bodiam, Sussex, England d: January 13, 1792 in Bodiam, Sussex, England ............. +Thomas Paine ......... 2 Sarah Reeves 1758 - b: May 16, 1758 in Sandhurst By, Cranbrook, Kent, England ............. +William Mills, Jr. 1758 - b: May 1758 in Sandhurst By, Cranbrook, Kent, England ......... 2 John Reeves 1760 - 1838 b: April 27, 1760 in Sandhurst By, Cranbrook, Kent, England d: May 04, 1838 in Sandhurst, Kent, England ............. +Susanna Mills 1763 - b: Abt. December 16, 1763 in Burwash, Sussex, England ......... 2 Robert Reeves 1764 - b: October 28, 1764 in Sandhurst By, Cranbrook, Kent, England ............. +Elizabeth Manard ......... 2 William Reeves 1765 - 1765 b: Abt. October 01, 1765 in Sandhurst, Kent, England d: November 05, 1765 in Sandhurst, Kent, England ......... 2 William Reeves 1767 - b: Abt. February 03, 1767 in Sandhurst, Kent, England ............. +Martha Russell ......... 2 Samuel Reeves 1769 - b: May 12, 1769 in Sandhurst By, Cranbrook, Kent, England ............. +Elizabeth Lambert 1778 - b: Abt. October 09, 1778 in Crawley, Sussex, England ......... 2 Thomas Reeves 1734 - b: June 09, 1734 ............. +Elizabeth Tomsett

Shirley, Do you know if John and Thomas Reeves had a sister named Maretta J.? She is my great great grandmother and would have been born approx. in 1850 on Georgia. That is all that I know about her early years. Diane Blodgett --- [email protected] wrote: > I bought a book titled "Best Tales of Texas Ghosts" > by Docia Schultz > Williams, published 1998 by the Republic of Texas > Press and one chapter in the book > is titled "REEVES THICKET'S RANCH HOUSE". > The story is about a John Reeves, Sr. who came > to Texas from Pikes > County, Georgia in the early 1840's. I quote from > this book "It is believed > his wife probably died in childbirth, because Reeves > came to Texas alone, > leaving his father and oldest son, John Reeves, Jr., > behind for quite some time. > Finally, after John Sr. acquired considerable land > holdings and established a > law practice, he sent for his son, John, and his > father to join him. John > Jr. brought his wife, Cady, and their nine children > with him. Later, another > child, their tenth, William Worth Reeves, was born > after they had settled > into their new Texas home." And I further quote > from this book: "Between > Victoria and Goliad, off highway 59, there is a > small community called Reeves > Thicket. It used to be one huge ranch, but over > the years the land has been > subdivided and sold off in large lots where over 300 > families reside today. The > original ranch belonged to one man, John Reeves, > Sr., from Georgia". > The book says John Reeves was born 1779 and > died in 1863. His grave is > one of those in the rather sizeable Reeves Family > Cemetery that sits on what > is known as Reeves Hill today. > The book states: "After a few years, John Jr. > and his family moved to > the banks of Coleto Creek, in the area now known as > Reeves Thicket." John > Reeves, Jr. died in 1868, and at that time, one of > his sons, Jonathan, whom they > called "Tobe" moved the family home from the banks > of the Coleto Creek to > its present location." unquote. Mrs. Williams' > book is very interesting!! > > I found the above information interesting > since this Reeves Family came > from Georgia. My Reeves Grandparents came from > Taylor and Talbot Counties, > GA. and I continue to search for my line. My great > grandfather, Thomas "Tom" > Jefferson Reeves (1825-1875) had a son named "John > Leonard Reeves, born ca. > 1852, (Talbot County 1860 Census) whom I have never > found a trace of since > the 1860 Talbot census. My grandfather, Edward > Lafayette Thomas Reeves, (son > of Thomas Jefferson Reeves & brother to John Leonard > Reeves), came to Texas > 1904-05 and settled in Houston County, Texas and is > buried in the Antioch > Cemetery near Lovelady, Texas. > > [email protected]_ > (mailto:[email protected]) > > > ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== > To POST: email <[email protected]> In the > subject line please state name of the person you are > researchingand where the person lived.Like Joel > Avery Reeves d ca 1846 in Jasper Co., GA. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

My great great grandmother was Maretta J. Reeves. She was born ca. 1850 in Georgia, but that is all I know. Does anyone know anything about her and her family? --- [email protected] wrote: > My oldest and only Reeves ancestor in a tree of over > 3700 in my > g-g-g-grandmother, Barbara (Barbary) Reeves, born ca > 1777, place unknown. She married > William McElvy on April 23, 1799, place unknown. The > marriage date is in the > McElvy family Bible originally owned by William & > Barbara Reeves McElvy. In L. > W. Rigsby's "Historic Georgia Families", he has them > married on April 23, 1799 > in Dublin, Ireland and arriving in America shortly > after. His only > documentation is for the marriage date that was > gleaned from the family Bible. > > Barbara Reeves McElvy died, according to the family > Bible, on February 5, > 1838. Her grave site is located just south of > Bainbridge, Decatur Co, GA where > they lived for many years. > > In a letter written by William McElvy in 1839, he > gives the impression that > both he and Barbara were born in America. Their > first child was born in > America in 1800. They were in Burke Co, GA. then. > They were in Tattnall Co, GA in > the early 1800's and then in Decatur Co, GA by > 1822. > > In the Augusta Chronicle published in Augusta, > Georgia, there is a notice > showing William McElvey was appointed the > administrator of the estate of George > Reeves on December 21, 1803, in Burke County. This > gives the impression that > George Reeves could possible be a relative to > Barbara. Maybe her father??? > There are other Reeves in the same area that may be > relatives to Barbara. They > were Joseph, Francis and John. Common family names > for William McElvy & > Barbara Reeves McElvy were George, Francis and > John. > > I have not found a single clue as to Barbara > (Barbary) Reeves McElvy's > ancestry. Nor have I found a single descendant with > the Reeves surname. I have > hundreds of her descendants with the McElvy surname > as well as other surnames, > but none with the Reeves surnames. > > A desperate Reeves descendant, > Liz Gerlits > Palm Bay, FL > > > > > > > ==== REEVES Mailing List ==== > To POST: email <[email protected]> In the > subject line please state name of the person you are > researchingand where the person lived.Like Joel > Avery Reeves d ca 1846 in Jasper Co., GA. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com