Hello, I was wondering if maybe in all of this information, a Samuel Anderson Reeves or Anderson Reeves might have been named in that lot? I am trying to place Samuel Anderson Reeves b 1790 in NC with another line. Thanks in advance, Dave -------------- Original message from Old Sailor <rdrii@yahoo.com>: -------------- > Billy > > Please to receive your informative email; we've been in Atlanta w/ our daughters > but are driving back to Gainesville, Fl in an hour. Later this week I'll be > back to you after I review my files. > > Bob > > Billy Reeves wrote: Hello Bob and All, > > My name is Billy F Reeves and I live near Nashville TN. My ancestors > were from NC. The earliest ancestor I have nailed-down is John > Dourdan/Durden Reeves b. Halifax County NC. He married in Cumberland > County NC and finally settled in Surry County NC. > > I have reasonable belief that his father was George Reeves born about > 1735 in VA. I am going to attach a document to your (rdrii@yahoo.com) > private e-mail address that will give some credence to my thinking. I > hope to hear back from you soon and maybe we can assist one another. > > Additionally, I was fortunate enough that some of my very special NC > relatives had the presence of mind to retain and maintain some very old > letters. One was written from Lexington, Henderson County, TN on 27 > July 1866 by my gg grandfather Richard Elwell Reeves. The info in the > letter has answered many questions. > > The NC relatives presented the original 141 year old letter to me > while I was out there in October for a CW historical site dedication > for Major Richard E Reeves. This was the first time one of the > Tennessee transplanted Reeves had returned to the NC apple tree since > my gg grandfather Richard left in abt 1821. This was possible through > the generous efforts of Terry Reeves and Marion Venable of NC. It was > such an honor and pleasure to meet and enjoy the company of all the > family I had not known prior to the efforts of Terry and Marion and > their drive to call to assembly all who were there > > I have 93 other pages of various letters written by my relatives from > Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee back to Surry County NC. > > I told you all this to say, “Through all these letters I have found > the exact route most traveled while migrating West to TN, MO and AR.” > I will share any information that may assist you in your research. > Some of the names mentioned in these letters were: Jesse Reeves, John > Reeves, James Glass, Tom Reeves, Mr. Jenkins, Hester Reeves, Nancy Dock > & Mr. Dock, Dr. William R Lovill husband to Eliza G Reeves, Tomas > Reeves, John Franklin Reeves, Amanda Parlee Davis, Henry Clay Reeves, > Lee Gran Reeves, Robert Willis and Lewis Whitaker. > > Most letters were written from Independence County AR, Kingsville MO, > Warrensburg MO, Morristown MO, Henderson County TN, Cumberland County > TN and Putnam County TN. The dates range from 1856 to 1869. > > I am writing all this to, hopefully, jog some memories that might > assist all of us in finding the earliest “two of our line”. Somewhere > out there in someone’s stack of insignificant-looking paper is the key > to some breakthrough. In group # 6 of our Y-DNA Test Group it seems we > have been, tentatively, identified in as descendants of Henry Reeves. > My estimation places us branching off at George Reeves Sr. It would be > very helpful to have details of this Group 6 tree. > Thanks, > Billy Reeves > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > REEVES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > REEVES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message