I have read the same articles but believe that is in error. That is what first was believed years ago. Now I think the majority feel Jeremiah is a son of James who is the son of William Rives of Guilford Co., NC. Jeremiah was b in NC and I don't know if James (father of jeremiah) was living in Chowan district at that time. They could have moved or it was later divided into different counties, Guilford Co.,NC was one of them. Orange Co is also close in that area and I believe James did live there at some point and time. Don't quote me on this as I would have to go back and look for my info to be sure. James left Wilkes Co., GA and went to Jasper Co., and then on to several areas in GA opening churches. John Reeves also preached some but was never as well known as the other. Malachi was also well known. My ancestor Joel Avery was not listed as a preacher. Beulah In a message dated 11/20/2007 2:51:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, leapeacock@sbcglobal.net writes: Barbara Nelson: In the book HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN GEORGIA on page 440 there is a Rev. Jeremiah Reeves who came from England to North Carolina in Colonial times--- He had six sons, and "of the six sons of this venerable man, four like himself became ministers of the Gospel - Malachi, Jeremiah, JOHN, and James. The book gives a long paragraph of Rev. James Reeves , who married lst Miss Sarah McElroy and then 2nd to Nancy (Harper) Phillips, dau of John Nairn & Elizabeth Mickelborough Harper. It also gives a long paragraph page 248, 249, 250 about Jeremiah Reeves, Jr. (second son of Jeremiah who married Jane Brazile ), but there is no information about the John Reeves. Jeremiah Jr. married Mary Echols in the year 1794. There is a asterisk on the name A.E. Reeves, as his son. I do not have the book I mentioned, but several pages zeroxed from the book . Hope this will give you a clue about John. Lea -ist, 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to REEVES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes Beulah Reeves McCain Reeves List Manager Bgr520@aol.com Reeves DNA site _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~reevesdna/_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~reevesdna/) Barry Reeves Web Master **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)