Listers, and James and Diane who contacted me recently, About 20 years ago I communicated several times with Mrs. Iris Mayo. She is the author of a book " Those Reeves Girls". I have not seen it but it was a work about some sisters and their downlines. She was able to travel to S.C. and do research herself in dusty storage rooms. She was meticulous in her research and very helpful and generous to me. Because of this I am very comfortable with the Burgess being married to Elizabeth Tanner and the names of their children. Archibald T. and his brother Thompson b. 1832 were in the same unit in the Cival War. They both survived, Six of their brothers died in other areas of the war. Without knowing their names my father, Thomas Van Buron Reeves b.1896, knew about this large family, the deaths of six of the sons and the relationship to his grandfather. I remember his telling us about it in our home After her research Mrs. Iris Mayo stated that she had never found any indication that the older Burgess Reeves b.ca. 1764 had a son named Burgess. I am very anxious to find the father of Burgess b. 1794. If any of you find any reasearch on that I would be so happy to hear from you. I have a copy of that roster somewhere. I am looking for it. In the same unit with Archibald T and Thompson b. 1832 was Lt. Andrew Jackson the youngest son of my Thompson b. 1799 Andrew Jackson Reeves was b.ca 1832. There were also a few names of soldiers from the Moore Family. They were the sons of My Thompson's daughter Frances Elizabeth Reeves and her husband, Idens Moore. Also in the same unit was Charles S. Black the husband of Thompson's daughter, Ellen Elizabeth. There was a Sgt. Sharp in the unit. Thompson's daughter Polly who was my ancestor married Samuel Sharp Scott, JR. His grandmother was connected to this Sharp familly. This whole unit seems to have been made up of persons who were connected and well aquainted. Not true I am sure there are many I did not know. When you see a census for Burgess and Elizabeth Tanner Reeves you sometimes see a minor John Estes and his two siblings. Sarah the daughter of Burgess and Elizabeth married a Reuben Estes who apparently died and the children were reared by Burgess and Elizabeth. Hope I have not confused you too much. Ask me over if I did. I also apologize to Lucinda Rilla Reeves usually called Cinderella. She is the one and only wife of my Thompson Reeves b. 1799. I just so often fail to mention her. She is the mother of all of Thompson's children.