After a few years I have finally found documents to verify my John Reeves was living in Iredell Co. N.C. prior to coming to Sumner Co. in 1802. There is a power of attorney in court records in Iredell that was made in Sumner Co. Tenn in October 1801 by a John Nichols it named John Reevis as the principal to take this document back to Iredell to settle the estate of his father Jacob NIchols. On the 1790 census of Iredell Jacob Nichols is a neighbor Edmond Reaves father of John. Does anyone know this Nichols family? Of course to complicate the situation the name has been spelled Reavis, Reevis Ravis Reves Reives Reeves Reviss. John made the trip back to Iredell and registered the POA then returned to Sumner Co. with his family in the fall of 1802. Does anyone on the list have family with origins in Iredell, Surry, Rowan,Rutherford areas of North Carolina?When did they arrive in Sumner Co? Thanks for any assistance. Sharon