John Reveley 1803- [4] JOHN REVELEY was born at White Marsh in 1803, the oldest child of George and Judith Reveley. John married Martha A. Christian in March, 1827. In the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Campbell County marriages 1827, John and Martha Christian are listed as Quakers, with W.H.B. Christian, Surety. They had seven children. .....[5] MARY J. REVELEY was born in 1830. She married Alexander N. Jordan on November 4, 1852 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Mary died in Texas. .....[5] JOHN WILLIAM REVELEY was born in June 8, 1832. He died June 11, 1833, according to a notice in the Lynchburg Virginian paper. .....[5] ELIZABETH N. REVELEY was born ca. 1836 and married Thomas Stockton Gaddess on April 8, 1853 in Lynchburg. She died in Baltimore, Maryland. .....[5] LUCY B. REVELEY was born in 1837. In the 1880 census, she was living with her widowed mother in New Orleans, Louisiana. .....[5] SUSANNAH A. REVELEY was born in 1841 and married a Mr. Aldrich. She died in Mississippi. .....[5] HOLCOMBE REVELEY was born in 1845. He never married. .....[5] WILLIAM REVELEY was born in 1849. After George and Judith's deaths deaths in 1822 and 1823, it appears from the 1830 census that the land was divided. In 1830, John is the head of one household. There are two males, twenty and under thirty, one female under five, and one female twenty and under thirty.. John, his wife Martha, daughter Mary, and brother Thomas. Financial difficulties befall the Reveleys. Legal documents (I still need to transcribe) show that in May 1837 brothers Thomas and John Reveley borrow money to produce the tobacco crop and, unable to pay, lose their 300 acres including furnishings and 8 slaves. In August of 1837, George Francis and John lose a slave named Arthur to Thomas Dillard because of a debt of $635. In 1841, John loses another slave and more furnishings. In 1840, Thomas has moved to Lynchburg. The family consists of one male, thirty and under forty, two females under five, one female ten to fifteen, and one female thirty and under forty. This would be John and Martha, Elizabeth and Lucy, and Mary. Son John William, born in 1832, died in 1833. In 1850, John is a hotel owner in Lynchburg and has twelve slaves. He must have been maintaining the farm. The family consists of John, Martha, Mary J. 19, Betty 17, Lucy B. 13, Susan A. 9, Holcombe 5, and William, 1. Financial difficulties continued to plague John Reveley. In 1851, he is behind the rent at Cabell House, the large hotel/tavern he is operating, and loses all of the furniture. In his book, Ralf states that after all of the children had grown and married, John and his wife moved to Texas. The move must have coincided with the loss of the hotel. The date of John's death in Texas is unknown. Martha, widowed, and Lucy were in the 1880 Census in New Orleans. -Sarah Reveley 2007 updating Ralf Reveley's book of 1987 -