George Francis Reveley 1806-1850 [4]GEORGE FRANCIS REVELEY was born in 1806 at White Marsh. He married Margaret Robertson on September 27, 1838. (Margaret's parents were David and Elizabeth Robertson.) George took over his father's plantation home. George and Margaret had four children -William, David, George, and Elizabeth. George died about 1850 in Campbell County. (I'm not sure if George's portion was what his brother Robert Jennings then lost to Thornhill) After George died, Margaret and the children moved to "Nebraska" plantation in Appomattox County, the Robertson family home. Margaret inherited Nebraska when her father died. .....[5]WILLIAM WIRT REVELEY was born in on October 22, 1839. He entered Virginia Military Academy on July 29, 1858, and served as Drill Master for VMI Corps of Cadets in the Spring of 1861. He enlisted in the Confederate Army and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry of the Regular Army of Confederate States July 19, 1861. He was ordered to duty at camp of instruction in Savannah, Georgia on December 10, 1861; then ordered to Charleston, South Carolina Arsenal on May 1, 1862. He graduated with the VMI Class of 1862 on July 4, 1862. He had already enlisted in the Confederate Army, but had enough credits at the time of graduation to receive his diploma. William was later appointed 2nd Lieutenant of the Provisional Army of Virginia and then 1st Lieutenant and Assistant Aide-de-Camp. He was appointed Post Adjutant, Acting Assistant Quarter Master, and Acting Assistant Commissary of Subsistence at the arsenal August 22, 1862. He was later assigned to Captain F. L. Child's Company, South Carolina Artillery; carried on rolls as on detached duty at Arsenal. He was then promoted to 1st Lieutenant on December 1, 1862, and Acting Ordnance Officer at Morris Island in early fall 1863. William was on leave January -February 1864, and requested to transfer to Virginia for more active duty February in 1864. He was ordered to Staunton, Virginia on May 14, 1864. No further record was found, but unofficial sources indicate he was captured and sent to a prison camp. William was paroled at Appomattox, and died from effects of prison life on October 15, 1865 at home in Appomattox, Virginia. William was unmarried, and had no children. .....[5]DAVID ROBERTSON REVELEY was born July 31, 1841 in Virginia. He entered Virginia Military Institute on June 22, 1861. He resigned at his mother's request on October 27, 1862, because he was needed at home with both other brothers in the War. However, he then enlisted in the Virginia Infantry and was a 1st sergeant I Company G 56th. He was paroled at Appomattox County. He married Rachel Alice Gibson, daughter of John A. Gibson of Rockbridge County, Virginia, on May 7, 1868, and moved to Rockbridge County. They had nine children -Margaret, David Jr, John, George, William, Sydney, Walter, James, and Robert. David Sr. was a farmer, a public official, and the Treasurer of Virginia from 1882-1884. He died November 30, 1900. .....[5]GEORGE FRANCIS REVELEY, JR was born June 18, 1843. George Entered Virginia Military Institute on August 19, 1862, and served as Private in Company D of the VMI Corps of Cadets during the Battle of New Market. He remained stationed with the Corps in Richmond until it disbanded, and was appointed Cadet Sergeant of Company D on March 1, 1865. George graduated from VMI on July 4, 1866. He enlisted as a Sergeant in Company G, 56th Infantry Regiment VA on April 9, 1865. He earned Distinguished Service. George was captured and sent to a prison camp. He was paroled at Appomattox, and died from effects of prison life on October 20, 1867 at home in Appomattox, Virginia. George was unmarried, and had no children. .....[5]ELIZABETH CROTON REVELEY was born in 1846. She never married, and died March 14, 1881. -Sarah Reveley 2007 updating Ralf Reveley's book of 1987 -