Wayne County Land Entries and Claims, 1780-1795

April 1782
No. 100 William Reaves 100 Acres On the south side of Brooks Swamp joining Bass Giddins & my own lines

April 1782
No. 101 William Reaves 100 Acres On the south side of Brooks Swamp joining his own lines

July 20, 1785
No. 167 John Reaves 200 Acres On the south side of Brooks swamp joining William Reaves and John Giddens lines.

July 20, 1785
No. 168 William Reaves 100 Acres On the south side of Brooks swamp joining his own lines.

March 1786
No. 206 Adam Caraway 100 Acres On the north side of Brooks Swamp joining Ezekiel Slocumb William Reaves Doct'r Bass & his own lines.

May 27, 1787
No. 286 John Gidens 100 Acres Joining & Between Reaves Dunkins & Taylors lines.

August 9, 1792
No. 498 Adam Reaves 30 Acres Joining John Reaves lines Andrew Bass lines on the south side of Brooks swamp near Patres (?) Marsh & the Maple Branch

December 22, 1792
No. 531 Adam Reaves 150 Acres Lying on the south side of Brooks swamp joining my own & William Reaves lines.

January 9, 1793
No. 538 Jesse Reaves 400 Acres Lying on the Head of Brooks swamp & joining Wm. Lane & my own line.

January 16, 1794
No. 624 Adam Garraway 100 Acres On Both sides of Reaves Branch Joining his own & James Rhodes lines.

Note: Other names of interest found in the Wayne County land entry files include John Spann, Daniel Hedgpath, Joseph Green William Alford, William McKinne, and Barnaby McKinnie. These people or their family members are associated with the Reeves in Bertie, Edgecombe, Halifax and Granville counties. Others names of interest found in the files are: John Thompson, Sr., John Thompson, Jr., James Thompson, William Rhodes, Sr., William Whitfield, Flowers, and Tanner.