James Reaves - 1744 Petition for Land

At a Council held at Newbern the 19th day of November 1744

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Read the following Petitions for Warrants Videlicet

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James Reaves 300 Edgecombe”

Note: Robert Reaves was one among a number of petitioners.

Source

With permission, North Carolina Office of Archives and History, May 1, 2012. Robert J. Cain, and Kathleen B. Wyche, Records of the Executive Council, 1664-1734, Vol. 8, (1984) p. 177. Available at http://nc-historical-publications.stores.yahoo.net/colonial-records-of-nc--2nd-series-.html.