Reaves, Elizabeth nee Purvis

Summary

Father: Unknown
Mother:

Birth: c1776, North Carolina
Birth Source: 1850 Census - Hancock County, Georgia

Death: before 1860, probably Hancock County, Georgia
Death Source:

Spouse1: William Reaves, m. Wayne County, North Carolina

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Narrative

Children of Elizabeth Purvis and William Reaves, Jr.:

1. Elizabeth Reaves, b. 13 Jan 1796 (?), m. Isaac Duncan on 12 Jan 1810
2. Civil Reaves, b. 4 Aug 1795, m. David Hitchcock on 6 Sep 1821
3. Jesse Reaves, b. 7 May 1797
4. Mary Reaves, b. 28 Mar 179(9). She may have died unmarried, c. 1846, in Hancock Co., GA.
5. William Reaves, b. 16 Dec 1801
6. Lydia Reaves, b. 12 Feb 1803; m. Jonathan Gladin, 8 May 1821
7. Elizabeth Reaves, b. 12 Apr 1805
8. Anna Reaves, b. 23 Apr 1807; m. Eli McWhorter on 27 Mar 1828
9. John Reaves, b. 7 Apr 1809
10. Joseph B. Reaves, b. 27 Jan 1812
11. Benjamin Reaves, b. 18 May 1814
12. Stephen Reaves, b. 3 Sep 1816
13. Sarah Reaves, b. 18 Jan 1819

Children's birthdates from the family bible of Lydia Reaves Gladin in the Georgia Archives.

Elizabeth Purvis Reaves was still living in Hancock Co., GA, in 1840. She was enumerated near her son-in-law Jonathan Gladin and near Matthew Pound, who may have been the husband of her daughter Sarah. By the 1850 census, she was the head of a household that included William Hitchcock, age 25; Mary Hitchcock, age 19; and Sarah Reeves 3 who were likely grandchildren.

Sources

1826 Will of William Reaves, Hancock County, GA
1840 Census - Hancock County, Georgia
1850 Census - Hancock County, Georgia