Reavis, Thomas

Summary

Father: Samuel Reavis
Mother: Nancy Jones

Birth: 1768, North Carolina
Birth Source: Probate of estate of Samuel Reavis, Nov 1789 in Granville NC Wills Vol. 2

Death: 1829, Henry County, Tennessee
Death Source: Will of Thomas Reavis, Will Book Vol. B, pg. 41

Spouse1: Elizabeth Marshall, m. 26 Apr 1793 in Granville County, North Carolina

Narrative

Children of Thomas Reavis and Elizabeth Marshall:

1. Thomas Clay Reavis, b. 1802
2. Samuel B. Reavis, b. c1803
3. John M. Reavis, b. 1805
4. Henry Whitson Reavis, b. c1808
5. William Whitfield Reavis, b. c1810
6. James Blount Reavis, b. c1815
7. Lucy A. J. Reavis, b. 1815
8. Elizabeth G. Reavis, b. c1818
9. Lewis W. Reavis, b. aft 1818
10. Margaret Reavis, b. aft 1818
11. William F. Reavis

Thomas Reavis was appointed Constable in the November 1792 Granville County court records.

Thomas Reeves (sic Reavis) Household in the 1810 Census of Orange County, North Carolina: 3 Males 0-10, 2 Male 10-15, 1 Male 26-44; 1 Female 0-10, 1 Female 10-15, 1 Female 26-44; 2 Slaves

In the 1820 census the household consists of:
2 Males 0-10, 2 Males 10-15, 1 Male 16-18, 1 Male 18-25, 1 Male over 45; 4 Females 0-10, 1 Female 26-44; 2 female slaves

Although there were several Thomas Reeves listed in the 1830 census of Orange County, Thomas Reavis removed to Tennessee sometime around 1824, dying there in 1829.

Research Notes

Sources

Granville County NC, Wills Vol. 2 pgs 292-293
North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, online database at Ancestry.com
1810 Census - Orange County, North Carolina
1820 Census - Orange County, North Carolina
1830 Census - Henry County, TN (Elizabeth Reavis HOH)
1829 Will of Thomas Reavis, Henry County, Tennessee Will Book B, p41