Reeves, Elizabeth

Summary

Father: William Reeves
Mother: Anna Terrill

Birth: 1801, Grayson, Virginia or Ashe County, North Carolina
Birth Source: Census

Death: c1880, Grayson County, Virginia
Death Source: No census listing after 1870 in Grayson, Virginia

Spouse1: John D. Barton

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Narrative

Although there is no documented source stating that William Reeves and Anna Terrill are the parents of Elizabeth Reeves, they are the only Reeves family in this neighborhood at the time who are candidates for her parents. In the 1820 census of Ashe County NC, William Reeves has two unmarried daughters 16-20 years old in his household. These are most probably Elizabeth and Anne Reeves who both marry in 1822, Elizabeth to John Barton and Anne to Terrell Cox.

Research Notes

Elizabeth, who married John D. Barton in Grayson County, Virginia in 1822, was originally believed to be one of the daughters of William Reeves and Anne Terrell because of an incorrect transcription of the marriage record listing her name as Raves or Reves. In the course of searching the records of Grayson County for further information for this Elizabeth, evidence supports the fact that she was not a Reeves but in fact her surname was Davis and was transcribed incorrectly on the marriage record to John Barton.

Sources

Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 Database online at Ancestry.com