Rieves, George W.

Summary

Father: Reuben Rives
Mother: Hannah Kirk

Birth: 15 Mar 1820, Haldey, Chatham County, North Carolina
Birth Source: Headstone, Reliques of the Rives

Death: 10 May 1890
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Mary Crutchfield, m. 10 Mar 1842, Chatham County, North Carolina

Narrative

Children of George W. Rieves and Mary Crutchfield:

1. Henry Clay Rieves, b. c1843
2. Lucetta Rieves, b. c1845
3. Mary L. Rieves, b. c1847
4. Nancy Rieves, b. c1849
5. Jeanette Jane Rieves, b. c1852
6. Sarah J. Rives, b. c1855
7. Joseph John Rieves, b. c1858
8. James Taylor Rieves, b. c1862

From Reliques of the Rives:
George W. Rieves "was born in Hadley Township (Chatham county, N. C.), grew up upon a farm and was engaged in this vocation when war broke out. He entered the Confederate Army as a member of Murchison's Cavalry and followed the flag of the South in many hard fought campaigns. Later he inherited a farm from his maternal grandfather in Hadley Tws." where he died in 1892.

Sources

Birth:      Headstone, Mount Vernon United Methodist Church, Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina
Marriage: North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979 (FamilySearch)
Death:      Headstone, Mount Vernon United Methodist Church, Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina
Census:    1850 Census - Chatham County, North Carolina
                   1860 Census - Chatham County, North Carolina
                   1870 Census - Chatham County, North Carolina
History:   Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p253