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Rives, Burwell G. (1807 NC - 1888)

Burwell G. Rives

Rives, Burwell G.


Summary

Father: Thomas B. Rives
Mother: Susanna Thweatt

Birth: 20 Jun 1807, probably Chatham County, North Carolina
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 1888 probably Hall County, Georgia
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Mrs. Anny Yarborough Jay, m. 1 Mar 1829 in Hall County, Georgia (Anny was the widow of Jessie Jay)



Narrative

Children of Burwell G. Rives and Ann Yarborough:
  1. Reuben P Rives, b. 1830
  2. John Francis Marion Rives, b. 26 Jan 1832
  3. Thursa Caroline Rieves, b. 1835, never married
  4. Amanda M. Rieves, b. 1837, m. Unk Baker
  5. Susannah E. Rieves, b. 1841, never married
  6. Thomas J Rieves, b. c1842
  7. Juliann F. Rieves, b. c1846
  8. Jane T. Rieves, b. 1848

Reliques notes he became "a Baptist clergyman, making Georgia the scene of his labors in the ministry."

Death date on headstone is difficult to make out.

Sources

Birth:       Headstone, Yellow Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Murrayville, Hall County, Georgia
Marriage: Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 Online Database - Ancestry.com
Death:       Headstone, Yellow Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Murrayville, Hall County, Georgia
Census:     1830 Census - Hall County, Georgia
                   1840 Census - Hall County, Georgia
                   1850 Census - Hall County, Georgia
                   1860 Census - Lumpkin County, Georgia
                   1870 Census - Hall County, Georgia
                   1880 Census - Hall County, Georgia
History:   Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, 237