Rives, Reuben

Summary

Father: Joseph Rives
Mother: Sarah

Birth: c1728
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Death: aft 1765
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Narrative

From Reliques of the Rives:
On Feb. 12, 1760, he conveyed to Edward Davenport the 194 acres on “the southside of Second Swamp of Blackwater” in Prince George county which had been patented in 1739 by Joseph Rives [his father]. In the Brunswick county records there is one further notice of him, on Aug. 25, 1766, when it was ordered by the Brunswick court that “Bottom Stegall pay Reuben Rives 545 pounds of tobacco as witness for him” (O. B. 10, p. 131).

Research Notes

Either this Reuben or Reuben Reeves is likely the "Reubin Reaves" listed as a dead private in Capt. Nathaniel Fox's Company in the 6th Virginia Regiment on a muster roll dated 31 May 1777.

Sources

Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p346
U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (Ancestry)
1760 Deed - Rubin Rives to Edward Devenport - Prince George County, Virginia Record Book 1759-1760, p149