Reeves, Reaves, and More Rives

I have spent many years searching for all the details of the life of my earliest known Reeves' ancestor, William Reeves (he, his sons an...

The book Pioneer Settlers of Grayson County, Virginia by Benjamin Floyd Nuckolls, pub. 1913 in its mention of the Reeves' family early ...

 The mystery of Ameriah Reeves begins with Burlington County, New Jersey records of the family of Walter Reeve. Jonathan Reeve and his wife,...

A few years ago I became aware of the research in Orange County, North Carolina to locate what remains of the Fish Dam Road, a foot trail th...

In the course of searching an Orange County, North Carolina book of unindexed court minutes page by page, I happened upon this menu. In 177...

Since I wrote the post Just Supposin' several months ago, I found a little more documentation that serves to support my theory that the...

As I have continued to collect scans of original documents primarily for their signatures, I have numerous signatures for the Reeves (Reves)...

The Cumberland Gap is a pass through the Cumberland Mountains section of the Appalachians located just north of the point where Kentucky, Te...

The Reeves family of Orange County, North Carolina is something of a mystery. They are surrounded by other Reeves' lineages in the neigh...

The following letter was written by Thisbe Jones Reeves of Hillsborough, North Carolina to her niece Julia Jones. Julia was the daughter of...

It's a shame so few family personal letters have survived over time. When the occasional letter does appear, it is such a delight to rea...

Frederick Colbert Geer was the great grandson of William Reeves of Wake County, North Carolina. William Reeves' daughter Sarah marrie...

In 1847 in Orange County, North Carolina, Spencer Reeves killed his sister, Harriet. Local history attributes Spencer's violence agains...