Thomas Reavis (1775 - 1851)

Born 1775 in North Carolina

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Died 1851 at about age 76 in Madison, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Thomas Reavis was a North Carolina colonist.

He was born in 1775 in North Carolina and died in 1851 in Madison, North Carolina. He is buried in Zeno Ponder property in Madison County, North Carolina.

Note

Note: Estate of Thomas Reavis, Minutes of Madison Co NC Court of Please and Quarter Sessions Madison Co NC Archives

Minutes of Madison County Court in Session...

Spring Term, 1852

"It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Thomas Reavis, late of sd. county, departed this life leaving no last will and testament, and HIS WIDOW, MARY REAVIS, having waived her privilege of administration on his estate. It is ordered by Court that letters of administration on his estate be granted to James R. Roberts who appeared in open court and tendered bond in the sum of five hundred dollars, with Robert Revis and William Revis as securities, which bond was accepted by the Court (and) the oath of letters (of) administration (were granted) to his. Letters of adm, granted him" *Barb

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He appeared on p. 187 on the 1800 Buncombe Co., N.C. Census. In July

1805 Buncombe Co., N.C. Court minutes he appears as a constable with one

George Revis as one of his securities. He appeared on p. 259 of the 1810

Buncombe Co., N.C. Census. From 1818 through 1835 he appeared as a grantee

for lands in Buncombe Co., N. C. on Flat Creek, Big Ivy and Bull Creek. He

appeared on p. 92 of the 1820 Buncombe Co. N.C. Census, and p. 144 of the 1840

Buncombe Co., N.C. Census.

In the Buncombe Co., N.C. Court minutes of October 7, 1841 when Buckner

White's widow Sally relinquished her claim as administrator of the estate of

her deceased husband, the court appointed Thomas Reavis (her father) as

administrator and her brothers Geo. L. Reavis and James B. Reavis were

security for Thomas.

Sources

• 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. Census Place: Buncombe, North Carolina; Roll: M432_622; Page: 215; Image: 53.

• 1850 US Census

• Ancestry Family Tree (Private family Tree)

• Life Sketch of Thomas Jefferson Revis

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Smith-Hunter.ged on 10 March 2011.