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William McGuffy Rives (1767 - 1839)

William McGuffy Rives
Born in Bath Parish, Dinwiddie County, Colony of Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 1 Jan 1788 in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , and
Died at age 71 in Chatham, Warren, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

William was born in 1767. He passed away in 1839.

Family members named in his Will:

  • Wife - Mary Reaves
  • Daughter - Susan T. Rives
  • Child - Thomas Rives
  • Child - William Rives
  • Child - Robert Rives
  • Child - James Rives
  • Child - Nancy Mabry
  • Child - Sally Moss
  • Child - Rebecca Southall
  • Surviving children of son Stephen Rives
  • Grandchild - Frances Ann Watkins
  • Grandchild - James Rives Watkins

Sources

  • Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981:
  • Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current:
  • Mecklenburg, Virginia, Marriages Index, 1765-1810:
  • North America family histories, 1500-2000:
  • North Carolina Heads of Families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890:
  • North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004:
  • North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011:
  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current:
  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970:
  • Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800
  • All these records can be found on Ancestry Records.
  • Ancestry.com. Mecklenburg, Virginia, Marriages Index, 1765-1810 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999. Original data: Nottingham, Stratton. Marriage License Bonds of Mecklenburg County, Virginia from 1765 to 1810. Onancock, VA, USA: Stratton Nottingham, 1928.
  • Will image: "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-LGHG-9JMD?cc=1867501&wc=32GS-K66%3A170078601%2C170856301 : 21 May 2014), Warren > Wills, 1838-1841, Vol. 37 > image 160 of 346; county courthouses, North Carolina.
  • Will Transcription: Kelly Bembry Midura."Will of William McGuffey Rives of Warren County, North Carolina, 24 Nov 1836," A Long Way to Tennessee, 23 Jun 2020, accessed 17 Jan 2022.

Acknowledgments

Entered by Gina Proctor, Nov 18, 2012.





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