Edwards Rives (1775 - abt. 1840)

Born 19 Mar 1775 in Virginia

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Died about 1840 at about age 64 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Edwards Rives became a prosperous farmer in Chatham County, North Carolina. Born in Virginia, March 19, 1775, he accompanied his parents from Mecklenburg County, Virginia, to Chatham County. He married in 1800, Mary Ann Alston (b. June 9, 1785, d. Sept. 1867, youngest daughter of William Alston, a prominent citizen of Chatham county, and his wife, Sarah Yeargan who died in 1786 and is buried near Pittsboro, N. C.

Edwards Rives died February 2, 1840, in Chatham county, and is buried with his wife in the old Rives' graveyard at his home about seven miles from Goldston, N. C., now included in what is known as the "Bynum Place.” The stone marking his grave “has crumbled away to such an extent that all information thereon is destroyed.”

His will, dated March 19, 1830, was probated February 1840, in Chatham county.

Issue of Edwards and Mary Ann (Alston) Rives :

• Sarah G.? b. Sept. 11, 1801; d. before 1830
• William Alston? b. Nov. I, 1803
• Martha K. b. Mar. 10, 1806; m. Nov. 15, 1821 John Jackson Goldston
• Oran D. b. Sept. 24, 1808; d. s. p.
• Anna P. b. Feb. 14, 1810; m. Feb. 28, 1828, William Goldston Harris
• Robert Edwards b. May 24, 1812
• Thomas T.? b. July 28, 1814; d. s. p.
• John Joseph b. Mar. 28, 1817
• James Franklin? b. June 13, 1820
• Mary Edwards b. Dec. 25, 1827

Sources

• Childs, J. Rives (James Rives), Reliques of the Rives (Ryves) being historical and genealogical notes of the ancient family of Ryves of County Dorset and of the Rives of Virginia,1929, pg 390 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ssd?id=wu.89082439753;page=ssd;view=plaintext;seq=774;num=694