1 By: Ethelle and Baker Colvin, Book, "Colvin and Allied families" (Hurley Printing and Stationery Company, El Dorado, Arkansas). "See Page 440 of "Colvin and Allied Families"."
1Death of Reavis, Thomas. "Thomas died quite young leaving a wife Ann and 3 sons. Thomas's wife Ann after her marriage to ? Bryant about or by 1766, sold her property and renounced her dower rights. This property is described in the deed as "where we now live, being the estate of Thomas Reavis, deceased."."
1!IGI: !Found on the IGI Film # 1760962..
2Land and Property.
3Will dated 21 Feb 1750 in Northampton County, NC.. "Will: !The members of Edwards second family are named in his Will, which is dated 21 Feb 1750 in Northampton, County, North Carolina. They were Jesse, John, Judith and Mary. Edward died in 1751, as his wife Sarah qualified as administratrix under in 1752.".
4!Edward Reavis bought and sold several pieces of property, first in Virginia and later in North Carolina. He sighned his full name in a good hand, and not by an X as so many did, .
1!IGI: !Found on the IGI Film # 1760962..
2Land and Property.
3Will dated 21 Feb 1750 in Northampton County, NC.. "Will: !The members of Edwards second family are named in his Will, which is dated 21 Feb 1750 in Northampton, County, North Carolina. They were Jesse, John, Judith and Mary. Edward died in 1751, as his wife Sarah qualified as administratrix under in 1752.".
4!Edward Reavis bought and sold several pieces of property, first in Virginia and later in North Carolina. He sighned his full name in a good hand, and not by an X as so many did, .
1History of Isham Reavis. " Isham Reavis seems quite a worthy man and of him the information below: Isham and family migrated over the mountains westward shortly after the turn of the century, stopping off for some years in the vicinity of Bowling Green Kentucky. Locating eventually in Madison Co.,Ill. !War: The records of the War Dept. show that Isham served in the war of 1812, in Capt. Samuel Whitesides Company of United States Mounted Rangers (US Volunteers) called into actual service by the Governer and commander and chief of the State of Ill. territory. Isham enlisted 20 Feb 1813, and his service expired Feb 19, 1814 and he also served in a continuation of service from May 15, 1814 to Nov 7, 1815. The following exerpt from a County History reproduced verbatum.
!History: Among the first white men to locate here, Pleasant Mound Township, Bond County, Illinois probably was Isham Reavis who came from North Carolina with his family prior to the war of 1812. Sometime earlier the Reavis family were in Kentucky near Bowling Green and remained there for awhile, then moved to this state and settled near Collinsville. Mary Reavis, wife of isham died in about 1825. In 1832 Reavis moved to Bond Co. and settled in what is now Fairview precinct. Isham married for his second wife, Nancy Rhodes, half sister of the late Judge Bradford in the year 1827. They were Divorced upon his application in the circuit court of Bond Co. and carried to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Isham and Nancy had a son named Jonas, she had back her maiden name of Rhodes, and called her son Jonas Rhodes, she had custody, but when young Jonas became a man he took his rightful name of Reavis, he studied medicine, but later changed to law. He went to California and was said to become quite successful, he is credited with raising an organization of troops in California which he offered to the government during the Civil War.".2Obituary for Isham Reavis. "Isham Reavis was a good man, educated above the average for his time, fond of reading, and had a well selected library of good works for his day. He was physically a large man very strong. Stricken with pneumonia, his doctors resorted to bleeding him, and he died. (Probably from loss of blood). He was 65 years old. and is buried in the old Edwards Cemetery, four miles from Pleasant Mound Illinois. A tablet in honor of "ILLINOIS RANGES" includes the name of Isham Reavis, is mounted at the North West corner of the Court House in Greenville, Illinois. Isham died on the old Reavis Farm which he entered at a cost of 50 cents an acre.".
1History of Isham Reavis. " Isham Reavis seems quite a worthy man and of him the information below: Isham and family migrated over the mountains westward shortly after the turn of the century, stopping off for some years in the vicinity of Bowling Green Kentucky. Locating eventually in Madison Co.,Ill. !War: The records of the War Dept. show that Isham served in the war of 1812, in Capt. Samuel Whitesides Company of United States Mounted Rangers (US Volunteers) called into actual service by the Governer and commander and chief of the State of Ill. territory. Isham enlisted 20 Feb 1813, and his service expired Feb 19, 1814 and he also served in a continuation of service from May 15, 1814 to Nov 7, 1815. The following exerpt from a County History reproduced verbatum.
!History: Among the first white men to locate here, Pleasant Mound Township, Bond County, Illinois probably was Isham Reavis who came from North Carolina with his family prior to the war of 1812. Sometime earlier the Reavis family were in Kentucky near Bowling Green and remained there for awhile, then moved to this state and settled near Collinsville. Mary Reavis, wife of isham died in about 1825. In 1832 Reavis moved to Bond Co. and settled in what is now Fairview precinct. Isham married for his second wife, Nancy Rhodes, half sister of the late Judge Bradford in the year 1827. They were Divorced upon his application in the circuit court of Bond Co. and carried to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Isham and Nancy had a son named Jonas, she had back her maiden name of Rhodes, and called her son Jonas Rhodes, she had custody, but when young Jonas became a man he took his rightful name of Reavis, he studied medicine, but later changed to law. He went to California and was said to become quite successful, he is credited with raising an organization of troops in California which he offered to the government during the Civil War.".2Obituary for Isham Reavis. "Isham Reavis was a good man, educated above the average for his time, fond of reading, and had a well selected library of good works for his day. He was physically a large man very strong. Stricken with pneumonia, his doctors resorted to bleeding him, and he died. (Probably from loss of blood). He was 65 years old. and is buried in the old Edwards Cemetery, four miles from Pleasant Mound Illinois. A tablet in honor of "ILLINOIS RANGES" includes the name of Isham Reavis, is mounted at the North West corner of the Court House in Greenville, Illinois. Isham died on the old Reavis Farm which he entered at a cost of 50 cents an acre.".