Orange County Indexed
The Reaves surname
The Reaves name in Orange County Indexed: 45 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1765 to 1903
most named in the 1810s
- Deeds 1765
- Tax lists 1779–1780
- Court minutes 1780–1811
- Wills 1796–1842
- Marriages 1809–1903
- Records of enslaved people 1840
- In the chronology
- 1925 2 people in 1 entry
- Married into
- Allen 1, Andrews 1, Caldwell 1, Craig 1, Dunn 1, Hogan 1, Morgan 1, Townsend 1, Smith 1 · the marriages
- Spellings to try
- Reeves, Reves, Reavis, Reives, Reave
- Search beyond these records
- Reaves in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Reaves there)
- Reaves in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 2 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
In the historical records 45 records
3 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 9 marriages, 26 court minutes, 4 tax list entries and 2 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Reaves marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Reaves George
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Reaves John
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Reaves Ameriah
1780s
1790s
1800s
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court recorded the attending justices.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found for Drury Dunn; earlier defense attendance was excluded from costs, and Susannah Cole’s witness Jacob Garrison Sr was fine…
- 1811Court minutesThe jury upheld and valued the bond, rejected payment and satisfaction, and awarded Christian Peelor damages and costs.
- 1811Court minutesThomas Reaves, George Carey and Fredrick Mize were appointed to allot Burwell Chizenhall’s unnamed widow a year’s provisions and report n…
- 1811Court minutesDeed, John Reaves to Willis Reaves, proved by John Ray.
- 1816MarriagesMarriage bond: Michael Reaves and Betsey Morgan
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: Joshua Townsend and Polly Reaves
1830s
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: Archibald Andrews and Susannah Reaves
1840s
- 1840Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Thomas M Durham to Harriet Reaves, 25 June 1840
- 1842WillsWill of James (x) Carrell
1870s
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: Joseph H Allen and Mollie H Reaves
- 1878MarriagesMarriage license: James M Smith and Addie J Reaves
1880s
- 1880MarriagesMarriage license: Wm C Dunn and Emma G Reaves
- 1885MarriagesMarriage license: Manuel Craig and Lucy A T Reaves
1900s
- 1903MarriagesMarriage license: Jos Reaves and Lucy Hogan
Undated
- Court minutesGrand jurors Henry Bedingfield, Abraham Whitworth, John Dunnagan and 12 others were impaneled and sworn.
- Court minutesThe court selected six grand jurors for the next general court.
- Court minutesThe court empanelled grand jurors James Bowie, George Williams, John Dunnagan and 9 others.
- Court minutesWinnifred Pickett sued Micajah Pickett; William Reaves and Thomas Velvin were summoned for Winnifred.
- Court minutesA twelve-member jury was appointed for the Thomas Hart plantation connection to Tower Hill road, with James Wade, John Alston and Nathani…
- Court minutesJames Daniel became guardian of orphan John Gouge with Thomas Harris and William Reaves securing a two-hundred-pound bond.
- Court minutesJames Aycock, William Reaves and Wm. Wireman registered their marks.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were empanelled and sworn.
- Court minutesGeorge Reaves registered his mark.
- Court minutesWilliam Reaves brought an action on the case against Francis Desern.
- Court minutesChristian Hynes became guardian of James Alston’s five children, with four sureties securing a three-thousand-pound proclamation-money bond.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Catey Reaves to Elizabeth Sharp until age 18 to learn spinning and weaving.
- Court minutesDeed, John Reaves to Joseph Townsend, proved by Benjamin Newman.
- Court minutesGeorge Reaves registered a livestock earmark: a cropped right ear with three slits and a hole in the left.
- Court minutesThe court appointed John Griffin as road overseer.
- Court minutesJames Williamson won damages and costs against Spencer C Vaughan and Wm McCauley; the jury rejected payment and discharge defenses.
- Court minutesThe jury found Adam Sharp not liable to Hugh McAdams.
- Court minutesThe jury resolved every issue for Edward Harris, acting through his unnamed guardian, and awarded damages.
- Court minutesBennett Watson was nonsuited after failing to appear when called.
