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Author: MRS. WILTON PHILIP COBB
The Reaves Family.

  Drewey Reaves, who came from North Carolina, was among the earliest settlers
in this section. He settled in the lower part of this county near the Ocmulgee
River, and is buried beyond Rhine near Abbeville.

  Drewey Reaves was the father of the following children: John, who married
Sealey Burnham; Phillip, who married Eliza Boney; Martha, who married Wright
Tomelin; Sarah, who married William Akredge; Mary, who married Charlie Powell;
Celie, who married George Reid; Joseph, who married Eliza Roundtree; Creecie,
who married a Tatum.

  John, son of Drewey, married Sealey Burnham, and their children were: J. A.,
who married Millie Ann Lowery; Rev. Alfred, who married Annie Wilson; James, who
married Mantha Weeks; Bettie, who married a Statum; Celie, who married Dan
Ryals; Wright.

  Phillip, son of Drewey, was a Missionary Baptist preacher. He married Eliza
Boney, and they were the parents of: Phoebe, who married John McLeod; Sarah, who
married Allie McLeod; Lizzie, who married Steve Law; Steve, who married Mary
Studstill; Mary, who married Bill Dowdy; Celey, who married Bill Conley; Martha,
who married Malcolm J. McDuffie; Cullen; Babe.

  Josiah, son of Drewey, married Eliza Roundtree, and their children were:
Moses; Drew; James; Mary; Martha; John; James D.; Sara Elizabeth; Annie; George
R.; William R.; Nancy; Phillip A.; Celey.

  Drew, son of Josiah, was a Confederate soldier and died in service. Mary E.,
daughter of Josiah, married Wright Harrell; Martha, daughter of Josiah, married
Dan McCranie; James D., son of Josiah, married Katie McLeod; George R., son of
Josiah, married Sallie Brown; Phillip A., son of Josiah, married Ella Phillips;
Nancy, daughter of Josiah, married, first, T. M. Mullis, and second, J. D.
Williams.


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By MRS. WILTON PHILIP COBB

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