Meriwether County GaArchives Biographies.....H.H. Revill  1824 -  Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 1895

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
Page 520

H. H. Revill

H. H. Revill, one of Meriwether county’s prosperous farmers, is of English 
descent, his grandfather having come from England at an early day and settled 
in North Carolina.  He served with bravery in the war of the revolution.  His 
son, Harrison Revill, was born in North Carolina in 1796, and in 1817 settled 
in Jasper county, Ga.  He married Miss Nancy Caldwell, a daughter of David and 
Elizabeth (Tanner) Caldwell, native Virginians, but among the early settlers 
of the state.  Mr. Caldwell had also served in the war of the revolution.  H. 
H. Revill, the son of Harrison and Nancy (Caldwell) Revill, was born in Jasper 
county in 1824, and passed his childhood on the farm, with but few educational 
advantages.  On reaching manhood he engaged in farming, and soon accumulated 
considerable property.  In 1863 he enlisted in Company D of the Second Georgia 
state troops, under Capt. Worrell, and fought in many battles, among them 
Powder Springs, Atlanta, Jonesboro.  At the close of the war he returned home 
with no money to resume operations on his farm, and for some time met with 
many discouragements in his battles with the world; but his determination of 
purpose and courageous efforts won success, and he is now one of the solid 
farmers of the county, a man thoroughly respected by all who know him.  In 
1842 he married Nancy Caldwell, daughter of Matthew and Mornan (Satiwhite) 
Caldwell, Virginians, who had settled in Georgia, where in Jones county Mrs. 
Revill was born in 1820.  One child, Nancy A., was born of this union, but has 
since died.  The mother died in 1843.  In 1847 Mr. Revill married Miss Mary A. 
Gresham, born in Lincoln county in 1822, the daughter of Pleasant and Matilda 
(McKinney) Gresham.  She is a member of the Primitive Baptist church.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Revill have one child, Isabel.



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