Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameThomas Valentine Rives 
Birth18 Dec 1834, GA1
Death13 May 1862, Atlanta, Fulton, GA1
BurialLiberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Dawsonville, Dawson, GA1
FatherJohn Edwards Rives (1802-1895)
MotherElizabeth Warren (1802-1870)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Dawsonville, Dawson, GA1, Thomas V. Rives, 5 children, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64658322
!MARRIAGE: 10-Sep-1854 Hall, GA marriages300,553, Thomas Rives and Martha Chapman
!CENSUS: 1860 Sanford, Dawson, GA, 744/630, Thomas V. Rieves, 3 children
!OCCUPATION: Farmer
!REFERENCE: 1870 Kilough, Dawson, GA census, for widow Martha Rives, 5 children
!REFERENCE: Descendants of George Chapman555, Thomas C. Rives, descendants, "70. xi Martha Chapman #297 born 14 Jan 1831, married 10 Sep 1854, in Hall County, GA, Thomas C. Rives #390, died 13 May 1862, Atlanta Hospital."
!REFERENCE: Martha Carolyn Rives web site692, Thomas M. Valentine Rives, daughter Martha Carolyn Rives, "Martha Carolyn Rives (Mattie) (1), born December 8, 1861 in Dawson County, Georgia, died November 29, 1941 in Atlanta, Georgia, married November 29, 1883 in Dawson County, Georgia to Elbert Cisney Godfrey (1) (1861-1929), born April 16, 1861 in Coal Mountain District, Forsyth County, Georgia, died March 24, 1929, Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia Both are buried in Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia. ... Martha Carolyn Rives' father was Thomas M. Valentine Rives (2) (1834 - ?) and her mother was Mary Martha Chapman (2) (1831 - ?)."
!MARRIAGE: 10-Sep-1854 Hall, GA marriages300,553, Thomas Rives and Martha Chapman
!CENSUS: 1860 Sanford, Dawson, GA, 744/630, Thomas V. Rieves, 3 children
!OCCUPATION: Farmer
!REFERENCE: 1870 Kilough, Dawson, GA census, for widow Martha Rives, 5 children
!REFERENCE: Descendants of George Chapman555, Thomas C. Rives, descendants, "70. xi Martha Chapman #297 born 14 Jan 1831, married 10 Sep 1854, in Hall County, GA, Thomas C. Rives #390, died 13 May 1862, Atlanta Hospital."
!REFERENCE: Martha Carolyn Rives web site692, Thomas M. Valentine Rives, daughter Martha Carolyn Rives, "Martha Carolyn Rives (Mattie) (1), born December 8, 1861 in Dawson County, Georgia, died November 29, 1941 in Atlanta, Georgia, married November 29, 1883 in Dawson County, Georgia to Elbert Cisney Godfrey (1) (1861-1929), born April 16, 1861 in Coal Mountain District, Forsyth County, Georgia, died March 24, 1929, Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia Both are buried in Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia. ... Martha Carolyn Rives' father was Thomas M. Valentine Rives (2) (1834 - ?) and her mother was Mary Martha Chapman (2) (1831 - ?)."
Spouses
Birth14 Jan 1831, SC1
Death23 Feb 1886, Dawson, GA1
BurialLiberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Dawsonville, Dawson, GA1
FatherGeorge Chapman (1800-1848)
MotherMariam Goode Frasier (1801-1878)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Dawsonville, Dawson, GA1, Martha Rives, 5 children, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116461004
!MARRIAGE: 10-Sep-1854 Hall, GA marriages300,553, Thomas Rives and Martha Chapman
!CENSUS: 1860 Sanford, Dawson, GA, 744/630, Martha Rieves, 3 children
!CENSUS: 1870 Kilough, Dawson, GA, Martha Rives, 5 children
!CENSUS: 1880 Sanfords, Dawson, GA, Martha Rievis, widowed, 2 children
!OCCUPATION: Farmer
!REFERENCE: Descendants of George Chapman555, Martha Chapman, descendants, "70. xi Martha Chapman #297 born 14 Jan 1831, married 10 Sep 1854, in Hall County, GA, Thomas C. Rives #390, died 13 May 1862, Atlanta Hospital."
!REFERENCE: Martha Carolyn Rives web site692, Mary Martha Chapman, daughter Martha Carolyn Rives, "Martha Carolyn Rives (Mattie) (1), born December 8, 1861 in Dawson County, Georgia, died November 29, 1941 in Atlanta, Georgia, married November 29, 1883 in Dawson County, Georgia to Elbert Cisney Godfrey (1) (1861-1929), born April 16, 1861 in Coal Mountain District, Forsyth County, Georgia, died March 24, 1929, Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia Both are buried in Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia. ... Martha Carolyn Rives' father was Thomas M. Valentine Rives (2) (1834 - ?) and her mother was Mary Martha Chapman (2) (1831 - ?)."
!MARRIAGE: 10-Sep-1854 Hall, GA marriages300,553, Thomas Rives and Martha Chapman
!CENSUS: 1860 Sanford, Dawson, GA, 744/630, Martha Rieves, 3 children
!CENSUS: 1870 Kilough, Dawson, GA, Martha Rives, 5 children
!CENSUS: 1880 Sanfords, Dawson, GA, Martha Rievis, widowed, 2 children
!OCCUPATION: Farmer
!REFERENCE: Descendants of George Chapman555, Martha Chapman, descendants, "70. xi Martha Chapman #297 born 14 Jan 1831, married 10 Sep 1854, in Hall County, GA, Thomas C. Rives #390, died 13 May 1862, Atlanta Hospital."
!REFERENCE: Martha Carolyn Rives web site692, Mary Martha Chapman, daughter Martha Carolyn Rives, "Martha Carolyn Rives (Mattie) (1), born December 8, 1861 in Dawson County, Georgia, died November 29, 1941 in Atlanta, Georgia, married November 29, 1883 in Dawson County, Georgia to Elbert Cisney Godfrey (1) (1861-1929), born April 16, 1861 in Coal Mountain District, Forsyth County, Georgia, died March 24, 1929, Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia Both are buried in Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia. ... Martha Carolyn Rives' father was Thomas M. Valentine Rives (2) (1834 - ?) and her mother was Mary Martha Chapman (2) (1831 - ?)."
Marriage10 Sep 1854, Hall, GA300
Misc. Notes