Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameJohn Forsyth Rives
Birthabt 1831, Dawson, GA2
Death3 Jul 1863, Vicksburg, Warren, MS2
FatherJohn Edwards Rives (1802-1895)
MotherElizabeth Warren (1802-1870)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, John Forsyth Fives, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/KJWD-V8M
!MARRIAGE: 06-Sep-1849 Hall, GA marriages300,553, book A, part II, page 174
!CENSUS: 09-Aug-1850 38th District, Hall, GA, 45/45
!CENSUS: 25-Jun-1860 District 810, Hall, GA, 481/434, J. F. Rives
!REFERENCE: Reliques of the Rives543, page 232
!REFERENCE: Descendants of George Chapman555, John F. Reaves
!REFERENCE: Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Vol 4., Longino and Porter, Inc., Hapeville, Georgia, 1960. [975.8 G296 ros V.4], page 717
!REFERENCE: Ancestry.com196, John Forsyth Rives, picture, "Captain John Forsyth Rives made his home in Hall, GA near near the farm of his father. After graduating from Athens College he joined the gold rush to CA in 1849, but remained in CA only a short while, returning subsequently to GA. He was Captain of Company K, 43rd Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee, C. S. A., Hall County, GA, Brown's Boys. On the muster roll, he is listed as Captain 10-Mar-1862 and resigned 21-Sep-1862 or 23-Dec-1862. He re-enlisted, but the command was not stated. He was killed at Vicksburg, MS 03-Jul-1863."
!REFERENCE: 2002, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/rives/238/
Spouses
Birth12 Mar 1833, Pickens, SC1,2
Deathabt 1886, Fulton, GA1,2
BurialMount Paran Baptist Church Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, GA1,2
FatherGeorge Chapman (1800-1848)
MotherMariam Goode Frasier (1801-1878)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Mount Paran Baptist Church Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, GA1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245905161
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Harriet Kinsey Chapman, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/KJWD-VNJ
!MARRIAGE: 06-Sep-1849 Hall, GA marriages300,553, book A, part II, page 174
!CENSUS: 09-Aug-1850 38th District, Hall, GA, 45/45
!CENSUS: 25-Jun-1860 District 810, Hall, GA, 481/434, Harriet Rives
!CENSUS: 1870 Fulton, GA, 1545/1495, Harriett Reeves
!CENSUS: 1880 Buckhead, Fulton, GA544, 188/188, Harriett K. Rives, daughter Frances Blackwell is 2 households away465
!REFERENCE: 04-May-1886 Fulton, GA will probate, Harriet K. Rives
!REFERENCE: Bible in possession of Ben Couch, 1970554
!REFERENCE: Descendants of George Pegram541, Harriet Kinsey Chapman
Marriage6 Sep 1849, Hall, GA300
Misc. Notes
!MARRIAGE: 06-Sep-1849 Hall, GA marriages300,553, book A, part II, page 174
ChildrenGeorge Edwards (~1851-~1890)
 Mary Elizabeth (1852-1918)
 Frances Marion (1854-1920)
 Harriett Emeline (1857-1906)
 Olive Jane (~1859-1886)
 John Thomas (1861-1946)
 James Davis (1863-~1916)
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