[1]   Gendex record: "Reaves, Reeves, Rives, Ryves Database," owned by Robert Thomas, 5006 

       Borders Drive, Anniston, AL 36206, 256-237-6074

[2]   Monograph by Benjamin F. Reeves, dated 1979.

[3]   Wake County, North Carolina deed records.

[4] Wake County, North Carolina deed records.

[5]   1800 United States Census for Warren County, North Carolina.

[6]   Monograph by Benjamin F. Reeves, dated 1979.

[7]   1810 United States Census for Madison County, Kentucky.

[8]   1820 United States Census for Madison County, Kentucky, page 172.

[9]   Gendex record: "Reaves, Reeves, Rives, Ryves Database," owned by Robert Thomas, 5006 

       Borders Drive, Anniston, AL 36206, 256-237-6074

[10] Madison County (Kentucky) Court records.

[11] Madison County (Kentucky) Court records.

[12] The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera.

[13] Madison County, Kentucky deed records.

[14] North Carolina Marriages to 1825.