The Descendants of Edmond Reaves (1775-1855): Volume I, Register Report for Robert Ryves, Dorset, England

The Descendants of Edmond Reaves: Volume I - The Register Report of Robert Ryves, Dorset, England is the first in a set of books on the ancestry of Edmond Reaves (1775-1855). The Register Report of Robert Ryves is a standard genealogical report of Robert Ryves (b. 1490) of Dorset England, the first known ancestor in this genealogy. The report focuses on the direct line ancestors and descendants of Edmond Reaves (1775-1855) of North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Although Edmond Reaves settled in modern day Calhoun County, Alabama, he is considered by some to be the founding father of most Reaves and Reeves families in Alabama today.

The book provides the most details of Edmond’s great grandson William Clemens Reeves of Etowah County, Alabama and his descendants. The Registry Report also contains an extensive list of sources for the genealogical information that it contains.

Modern surnames that can trace back to Edmond Reaves include Rives, Reaves, Reeves, Farrar, Moncrief, Henley, Couch, Young, McCullars, McCollum, Lumpkin, McMahan, Barnes, Johnson, Gentry, Cardwell, Huff, Shields, Bryan, Collier, Marbut, McGinnis, and Kangelos just to name a few.

For anyone that can trace his or her ancestry back to Robert Ryves of Dorset, England, this book is definitely worth the read. For anyone interested in the descendants of Edmond Reaves, this is a must-have genealogical resource.