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266    RIVES, THOMAS HENRY [J76.1]

Location - Hickory Mountain Township. On the north side of SR 2176, Dewitt Smith Road, 1.2 miles east of NC 902, Pittsboro--Bear Creek Road

Coordinates: 35d 39m 28.0s N; 79d 17m 30.0s W Click here for Online Maps

In Hickory Mountain Township, on the north side of SR 2176, Dewitt Smith Road, 1.2 miles east of NC 902. Pittsboro-Bear Creek Road.

In 1972, W. Harold Broughton, page 28, reported 9 grave markers and noted that, in 1929, James Childs Rives Reliques of the Rives, page 239, said that Edwards Rives "is buried with his wife in the old Rives graveyard at his home about seven miles from Goldston, North Carolina, now included in what is known as the "Bynum Place." The stone marking his grave "has crumbled away to such an extent that all the information thereon is destroyed." In 1972, W. Harold Broughton stated that Edwards Rives home was at Pedlars Hill at the northeast comer of the intersection of SR 2129, Campbell Road, and SR 2181, Mark Willett Road; that the graves were not found; and that they may have been buried in the cemetery of his father, Thomas Henry Rives, at "The Barraks," now known as the Ike Bynum Place on SR 2176, Dewitt Smith Road.

On 11 January 1993, Will M. Heiser visited the cemetery with Robert M. Dixon and noted the 9 graves recorded by Broughton in 1972, and also the following monument which reads:

THOMAS HENRY RIVES
Bom in Va, ca. 1740
Died Chatham Co. NC, ca. 1809
His second wife
Mary Edwards Rives
b. in Va.
m. ca. 1769
died Chatham Co. NC

EDWARDS RIVES
son of Thos. H. and Mary E. Rives
b. in Va. 19 Mar 1775
d. Chatham Co. NC, 2 Feb 1840
m. 1800
His wife
Mary Ann Alston
b. 9 Jun 1785
d. 8 Sep l867

In Loving Memory
By Descendants
1980

Topo Quadrant: Siler City NE.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 11.
Cemetery size: 25' x 30'.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Poorly maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Wood fence.
Enclosed conditions: Fair.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 11.
Last burial: 1876.
First burial: 1809.
Listed: Yes.
Listed explanation: W. Harold Broughton, 1972, p. 28.
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser w/ Robert M. Dixon. Date: 11 Jan 1993.

1. Headen, Katy Anna   (b. 15 Sep 1862 - d. ca. 1866)
Daughter of Aaron Gaston and Mary Edwards (Rives) Headen. Broughton 1972, p. 28..
2. Headen, Macon Octavius   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Son of Aaron Gaston and Mary Edwards (Rives) Headen. Broughton 1972, p. 28..
3. R., N. N.   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Broughton 1972, p. 28.
4. Rives, Edwards   (b. 19 Mar 1775 - d. 2 Feb 1840)
Husband of Mary Ann Alston. Son of T.H. and M.E. Rives. Grave not found. Ref: "Reliques of the Rives." Broughton 1972, p. 28.
5. Rives, Elizabeth Jane (Farrish)   (b. 17 Feb 1814 - d. 4 Aug 1853)
Wife of Robert Edward Rives. Daughter of T. and F.Farrish. Broughton 1972, p. 28..
6. Rives, James Franklin   (b. 21 Aug 1849 - d. 9 Aug 1853)
Son of Robert Edwards and Elizabeth Jane (Farrish) Rives. Broughton 1972, p. 28..
7. Rives, Mary (Edwards)   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
2nd wife of Thomas Henry Rives. Broughton 1972, p. 28.
8. Rives, Mary Ann (Alston)   (b. 9 Jun 1785 - d. 8 Sep 1867)
Wife of Edwards Rives. Daughter of William and S.Y. Alston. Grave nor found. Ref: "Reliques of the Rives." Broughton 1972, p. 28..
9. Rives, Mary Ann (Brooks)   (b. 6 Feb 1822 - d. 14 Dec 1876)
Wife of John Joseph Rives. Daughter of J.J. and Hanna Brooks. Broughton 1972, p. 28..
10. Rives, Robert Edwards   (b. 24 Aug 1850 - d. 23 Jun 1853)
Son of James Franklin and Elizabeth Ann (Marsh) Rives. Broughton 1972, p. 28..
11. Rives, Thomas Henry   (b. 1740 - d. ca. 1809)
Husband of Eleanor (Neal) and Mary (Edwards) Rives. Broughton 1972, p. 28.