Généalogie Wylie » William Campbell Reaves (1853-1923)

Données personnelles William Campbell Reaves 

• Il est né le 29 janvier 1853 dans South Carolina.Source 2
• Alternative: Il est né environ 1851 dans South Carolina.Source 3
• Récensement en l'an 1860, All Saints Parish,Horry District,South Carolina (Family #1048).
• Il est décédé le 28 novembre 1923, il avait 70 ans.Source 2
• Il est enterré dans Reaves Cemetery,Horry County,South Carolina.
• Un enfant de John James Reaves et Frances H. Edge
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 18 janvier 2020.

Famille de William Campbell Reaves

Il a/avait une relation avec Mariah E. Bell.

Enfant(s):

1. John D. Reaves  1876-1878
2. William Henry Reaves  1878-1926 
3. Robert J. Reaves  1880-1882
4. Tempie Reaves  1883-1900
5. Charlotte Reaves  1885-1902
6. Rebecca Jane Reaves  1887-1978 

Notes par William Campbell Reaves

WYNNESS THOMAS

Area History

Published on Saturday, January 09, 1999

Six miles north of Conway by Hickory Grove Church, Secondary Road 105 extends northeast from 905 and crosses the Waccamaw River at Reaves Ferry.

William Campbell Reaves (1853~1923) married Mariah Graham (1854-1919) andtheir children were Becky, who married William Vick, Charlotte andWilliam Henry (Willie). Another daughter died from influenza at age 17.Charlotte eloped and later died at the age of 17, not long after her babygirl was born. She was buried at the Reaves family cemetery. The child,named Charlotte, was raised by the McDowells, her father's relatives.

When the farm of about 500 acres was divided, Willie Reaves received theland near the river and Becky Vick's farm was about a half-mile north ofthe river on Reaves Ferry Road. This was the only road to Conway from thearea before Highway 90 was constructed.

Willie Reaves married Anna Parker and they moved into a small two-roomfarmhouse by the river. Their only child was John. After Anna Reavesdied, Willie Reaves married Henley Nixon. Their children were Virginia,William Henry (Bill), D.L. (all deceased) and Mary Emma Jones, who livesin Wampee. Virginia had four children and Bill had three children. MaryEmma's daughter Bonita, continuing the family tradition, resides in the old Nixon house at Nixonville.

In the early 1900s the Reaveses operated a ferry across the WaccamawRiver, charging 10 cents a passenger. The flat was on a set of cables andhand-pulled across the river. They owned a shingle mill, cotton gin andgeneral store in which the post office was located. Statistics from theoffice of the postmaster general state that "Vina Post Office wasestablished upon the appointment of William C. Reaves as first postmasterMarch 15, 1907. It was discontinued Jan. 15, 1926, when its mail went toNixonville.''

A two-story Woodmen of the World lodge towered among the five smalldwellings built along the river at Reaves Ferry. Families living in thesehouses to help on the Reaves' farm and enterprises included the Bryants,Holts, "aunt" Dycie Cox, Babe and Sarah Bratcher, Clarence Grissett andhis wife and Empy Gore. Two workers who helped with tobacco were "Missie"Pearce and her son, Berkley (1910-1998). The young man could operate theferry and take people across the river so quickly that Henley Reaves gavehim the nickname "Lightning."

During the 1930s, Bill Reaves stopped operating the flat across the riverand the road was discontinued. In 1971 a right of way was secured for aroad and a bridge was built in 1972. On Dec. 8, 1998, a new bridgeopened, replacing the old one across the Waccamaw River at Reaves Ferry.

Through the years as the family grew in size, additional rooms and awrap-around porch were added to the Reaves house. Cathleen Reaves, wifeof Bill Reaves (deceased), has lived in the Reaves house for 65 years.Their children are Billy (deceased), Robert and Tommy. She has ninegrandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Wynness Thomas of Conway is a free-lance writer and a member of the HorryCounty Historical Society.

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