• Rivers (also: Bishop, Davis, Harwell, Priest, Walker, Willis)
  Rivers Family Photos
  - England or France?; VA; NC; TN; Monroe and Clarke Co., AL (1700-1900)
  

  The Rivers family first settled in Virginia.

  (10) Pierre Rivers (1678-1750) m. Jeanne

  (9) Robert Rivers (1701/10-1765/71) m. Hannah Hunt(?)

  (8) Richard Rivers (1725-) m. Mary Nann

  Most of the Rivers family then moved from VA to AL via NC and TN. They arrived in southwest Alabama about 1815.
  

  NOTE: The ancestry of Rev. Joel Rivers has not been proven.

  • Papers of Adele Rivers suggest that Joel was born in England and Lord Thomas Rivers of England is Joel's father.
  • Family Group Sheets prepared by W. Kirkpatrick suggest that Robert and Hannah Rivers of Prince George Co., and Dinwiddie Co., Va. are Joel parents.
  • Your Inheritance, by Robbie Lee Gillis Ross, p. 232 suggests that Richard and Mary Rivers of Brunswick Co. Va. are Joel's parents and that Robert and Hannah Rivers are Joel's grandparents.
  
  

  (7) Rev. Joel Rivers (1748/9-1828) m. Rhoda Harwell (1757-1810)

  - Furnished a gun for the Southern Expedition Militia during the War for Independence.
  

  - Lay minister in the newly formed Methodist Episcopal Church.

  - Built the first Methodist Episcopal church in Claiborne, Alabama, in 1817 at his own expense.
  

  - Joel (No 194) and his son Mason Rivers (No 104) were signatories to the Oct, 1817 petition to Congress to prevent Mississippi from extending its boundary into the Alabama territory.
  

  (6a) Dr. Mason Harwell(?) Rivers^* (1774/5-1825/6?) m. Mary Willis (1774/84-1835)

  There are many unknowns concerning Dr. Mason Rivers.

  (6b) Joel Thomas Rivers (1776-1853) m. Mary Priest

  (5) Hinchey Petway Rivers (1810-1866) m. Rhoda Adaline Rivers^* (1815-1901)

  Hinchey married his first cousin Rhoda.

  (4) Joel Mason Miller Rivers (1836-1903) m. Ann Elizabeth Bishop (1842-1911)

  - Private, Captain Cleveland's Clarke County Cavalry, Army of the Mississippi, CSA
  

  (3) River Nile Rivers (1874-1906) m. Virginia May Davis (1870-1964)

  (2) Jacob Washington Barnes (1901-1960) m. Gladys Gayle Rivers (1905-1994)

  
  

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• Davis (also: DeLoach, Philen, Rivers, Sheffield)
  Davis Family Photos
  - Kent, England; VA; NC; Clarke, Monroe and Wilcox Co., AL (1600 - 1900).
  
  

  (11) Samuel Davis I (1610-1667) m. Elizabeth Benton (1612-1675)

  (10) John Davis, Sr. (1633-1714) m. Mary Green (1649-1741)

  (9) Samuel Gent. Davis (1670-1738/40) m. ?

  
  

  (8) John Davis, Sr. (1693?-1750) m. Ann Drew (1696?-1771)

  (7) William Davis, Sr. (~1718) m. ?

  
  Many of the Davis family members moved to Clarke, Monroe and Wilcox Co, AL, around 1830.
  For more details see , © 1991 by Mary Kennedy Reynolds, placed online thanks to Dave Larrimore.
  
  

  (6) Enoch Davis, Sr. (1768-1858) m. Elizabeth Ann DeLoach (1767/77-1853)

  (5) Samuel G. Davis (1812-1860) m. (1)Elizabeth Sheffield (1805/10-1849?) (2)Mary Eleanor Kirk (1832-1891)

  (4) Elijah Sanford Davis (1843-1910) m. (1)Laura Ann Philen (1842-1877) (2)Sarah Jane Slaughter (1856-1906)

  - Private/Musician in Co. C. (later 4th Corporal of Co. I.) , CSA
  

  (3) River Nile Rivers (1874-1906) m. Virginia May Davis (1870-1964)

  
  

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• Philen (also: Davis, Walker)
  Philen Family Photos
  - Northern Ireland?; SC; AL (1750-1870).
  

  Philen Family Data courtesy of Dan L. Philen. Other descendants of Peter Philen, Sr. (7) Peter Philen, Sr. (1760-1840) m. Fereby - Peter Philen, Sr., received revolutionary war pay in 1783 from South Carolina Militia. (6) John Philen (1784?-1817?) m. Christiana, widow of William Mixon John died before the family left South Carolina for Alabama.

  (5) Wesley Philen (1814-1887) m. Mary Walker (1810-1886)

  (4) Elijah Sanford Davis (1843-1910) m. Laura Ann Philen (1842-1877)

  
  

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