Jane Burton
1745 - 1812 (67 years)-
Name Jane Burton - daughter of Richard Burton and Mary Ann Pleasants [1]
Born 1745 Virginia 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died Oct 1812 Grayson County, Virginia [1, 2] Buried Lt. George Reeves Cemetery, Grayson County, Virginia [1] Person ID I2138 Robinson Last Modified 15 Feb 2025
Family Lieut George Reeves, b. 1735, d. Apr 1811, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia (Age 76 years) Children 1. Elizabeth “Betty” Reeves, b. 1765, Virginia , d. 1850, Amelia, Alleghany County, North Carolina (Age 85 years)2. George Thompson Reeves, b. 1 Jan 1776, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia , d. 10 Dec 1811, Grayson County, Virginia (Age 35 years)3. Charity Reeves, b. 1783, Grayson County, Virginia , d. 1870, Helton, Ashe County, North Carolina (Age 87 years)4. John Reeves, b. 30 Dec 1785, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia , d. 9 Aug 1863, Grayson County, Virginia (Age 77 years)Last Modified 15 Feb 2025 Family ID F932 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 1745 - Virginia 
Died - Oct 1812 - Grayson County, Virginia 
Buried - - Lt. George Reeves Cemetery, Grayson County, Virginia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - note on Find a Grave:
Jane died after Oct 1812. She had 11 children with George Reeves: Jesse, Elizabeth, Mary, William, Ann, George Jr., Lucy, Prudence, Charity, John, and Susan.
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WYTHE CTY VA CHANCERY
One item I have already found is a court document which provided the approximate date of death of Jane Burton Reeves. There are numerous dates of death entries online but I had never found a valid source. A Jane Reeves is listed on the Grayson County tax lists through 1816 which I believe could have been George Reeves Sr.'s widow but Jane Osborne Reeves, the widow of deceased George Reeves, Jr. did not remarry until 1818 and those tax lists may have been listing her instead. Within the 1821 chancery case, a copy of a statement for George Reeves, Sr.'s account contains a court order which details the death of George's widow before 1 April 1813 when the sale of the property she had received as her dower was recorded. Another document in that file explains that all of Jane Burton Reeves' personal property was given to her daughters to be divided among them.
The Library of Virginia's Chancery Case Index continues to add more scanned documents for additional counties. This week I discovered a 236 page Wythe County chancery case which is based upon probate records of the 1821 suit Benjamin Austin et al vs the Administrators of George Reeves, Sr. of Grayson County, Virginia. The Wythe County index also includes two other cases pertaining to this Reeves' family, the 1815 "Matthew Dickey vs the Admins of George Reaves" (sic) and the 1833 case "George Reeves ETC vs James Cox ETC".
[1] - note on Find a Grave:
Children:
Jesse (h/o Elizabeth Terrill & Mary Bowers)
Elizabeth (w/o Samuel Phipps)
Mary (w/o Joseph Doughton)
William (h/o Ann Terrill)
Ann (w/o Bartholomew Austin)
George Jr. (h/o Jane Osborne)
Lucy (w/o David Cox)
Prudence (w/o Andrew Cox)
Charity (w/o Zachariah Osborne)
John (h/o Pheby Osborne)
Susan (w/o William Toliver)
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