News: Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.

Devin descendant, Stanley Wayne Devin, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2014. He was the last living child of Ira & Oleta Devin.
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    John S. Reynolds[1]

    Male 1839 - 1865  (26 years)


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    • Name John S. Reynolds 
      Born 13 Jun 1839  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 03 Sep 1865  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Served in the Civil War with his brothers, William Harrison, Barton T., and Henry C.
      • John S. Reynolds s/o William Garrett Reynolds married when he was nineteen. His young wife was Mary Robertson and she had TB or contracted it soon after they were married. She died soon after her baby boy, Willie was born and Betsy Blair and William Garrett took him and nursed him with her own infant son, Johnsie (Keene Johnson Reynolds). John later married again to Alice Holt and had another son with Alice, and died at age 26 after having served in the Civil War.

        Condensed Excerpt from Family History by Christine Reynolds Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds, s/o William Garrett Reynolds
      Person ID I8244  Devin Timber | William Devin Progeny, Margret Devin Reynolds Descendants
      Last Modified 28 May 2011 

      Father William Garrett "Will" Reynolds,   b. 02 Apr 1811, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1868, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
      Mother Elizabeth Elvira "Betsy" Blair,   b. 25 Jan 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1891, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
      Married 25 Aug 1838  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
      Family ID F1488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Mary Elizabeth Robertson,   b. 1843, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Jun 1860, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)  [3
      Married 07 Jan 1858  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Willie Reynolds,   b. 1860
      Last Modified 22 Dec 2010 
      Family ID F2775  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Alice Holt,   b. 1846, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Married Abt 1862 
      Children 
       1. John B. Reynolds,   b. Abt 1863,   d. Aft 1923, Baltimore, Maryland U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
      Last Modified 28 Oct 2010 
      Family ID F2776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/vitals/marriages/60-69r.txt
        REYNOLDS, John S., age 24, widowed, occupation Merchant, son of William and
        Eliza Reynolds to Alice S. Holt, age 18, single, daughter of Caleb and
        Harriet E. Holt. 21 January 1864. Married by Mordecai Hagood.

      2. [S04100] A, Nancy L., email dated 03.March.2002.
        Her parents were William Reynolds(02 Apr 1811 Pittsylvania County, VA]-bef 20 Apr
        1868) and Elizabeth Elvia Blair, m. on 25 Aug 1838 in Pittsylvania County, Va. They
        had 8 children including Sarah Frances.

      3. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Early Marriages of Pittsylvania Co., Va John S. Reynolds and Mary E. Robertson 7 Jan 1858