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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    William Garrett "Will" Reynolds[1, 2, 3]

    Male 1811 - 1868  (56 years)


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    • Name William Garrett "Will" Reynolds  [4, 5
      Nickname Will 
      Born 02 Apr 1811  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
      Gender Male 
      Died 28 Jan 1868  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
      Buried Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
      Notes 
      • William Garrett Reynolds was a farmer, and a Baptist. He was a member of the Home Guards during the Civil War. He lived in Both Pittsylvania and Henry Counties, Virginia. His last place of residence was near Climax, Virginia.
      • William Garrett Reynolds was named for his maternal grandmother, Ann Garrett, mother of Sarah Ann Philpott.
      • William Garrett Reynolds published his last will and testament January 9, 1868 and died 19 days later.
      • William Garrett and his wife and children were charter members of Greenpond Baptist Church. It is said that they gave the wood for the first little church building. Their love for our Lord and service to Him are a treasured heritage.
      • Men of the community or adjoining communities would contest with each other in the skill of riding a horse at full tilt down a track and by means of a long lance, pick off rings suspended from poles by putting the lance through the rings. It was at such a meet that Johnson first met Mary Brumfield, who won his heart.
      • http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=089-1914-001#img
        Chancery Suit showing grandchildren of Sarah Philpott Reynolds show Will Reynolds' family of 7 living children. H. C. Reynolds is still alive in 1913, when this suit is filed.
      Person ID I4022  Devin Timber | William Devin Progeny, Margret Devin Reynolds Descendants
      Last Modified 30 Jul 2013 

      Father John Devin Reynolds,   b. 22 Feb 1783, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1831, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
      Mother Sarah Ann "Sally" Philpott,   b. 01 Oct 1784, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia C.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
      Married 19 Jul 1808  Henry County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
      Family ID F1489  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 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  [7
      Children 
      +1. John S. Reynolds,   b. 13 Jun 1839, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Sep 1865, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
       2. William Harrison Reynolds,   b. 25 Aug 1840, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
      +3. Barton Thomas Reynolds,   b. 10 May 1842, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Oct 1906  (Age 64 years)
      +4. Henry C. Reynolds,   b. 22 Mar 1846, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1910  (Age 64 years)
      +5. Jonah Lafayette Reynolds,   b. 06 Apr 1848, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1905  (Age 57 years)
      +6. George Washington Reynolds,   b. 13 Aug 1850,   d. 13 Jan 1918  (Age 67 years)
      +7. Sarah Frances Reynolds,   b. 10 Oct 1856, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1931, Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
       8. Clarissa Ann Reynolds,   b. 02 Jul 1858, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1924  (Age 65 years)
      +9. Keene Johnson Reynolds,   b. 30 Nov 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1926, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
      Last Modified 22 Dec 2010 
      Family ID F1488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Information for this family taken from a Published Family History of Keene Johnson Reynolds by his daughter, Christine Reynolds Stone and can be seen in the Danville Public Library, Genealogy Room, 2nd floor, Danville, Virginia

      2. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        23 Sep 1834 Wm (Garrett)Reynolds sold to John D.(Devin) Reynolds his interest in land undivided and subject to the widow's dower on Buckskin and Tomahawk Creek 226 ac. "I certify that 21st day of Aug 1845, William (Garrett) Reynolds, Charles T. (Thomas) Reynolds, Josiah Reynolds, Allen G. (Gilmer) Reynolds and Henry Headrick & wife Sally Reynolds conveyed to John D. (Devin) Reynolds their interest in said land."

      3. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        18 May 1863 "We William (Garrett) Reynolds and wife, Betsy (Elizabeth Elvira "Betsy" Blair sold to Barton (Wm. Barton, Sr.) Reynolds all claim in Sarah (Philpott) Reynolds's 1/3 of her parcel-fell to her by John D.(Devin) Reynolds, decd. $75.00 Wit. John S. Reynolds

      4. [S04249] Boisseau, Mary Leigh.
        William G. Reynolds

      5. [S04630] Rigg Website, viewed 22.Feb.2003.
        William Garret Reynolds

      6. [S04249] Boisseau, Mary Leigh.

      7. [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.