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BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY 8-391of James and Nancy Revier.parents of at least six children:James and Nancy Revier is believed to be the. . . Alice Revier, b. 1808, Virginia. . . Mary Anna Revier (21.2), b. 1811, Virginia. . . William Jackson Revier (22), b. April 2, 1818, Virginia. . . John Alderson Revier (21.4), b. June, 1823, Virginia. . . Jane Nancy Revier, b. 1824, Virginia. . . Son (died in June, 1835)It is believed that James Revier and Nancy (Alderson) Revier died in MauryCounty, Tennessee sometime after 1836 (mentioned in estate records of JohnAlderson). On December 6, 1826, Alice Revier married Samuel Ticer inLancaster County, Virginia. Alice (Revier) Ticer died in August, 1835 inWilliamsport, Tennessee. On July 26, 1838, Jane Revier married ThomasMcAdams in Williamsport, Tennessee. During a cholera epidemic in June of1835, listed was “a young Mr. Revier.”References: 1) Family Group Sheet, Patricia (Ferguson) Williams, August, 1997; 2)Internet Query, Genweb, Lancaster County, Virginia, by Jean Gilley, October, 1997; 3)Internet Query, Genweb, Maury County, Tennessee, by Jean Gilley, May, 1998; 4)E-mail, Connie Peck to Robert Casey, September, 1998; 5) Family Group Sheet, DonnaRandolph, November, 1999; 6) “Maury County, Tennessee Historical Sketches, by JillK. Garrett (cholera epidemic sketch)MARY ANNA REVIER (21.2) is possibly the daughter of James Revier andNancy (Alderson) Revier. Mary was born in 1811 in Virginia. On September13, 1832, Mary Revier married John Taylor Ayres in Maury County, Tennessee.John was born in 1807 in Kentucky. John and Anna Ayres were the parents offive children:. . . Helen Manerva Jane Ayres, b. December 31, 1839, Maury County, Tennessee. . . Thomas Jefferson Ayres (21.2.2), b. July 26, 1841, Maury County, Tennessee. . . John Polk Ayres (21.2.3), b. July 9, 1844, Maury County, Tennessee. . . Sarah Caroline Ayres (21.2.4), b. 1848, Maury County, Tennessee. . . Bruce B. Ayres (21.2.5), b. 1850, Maury County, TennesseeIn 1860, John and Mary Ayres were living in Maury County, Tennessee. In1870, Anna (Revier) Ayres and three of her children (Helen, Polk and BruceAyres) were living with her daughter, Sarah (Ayres) Larkin, in Maury County,Tennessee. In 1880, Anna (Revier) Ayres was next to her son, Bruce Ayres, inHumphreys County, Tennessee. On July 26, 1861, Helen Ayres married RobertM. Blackburn in Maury County, Tennessee. Helen (Ayres) Blackburn died onApril 3, 1916 in Pittsburg, Texas.References: 1) Internet Query, Genweb, Lancaster County, Virginia, by Jean Gilley,October, 1997; 2) 1860 and 1870 Censuses, Maury County, Tennessee; 3) InternetQuery, Genweb, Maury County, Tennessee, by Jean Gilley, May, 1998; 4) E-mail,Connie Peck to Robert Casey, September, 1998; 5) Family Group Sheet by MarthaYoung, 1998; 6) Confederate Pension Records, Tennessee State Library (John PolkAyres), web site, S9893 (veteran) and W7227 (widow)