Sunday’s Obituary~Oliver Perry Rivers

Transcription:

Death of O. P. Rivers.

Writes for the Chronicle.
Oliver Perry Rivers, son of David and Catherine Rivers, born in Chesterfield county, S. C. sixty-two years ago departed this life on September 26th, 1912, at his home in East Point, GA. If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then this man was one of God’s noblemen.  He was one of the first farmers in Chesterfield county to produce unusually large yields on his lands. He moved to Georgia and there married Miss Sallie Gailey, who with their child, Miss Mae Rivers,survives him. Mrs. O. P. Rivers, being an invalid. Of his brothers and sisters, four brothers, Hugh, of Atlanta, Ga., James C. of Birmingham, Ala., Adolphus, of Midland, Texas, Richard L. of Orange Hill, Chesterfield county and sisters, Mrs. Joseph Lowery, of Wingate, N.C. Misses Bessie and Sadie Rivers of Mt. Croghan, S.C. and Mrs. Samuel Boatwright, of Ruby, S.C. of these brothers, one--Hugh--served two years in the war between the States.  He leaves an enviable reputation as a loving father,a kind husband, a patriotic citizen and a real Christian.

Oliver Perry Rivers was born in May 1850 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, a son of David T. Rivers and Katherine Eugenia Edgeworth.

He married Sarah M. ‘Sallie’ Gailey on 18 Jan 1883 in Cherke, Cherokee County, Georgia. Sallie was the daughter of D. J. Gailey and Eliza Guthrie.

To this union was born one child, a daughter: Maude Mae Rivers, born May 1884 in Fulton County, Georgia.



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1. "DEATH of O. P. Rivers.," Obituary, [The Cheraw Chronicle, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, SC, 3 October 1912, Page/Image 5, col. 5. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/.
2. 1900 U. S. Census, Fulton County, Georgia, population schedule, East Point, Fulton County, Georgia, enumeration district (ED) #36, Page 186B; Line 92, Dwelling 261, Family 288, Household of Oliver F. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 September 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: T623_0198.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, page 114, dwelling 284, family 284, Household of David [T.} Rivers; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
4. 1870 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, page 305A, dwelling 344, family 344, Household of David [T.] Rivers; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M593_1491.
5. 1880 U. S. Census,  Cleveland County, North Carolina, population schedule, Rippys, Cleveland County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #67, Page: 488D; Line 23, Dwelling NL, Family 104, Oliver RIVERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 September 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0958.
6. 1910 U. S. Census, Fulton County, Georgia, population schedule, East Point, Fulton County, Georgia, enumeration district (ED) #0127, Page 135B; Line 83, Dwelling 124, Family 140, Household of Oliver P. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 September 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: T624_0192.
7. State of Georgia, death certificate no. 8463-I (20 April 1927), Mrs. Sarah M. Rivers; Office of Vital Records, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA.
8. 1920 U. S. Census, Fulton County, Georgia, population schedule, Atlanta Ward 10, Fulton County, Georgia, enumeration district (ED) #146, Page 240A; Line 46, Dwelling 103, Family 122, Household of Sarah M. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 September 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: T625_250.
9. 1930 U. S. Census, Fulton County, Georgia, population schedule, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, enumeration district (ED) #130, Page 130A; Line 19, Dwelling 154, Family 219, Mae RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 September 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: T626_364.

Amanuensis Monday~Estate Folder #22 - David T. Rivers

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.

His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is Chesterfield County, SC Estate Folder #22, David Rivers, February 1891.¹

David T. Rivers, son of Frederick F. Rivers and Sarah “Siddie" Boatwright, died on 8 February 1891. His lifetime mate, Katherine Eugenia Edgeworth, had passed away almost 18 1/2 years earlier on 28 September 1872. David and Katherine were married about 1844. Together they raised a family of eleven; 5 sons and 6 daughters.

His daughter Siddie Rivers submitted a request for Letters of Administration and was granted Administratorship of the Estate on 12 March 1891. 


State of South Carolina}
County of Chesterfield}
To Hon. H. D. Tiller Judge of Probate for Chesterfield County
The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents to the Court
1^st That David Rivers late of Chesterfield County died intestate on the 8 day of Feb 1891 leaving a small personal Estate amounting to about Seventy five dollars
2^nd That letters of Administration has not [been] issued to any one and that the heirs of Said Estate have mutually agreed for letters of Administrations to be granted to the undersigned wherefore yore Petitioner prays that letters of Administrations be granted unto her in order that the Said Estate may be managed and Settled according to law and yore petitioner will ever pray

D. R Davis, J. C. Cason and A. H. Buchanan were appointed as appraisers for the estate on 7 March 1891. The inventory consisted of 3 pages of items with a total value of $84.97. 
The top three high value items in the estate were:

Mule – $15.70
Wagon – $12.75
Cow – $7.75




Goods worth $1 in 1891 dollars are now worth $26.32; so David’s 1891 Estate is valued at $2236.41 in today dollars.  

I haven’t checked the land records in Chesterfield County but there was no mention of land ownership in his estate file. If David owned any land it was sold or passed on to his sons before death.

The estate was settled and Letters of Dismissal were issued to Siddie Rivers on 19 March 1892.

This estate can be viewed free, on-line at www.FamilySearch.org.







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[1] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19383-21511-22?cc=1911928&wc=MPP5-829:190567401,190561002,190567402,190567403 : accessed 05 Oct 2014), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0001-0022 > image 470 of 493.[Probate Folder #22, Images 470-490, 20 pages]