They purchased land on Country Line Creek about 3 miles east of Yanceyville.
It was near the land where his brother Durette had settled, the latter having married Matilda Oliver a sister of Nancy.

Reuben Oliver was killed by lightning while fishing on the banks of Country Line Creek in the summer of 1837. In August of that year an inventory was made of his estate and his wife Nancy named guardian of their children.

Isabella’s father Rueben Oliver (son of Stephen Oliver) was killed by lightning while fishing on the banks of Country Line Creek in Caswell County in the summer of 1837. Rueben’s wife Nancy Lea Oliver after the estate was settled and her children provided for, re-married James Eli Murray of the Crossroads Church community in neighboring Orange County, present day Alamance County. The Oliver’s had come to Caswell County from Caroline County, Va. in the late 1700’s.