Reeves, Kingston H.

Summary

Father: Joseph Harris Reeves
Mother: Margaret "Peggy" Tucker

Birth: 1828, Colleton County, South Carolina
Birth Source: Census and Joseph Tucker Estate Records

Death:
Death Source:

Spouse1: Marzy Arant, m. 18 May 1851

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Narrative

Children of Kingston H. Reeves and Marzy Arant:

1. Hugh Reeves, b. 18 May 1854
2. Nick Darel Reeves, b. 8 Nov 1855
3. Sarah Reeves, b. 4 Aug 1857, d. 18 Oct 1858
4. Phryllis Reeves, b. 26 Jul 1859, 21 Apr 1935, m. Kinard L. Brewer
5. Mandy Alexey Reeves, b. 23 Mar 1861
6. Nellie Reeves, b. 23 Mar, 1863
7. Louis H. Reeves, b. 5 Apr 1866, d. 16 Sep 1922
8. Mary Elizabeth Reeves, b. 9 Oct 1868, d. 9 Aug 1936, m. James E. Gillam
9. Margaret "Peggy" Reeves, b. 19 May 1871
10. Marzy Reeves, b. 3 May 1874

Kingston H. Reeves is named in the equity suits of Barnwell County, South Carolina regarding the estate of his grandfather Joseph Tucker:

DAVID D. REEVES et. al. vs. GEORGE TUCKER, et. al.
Accounting & Distribution. Filed Aug. 7, 1849. "

Petiontioners are: David D. Reeves and Eliza, his wife; Thomas R. Bryant and Ann, his wife; George Heaton and Mary, his wife; Lewis Reeves, Kingston H. Reeves, L. P. Gressett and Unity, his wife; Lewis R. Howell and Sarah, his wife; John C. Reeves, George M. Reeves, Glen Reeves and Candice his wife, Margaret Reeves, Eliza Reeves, Caroline Reeves, Joseph H. Reeves, Thomas B. Reeves, Franklin L. Reeves and Ann of Colleton District, James Cooner and William L. Patrick of B. D., John Sowell and wife Sarah of Wakulla Co. Fla., and Joseph and Sarah Tucker, minors, by James Cooner next friend.

JOSEPH TUCKER, late of B.D., at his death owned a large estate and died leaving a will dated Jan. 27, 1843, probated March 23, 1843; his son, Geo. H. Tucker, qualified as executor. Widow, Mary Tucker, died January 1847.

From Exhibit A, the children of Peggy Tucker Reeves are named: "Children of deceased daughter Peggy Reeves entitled to her share: Ann the wife of Thomas R. Bryant; Mary, wife of George Heaton; Lewis Reeves, Kingston H. Reeves, Unity the wife of L. P. Grissett, Sarah the wife of Lewis R. Howell, and John C. Reeves."

On the 23rd of October 1863 at Green Pond, Kingston H. Reeves enlisted as a private in Co. G of the 4th Regiment of South Carolina Cavalry (Rutledge's Regiment) CSA.

Sources

Family Bible of Thomas Reeves and Susan Canady. Transcribed Bible Records - St. Matthews Museum, Calhoun County, South Carolina
Estate of Joseph Tucker, Equity Case Barnwell County, SC
1850 Census - St. Georges Parish, Colleton, South Carolina
1860 Census - St Bartholomews Parish, Colleton, South Carolina
Family Bible and research of Robert Aldrich, see Reeves Genforum message 5726