Reeve(s), Strawberry R.

Summary

Father: James White Reeve
Mother: Nancy Mitchell

Birth: 20 Dec 1817, South Carolina
Birth Source: Family Bible of Nutty Lucretia Reeve Donaldson

Death: 1878, Anderson County, Texas
Death Source: Gravestone inscription in Brush Creek Cemetery

Spouse1: Sarah McCutchen

Narrative

Children of Strawberry R. Reeves and Sarah McCutchen:

1. Nancy Ophelia Reeves, b. 1849
2. Arthur W. Reeves. b. 1851
3. James L. Reeves, b. 1853

Strawberry R. Reeves' date of birth is recorded in the family bible of Nutty Lucretia Reeve and William J. Donaldson.

From Garrett’s Necrology-Notes on old Dekalb and Fulton County Families
Strawberry Reeve son of James W. Reeve. He moved west and died there.

Research Notes

This family had consistently recorded their surname as Reeves until after around 1850 when they began to use the more common Reeves with two e's.

Sources

1850 Census - Murray County, Georgia
1866 Alabama Census - Dekalb County, Alabama
1870 Census - Township 8 Range 5, De Kalb County, Alabama
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (daughter Nancy)
Find A Grave tombstone inscription
Garrett’s Necrology-Notes on old Dekalb and Fulton County Families-1874-1932 (online at Family Search)