Reaves, Henry Duncan

Summary

Father: William Reaves
Mother: Rachel Howell

Birth: 21 Dec 1828, North Carolina
Birth Source: Gravestone photo and 1830 Census of Johnston County NC

Death: 2 Apr 1899, Stephens County, Oklahoma
Death Source: Gravestone photo at Find A Grave

Spouse1: Mary Taylor (undocumented)

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Narrative

Children of Henry Duncan Reaves and Mary Taylor:

1. Mary J. Reaves, b. 1860
2. Thomas Reaves, b. 1863
3. Susan Reaves, b. 1866
4. Emily A. Reaves, b. 1869
5. Dellah Reaves, b. 1873

In 1862, Henry D. Reaves enlisted in The Chambers' Battalion, Alabama; Griffin's Regiment of Texas Infantry; Twenty-first Regiment or Battalion during the Civil War.

H. D. Reaves is recorded on the 1867 Voter Registration Lists in Colorado County, Texas which is also the address given for him in the probate records of his father William Reaves' estate in Chambers County, Alabama.

Research Notes

The photo of Henry Duncan Reaves' gravestone has several errors which may have merely been the result of his heirs not being fully aware of his family history or may have been errors made by the mortuary when engraving the stone. His surname is spelled "Reeves" rather than the usual "Reaves" spelling used by this family and his place of birth is engraved on the stone as S.C.

Sources

1830 Census - Johnston County, North Carolina
1880 Census - Precinct 3, Lavaca County, Texas
1848 Guardian Record, Chambers County AL Will Records Vol 1-2 p. 300
Probate of the Estate of William Reaves, 1867 Chambers County AL
Confederate Civil War Records