Reaves, Matthew L.

Summary

Father: Lovett Reaves
Mother: Eleanor Jane "Milley" Johnston

Birth: 1805, Wayne County, North Carolina
Birth Source: Census

Death: circa Aug 1859, Bradley County, Arkansas
Death Source: Admitted for probate on 8 Aug 1859

Spouse1: Jane Campbell, m. 4 Sep 1829

Narrative

Children of Matthew L. Reaves and Jane Campbell:

1. Jane Reaves, b. 1836, m. William C. Wood
2. James L. Reaves, b. 1843
3. Infant Reaves, b. 1850

Matthew Reaves married Jane Campbell on the 4 of Sep 1829 in Montgomery County, Alabama. Although there are conflicting dates in the various Alabama marriage collections at Ancestry.com, the date 4 Sep 1829

Research Notes

Sources

Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920, online database at Ancestry.com
1840 Census - Pennington, Union County, Arkansas
1850 Census - Pennington, Bradley County, Arkansas
Arkansas, Wills and Probate Records, 1818-1998