Reeve(s), Joshua Smith

Summary

Father: William Reeve
Mother: Netty (Nutty) White

Birth: 1801, South Carolina
Birth Source: Census

Death: c 1 Jan 1860, Cass (Bartow) County, Georgia
Death Source: Bartow County, Georgia Ordinary Minutes

Spouse1: Lydia Kay
Spouse2: Martha A. Brisindine on 17 Feb 1859 in Floyd County, Georgia (N. R. Smith, Minister)

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Narrative

Children of Joshua Smith Reeve(s) and Lydia Kay:

1. Noah Reeves, b. 1823, m. Paulina (Perlina) Kyle on 8 Dec 1847
2. Thomas Thompson Reeves, b. 1825, m. Nancy Slay on 5 Apr 1845
3. James Reeves, b. 1827
4. Netty Reeves, b. 1829
5. Polly Reeves, b. 1831
6. Tilman Reeves, b. 1833, m. Lucy Petty on 22 Oct 1857
7. Joel Reeves, b. 1835
8. John Reeves, b. 1837
9. Nancy Reeves, b. 1842
10. Joshua Reeves, b. 1845
11. Lydia Reeves, b. 1846
12. Mahala Reeves, b. 1848

In an 1832 Anderson County, South Carolina Common Pleas case, Joshua S. Reeves was taken to court by the former Commissioner Joseph V. Shanklin over money owed him from an 1826 note for $660. It was ordered he pay $76.95, apparently the remainder of what was owed. G. W. Reeves is listed as sharing bond on the payments.

Bartow County Ordinary minutes state that Noah Reeves and R. C. Hooper applied for administration "upon the estate of J. Smith Reeves, who resided at the time of his death in the said County of Cass and State of Georgia as aforesaid, and who departed this life about the first of the year 1860.

Sources

Marriage: Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950 (FamilySearch)
Death:      Bartow County, Georgia Ordinary Court Minutes Book E, pp. 189-190

1840 Census:  Cass County, Georgia
1850 Census:  Cass County, Georgia

Anderson County, South Carolina Common Pleas Roll 349
Bartow County, Georgia Probate Vol. 1, p. 395
Bartow County, Georgia Letters of Admin, p. 65