Reeves, Absalom

Summary

Father: William Reeves
Mother: Margaret Floyd

Birth: 12 Jul 1802, South Carolina
Birth Source: Gravestone inscription, Reeves Cemetery, Bedford County, TN

Death: 5 Feb 1879, Bedford County, Tennessee
Death Source: Gravestone inscription, Reeves Cemetery

Spouse1: Elizabeth Wheeler

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Narrative

Children of Absalom Reeves and Elizabeth Wheeler:

1. Emily C Reeves, b. c1826
2. William C. Reeves, b. 1827
3. Nancy E Reeves, b. 5 Jun 1830
4. Nathaniel Reeves, b. c1832
5. Mary Ann Reeves, b. 1834
6. Elliette C. Reeves, b. 1836
7. Lurcria A. Reeves, b. 1838
8. Thomas F. Reeves, b. 1842
9. Jordan Jackson Reeves, b. 1843
10. James K. Polk Reeves, b. 1846

Absalom's sisters Elizabeth and Rebecca gave him power of attorney to sell their portions of the land inherited from William Reaves. It appears Reuben had charge of the rest. On 8 Jan 1836, Absalom Reeves sold to Dudley Crutchfield land in Bedford Co., on waters of Falling Creek, "it being three seventh of a one hundred and six acres left by will of William Reaves, deceased, to his heirs."

Absalom left a will, but it only mentions his wife Elizabeth.

Sources

Birth:        Headstone, Reeves Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee
Death:      Headstone, Reeves Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee
Census:    1830 Census - Bedford County, Tennessee
                   1840 Census - Bedford County, Tennessee
                   1850 Census - Bedford County, Tennessee
                   1860 Census - Bedford County, Tennessee
                   1870 Census - Bedford County, Tennessee
History:    1834 Calloway Co., Kentucky Tax List, 320 acres
                   1874 Will - Absalom Reeves, Bedford County, Tennessee, Will Book 1, p367
                   1835 POA - Waitman and Elizabeth Gullett to Absalom Reeves
                   1835 POA - Coleman and Rebecca Nichols to Absalom Reaves
                   1836 Deed - Absalom Reeves to Dudley Crutchfield