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Reeves, Allen (c1810 SC - 1888 GA)

Allen Reeves

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Reeves, Allen


Summary

Father: Unknown
Mother:

Birth: c1810, South Carolina
Birth Source: Census

Death: 1888, Georgia
Death Source:

Spouse1: Elizabeth L. McLean, m. c1830 in South Carolina
Spouse2: Mary "Polly" Renfrow on 27 Jun 1843 in Fayette County, Georgia


Narrative

Children of Allen Reeves and Elizabeth McLean:
  1. Unknown daughter, d. before 1859, m. Callaway Walls
  2. Rachel M. Reeves, b. 16 Aug 1835 in SC, m. Larkin W. Presley
  3. Mary Jane Reeves, b. 1837 in Georgia, m. William A. Smith
  4. Oliver A. Reeves, b. 1838, m. Mary Ann Rentfrow on 12 Aug 1862
  5. Elizabeth Ann Reeves, b. 1842, m. Henry H. Jones on 29 Jan 1860
The above children are listed as legatees in the estate of Oliver McLean as well as the 1851 Will of Mary McLain, mother of Elizabeth L. McLain or McLean, decd.
Children of Allen Reeves and Mary "Polly" Renfrow:
  1. Piety Reeves, b. 1845
  2. Alexander Reeves, b. 1847
  3. Martha B. Reeves, b. 1848
  4. Nancy Reeves, b. 1851

This may be the Allen Reeves, age approximately 55 years old, born in North Carolina who is recorded in the 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia in Fayette County.

Note: There appear to be 3 different Allen Reeves in Fayette County, Georgia and separating the documentation regarding them is extremely confusing. The Allen Reeves who married Mary Renfrow in 1843 is many times listed as the son of Allen Reeves and Lucretia Williams; however, he was born in 1810 according to later census records and far too old to be their son. In the 1870 census of Fayette County, he is living in the next household to Oliver A. Reeves, the child of his first marriage to Elizabeth McLean.

In the 1840 census, this Allen Reeves is found in Capt. Nicklas District while Allen Reeves son of Wiley Reeves along all of the other members of that family are located in Capt. Simmons District.

Research Notes


Sources

Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944, online database at Ancestry.com

Census:    1840 Census - Fayette County, Georgia
                   1850 Census - Fayette County, Georgia
                   1860 Census - Fayette County, Georgia
                   1870 Census - Fayette County, Georgia
                   1880 Census - District 495, Fayette County, Georgia