Reeves, Edward

Summary

Father: Robert Reeves
Mother: Thomas, Rachel

Birth: 16 August 1799, Bladen County, NC
Birth Source: Cemetery inscription, Vicksburg, MS

Death: 20 November 1854, Vicksburg, MS
Death Source: Cemetery inscription, Vicksburg, MS

Spouse1: Melvin, Nancy Ann

Narrative

Children of Edward and Nancy include:

1. James T. Reeves
2. Edward Reeves
3. Mary A. Reeves

Following birth and after starting a family in Bladen County, NC, Edward set off for Texas with his wife and three children, however died from cholera enroute while traveling by boat near Vicksburg, MS. Recovering from the shock, and after several years, his family continued on their journey and eventually settled in Caldwell, TX.

Edward's journey from North Carolina to Texas via Mississippi is recounted in the Confederate Veteran as well as the historical autobiography The Lone Star State.

Sources

Birth:          Cemetery inscription, Vicksburg, MS
Death:        Cemetery inscription, Vicksburg, MS
Burial:       Cemetery in Vicksburg, MS
                   
1830 Census:  Bladen County, NC
1840 Census:  Bladen County, NC
1850 Census:  Pender County, NC
                   
Journal:  Confederate Veteran Monthly, Volume XXX, S.A. Cunningham Founder, Nashville, TN 1922
The Lone Start State, History of Texas together with a biographical history of Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago 1803