Reeves, Elijah

Summary

Father: Daniel Reeves
Mother: Ellenor Guthrie

Birth: 20 Feb 1786, probably South Carolina
Birth Source: Daniel Reeves RW Pension Statement

Death:
Death Source:

Spouse1: Patsy Thompson, m. 13 Nov 1809 in Davidson County, Tennessee

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Narrative

Little is known of Elijah Reeves aside from his birth recorded in the Revolutionary War Pension application of his father, Daniel Reeves.

He was listed on the 1811 tax list of Davidson County, Tennessee along with his father, Daniel and brothers James and Elisha.

Elijah was not mentioned in the 1824 will of his father Daniel Reeves which may be an indication that he was deceased by that time. However, since Daniel only mentioned his wife and daughters in that will and none of his sons, it may just be that he had given them their legacies before his death as was often common.

This may Elijah Reeves who shows up in Lauderdale County, Alabama in 1830. The ages and genders of wife and children match the 1820 census fairly well. Elijah appears in a number of Lauderdale County deed records in 1834.

Sources

Birth:       Daniel Reeves RW Pension Statement
Marriage: Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Ancestry.com)
Census:     1820 Census - Davidson County, Tennessee
                   1830 Census - Lauderdale County, Alabama (probably)
History: 1824 Will of Daniel Reeves
                   1811 Tax Listing of Davidson County, Tennessee
                   1812 Tax Listing of Davidson County, Tennessee
                   North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 online database at Ancestry.coma