Reeves, James

Summary

Father: probably William Reeves
Mother: probably Susan Hunter

Birth: 11 Feb 1794 North Carolina
Birth Source:

Death: before 1870, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Death Source: Absence from 1870 census

Spouse1: Susan Heath, m. c1825

Narrative

Children of James Reeves and Susan Heath:

1. Rebecca Reeves, b. 1827
2. Fredonia Reeves, b. 1829, m. John Westmoreland
3. William T. Reeves, b. 1821
4. James O. Reeves, b. 1835
5. George W. Reeves, b. 1837

REMINISCENCES OF HEMPSTEAD COUNTY by Alfred H. Carrigan -
...I remember to have heard James Reeves, who came here about 1818 or 1820, say that the Caddos and Delawares had villages on Lost Prairie on the southwest side of Red River in Miller County some eight miles below Fulton. Mr. Jas. Reeves was said to have been Delaware. Certainly he was of Indian descent...Reeves himself came from Kentucky.
From Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association, Fayetteville, Arkansas, pub. 1908.

Sources

1830 Census:  Hempstead County, Arkansas
1840 Census:  Hempstead County, Arkansas
1850 Census:  Hempstead County, Arkansas