Reeves, James

Summary

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Birth: circa 1791
Birth Source: Estimate from 1840 census of Jefferson County, Arkansas

Death: before 1850
Death Source: Wife appears as HOH, widowed in 1850 census

Spouse1: Sarah MNU, possibly Brummett

Narrative

Probable Children of James Reeves and Sarah MNU:

1. Unknown son, b. 1811 to 1820
2. Unknown daughter, b. 1820-1825
3. Rennie Brummet Reeves, b. 1824
4. Charlotte Reeves, b. 1827, d. Mar 1860, ,m. John Bradshaw
5. John J. Reeves, b. 1831, m1 Sarah Smither, m2 Nancy J. MNU
6. Unknown son, b. 1826-1830
7. Russell Reeves, b. 1835, m. Lucinda Massengale
8. Sarah Ann Reeves, b. 1837, m. Jesse Smithee (Smither?)
9. Robert Reeves, b. 1843

The above children are based upon ages and sexes of children listed in the Jefferson County AR household of James Reeves in the 1840 census in additional to marriage records of that county along with subsequent census of households containing widow Sarah and other children.

In the 1830 census of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, James Reeves is recorded with 1 male <5 (John J.), 1 male 5-9 (Rennie), 1 male 10-14, 1 male 30-39 (James), 2 females <5 (Charlotte and unknown), 2 females 5-9 (unknown), and one female 30-39 (Sarah).

The 1840 census of Jefferson County, Arkansas records the household of James Reaves (sic) as containing 1 male <5, 1 male 5-9 (Russell), 2 males 10-14 (John J. and unknown), 1 male 15-19 (Rennie), 1 male 20-29, 1 male 40-49 (James), 1 female <5 (Sarah Ann), 1 female 10-14 (Charlotte), 1 female 15-19 and 1 female 40-49 (Sarah) .

In the 1860 census of Bartholomew, Jefferson County, Arkansas, son Robert Reeves was living in the household of John Bradshaw who married his sister Charlotte Reeves. Charlotte Reeves Bradshaw died from typhoid fever Mar 1860. In the 1860 census John Bradshaw was remarried.

Research Notes

Sources

1830 Census - Claiborne Parish,, Louisiana
1834 Tax List of Jefferson County AR, Arkansas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1819-1870 online database at Ancestry.com
1840 Census - Bartholomew, Jefferson County, Arkansas
1850 Census - Hoodsville, Jefferson County, Arkansas (HOH Sarah Reeves)
1860 Census - Vaugine, Jefferson County, Arkansas (HOH Jessee Smithee)
U.S. Federal Mortality Schedule 1860 (Charlotte Reeves Bradshaw)