Reeves, James D.

Summary

Father:
Mother:

Birth: c1786, Tennessee
Birth Source:

Death: before Nov 1828, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Death Source: Wife remarried 1828

Spouse1: Lucy Hayes, m. 15 Feb 1809 in Opel, St Landry, Louisiana

Narrative

Children of James D. Reeves and Lucy Hayes:

1. Zella Ann Reeves. b. 1816
2. William Green Reeves, b. 1818
3. Christopher Columbus Reeves, b. 1819
4. Frances Reeves, b. c1820
5. Ellen Reeves, b. 1822
6. Isaac Monte Reeves, 1823

James D. Reeves served as a private with the American forces during the War of 1812 in DeClouet's Regiment of the Louisiana Militia.

In the 1850 census, Mrs. Lucy "Rives" is recorded living between her sons Christopher Columbus Reeves and William Green Reeves in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. By the 1860 census, she is listed in the home of her son Isaac Reeves along with his family.

Research Notes

Sources

1810 Census - Opelousas, Louisiana
1850 Census - Calcasieu, Calcasieu, Louisiana (HOH Mrs. Lucy Rives)
1860 Census - Calcasieu, Calcasieu, Louisiana (Mrs. Lucy Reeves, HOH Isaac Reeves)
War of 1812 Records, online at Ancestry.com
Marriage1: Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA Courthouse permission to marry 15 Feb. 1809; permission given by father, Bosman Hayes
Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925 (marriage to Lucy Hayes)
Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925 (Widow remarried 3 Nov 1828)