Reeves, Jane

Summary

Father: William Reeves
Mother: Susan Hunter

Birth: 16 Apr 1799, Christian County, Kentucky
Birth Source: Letter for date and place, gravestone for date

Death: 8 Nov 1869, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Death Source: Gravestone for date, place is not known

Spouse: John B. Wilson, m. 14 Nov 1816 in Missouri

Narrative

Children of Jane Reeves and John B. Wilson:

1. Esther Wilson, b. 16 Mar 1818, d. 5 Sep 1818
2. George Langford Wilson, b. 27 Mar 1820
3. Clarinda Wilson, b. 11 Dec 1821 m Martin Adams
4. Thomas Franklin Wilson, b. 12 Nov 1822, d. 9 Apr 1878 m Martha unknown
5. Henry Green Wilson, b. 13 Jul 1826, d. 7 Mar 1876 m Hannah Dixon m2 Sarah McKnight
6. William Hickman Wilson, b. 21 Mar 1828, d. 20 Aug 1834
7. Harvey Young Wilson, b. 10 Jan 1830 m Elizabeth Garrison m2 Mariah Peachee m3 Eliza Ross
8. Jonathan Sanders Wilson, b. 10 Jan 1830
9. James Webb Wilson, b. 22 May 1832 m Susan Armstrong
10. Olympus Mackey Wilson, b. 1 Oct 1834, d. 25 Sep 1891 m Sarah McGuire m2 Sarena Hall
11. Larkin Clawson "Lake" Wilson, b. 5 May 1837 m Virginia Throckmorton m2 Mary Wilson
12. Rebecca Ann Wilson, b. 23 Jan 1841 m John Greeson

John Wilson was born in Green County, Kentucky. In 1810 he moved to the St Francis River in the Territory of Missouri. He and Jane married 14 Nov 1816 in the Territory of Missouri. On 16 Oct 1817, then relocated to the Big Red River (now in Hempstead County, Arkansas), where in 1818 their eldest child Esther was born there.

Jane outlived her husband John Wilson. In his 1869 probate papers in Hempstead County, she is named as "widow and heir", but probably just to her dower third, as all nine living children are named and have payment vouchers in the probate packet. Their son Thomas Franklin Wilson was the administrator.

Note: Former President Bill Clinton is a descendant of this couple through their daughter Clarinda who married Martin Adams in Hempstead County, Arkansas on 31 Oct 1839.

Research Notes

John B. Wilson at RootsWeb

Source

Birth:        Date of birth from Gravestone
                   Place of birth from a letter written by Stonewall Jackson Wilson to his brother Wade in the care of Will Johnson
Marriage:
Death:      Gravestone in Westmoreland Cemetery, Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas - See Burial
Burial:      Find A Grave, gravestone inscription photo from Westmoreland Cemetery

1830 Census - Hempstead, Arkansas Territory
1840 Census - Ozan, Hempstead County, Arkansas
1850 Census - Ozan, Hempstead County, Arkansas
1860 Census - Springhill, Hempstead County, Arkansas