Reeves, Jasper

Summary

Father: Frederick Reeves
Mother: Permelia Parrott

Birth: 5 Jan 1834, Walton County, Georgia
Birth Source: Frederick Reeves Family Bible

Death: 29 Dec 1862, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Death Source: Georgia, Cemetery Records, 1857-1933, Obituary abstracts 1863 vol 1

Spouse1: Caroline E. Garrett

Narrative

Children of Jasper Reeves and Caroline Garrett:

1. Charles Reeves, b. 12 Dec 1855
2. James Reeves, b. 1859, d. before 1870
3. Elijah Shaw Reeves, b. 22 Sep 1860
4. Jasper Reeves, b. Jul 1862

Jasper Reeves enlisted on 4 Mar 1862 in the 42nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry of the CSA. He was killed in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi which was part of the Vicksburg Campaign. Chickasaw Bayou is a tributary of the Yazoo River which flows into the Mississippi at Vicksburg.

Jasper's brother Thompson Reeves was appointed one of the guardians of Jasper's orphaned children on 10 Mar 1870. Recorded in the Court of the Ordinary Administrators & Guardian Bonds Book G, page 367.

The child listed as one year of age in the 1860 census, James, apparently died very young because there is no further mention of him.

Research Notes

Sources

1850 Census - Division 88, Walton County, Georgia (HOH Fredrick Reeves)
1860 Census - Northern Division, Walton County, Georgia
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, online database at Ancestry.com
Georgia, Cemetery Records, 1857-1933, Obituary abstracts 1863 vol 1, online database at Ancestry.com
Georgia Death Certificate of son Charles Reeves, online at Ancestry.com (also names maiden name of mother)
Walton County GA, Admin & Guardian Bonds Bk G, pg 367