Reeves, Jesse Cleveland

Summary

Father: Burgess Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth Tanner

Birth: abt 1836, Dekalb County, Georgia
Birth Source: Census Record

Death: 19 Sep 1893, Lamar County, Alabama
Death Source: Widow's application for Civil War pension

Spouse1: Mary A. Waldrop (Green), m. Dec 1858 (See Research Notes)

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Narrative

Children of Jesse Cleveland Reeves and Mary A. Waldrop:

1. Lovie Ann Reeves, b. 13 May 1861, m. Frank Aldridge
2. James Polk Reeves, b. c1866, m. Sallie Phillips 21 Sep 1885
3. Jesse C. Reeves, Jr., b. c1868 m. Mary Ann Green∗ Allie W. Harrison 15 Aug 1889
4. Wyatt Jackson Reeves, b. c1873, m. Minnie Young 1 Feb 1894
5. Sidney R. Reeves, b. c1875, m. Lona N. Harrison 9 Oct 1898
6. Willie Reeves, b. c1879, m. Nora Edgeworth 3 Jan 1898
7. Elbert Reeves, b. Apr 1882, m. Gussie Butler 1 Mar 1900

In 1861 at Randolph County, Alabama, Jesse Cleveland Reeves enlisted as a private in the 13th Regiment of the 7th Alabama Cavalry under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. He served for the duration of the Civil War and was discharged after the surrender.

Research Note

In Mary A. Reeves' Pension File #11174, she states that her father's name was Davidson Green; however, the death record of her daughter Lovie Reeves Aldridge gives her mother's name as Mary Ann Waldrop. According to descendants she was the daughter of Davidson Green Waldrop. Davidson G. Waldrop is listed in the 1860 census in Randolph County, Alabama.
∗Marriage Records of Lamar County, Alabama indicate that Jesse C. Reeves, Jr. was married to Allie W. Harrison, not Mary Ann Green.

Sources

1850 Census - DeKalb Couinty, Georgia
1870 Census - Randolph County, Alabama
1880 Census - Moscow, Lamar County, Albama
Application for Widow's Pension by Mary A. Reeves, 1916 - Pension File #11174
Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957 - Online database at Family Search
Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1957 - Online database at Ancestry