Reeves, Jesse Goodwin

Summary

Father: James Reeves
Mother: Nancy Goodwin

Birth: about 1803, Christian or Trigg County, KY
Birth Source: Documented as child of Jesse Reeves and Nancy Goodwin in will of grandfather Jesse Goodwin

Death: abt Oct 1829
Death Source: Undocumented. Wife widowed in 1830 Census of Obion County TN

Spouse1: Mahala Nedry, Obion County, TN

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Narrative

Children of Jesse Goodwin Reeves and Malaha Nedry:

1. Eliza Reeves, b. 1824
2. James Carrol Reeves, b. 4 May 1826, d. 1832 Jack County TX
3. Samuel Harrison Reeves, b. 3 Apr 1828

Undocumented family lore gives Jesse Goodwin Reeves' cause of death as pneumonia which he contracted after a winter bear hunting trip with David Crockett.

In an 1832 Civil Court case, William P. Ratcliffe, W. U. Watson, A. W. O. Totten were ordered to settle accounts with the administrators of Jesse Reeves who were William M. Wilson, Mahala Reeves, and Joel S. Endor?.

Research Notes

Sources

1830 Census - Obion County, Tennessee (Malaha Reeves HOH)
1840 Census - Obion County, Tennessee (Malaha Reeves HOH)
1850 Census - District 11, Obion County, Tennessee, USA (Malaha Reeves HOH)
1832 Civil Court Case - William P. Ratcliffe, W. U. Watson, A. W. O. Totten vs. Estate of Jesse Reeves, decd. - Obion County, Tennessee