Reeves, John

Summary

Father: Thomas Reeves
Mother: Susan Canady

Birth: 20 Sep 1800, Colleton, South Carolina
Birth Source: Family Bible of Thomas Reeves and Susan Canady

Death: after 1860, probably Colleton, South Carolina
Death Source:

Spouse1: Nancy Tucker

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Narrative

Children of John Reeves and Nancy Tucker:

1. Eliza Reeves, d. 1897; m. John Heaton
2. Margaret Reeves, b. 1826; m. John Canaday
3. Candice Reeves, b. 1828; m. William Glenn Reeves
4. Caroline Reeves, b. 1831, d. 22 Jul 1877; m. Tatum Gressett
5. Joseph H. Reeves, b. 1836
6. Thomas B. Reeves, b. 1838
7. Franklin L. Reeves, b. abt 1839
8. Anna Reeves, b. 1842

Children of John Reeves and Nancy Tucker are all named in the equity suits of Barnwell County, South Carolina regarding the estate of Nancy's father Joseph Tucker:

DAVID D. REEVES et. al. vs. GEORGE TUCKER, et. al.
Accounting & Distribution. Filed Aug. 7, 1849. "

Petitioners are: David D. Reeves and Eliza, his wife; Thomas R. Bryant and Ann, his wife; George Heaton and Mary, his wife; Lewis Reeves, Kingston H.Reeves, L. P. Gressett and Unity, his wife; Lewis R. Howell and Sarah, his wife; John C. Reeves, George M. Reeves, Glen Reeves and Candice his wife, Margaret Reeves, Eliza Reeves, Caroline Reeves, Joseph H. Reeves, Thomas B. Reeves, Franklin L. Reeves and Ann of Colleton District, James Cooner and William L. Patrick of B. D., John Sowell and wife Sarah of Wakulla Co. Fla., and Joseph and Sarah Tucker, minors, by James Cooner next friend.

JOSEPH TUCKER, late of B.D., at his death owned a large estate and died leaving a will dated Jan. 27, 1843, probated March 23, 1843; his son, Geo. H. Tucker, qualified as executor. Widow, Mary Tucker, died January 1847.

From Exhibit A, the children of Nancy Tucker Reeves are named: "The children of deceased daughter Mrs. Nancy Reeves, entitled to her share; Candice Reeves, Margaret Reeves, Eliza Reeves, Caroline Reeves, Joseph Reeves, Thomas B. Reeves, Franklin L. and Ann Reeves."

In the 1860 Colleton County census, John Reeves' nephew David Adolphus Reeves, son of his deceased brother Silas, is living in his household along with his two youngest children Franklin and Anna.

Sources

Birth:          Thomas Reeves Family Bible

1830 Census - St. Georges Parish, Colleton, South Carolina
1840 Census - Colleton County, South Carolina
1850 Census - St. Georges Parish, Colleton, South Carolina
1860 Census - St. Georges Parish, Colleton, South Carolina

Estate of Joseph Tucker, Equity Case Barnwell County, SC