Reeves, John

Summary

Father: Reeves, John
Mother: Unknown

Birth: c. 1804, Wilkes County, Georgia
Birth Source: 1850 Pike County, Georgia, Census

Death: Aft. 1860, Goliad County, Texas
Death Source: 1860 Goliad County, Texas, Census

Spouse1: Eady Davis, married on 3 May 1831, in Harris County, Georgia

Narrative

John was taxed alongside his father John Reeves, Sr., in Pike County, Georgia, as early as 1829. He appears in Pike County in the 1850 Georgia Census but apparently left for Arkansas in 1850 or 1851. He was living in Texas by 1860 and remained there for the rest of his life. Descendants still live in Victoria County, Texas.

Children of John Reeves and Eady Davis:

1. Sarah J. Reeves, born about 1832, Georgia, living Goliad County, Texas, 1860.
2. Marthiania Reeves, born about 1833, Georgia, living Goliad County, Texas, 1860.
3. John A. Reeves, born about 1835, Georgia, living Goliad County, Texas, 1860.
4. Johnson Reeves, born about 1837, Georgia, living Goliad County, Texas, 1860.
5. Eliza Reeves, born about 1839, Georgia.
6. Johnathan Reeves, born about 1841, Georgia, living Goliad County, Texas, 1860.
7. Mary A. M. Reeves, born about 1843, Georgia, living Goliad County, Texas, 1860.
8. Zachry T. Reeves, born about 1846, Georgia, living Goliad County, Texas, 1860.
9. James Knox Polk Reeves, born about 1849, Georgia, living Goliad County, Texas, 1860.
10. W. W. Reeves, born about 1851, Arkansas, living Goliad County, Texas, 1860.

Research Notes

Sources

Pike County, Georgia, Tax Digests.
1840 Pike County, Georgia, Census.
1850 Pike County, Georgia, Census, HH 138/138.
1860 Goliad County, Texas, Census, HH 879/927.