Reves (Reeves), John Alfred

Summary

Father: George B. Reeves
Mother: Mary "Pollie" Farmer

Birth: 9 Jul 1818, Halifax County, Virginia
Birth Source: Reeves Family Records

Death: after 1880, Montgomery County, Mississippi
Death Source:

Spouse1: Nancy J. Cole, m. 2 Mar 1838, Stokes County, North Carolina

Narrative

Children of John A. Reves and Nancy Cole:

1. George C. Reeves, b. 1839
2. William C. Reves, b. 1841
3. Charles H. Reves, b. 1843
4. John M. Reves, b. 30 Mar 1846, d. 26 Nov 1920
5. Mary S. Reves, b. 1848
6. Benjamin Franklin Reves, b. 11 Oct 1849, d. 4 Mar 1924
7. Bettie S. Reves, b. 1852
8. Peter N. Reves, b. 1855
9. E. O. Reves, b. 1858
10. Addie Reves, b. 1862
11. Edgar S. Reves, b. Jun 1865, m. Ruth Oliver

John A. Reves and his family continued to use the family's original spelling of the surname. The earliest generations identified in the American colonies in North Carolina's Neuse Basin all spelled the name without the double "E" used by most Reeves families.

This appears to be the individual listed as "Alfred Reaves" in the 1840 census of Stokes County, NC and previously unidentified.

John A. Reves
Of Carrol County, Miss.

JUST and true, thy course pursue,
Offending none, from errors free,
Helping all who on thee call,
Now listen what we say to thee:
All love thee well who round thee dwell,
Regarding all thy actions true;
Extending light, each day and night,
Victorious on thy course pursue;
Encouraged by each motive high,
Still serve the Lord who rules the sky.

Nancy Reves
Of Carroll County, Miss.

NEATER by far, than a precious gold ring,
And once on a time, hearing her sing,
Nightingales came, her presence to greet;
Conscious that they, her music could beat,
Yet failing in this, did quickly retreat,
Resolving no more, in the land to be heard.
Excelled at last, by a mortal endeared,
Visions of glory, all vanished away;
Each fearing to speak, did secretly say
She sang more sweet, than an angel to-day.

From:
Original Acrostics on all the States and Presidents of the United States,
and Various Other Subjects, Religious, Political, and Personal
by Robert Blackwell
Pub. 1861 in Nashville TN, pg 157
IBID, pg 188

Sources

1840 Census - Stokes County, North Carolina
1850 Census - Carroll County, Mississippi
1860 Census - Police District 4, Carroll County, Mississippi
1870 Census - Township 20 Range 6, Carroll County, Mississippi
1880 Census - Montgomery County, Mississippi