Reeves, John C.

Summary

Father: Joseph Harris Reeves
Mother: Margaret "Peggy" Tucker

Birth: 18 Jan 1835, Colleton County, South Carolina
Birth Source: Census and Joseph Tucker Estate Records

Death: 13 Aug 1910, Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Death Source: Gravestone in Sunnyside Cemetery

Spouse1: Mary Ann Dukes

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Narrative

Children of John C. Reeves and Mary Ann Dukes:

1. Margaret "Maggie" Reeves, b. 1859
2. Electra Adelaide Reeves, b. 17 Oct 1860, d. 20 Aug 1951, m. William H. Fairey
3. Euchlin D. Reeves, b. 18 May 1863, d. 6 Jan 1922
4. Mary J. C. Reeves, b. 1865
5. George W. Reeves, b. 1868
6. Anna Dukes Reeves, b. 18 Oct 1872, d. 15 Apr 1947, m. William Fletcher Fairey
7. Ligon Reeves, b. 1875
8. Hazard Reeves, b. 5 Dec 1877, d. 25 Nov 1908

John C. Reeves is named in the equity suits of Barnwell County, South Carolina regarding the estate of his grandfather Joseph Tucker:

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

Petiontioners 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 Peggy Tucker Reeves are named: "Children of deceased daughter Peggy Reeves entitled to her share: Ann the wife of Thomas R. Bryant; Mary, wife of George Heaton; Lewis Reeves, Kingston H. Reeves, Unity the wife of L. P. Grissett, Sarah the wife of Lewis R. Howell, and John C. Reeves."

Sources

Estate of Joseph Tucker, Equity Case Barnwell County, SC
1850 Census - Colleton County, South Carolina
1860 Census - Orangeburg, Orangeburg, South Carolina
1870 Census - Branchville, Orangeburg, South Carolina
1880 Census - Branchville, Orangeburg, South Carolina
1900 Census - Orange, Orangeburg, South Carolina
1910 Census - Orangeburg Ward 2, Orangeburg, South Carolina (HOH - Fletcher W. Fairey, son-in-law)