Reeves, John Hays

Summary

Father: -Unknown possibly Ameriah Reeves
Mother: Unknown possibly Susanna Hays

Birth: before 1770, probably Virginia
Birth Source: Estimate based upon date of marriage

Death: c1846, DeKalb County, Tennessee
Death Source:

Spouse1: Nancy Hooten, m. 24 Nov 1796 in Grayson County, Virginia

Narrative

Children of John Hays Reeves and Nancy Hooten_

1. Elizabeth Reeves, b. c1798, m. John Tramel
2. James Reeves, d. Feb 1828, Warren County, Tennessee
3. Thomas Reeves, b. c1801, d. c1853 DeKalb County, Tennessee
4. Sarah Reeves, b. c1800, m. Sewell
5. Mary "Polly" Reeves, b. c1804, m. Lewis Starr
6. Susan Reeves, b. 1806, m. Burrell Short
7. John Reeves, b. before 1810
8. William Reeves, b. before 1810

A John Reeves, presumably this same individual, is recorded on the 1796, 1797, 1798 and 1799 tax lists of Grayson County, Virginia. He is recorded as marrying Nancey Hooten (record iincorrectly lists name as Horton), on 24 Nov 1796 in Grayson County, Virginia.

During the years 1796, 1797 and 1798 he is joined by an Amariah and Abner Reeves although there is no documented connection to those persons. (See Research Notes)

The noncupative will of son James Reeves, written on 14 February 1828 gives the names of the children of John H. Reeves as listed above.

According to the 1841 Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, Elijah Hooten, age 93, a pensioner, was living with John Reeves in DeKalb County, Tennessee.

Research Notes

Ameriah Reeves was originally found in Sal em County, New Jersey where he married Susanna Hays in 1762. He was recorded in Orange County, North Carolina on November Court 1774 where purchased a steer from the estate of Jacob Baison. It appears that Ameriah may have migrated westward to the New River area as other Orange County residents had done prior to the Revolution. However, there is nothing to document a connection between the Ameriah Reaves of Orange County in the 1770s and Ameriah Reves found in Grayson County in 1796 although his residence there may have just been temporary as he moved from Orange County to Tennessee. Ameriah's residence in Grayson County was at that same time as John Hays Reeves and is also recorded there as a taxpayer in 1796. John is very likely the child of Ameriah and Susanna Hays Reeves. John Hays Reeves also migrated into Tennessee and is found there on the 1820 census in Warren County. Based upon his middle name of "Hays", the dates of his residence in Grayson County and removal to Tennessese, it is highly probable that he was the son of Ameriah Reeves.

Sources

Marriage: Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 (FamilySearch)
Tax lists of Grayson County, Virginia (1796, 1797, 1798 and 1799)
Census:     1820 Census - Warren County, Tennessee
                   1830 Census - Warren County, Tennessee
                   1840 Census - DeKalb County, Tennessee
History:    Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1841 (Ancestry)