Reeves, John William

Summary

Father: Sidney King Reeves
Mother: Sarah Caroline Nicholson

Birth: 5 Feb 1834, Pike Co., GA
Birth Source: 1850 Pike Co., GA, Census, Family Bible

Death: Aft. 1860, Clarke Co., GA
Death Source: 1860 Clarke Co., GA, Census

Spouse1: Marzie Durham

Narrative

Children of John William Reeves and Marzie Durham:

1. Sarah Reeves, b. 1860, GA.
2. John William Reeves, b. 1862, GA.

John W. Reeves was enumerated with his parents in Pike Co., GA, in 1850.

Family Bible states that he married Margie Durham 2 Dec 1858.

John W. Reeves was enumerated in Clarke Co., GA, in 1860. As John William Reeves, he married Marzer Durham on 2 December 1858 in Clarke County. John Calvin Johnson, a Methodist Deacon, performed the ceremony. John W. Reaves was living in HH 949/961, next door to the household that included James H. Reaves and James M. Nicholson in HH 948/960, in 1860. He was a merchant with property valued at $2620. His household in 1860 included wife Marzie, age 21, and daughter Sarah, age 8 months. R. K. Reaves, probably his brother Rufus K. Reaves, age 21, Clerk, was also living with the family. John W. Reaves apparently died during the Civil War. His widow Marzie and son J. W. Reeves, age 18, were living with Marzie's parents, Dr. and Mrs. M. S. Durham, in Watkinsville, GA, in 1870 (then Clarke County) and 1880 (then Oconee County).

Sources

Sidney King Reaves Family BIble
1850 Pike Co., GA, Census.
1860 Clarke Co., GA, Census.
1870 Clarke Co., GA, Census.
1880 Oconee Co., GA, Census.