Reeves, Joseph Allen

Summary

Father: John T Reeves
Mother: Harriett Elizabeth Beddingfield Elizabeth MNU (see Research Notes)

Birth: 02-Mar-1816, Georgia
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 12-Sep-1860, Leake County, Mississippi
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Mary Keenan, m. 16 Nov 1836, Harris County, Georgia

Narrative

Children of Joseph Allen Reeves and Mary Keenan:

1. Martha Elizabeth Reeves, b. 26-Aug-1837, Tallapoosa, Alabama, m. 01-Aug-1868, Leake County, Mississippi, John Calvin (Ned) Ellis, d. 04-Dec-1909, Leake County, Mississippi
2. Milton (Matthew?) William Reeves b. 22-Jan-1839, Georgia
3. Mary (May?) Ellen Reeves, b. 03-Jun-1840, Alabama, m. James Nathan Patridge, bu. New Hope Cemetery, New Hope, Leake, Mississippi
4. Sarah Frances Reeves, b. 19-Sep-1842, Alabama, m., Will Blackman
5. Nancy Ann Reeves, b. 03-Mar-1844, Alabama, m. 20-Dec-1882, Leake County, Mississippi, William P. Keenan, d. 03-Oct-1909
6. Joseph Patrick Reeves, b. 20-Oct-1845, Alabama, bu., New Hope Cemetery, New Hope, Leake, Mississippi
7. Virginia Aray Ann (Amanda?) Reeves, b. Mar-1847, Alabama, m. Jake Barnett
8. Emily Leora (Laura?) (Dumpy) Reeves, b. 22-Apr-1849, Alabama, m. 22-Dec-1890, Leake County, Mississippi, John Edward (Hap) Ellis
9. William Warren Reeves b. 15-Sep-1853, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
10. Charles (Charley) Allen Reeves, b. 23-Apr-1860, Alabama, m. 1896, Leake County, Mississippi, Paralee S. Foster, d. 29-Nov-1941, bu. Fuston Cemetery, Walnut Grove, Leake County, Mississippi

Joseph A. Reeves bought land from William Sharp in Tallapoosa County in 1841.

Research Notes

The wife of John T. Reeves and mother of Joseph Allen Reeves was previously believed to be Harriett E. Bedingfield based upon incorrect information published in The Reeves Review II. However, research of Reeves in Baldwin and Washington counties has proven that Harriett was in fact married to a John Turner Rives who died before 1820. Harriett Bedingfield was actually Harriett Elizabeth Hargrove who had married John Bedingfield in 1807 in Richmond County, Georgia. After John Bedingfield's death sometime before January of 1811, Harriett married John T. Rives who served as executor of John Bedingfield's estate after his marriage to Harriett in 1812. Probate records of Baldwin County, Georgia record the death of Harriett Rives in 1828.

Sources

Birth:          Headstone, New Hope Cemetery, Leake County, Mississippi
Marriage1:  Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950 (FamilySearch)
Death:        Headstone, New Hope Cemetery, Leake County, Mississippi

1840 Census:  Chambers County, Alabama
1850 Census:  Tallapoosa County, Alabama
1860 Census:  Leake County, Mississippi

Richmond County, Georgia Marriage Records
Baldwin County, Georgia Will Book A, p.31 - Will of John Bedingfield
1841 Deed - William Sharp to Joseph A. Reeves - Tallapoosa County, Alabama Deed Book B, p531