Reeves, Leah Elizabeth

Summary

Father: Jeremiah Reeves
Mother: Mary Echols

Birth: 23 Apr 1804, Georgia
Birth Source: 1850 Census of Jackson County, Georgia and gravestone

Death: 19 Oct 1877, Smith County, Texas
Death Source: Carmel Cemetery, Lindale, Texas

Spouse1: Samuel Johnson Niblack

Narrative

Children of Leah Reeves and Samuel Niblack:

1. Mary Ann Niblack, b. 1826, m1 John W. Randolph m2 Elijah Jackson Potter
2. John H. Niblack, b. 1829
3. Eliza Niblack, b. 1832, m. Daniel H. Potter
4. Thomas Niblack, b. 1834
5. James Niblack, b. 1836
6. Crawford Niblack, b. 1845
7. Jane T Niblack, b. 1847

From the HISTORY OF ECHOLS FAMILY by Milner Echols in 1850:

"James Echols second daughter named Mary Echols, married Jeremiah Reeves. They had five sons and four daughters...Jeremiah Reeves first daughter, Leah, married Samuel Neblick (sic), lives in Jackson County, Georgia."

The 1860 census of Smith County, Texas lists the name of Samuel J. Niblack's wife as Elizabeth; however, she appears to be the same person as Leah, born 1804, named in the 1850 census of Jackson County, Georgia. Family information entered at Findagrave indicates that her full name was Leah Elizabeth.

Sources

History of the Echols Family by Milner Echols, 1850
1840 Census - Jackson County, Georgia
1850 Census - Jackson County, Georgia
1860 Census - Garden Valley, Smith County, Texas
1866 IRS Tax Assessment Lists - Texas
Photo of Gravestone in Carmel Cemetery at Find a Grave