Reeves, Martin H.

Summary

Father: Elijah Reeves
Mother: Lillie Ann Moore

Birth: c. 1806, Wilkes Co., GA
Birth Source: 1860 Upson Co., GA, Census

Death: c. 1865, Upson Co., GA
Death Source: 1863 Upson Co., GA, Pauper List and 1863-1866 Upson Co., GA, Poor School Lists

Spouse1: Winny Walker, 5 February 1832, Upson Co.,GA

Narrative

Martin H. Reeves first paid poll tax in 1827, GMD 588, in 1827, which corresponds with the age he gave in the 1860 census.

Martin Reeves was apparently omitted from the 1850 Upson Co., GA, Census. He was enumerated in GMD 537, Double Bridges, Upson Co., GA, HH 292/266: Martin Reeves, 54, GA, Partial Pauper, $50; Winny, 47, GA; D. E., 27, female, serving, GA; L. A., 18, female, serving, GA; M. A., 18, female, serving, GA; M. M., 14, female, GA, Lunatic; I., 12, male, GA, Lunatic; C., 9, female, GA; W., 7, male, GA; S., 4, female, GA. Interestingly, Martin's brother Eustace was living only a few households away with an estate valued at more than $10,000 altogether.

The 1845 Poor School List for GMD 537, Upson Co., GA, showed George W. Reeves and Lily Ann Reeves. They were listed together. In most instances in these poor school records, such a listing denotes siblings. George W. Reeves was enumerated at the time of the 1850 census, at which time he was shown as a 17-year-old laborer living with the family of Willis and Sarah A. Martin. It seems likely that George W. Reeves was the oldest son of Martin Reeves, already living on his own by 1850. The 19-year-old L. A. Reeves shown in 1860 could be the child shown as Lily Ann Reeves on the school list. The other known sons of Elijah Reeves married after George W. Reeves was born. It is possible, however, that Eustace H. Reeves, who was born 1807, had a prior marriage that has not yet been discovered. Further evidence in support of this interpretation comes from the 1860 census, which shows both Eustace and Bloomer Reeves as prosperous farmers with substantial property, while Martin Reeves was shown as a partial pauper with only $50 worth of property.

1845 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List, GMD 537: George W. Reeves, Lilly Ann Reeves.
1846 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List, GMD 494: George Reeves, 14; John A. Reeves, 9; Elizabeth Reeves, 9.
1850 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List, GMD 537: Lilyann Reeves, Maryann Reeves, Martha Amanda Reeves.
1852 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List, GMD 537: Lilly Ann Reeves, age 8.
1853 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List, GMD 537: Lilly A. Reeves, Mary A. Reeves, James H. Reeves.
1854 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List, GMD 537: Lilly A. Reeves, Mary A. Reeves, J. L. Reeves.
1854 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List, GMD 537: Martin Reeves, 2 children; B. W. Reeves, 5 children; Eustace H. Reeves, 4 children.
1855 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List: Dilly A. Reeves, child of Martin Reeves.
1859 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List: Martin Reeves, 4 children.
1861 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List: William Reeves, son of Martin Reeves, and Caroline Reeves, daughter of Martin Reeves.
1862 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List: Martin Reeves, 2 children.
1864 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List: William H. Reeves, son of Martin Reeves.
1866 Upson Co., GA, Poor School List: William Reeves, son of "Mrs. W. Reeves" (also shown as "Widow Reeves").

The following are the known children of Martin and Winny Walker Reeves:

1. D. E. Reeves, born c. 1833, GA.
2. (perhaps) George W. Reeves, born c. 1833, GA.
3. L. A. Reeves, born c. 1842, GA. She is probably the child shown in school lists as Lily Ann Reeves.
4. M. A. Reeves, born c. 1842, GA. She is probably the child shown in school lists as Martha Amanda Reeves.
5. M. M. Reeves, born c. 1846, GA. She is probably the child shown in school lists as Mary Ann Reeves.
6. Jason Reeves, born c. 1848, GA. He appears on the pauper lists from 1868-1871. Lemuel Torbert was agent for him and Mary Ann Reeves in 1868; George Tillman was their agent in 1869, when both are listed as "Idiot."
7. C. Reeves, born c. 1851, GA. She is probably the child shown in school lists as Caroline Reeves.
8. W. Reeves, born c. 1853, GA. He is probably the child shown in school lists as William H. Reeves.
9. S. Reeves, born c. 1856, GA. She may be the Sarah Reeves listed on the 1870 and 1872 pauper lists with Mary Ann Reeves; she, too, was designated as an "idiot."

Sources

1860 Upson Co., GA, Census
1862 & 1863 Upson Co., GA, Pauper Lists
1840-1866 Upson Co., GA, Poor School Lists