Reeves, Nancy

Summary

Father: Probably Avery Reeves
Mother: Unknown

Birth: 5 Apr 1804, South Carolina
Birth Source: Census and date from Gravestone in Old Beans Creek Cemetery

Death: 30 Apr 1857, Franklin County, Tennessee
Death Source: Gravestone

Spouse1: William Claiborne Handley, m. Franklin County, Tennessee

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Narrative

Children of Nancy Reeves and William Claiborne Handley:

1. Sarah "Sallie" Ann Handley, b. 1830
2. Samuel Avery Handley, b. 1834
3. Robert Clinton Handley, b. 1837
4. Jonathan "John" R. Handley, b. 1839
5. Rebecca L. Handley, b. 1842
6. Claiborne Reeves Handley, b. 1844

Although there are no documents that prove positively that Nancy Reeves was the daughter of Avery Reeves, there is an abundance of records in Franklin County linking Avery to his probable son-in-law William C. Handley. There is even an 1833 bill of sale wherein a slave was sold to Dudley Johnson by both Avery Reeves and William C. Handley who apparently owned the slave jointly.