Reeves, Solomon G.

Summary

Father: Absalom Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth Wheeler

Birth: c1825, Tennessee
Birth Source: Census

Death: Sep 1879, Bedford County, Tennessee
Death Source: 1880 Mortality Schedule

Spouse1: Rachel Catherine Covington

Narrative

Children of Solomon G. Reeves and Rachel Catherine Covington:

1. Levisa M. Reeves, b. c1846
2. Elizabeth J. E. Reeves, b. c1849
3. Mary Louisa Reeves, b. c1852
4. Samuel L. Reeves, b. c1854
5. Nancy G. Reeves, b. c1857
6. Cassandra Reeves, b. c1859
7. Solomon Reeves, b. c1861
8. Jeper A. Reeves, b. c1863
9. John E. Reeves, b. c1866

Minutes from the Bedford Chancery Court refer to "Solomon G. Reeves & wife Catherine who was a sister of said Ambrose B. (Covington)." On the census, his wife's name is given as Rachel C. Reeves. In a deed from 1847, Solomon G. Reeves and his wife Rachel Catherine Reeves sold land to A. B. Covington. An "A. Reeves" witnessed the deed.

In 1873, Solomon filed a claim with the Southern Claims Commission. Several witnesses gave testimony in the case file include Absalom Reeves who stated "I am the Father of the claimant but have not interest whatever in the claim." He also mentions his brothers Nathaniel and James K. Polk who "went into the rebel army."

The 1880 mortality schedule states both parents were born in North Carolina.

Research Notes

Sources

Death:        1880 Mortality Schedule

1850 Census:  Bedford County, Tennessee
1860 Census:  Bedford County, Tennessee
1870 Census:  Bedford County, Tennessee

1847 Deed - Solomon G. & Rachel Catherine Reeves to A. B. Covington - Bedford County, Tennessee Deed Book PP, p176
Bedford County, Tennessee Chancery Court Minutes 1846-1854
FamilySearch - Southern Claims Case File #17210, Solomon G. Reeves