Reeves, Susanna

Summary

Father: John Reeves
Mother: Agnes McDonald

Birth: 20 Aug 1778, South Carolina
Birth Source: John Reeve Family Bible

Death: 2 Aug 1854, Monroe County, Georgia
Death Source: Baggett Family records from Elias Baggett Bible

Spouse1: Elias Baggett, m. before 1800

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Narrative

Children of Susanna Reeves and Elias Baggett:

1. Unknown daughter, b. 1800 (probably Susanna P. Baggett who married James Watson, 20 Nov. 1823 in Columbia County)
2. Rebecca Baggett, b. c1804, m. Edmund Fuller on 31 Aug 1825
3. Tennel Baggett, b. c1806, m. Nancy Elliott on 16 Mar 1837 in Monroe County, GA
4. Leona Baggett, b. c1815, m. John Sykes on 5 Sep 1837, Monroe County, GA
5. Minnie Baggett (Winey?) m. Jesse Croom on 4 Jul 1839, Monroe County, GA
6. Bennett Baggett, b. 22 Sep 1816, m. Eliza Gammon on 25 Feb 1841, Monroe County, Georgia

The 1850 census of Monroe County, Georgia lists Susanna Baggett's age as 66 (born 1784) in South Carolina. The Baggett Family records stating that Susanna was 76 years old when she died in 1854 (thus born about 1778) but no date of birth was listed. The John Reeve Family Bible provides the exact date.

The bible of Elias Baggett and source of birth/death dates was reportedly in the possession of a granddaughter, Mary Baggett Caldwell, of Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia in 1920. It gives this information:

Elias Baggett died Dec. 19, 1847, aged 75 years
Susana Baggett died Aug. 2, 1854, aged 76 years

Sources

Birth:          John Reeve Family Bible
Death:        Elias Baggett Family Bible

1832 Will of John Reeve, Columbia County Georgia WB W p. 304-306
Amite County, Mississippi Probate Vol. 29, pgs 190, 381, 532, 550, 571, 1867 Estate of John Reeve