Reeves, Thomas
Summary
Father: UnknownMother: Unknown
Birth: c. 1730
Birth Source: Estimated from first South Carolina land plat
Death: Probably After 1775
Death Source:
Spouse1: Unknown
Narrative
Thomas Reeves may have been the father of:
- Thomas Reeves, Jr., mentioned in 1769 and 1775.
- Isaac Reeves, mentioned from 1769 to 1774, when he was executed. (Isaac Reeves was hanged at Charleston for horse stealing on 5 November 1774. He was described as a tall "white" man "of dark complexion" who "wore his own dark Hair.")
Thomas Reeves received a plat for 100 acres on the Edisto River in Colleton County South Carolina on 14 February 1759 and others on 20 February 1760 and 4 March 1760.
The tract in the 20 February 1760 record was 100 acres on the north west side of the western branch of North Edisto River, on a branch called Pettys pond Branch in Colleton County; the plat for this land was certified 14 February 1759. (Brent H. Holcomb, South Carolina’s Royal Grants, Volume One: Grant Books 1 Through 9, 1732-1761, p. 360, Book 9, p. 347.) The tract in the 4 March 1760 record was 100 acres on the north west side of the western fork of North Edisto River on a branch called Spur Branch in Colleton County, 4 March 1760; this plat was certified 14 February 1759. (Brent H. Holcomb, South Carolina’s Royal Grants, Volume One: Grant Books 1 Through 9, 1732-1761, p. 362, Citing Book 9, p. 380.)
He filed a memorial for two 100-acre tracts on the Edisto River on 21 March 1761. On 9 March 1767, one Thomas Reaves received a plat for 250 acres in Granville County, South Carolina, on Spur Creek of the Edisto River. It is not known whether all of these records pertain to the same individual.
One Thomas Reeves fell into difficulties during the 1760s and 1770s. Geography suggests he and the other Reeves associated with him may be connected with the Thomas Reeves of Colleton County, but that has not been confirmed. In 1768, one Thomas was sued, along with Samuel Wise and Thomas Poole, by Thomas Buckle. He may be the same Thomas Reeves accused of horse stealing in April 1769 (along with John Lynn and Thomas Hughes) and October 1770 (at which time Isaac Reeves and Thomas Reeves, Jr., were also mentioned; Hugh Hinds, Henry Summerall, John McGregor, and Thomas Summerall were also mentioned). One Thomas Reeves was charged with larceny in 1773.
A 1771-1774 land plat record makes reference to a plat for Isaac Odom for 250 acres in Granville County formerly laid out for Thomas Reeves. (Brent H. Holcomb, Petitions for Land From the South Carolina Council Journals: Volume VII: 1771-1774, p. 94.)
In 1775, Thomas Reavs, Sr., Thomas Reavs, Jr., and Daniel Reavs were listed on a militia roster for a company formed at "Salt Catcher's" — the area along the Salkehatchie River about forty miles north of Beaufort and the Carolina coast. This area is just north of Colleton; these men may belong to the Colleton family.
In 1784 and 1785, one Thomas Reeves was mentioned in land plats issued to Ephraim Pockett for land on the Peter's Pond and the South Edisto River in Orangeburg District.