Reeves, Thomas Columbus
Summary
Father: James Brady Reeves, Jr.Mother: Frances H. Sims
Birth: 5 or 8 May 1840, South Carolina
Birth Source: Headstone, Census. See Research Note 1.
Death: 24 May 1899, Kershaw Co., South Carolina
Death Source: Headstone, Obituary
Spouse1: Sarah Elizabeth Gay
Narrative
Children of Thomas Columbus Reeves and Sarah Elizabeth Gay:- Thomas Nathaniel Reeves, b. 23 September 1882
Thomas Columbus Reeves married Sarah Elizabeth Gay in May 1864 (CW Pension Application). She was born 3 April 1845 (CW Pension Application; DC). She died 25 November 1920 Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina (Obituary, DC).
T. C. was in the same Company during the Civil War as his brother John J Reeves.
The Lancaster Enterprise - 31 May 1899
Death of Mr. T. C. Reeves.
Mr. Thos. C. Reeves, formerly of Lancaster county, died suddenly at his home on the old Gay place near Bethel church in Kershaw county, the evening of the 24th inst. while at work in his field. His remains were interred in the old Laurel Hill graveyard just above Kershaw Thursday afternoon, 25th inst., the funeral services being conducted by Rev. Jabez Ferris, pastor of the Kershaw Baptist Church.
T. C. Reeves was born May 8, 1840. He volunteered in company H., Second South Carolina regiment in May 1861 and went through all the war and surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. He was wounded twice, once at Chicamauga, and received his second wound at Little Charlestown, Va. He belonged to the colorguard. The color sergeant was killed in battle and he caught up the colors and the staff was shot off just above his hand. He caught the colors before they fell and received a severe wound in his side. He delivered the colors to Colonel Wallace and was carried off the battle field. He has suffered a great deal since from the wound. He was a good, kind hearted, moral man and was liked by all who knew him. He was a son of the late James B Reeves. He leaves surviving him a wife, one son three brothers and a sister. He joined the Baptist church before the war and has lived a consistent member ever since. We hope to meet him on the other side of the river under the shade of the tree.
-Brother
Research Notes
(1) The birth dates for the children of James Jr. were recorded in a Reeves family Bible, now apparently lost, and recorded from there on a family group sheet by Dora Reeves. Obituary says he was born May 8 although his headstone and the record of the old family Bible read May 5.Source
Birth: Reeves Family Bible (see James Brady Reeves, Jr.)Headstone of Thomas C. Reeves, Laurel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Lancaster Co., South Carolina
Marriage1: SC Archives - Confederate Pension Application, Sarah Elizabeth Reeves, 1919
Death: Obituary of Thomas C. Reeves, The Lancaster Enterprise, 31 May 1899.
Census: 1850 Census - Lancaster County, SC
1860 Census - Lancaster County, SC
1870 Census - Lancaster County, SC
1880 Census - Lancaster County, SC
Death: wife - Death Certificate, Sarah Elizabeth Reaves, 1920
Obituary of Sarah Elizabeth Reeves, Fort Mill times, 2 December 1920