Reeves, Thomas Jefferson
Summary
Father: James ReevesMother: Bethenia Williams
Birth: 7 Dec 1837, Lancaster County, South Carolina
Birth Source: Headstone, Death Certificate, Census
Death: 16 May 1916, Rich Hill
Death Source: Headstone, Death Certificate
Spouse1: Susanna Blackmon, m. 7 Nov 1855
Spouse2: Hannah Jane Belk, m. 18 Feb 1866
Narrative
Child of Thomas Jefferson Reeves and Susanna Blackmon was:- Sarah Elizabeth Reeves, b. 26 Jul 1856
- Mary Charlotte Reeves, b. 25 Apr 1867
- Jefferson James Reeves, b. 2 Oct 1868
- Delilah Reeves, b. 3 Apr 1878
- Minnie Jane Reeves, b. 1 Jul 1879
- Laura Thomas Reeves, b. 18 Nov 1880
Jonathan D. Johnson petitioned 27 Dec 1845 for appointment and was appointed guardian of Amey E. Reeves, Charlotte Ann Bethenia Reeves, and Thomas J. Reeves. Bond was secured by Philip T Hammond, William J Connors. On 11 July 1850, Philip T. Hammond replaced Jonathan D. Johnson as guardian for Amey, Thomas, and Charlotte.
T. J. Reeves was a 2nd Lieutenant in Co. H of the 2nd SC Regiment, the same company that John J and Thomas C Reeves were in. Jeffcoat's book notes that he was wounded, shot in the left hand. Reports from the Battle of Gettysburg note that he was slightly wounded.
T. J. apparently was visiting with the Blackmons in 1870 as he and his daughter Sallie appear on the 1870 census with them in Missouri.
Thomas Jefferson Reeves married first Susannah Blackmon. Blackmon researchers indicate that she was a daughter of Elisha Blackmon (c. 1797, SC - ) and wife Susannah, and sister to Byrum J. Blackmon and Andrew Bynum Blackmon, who married two of the Reeves sisters. She was born 4 March 1835 and died 17 March 1858. The 1860 Lancaster Co., SC, Census, Pleasant Hill, HH 1023/1032, showed Bethena Reeves, 54, $2000/$1800, SC; Charlotte A. B., 15, $1500, SC; Thomas J., 22, Farmer, $0/$2000, SC; Sarah E., 4, SC. Thomas J. and Sarah were shown in the same dwelling as Bethena but as a separate family. James A. Blackmon, age 22, was in the next household and Elisha Blackmon, age 63, in the following one.
The Lancaster News, 6 Jun 1916
Mr. Thomas J. Reeves died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. S. Kirk, Rich Hill, May 16. Mr. Reeves was in the seventy-eighth year of his age. He was for many years a member and an honored deacon of Fort (sic) Hill Baptist church. His mortal remains were laid to rest in the church yard of Fork Hill church the day following his death. The funeral sermon was preached by his pastor, the Rev. T. A. Dabney, in the presence of a large gathering of the relatives and friends of the deceased. Mr. Reeves is survived by his wife and one son, J. J. Reeves, and four daughters, as follows: Mrs. Lottie Faile, Mrs. Lila Mungo, Mrs. W. S. Kirk and Mrs. Philip Beckham.
The death certificate states he died at Pleasant Hill. The obituary gives a more specific location of the home of Mrs. W. S. Kirk at Rich Hill. Rich Hill is a few miles from Pleasant Hill.
Sources
Birth: Headstone, Fork Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Lancaster County, South CarolinaDeath Certificate, Thomas Reeves, 1916
Marriage1: Viola Caston Floyd Collection, Folder 2-19 BLACKMON-CLARK: An unsigned type-written statement by Bynum Blackmon, son of J. A. P. Blackmon. States that these dates are contained in the Robert S. Floyd Family Bible in possession of Mrs. E. J. Bailey. Lancaster Co., Library, SC
Marriage2: Viola Caston Floyd Collection, Folder 2-11 BASKIN-BASKINS: Letter From Frances Reeves Jeffcoat to Mrs. Floyd stated that T. J.'s daughter Minnie Kirk said that T. J. and Hannah were married Feb 18, 1866. Lancaster Co., Library, SC
Death: Headstone, Fork Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Lancaster County, South Carolina
Death Certificate, Thomas Reeves, 1916
The Lancaster News, 6 Jun 1916
1850 Census: Lancaster County, South Carolina
1860 Census: Lancaster County, South Carolina
Lancaster County, SC Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964, pkt 7446
1844 Will of James Reeves, Sr.
Jeffcoat, Frances Reeves. Confederate Records Lancaster District, South Carolina. Columbia, Author, 1986. pp. 34, 110