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Reeves, Wiley (1827 GA - 1900 AL)

Reeves, Wiley

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Reeves, Wiley


Summary

Father: Loftin Reeves
Mother: Nancy Jeans

Birth: 5 May 1827
Birth Source: Census and Loftin Reeves Probate

Death: 9 Aug 1900, Lineville, Clay County, Alabama
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Arminda Elizabeth Whitworth b. 18 Nov 1831, d. 24 Apr 1915, Daughter of Thomas C. and Mary Elizabeth Guess Whitworth (death certificate of son, William Henry Reeves gives name as Amanda Whitworth)

Narrative

Wiley Reeves was the son of Loftin Reeves and Nancy Jeans. He was born in 1821 in Walton Co. one year after his father Loftin Reeves was in the Gwinnett Co. Census with Thompson Reeves and several other key members of the Reeves family. Walton County was at least partially formed by taking part of Gwinnett Co. They may not have moved. Several Reeves families were later shown to live in Walton Co. None seemed a good candidate for a father for Loftin Reeves however.

Wiley's headstone is broken, but clearly shows he was born in May 1827 and died 9 Aug 1900.

Children of Wiley and Arminda Elizabeth Reeves:
  1. Nancy Caroline Reeves b. 5 Nov 1849 Walton Co., Georgia; m. Green M. Knight
  2. Mary Frances Reeves b. 9 Jun 1851 m. Elisha Hendricks
  3. Hiram Harrison Reeves b. 21 Apr 1853; d. Mar 1919 Lineville; m. Victoria Young
  4. Thomas Marion Reeves b.1856 d. Atlanta Georgia; m. Dicey Hardy
  5. James Wiley "Bud" Reeves, b 21 May 1858
  6. Arminda Emilene Reeves b. 4 Jun 1860; d. 17 Oct 1874; m. Aaron Bell
  7. Annie Matilda Reeves b. 9 Nov 1862' m. Wyatt J. Green
  8. William Henry Reeves b. 28 Sep 1865; 23 Nov 1951 Clay County, Alabama; m. Fredonia Wilkerson
  9. Willis Cornelius Reeves b. 21 Apr 1868; d. 23 Nov 1895 Lineville Alabama
  10. Ida Elizabeth Reeves b. 15 Dec 1873 d. 1955 Barfield Alabama; never married
  11. Rufus Philo Reeves b. 27 Sep 1870; d. 1 Nov 1870

Research Notes

(1)     Per Tommie Reeves Smith, (some) Research of this family provided by Katherine Reeves Allen descendant of Willis Cornelius a son of Wiley Reeves.

According to Katherine Reeves Allen, an excellent Reeves Researcher, Wiley gave the information for the mortality record for Loftin Reeves. Katherine indicated to me that their family believes that the father of Loftin b. 1794 is named John Reeves and that he was killed by Indians. Proof is lacking.

(2)     On the 1880 census, it seems likely that several of Wiley's children are enumerated under the surname Whitworth. His mother-in-law and two brothers-in-law were included in the household after Wiley and his wife A E (Arminda Elizabeth) Reaves but before Wiley and Arminda's children.
Enumerated as        Relationship   More probably
 A M Whitworth        Daughter       Annie Matilda Reeves
 W H Whitworth        Son            William Henry Reeves
 W C Whitworth        Son            Willis Cornelius Reeves
 Elizabeth Whitworth  (blank)        Ida Elizabeth Reeves

Sources

Birth:
Marriage:
Death:
Burial:       Findagrave - Old Lineville Cemetery, Lineville, Clay County, Alabama

1860 Census:   FamilySearch     https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZML-S9T - Walton, Georgia
1870 Census:   FamilySearch     https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQM-Q3F - Walton, Georgia
1880 Census:   FamilySearch     https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JH-5RN - Clay, Alabama

1879 - Loftin Reeves Probate