Rieves, Thomas Jefferson

Summary

Father: Elijah Rieves
Mother: Mary "Polly" Stallings

Birth: 13 Oct 1829, Tennessee
Birth Source: Headstone, Census

Death: 1 Aug 1880
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Louise Annette H. Crawford, m. 6 Apr 1859, Maury County, Tennessee

Narrative

T J. and Louise don't appear to have had any children based on the census records. After he died, Louise/a remarried to a Mr. Jackson and she died 24 Mar 1919 (Headstone, Death Certificate). She is buried in the Rieves Cemetery next to T. J.

Thomas J. Rieves attempted to get money from the Southern Claims commission for "one chestnut sorrel mare 4 years old and about 15 1/2 hands high valued and worth $150." The claim was denied. In part of the questionnaire he states "I had a brother Wiley J Rieves in the Confederate army. I gave him no aid."

Sources

Birth:        Headstone, Rieves Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Marriage: Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 (FamilySearch.org)
Death:        Headstone, Rieves Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Census:      1860 Census - Maury County, Tennessee
History:      US Southern Claims Commission, Disallowed and Barred Claims, Thomas J Rieves, Maury County, Tennessee