William Reeves

#95, b. circa 1820, d. 20 July 1863
Birthc 1820South Carolina1,2,3,4 
Marriages 1840Missouri Baskin5,6 
Death20 Jul 1863Vicksburg fell 4 Jul 1863. 5th Regt captured and paroled about then.4 
Census1850Choctaw County, Alabama1
Census1860Lauderdale County, Mississippi2
Occupationa farmer in 1860.2,4

Family

Missouri Baskin b. c 17 Dec 1822, d. 2 Nov 1873
Children 1.Martha Reeves2 b. 1843 or 1844
 2.John Reeves1,2 b. 1844 or 1845
 3.Margaret Reeves2 b. 1845 or 1846
 4.Robert Belton Reeves+1,2 b. 1847 or 1848, d. 13 Oct 1898
 5.Sarah Reeves1 b. 1849 or 1850
 6.Virginia L. Reeves+2 b. 1851 or 1852
 7.Mary F(rances?) Reeves+2 b. c Aug 1853
 8.Emma C(ornelia Ann?) Reeves+2 b. c 1856
ChartsAncestors of William C. Cox
Descendants of William and Missouri Reeves
Notes
5'8", dark complexion, Grey eyes and black hair4
Some believe he was the son of John Reeves and Nancy Blackmon

Citations

  1. [S1175] 1850 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Wm Raves (William Reeves), Choctaw County, Alabama, Dwelling/Family number --/421.
  2. [S1017] 1860 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Wm Reives (Reeves), Meridian Post Office, Centre Beat, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, p 4, Dwelling/Family number 23/23.
  3. [S1018] 1880 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for R. B. Reeves, Beat 2, Township 8, Newton County, Mississippi, SD2 ED86, p 32D, Dwelling/Family number 264/264.
  4. [S4810] NARA, "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi", Fifth Infantry (State Troops), File of William Reeves.
  5. [S4812] Bonnie Smith, Jackson Smith, Robert Smith, Newton County Mississippi: A Cemetery Census 1782-1995, EBRS Publishing, Decatur, MS, 1997, p 35, Beulah Cemetery, Missourie Baskin Reeves (w/o William Reeves) 12-17-1822, 11-4-1873 age 50.
  6. [S1095] Will of Susan Baskin, 26 Jan 1858, Lancaster District, South Carolina, Will Book A, pg 37-41.