My wife is desended through John Reeves, the half son of Peter Reeves. There has been, as far as we are concerned, a question as to the full names of his wives. We have John (b. 1824 in TN) married to Minerva Jane ? (b. abt. 1827 in Alabama) and have Minerva listed as the mother to John's children. Their son, Edman Bruin, is our line. We have John's second wife as Elizabeth ? (b. about 1831 in TN) but none of the children have been attributed to her. Recently we have information found by one of Edman Bruin Reeves decendants that Elizabeth L. Strickland is a Grandmother to Edman (my records disagree and show Elizabeth to be step mother to Edman). To further confuse the situation, the cousin's records show Elizabeth to be married to Joshua Reeves (my records show John (Joshua's half brother) to be father to Bruin. The cousin's records show Joshua to be a full blood Cherokee (My records indicate Joshua to be fullblood white but quite possible that John was half blood - we've never been able to verify John's mother). Now that I probably have everyone thoroughly confused, does any of this ring any bells for you? I'm thinking Elizabeth ? in paragraph two may be the Elizabeth L. Strickland mentioned in Paragraph three and that we have some errors with Joshua in there. Also, there seems to be an extra generation where my cousin shows Edman's father as a Robert Reeves who had a sister Fran. Here's hoping to run into some clues. Joe Thurstenson

Joe, we're using several sources for the Reeves Family, which will be included in "Genealogies of Marion Co Families 1811-1900, A Supplement." Some of this may help with your confusion. PETER REEVES Sr. (son of Isaac & Margery [___] Reeves) b NC 1770-1780 d Searcy Co. AR ca 1848 m Wilkes Co. NC 29 April 1801 SARAH "Sallie" REDDEN (daughter of William & Martha "Patsy" [Martin] Redden) b VA 2 March 1782 d Searcy Co. AR ca 1860. Emigrated with their children to the Bear Creek area in company with the Bakers before 1840. Sallie is a widow living with son John in Searcy Co. AR in 1850. JOSHUA REEVES, Reverend, (son of Peter & Sarah "Sallie" [Redden] Reeves) b TN 22 June 1820 d Holly Township, Van Buren Co. AR 8 Jan 1904 m/1 24 Feb 1842 RAENA MAHALA GRINDER b TN 20 July 1826 d Belton TX 9 Sep 1851; m/2 16 Oct 1852 ALCEY ELIZABETH KESTER b AR 5 Aug 1834 d Holly Township, Van Buren Co. AR 29 June 1926. Part of the wagon train traveling the Old Military Road thru Batesville, arriving Buffalo/Tomahawk area Dec 1845. Settled at Keeling Spring, later moving to TX. Joseph & Mahala's children lived with the David Barnett family. Joseph was taken away with the "Chain Gang" during the Civil War. JOHN REEVES Sr. (son of Peter & Sarah "Sallie" [Redden] Reeves) b TN 1824 m/1 MINERVA JANE ___ b AL 1827; m/2 ELIZABETH ___ b TN ca 1839. His mother aged 65 is living with them in Bear Creek Township, Searcy Co. AR 1850. In Burrowsville, Searcy Co. AR 1860, 1870. In Bear Creek Township, Searcy Co. AR 1880. Children of Joshua & Raena Mahala (Grinder) Reeves: SAMUEL REEVES b TN 19 Feb 1843 d 1843. LOUISA JANE REEVES b TN 16 Feb 1845 d 1845. ROBERT REEVES b TN 20 July 1845 shortly before the wagon train left Lebanon for Arkansas m BERTHONA A. PETTY. TABITHA DORCAS REEVES b AR 14 Nov 1848 d 1870 m ALEX CAMPBELL McCUTCHEON. SARAH RAENA REEVES b Milam Co. TX 24 Feb 1851 d 1894 m H. J. GRANTHAM (son of Charles W. & Nancy J. [___] Grantham) b MS Oct 1849. Children of Joshua & Alcey Elizabeth (Kester) Reeves: MARY "Polly" REEVES b AR 28 Sept 1854 d Holley Township, Van Buren Co. AR 15 Feb 1910 m WILLIAM ROBERT PIERCE (son of William J. & Elizabeth [___] Pierce) b Leslie, Searcy Co. AR 1 Jan 1854 d Holley Township, Van Buren Co. AR 26 Sep 1921. PETER ALLEN REEVES b AR 29 Oct 1857 d 1931 bu Shady Grove Cemetery, Van Buren Co. AR m Flag, Stone Co. AR 1882 HARRIET L. DILLARD (daughter of Mary Magdalene "Mandy" [___] Dillard) b MO 15 Oct 1863 d Lexington, Stone Co. AR 6 Aug 1923 bu Shady Grove Cemetery, Van Buren Co. AR. MANERVA CATHERINE REEVES b AR 18 June 1858 d 1932 m ca 1878 SYLVESTER RICHMOND KEELING (son of Elijah Melton & Lucinda [Prewitt] Keeling Sr., ex-husband of Nancy Elizabeth Keeling) b AR Dec 1854. In Tomahawk Township, Searcy Co. AR 1900. UNION A. REEVES b AR 6 Dec 1859 m JERRY GRANTHAM. JOSHUA A. REEVES b MO 13 April 1864 d 1919 m/1 Tomahawk Community, Searcy Co. AR 7 May 1885 MARY ELIZABETH STILL b TN 1879; m/2 ___. ISAAC WILSON "Ike" REEVES b AR 20 April 1867 d 1955 m TENNESSEE ETTIE CLIFTON BRADLEY. JOHN DAVID REEVES b AR 7 April 1871 d 1964 m/1 EVA STELLA KENDALL; m/2 MARY L. ___. THOMAS REDDEN REEVES b AR 20 Feb 1874 m ___. HIRAM REEVES b SCAR 20 Oct 1876 d 1967 m/1 ADDIE CUP b 7 Oct 1882 d 1910; m/2 MATTIE ALRED. Children of John & Minerva Jane (___) Reeves Sr.: PETER REEVES b Searcy Co. AR 1848. NANCY A. REEVES b AR 1850. PARISH G. REEVES b AR 1852 m MARY E. ___ b AR 1855. In Calf Creek Township, Searcy Co. AR 1880. CYNTHIA AGATHA REEVES b Searcy Co. AR ca 1854/5 m SCAR 15 Aug 1881 DAVID BARNETT (son of James & Martha [Kemp] Barnett, widower of Margaret Flurry Grinder, widower of Sarah Jane Cross) b TN 11 Nov 1827 d Searcy Co. AR 3 March 1915 bu Osborn Cemetery, St. Joe, Searcy Co. AR. EDMON BUCHANNON REEVES b AR 1856 m/1 ELIZABETH ___; m/2 13 June 1886 RIPSA ARTER TREAT (daughter of Thomas James "Tom" & Cynthia Adeline [Baker] Treat) b Hartville, Wright Co. MO 20 Jan 1870 d Glencoe OK 11 Nov 1961. Children of John & Elizabeth (___) Reeves Sr.: ALABAMA REEVES b AR 1863. DULCENA REEVES b AR 1865. RODA JANE REEVES b AR 1867. HIRAM W. REEVES b AR Sept 1869 died young. FRANCIS REEVES b AR 1870. EASTER REEVES b AR 1872. JESSE REEVES b AR 1875. JOHN REEVES Jr.b AR 1879. Sources for this information include the 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Searcy Co AR census and Steve Bemrich who's web site "A North Arkansas Tree Farm" can be accessed at http://209.196.125.11/GEN and "History of Searcy Co. AR." I've not had time to check all the Searcy Co marriage books nor all the Searcy Co census books nor the Searcy Co 1900 census so there are probably more details out there than what I'm sending here. Hope this is more helpful than confusing for you, Joe. If you run into problems, check out Steve's site - even email him with your questions. He's a most helpful fellow <grin> Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe and Awynne Thurstenson <jthurste@ipa.net> To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 1:45 PM Subject: [ARSEARCY] Reeves Surname Help > My wife is desended through John Reeves, the half son of Peter Reeves. > There has been, as far as we are concerned, a question as to the full names > of his wives. We have John (b. 1824 in TN) married to Minerva Jane ? (b. > abt. 1827 in Alabama) and have Minerva listed as the mother to John's > children. Their son, Edman Bruin, is our line. > > We have John's second wife as Elizabeth ? (b. about 1831 in TN) but none of > the children have been attributed to her. > > Recently we have information found by one of Edman Bruin Reeves decendants > that Elizabeth L. Strickland is a Grandmother to Edman (my records disagree > and show Elizabeth to be step mother to Edman). To further confuse the > situation, the cousin's records show Elizabeth to be married to Joshua > Reeves (my records show John (Joshua's half brother) to be father to Bruin. > The cousin's records show Joshua to be a full blood Cherokee (My records > indicate Joshua to be fullblood white but quite possible that John was half > blood - we've never been able to verify John's mother). > > Now that I probably have everyone thoroughly confused, does any of this ring > any bells for you? > > I'm thinking Elizabeth ? in paragraph two may be the Elizabeth L. Strickland > mentioned in Paragraph three and that we have some errors with Joshua in > there. Also, there seems to be an extra generation where my cousin shows > Edman's father as a Robert Reeves who had a sister Fran. > > Here's hoping to run into some clues. > > Joe Thurstenson > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >