John Clark Reese and Frances A. J. Hicks

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Husband John Clark Reese

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           Born: Abt 1826 - Georgia
     Christened: 
           Died: 1860-1870
         Buried: 

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         Father: John C. Reese (Abt 1785-1860/1870)
         Mother: Matilda Farrar (      -Bef 1836)

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       Marriage: 8 Apr 1846 - Newton Co., Georgia 1 2

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Wife Frances A. J. Hicks

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           Born: Abt 1829 - Georgia
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Children

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General Notes: Husband - John Clark Reese

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CENSUS:

<pre>1850 Richmond Co., Georgia, Division No 73; Aug 7; pg 883
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John C. Reese 24 Ga $-- Clerk
Frances " 20 Ga
John C. " 1 Ga
Sterling Clark 21 Ga Student </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1860 Richmond Co., Georgia, 4th Ward City of Augusta; Aug 30; pg 885
1505/1471
John C. Reese 34 MW Ga $16000/$5500 Commission Mer
Frances A. " 32 FW Ga
John A. " 11 MW Ga
Robert Turner 50 MB Ga $1300/$600 Dray Business
Susan " 45 FB Ga </pre>

John C. Reese owns 3 slaves in the Slave Schedule -- (28, F, Mu), (17, M, B), and (1, F, Mu), and he has 1 slave house.

In 1870 Francis Reese (42, Ga, At home) and Jno. A. Reese (21, Ga, Clk. Hotel) are living in Atlanta Ward 5 in the household of Joel Branham (70, Physician).

WHO IS HIS FATHER:

John C. Reese was born in about 1826 in Georgia. He married in 1846 in Newton Co. John C. Reese of Morgan Co., born in about 1785 in Virginia, has a place for him in the census. Morgan Co. and Newton Co. are contiguous. There is a John W. Reese, born about 1800 in Virginia, in Newton Co., but he has a son John born about 1851. The two John C. Reeses are probably father and son.

TWO MORTGAGES:

On June 11, 1859 in order to secure a promissory note in the amount of $500 of even date with this conveyance and due one day after date, John C. Rees of Morgan Co., Georgia conveys to John Clark Rees of Richmond Co., Georgia two tracts of land, one in Morgan Co. and the other in Paulding Co. This conveyance has the form of a mortgage. (Morgan Co., Georgia Deed Records, L379, image 199/355)

On October 5, 1859 in order to secure a promissory note in the amount of $1000 of even date with this conveyance and due 26 October next, John C. Rees of Morgan Co., Georgia conveys to John Clark Rees of Richmond Co., Georgia a tract of land in Morgan and Walton Counties containing 539 3/4 acres, one Negro fellow named Austin about 35 or 40 years of age, 5 jennies, and one jack. This conveyance has the form of a mortgage. (Morgan Co., Georgia Deed Records, L380, image 200/355)

1 Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, Newton > Marriages, Book C, 1843-1849. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

2 "Familysearch.org," "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXVM-437), John C. Rees and Frances A. J. Hicks, 8 Apr 1846; citing Marriage, Newton, Georgia; FHL microfilm 325,727.
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