John Mayrant Jr. and Maria P. Reese

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Husband John Mayrant Jr.

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           Born: Abt 1785
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jun 1848 1
         Buried:  - Greenwood Cem., Jackson, Hinds Co., Mississippi

       Marriage: 11 May 1814 - Sumter Co., South Carolina

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Wife Maria P. Reese

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           Born: Abt 1794
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Mar 1849 2
         Buried:  - Greenwood Cem., Jackson, Hinds Co., Mississippi

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         Father: William Reese (      -Abt 1810)
         Mother: Mary James (      -After 1810)

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Children

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General Notes: Wife - Maria P. Reese

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Maria is referred to as "my daughter M. P. Rees" in the 1810 will of her father. The will mentions her brother Orlando but not her other brother William J. The record of her marriage mentions both. Two witnesses to the will have surname Bracey.

MARRIAGE:

There are two reports of the marriage in "South Carolina Marriages, 1800-1820" at ancestry.com, image 92/189. Images 1-3 indicate that these records are from a book entitled South Carolina Marriages, 1800-1820 compiled by Brent H. Holcomb and published in 1981 by the Genealogical Publishing Co. Images 7-9 provide the sources.

Mayrant, John Jr. of Sumter Dist., & Maria P. Rees, of same, spinster, 11 May 1813; William J. Rees, Orlando S. Rees, John B. Miller, John Potts, trustees; Stephen Ford, Jos. J. Singleton, X. J. Bracey, wit. Mar Set 6: 353-358

Mayrant, John Junr, attorney at law, & Maria P. Rees, spinster, Sumter Dist., 11 May 1814; William J. Rees, Orlando S. Rees, John B. Miller, John Potts, trustees; Stephen Ford, Jos. J. Singleton, A. J. Bracey, wit. Misc Rec C, pp. 117-123

Mar Set -- Marriage Settlements, a series at South Carolina Archives; followed by volume and page number.

Misc Rec -- Miscellaneous Records, a series at South Carolina Archives; followed by volume and page number.

OBITUARY:

Find-a-Grave Memorial # 118602168:

OBITUARY
Died, in Jackson, Miss. at the residence of her son-in-law, Gen. Wm. R. Miles, on Friday, the 9th inst. at sunset, Mrs. MARIA P. MARYANT, in the 55th year of her age.

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 118601893.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 118602168.