Featherston Reese and Martha "Patsy" Medley

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Husband Featherston Reese

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           Born: Abt 1798 - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: After 1860
         Buried: 

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         Father: 
         Mother: Sarah "Sally" Reese (Abt 1765-1854)

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       Marriage: 21 Mar 1825 - Bedford Co., Virginia 1 2

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Wife Martha "Patsy" Medley

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           Born: Abt 1801 - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: After 1860
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M James R. Reese

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           Born: 26 May 1826 - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jul 1906 3
         Buried:  - New Herman, Bedford Co., Tennessee

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2 F Perlina Ann Reese

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           Born: Abt 1830 - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Silvanus Sullivan (Abt 1837-      )
           Marr: 4 Oct 1858 - Lincoln Co., Tennessee 4

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3 M William H. Reese

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           Born: Jun 1832 - Lincoln Co., Tennessee
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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4 F Armetta Reese

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           Born: Abt 1834 - Lincoln Co., Tennessee
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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General Notes: Husband - Featherston Reese

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CENSUS:

<pre>1830 Bedford Co., Virginia
Featherston Reese 100001-10001; 1 slave
male female
1 < 5 1
5-10
10-15
15-20
20-30 1
1 30-40
40-50
50-60
60-70 </pre>

<pre>1840 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Civil District No 2
Featherston Reese 0110101-020001; 1 in agriculture, 2 in manufactures and trades, no slaves
male female
< 5
1 5-10 2
1 10-15
15-20
1 20-30
30-40 1
1 40-50
50-60
60-70 </pre>

John Reese is on the same page. The male 20-30 may be the father of young Featherston (4 years old in old Featherston's household in 1860). I cannot find him in 1850. He presumably died between 1856 and 1860.

<pre>1850 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Sub Division No 2; Sept 27; pg 71
513/513
Featherston Rees 52 Va $800 Shoemaker
Martha " 48 Va
Pauline " 20 Va
William H. " 18 Tn Farmer
Armetta " 16 Tn </pre>

Featherston is not in the Slave Schedule. James R. Reese lives at 511/511. Paulina Reese (19, Tn) is also in the household of Andrew Burns in Subdivision 2 in Lincoln Co. taken Oct 29.

<pre>1860 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Civil District No 5, p.o. Charity; June 15; pg 43
315/304
F. Reese 62 Va $1800/$1200 Farmer
Martha " 60 Va
Featherston " 4 Tn </pre>

F. Reese is not in the Slave Schedule. He is in the sequence James R. Reese, F. Reese, W. H. Reese, Charlote Rives. James R. and W. H. are F.'s sons. Charlote is a daughter of John Reese. Young Featherston is presumably F.'s grandson whose parents are dead. The father may be the man 20-30 in the household of Featherston Reese in 1840. In 1870 young Featherston is living with his uncle W. H. Reese.

Young Featherston is in Madison Co., Alabama in 1900. Fred Reese in Madison Co. in 1920. Died 8 Nov 1928 in Madison Co. as Fred Reese. Married Laura Weddington as F. Reese 12 Jun 1897 in Bedford Co., Tennessee.

BEDFORD CO., VIRGINIA PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LIST:

Featherston Reese is in the Bedford Co., personal property tax list for the first time in 1831, and he is there continuously until 1831. At first he has one horse, and then he usually has two. In 1830 he owns one slave. From 1825 until 1830 his mother Sally Reese is in the tax list, and she and Featherston are always contiguous. Featherston probably moved from Virginia to Tennessee in about 1831.

1 U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I-VI, 1607-1943, Marriage Bonds of Bedford Co., Virginia; pg 982, image 985/1053. Repository: ancestry.com.

2 "Familysearch.org," "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZH8-V6KL), Featherston Reese, 21 Mar 1825; citing Marriage, Bedford, Virginia.

3 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 106401109.

4 "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002," Lincoln > 1838-1890. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.