Augustus Reese and Amarintha P. Walker

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Husband Augustus Reese

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           Born: 1815 - Greene Co., Georgia
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Feb 1886 - Morgan Co., Georgia
         Buried: 

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         Father: Joseph Reese (1775/1780-Abt 1833)
         Mother: Elizabeth Alston Crawford (1794-1851)

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       Marriage: 21 Jun 1837 - Morgan Co., Georgia 1 2

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Wife Amarintha P. Walker

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           Born: Abt 1821 - Georgia
     Christened: 
           Died: 1870-1880
         Buried: 

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Augustus Reese

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CENSUS:

<pre>1840 Morgan Co., Georgia, District 276
Augustus Rees 10101 -- 101; 17 slaves, 10 in agriculture, 1 in learned professions and engineers
male female
1 < 5 1
5-10
1 10-15 1
15-20
1 20-30
30-40
40-50 </pre>

He is in the sequence John P. Rees, x, T. B. Rees, 9x, Augustus Rees, 42x, Mrs. E. A. Rees.

<pre>1850 Morgan Co., Georgia, the 62nd District; 1 Oct; pg 281
Augustus Reese 35 M Ga $-- Lawyer
Amarintha " 29 F Ga
Martha J. " 11 F Ga
Jasper C. " 10 M Ga
Isaac W. " 8 M Ga
Augustus J. " 6 M Ga
Frances C. Walker 13 F Ga
Eliza A. Harriss 11 F Ga
Elizabeth C. Reese 5 F Ga
Seabron C. Reese 3 M Ga </pre>

In the Slave Schedule he is the owner of 25 slaves.

<pre>1860 Morgan Co., Georgia, Town Dist, p.o. Madison; July 16; pg 16
105/105
Augustus Reese 46 M Ga $18000/$44500 Atty at Law
Amaritha " 39 F Ga
Crawford " 20 M Ga
Isaac " 18 M Ga
Augustus " 16 M Ga
Seaborn " 13 M Ga
Thomas " 3 M Ga
Lulah " 1 F Ga </pre>

In the Slave Schedule he is the owner of 16 slaves.

<pre>1870 Morgan Co., Georgia, city of Madison; Aug 4; pg 20
188/188
Augustus Reese 56 M Ga $7000/$5000 Lawyer
Amarintha " 49 F Ga Keeping house
Seaborn " 22 M Ga Lawyer
Thomas L. " 12 M Ga At School
Yula C. " 6 F Ga At School </pre>

James H. Hollingsworth is at 186/186.

<pre>1880 Morgan Co., Georgia, City of Madison, ED 80; June 10; pg 28
223/291
Augustus Reese 65 Wd Ga Va NC Lawyer & Planter
Thomas " 22 son S Ga Ga Ga Farming
Yula C. " 16 dau S Ga Ga Ga At School </pre>

There are 3 servants in the household.


TAX RECORDS:

Tax records are available for Morgan Co. for 1808-10, 1812, 1817, 1818, 1820, 1823, 1824, 1826, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1838, 1840, and later. The following entry for 1820 is an example:

1820 -- Rece Joseph in Capt. Hubbard's District, image 525/592:
19 Morgan; 244 607.5 -- -- Sugar; Peneck Anderson; 1 poll, 23 slaves, 1 2wc, $9.51875

The image number refers to a file available online from familysearch.org. '19' is a district number. It is not the same as the district associated with Capt. Hubbard. 'Morgan' is the county of residence or the county where land is located. '244' is a number associated with land; I do not know its significance. In this entry there are 607.5 acres of first quality land, 0 acres of second quality land, and 0 acres of third quality land. The land is in the watershed of Sugar Creek, adjoins lands belonging to Peneck, and was granted to Anderson. Joseph Rece pays for 1 poll, 23 slaves, and one 2-wheeled carriage. He pays 9 dollars, 51 cents, and 8 3/4 mils. 'un' means 'unknown'.

The Apalachee River forms most of the eastern boundary of Morgan Co. It separates Morgan Co. from Greene Co. Jacks Fork is a small tributary of Sugar Creek somewhat upsteam from the confluence of Sugar Creek and the Oconee River and downstream from the confluence of Sugar Creek and Little Sugar Creek.


1838 -- Reese Augustus in Robson & Spead's District, pg 19, image 27/666:
a) -- Morgan; -- -- 620 -- Shugar C; Wade un; 1 poll, 8 slaves, 1 P Laws, 1 2wc, $4.431
b) agent for E. A. Reece
-- Morgan; -- -- 600 -- --; Howard --; no polls, 7 slaves, $3000 town lot, 1 4wc, $7.039
-- --; -- -- 8 -- --; -- --;


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:

The first paragraph follows. The whole sketch can be seen at

https://books.google.com/books?id=3CGsmBhZr3cC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=Judge+Augustus.+Reese+Morgan+County+Georgia&source=bl&ots=TbcgHhOss-&sig=ACfU3U3ckpT6ZGQnk1TtKhTgJiOkOuPI-A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibwP_BtMjpAhWina0KHWYnAAIQ6AEwAHoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Judge%20Augustus.%20Reese%20Morgan%20County%20Georgia&f=false <https://books.google.com/books?id=3CGsmBhZr3cC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=Judge+Augustus.+Reese+Morgan+County+Georgia&source=bl&ots=TbcgHhOss-&sig=ACfU3U3ckpT6ZGQnk1TtKhTgJiOkOuPI-A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibwP_BtMjpAhWina0KHWYnAAIQ6AEwAHoECAQQAQ>


Yale's Confederates: A Biographical Dictionary by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes
page 172

REESE, AUGUSTUS
YLS, 1835

B. 1815, Greene Co., GA, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Alston Crawford Reese; md. (1) Amarintha T. Walker (1837) of Morgan Co., GA; (2) Sarah Pickle (1850) of Wilkinson Co., GA; d. 19 Feb. 1886, Madison, GA.

Reese's father opened and developed large land holdings, first in Greene Co., and then in Morgan Co., GA. Reese grew up in Morgan and received his A.B. at the Univ. of GA in 1834. Reese went to New Haven and entered YLS. After receiving his LL.B. there in 1835, he returned to Morgan Co., and opened his practice in Madison, where he also farmed and prospered. By 1860 Reese could declare $18,000 in real and $44,500 in personal property, as well as a family of six children, and a number of slaves. Reese had become interested in politics early on, being elected to the GA House in 1839. He served as solicitor gen. in 1843 and in the local Whig convention that year and the GA Senate in 1847. He served in the Nashville Convention of 1850 and in Jan. 1861 was elected to the GA secession convention, representing Morgan Co. There he became, according to Herschel V. Johnson, a "conspicuous advocate of immediate secession."

[Augustus's first wife Amarintha was alive in 1860 and in 1870. The 1850 marriage to Sarah Pickle is relative to some other Augustus Reese.

1 Georgia Marriages 1699-1944, Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

2 "Familysearch.org."