Fleming Sanders Reese and Nancy Whittington

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Husband Fleming Sanders Reese

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           Born: 20 Feb 1810
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Mar 1870 1
         Buried:  - Rees Cem., Oakland, Colorado Co., Texas

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

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       Marriage: 27 Nov 1838 - Montgomery Co., Alabama 2 3

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Wife Nancy Whittington

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           Born: 20 Jul 1815
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Nov 1898 4
         Buried:  - Oak Knoll Cem., Bellville, Austin Co., Texas

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Fleming Sanders Reese

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CENSUS:

<pre>1840 Pike Co., Alabama
Flemon S. Reese 10001-00001; 1 in agriculture, no slaves
male female
1 < 5
5-10
10-15
15-20
1 20-30 1
30-40
40-50 </pre>

1850: I can't find him.

<pre>1860 Austin Co., Texas, Buck Horn Precinct, p.o. Bellville; June 20; pg 29
237/237
F. S. Reese 50 M Va $3000/$4450 Farmer
Nancy " 45 F SC
J. W. " 20 M Al Teamster
K. W. " 18 M Al Teamster
M. J. " 16 F Al
N. A. " 15 F Al
M. A. E. " 10 F Al
W. B. " 8 M Tx
F. S. " 6 M Tx
A. V. " 4 F Tx
S. H. " 1 M Tx </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1870 Colorado Co., Texas, Precinct No 2, p.o. Oakland & _____; Sept 6; pg 23
162/167 [Rus in index]
Nancy Rees 56 FW Al $3000/$--- Keeping House
Martha " 18 FW Tx At Home
Berrt W. " 18 MW Tx Farm Labor
Fleming " 14 MW Tx At Home
Manda " 13 FW Tx At Home
Samuel " 8 MW Tx
Mattias " 6 MW Tx
Walter G. Howard 21 MB Ms Farm Labor
Harriet Gibson 18 FB Va Domestic Servant </pre>

<pre>1880 Colorado Co., Texas, Precinct No. 3, ED 49; June 7; pg 11
82/96
Nancy Rees 65 Wd SC -- -- Keeping House </pre>

She is in the sequence Fleming S. Rees (25), Nancy Rees (65), Samuel H. Rees (20), John W. Rees (40).

MARRIAGE:

The death certificate of his son Fleming Sanders Reese identifies his father as Fleming Reese born in Tennessee and his mother as Nancy Whittington born in Tennessee.

MIDDLE NAME:

Find-a-Grave Memorial # 8192862:

The F. S. stands for Fleming Sanders. The cemetery is on private property, once the land of Fleming and his wife, Nancy Whittington Reese.

Three sons, all named Fleming Sanders Rees(e), died in infancy in 1839, 1847, and 1849. They are buried in Alabama.

BEDFORD CO., VIRGINIA PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LIST:

Wilkinson Reese and Fleming Reese are in the Bedford Co., Virginia personal property tax list only once -- in 1831. Fleming has a horse and pays $.12; Wilkinson has no taxable property and pays nothing. They probably left Virginia and moved to Tennessee with their siblings in about 1831.

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 8192862.

2 Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935, Montgomery Co. Marraige Records; pg 32. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

3 "Familysearch.org," "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ8G-54R : 13 February 2020), Nancy Whithington in entry for Fleming S. Reese, 1838.

4 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 8185490.