Joseph T. Reese and Elizabeth Tinsley

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Husband Joseph T. Reese

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           Born: Abt 1800 - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: Between 1850 and 1860 - (Bedford Co., Virginia)
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 20 Dec 1820 - Bedford Co., Virginia 1 2

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Wife Elizabeth Tinsley

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           Born: Abt 1803 - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: After 1860
         Buried: 

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph T. Reese

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CENSUS:

<pre>1830 Bedford Co., Virginia
Joseph T. Reese 000011-20001; 11 slaves (total=16)
male female
< 5 2
5-10
10-15
15-20
1 20-30 1
1 30-40
40-50
50-60
60-70 </pre>

Several Hatchers and Featherston Reese are on the same page.

<pre>1840 Bedford Co., Virginia, Northern District
Joseph T. Reese 0100101-102001; no slaves, 1 in agriculture
male female
< 5 1
1 5-10
10-15 2
15-20
1 20-30
30-40 1
1 40-50
50-60
60-70 </pre>

Hiram Cheatwood is the next entry. David B. Reese is on the same page.

<pre>1850 Bedford Co., Virginia, Northern Division; Aug 14
181/181
Joseph T. Reese 50 M Va $4500 Farmer
Eliza W. " 47 F Va
Emily W. Hatcher 21 F Va
Allen " 29 M Va
John T. Reese 16 M Va Student
Julia M. " 11 F Va
Emmit Hatcher 4 M Va </pre>

In the Slave Schedule he is the owner of 19 slaves.

In 1860 Elizabeth Reese (52, Va, $---/$6600) is living in Bedford Co., Virginia in the household of her daughter Julia M. Cheatwood (21, Va) and her husband Hiram S. Cheatwood (24, farmer).

BEDFORD CO., VIRGINIA PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LIST:

Joseph T. Reese is in the Bedford Co., Virginia personal property tax list for the first time in 1820 and is there continuously until at least 1835 (the last year in which I have seen the list) except for 1821. Initially he has no slaves. In 1823 he has two and the number increases steadily to 8 in 1835. The number of horses increases from 0 in 1920 to 6 in 1835. In 1835 he has a carryall on which he pays a tax of $1. The tax for a slave is $.25 and for a horse $.06. He is always in the northern district.

WHO IS HIS FATHER?

Jordan Reese is the only older man available to be his father. For John and William we have lists of their children, and David married several years after Joseph was born. However, Jordan probably left Bedford Co. for Tennessee in about 1814. It seems unlikely that one of his sons would have returned to Virginia.

1 Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, FHL Film # 30591, pg 17. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

2 "Familysearch.org," "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRCV-GLD : 6 August 2020), Joseph H Reese, 1820.