David B. Reese 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1784 - Virginia
    Christening: 
          Death: After 1860 - (Bedford Co., Virginia)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Sloman Reese (      -Abt 1803)
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Pamela A. Roy (Abt 1790 - After 1860)
       Marriage: 4 Sep 1805 - Bedford Co., Virginia 1
       Children:
                1. William B. Reese (1807-1889)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1810 Bedford Co., Virginia
David Reece 20010 -- 10010; 1 slave
male female
2 <10 1
10-15
16-25
1 26-44 1
>45 </pre>

<pre>1820 Bedford Co., Virginia, Northern District [Ress in index]
David Rees 110010-31010; 1 in manufactures, no slaves
male female
1 <10 3
1 10-16 1
16-18
16-26
1 26-45 1
>45 </pre>

<pre>1830 Bedford Co., Virginia
David B. Reese 0000201-001211; 4 slaves
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15 1
15-20 2
2 20-30 1
30-40 1
1 40-50
50-60
60-70 </pre>

<pre>1840 Bedford Co., Virginia, Northern District
David B. Reese 00000001-0001101; 23 slaves, 10 in agriculture, 4 in manufactures and trades
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15
15-20 1
20-30 1
30-40
40-50 1
1 50-60
60-70 </pre>

Total (31) is wrong. ancestry.com says he has 2 slaves & 2 in ag.

<pre>1850 Bedford Co., Virginia, Southern Division; July 30; pg 421
1/1
David B. Rees 66 M Va $300 Blacksmith deaf
Permelia A. " 60 F Va
Ann C. " 33 F Va
Emmer D. " 21 F Va
Michael Clark 17 M Ireland $--- Blacksmith </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1860 Bedford Co., Virginia, Southern Revinew District, p.o. Davis Mills; Aug 22; pg 181
1290/1290
D. B. Reese 78 M Va $200/$100 Black Smith
P. A. " 68 F Va
A. C. " 32 F Va
E. " 26 F Va
L. B. " 7 F Va </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

BEDFORD CO., VIRGINIA PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LIST:

David Reese is in the Bedford Co., Virginia personal property tax list for the first time in 1803, and he is there continuously until 1835 (last year in which I have seen the list) with a few absences. In 1803 and in 1804 he lives in the Southern District; after that he is always in the Northern District. He usually has one horse and sometimes two or three. The number of slaves varies from one to three; he often has none. From 1803 until 1828 he is simply David; in 1829 and later he is usually David B.

WHO IS HIS FATHER?

David Reese is the right age and in the right place to be a son of Sloman Reese. In 1803 he is with Sloman, John, and Jordan in the Southern District. In 1804 he is there with John, Jordan, and William. After that he lives in the Northern District, and his siblings live in the Southern District. There is no firm documentary connection between David and his purported father and siblings.
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Sources

1 "Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850," Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

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