Rev. James Reese 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 12 Jul 1801 - Edgefield Co., South Carolina
    Christening: 
          Death: 19 Sep 1891 1
         Burial: in Pierce Chapel United Meth. Ch. Cem., Harris Co., Georgia
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: John Reese (Abt 1775-1804)
         Mother: Judy Palmer (      -      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Rebecca Mathews Smith (6 Apr 1796 - 25 Nov 1879)
       Marriage: 19 Dec 1824 - Jasper Co., Georgia 2 3
       Children:
                1. Henry Smith Reese (1827-1922)
                2. John Palmer "Ripples" Reese (1827-1900)
                3. Thomas Clopton Reese (1829-1893)
                4. Edmund H. Reese (Abt 1831-1911)
                5. James Monroe Reese (1832-1914)
                6. Hardy V. Reese (Abt 1834-      )
                7. Joseph Butler "Buddy" Reese (Abt 1836-1861)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1830 Pike Co., Georgia
James Reas 40002 -- 000001; 1 slave
male female
4 < 5
5-10
10-15
15-20
2 20-30
30-40 1
40-50 </pre>

<pre>1840 Harris Co., Georgia, Humphries District
James Riece 143001 -- 000001; 8 in agriculture, 6 slaves
male female
1 < 5
4 5-10
3 10-15
15-20
20-30
1 30-40 1
40-50 </pre>

The slave enumeration is on the previous page, rather than on the following page as is normal.

<pre>1850 Muscogee Co., Georgia, Eighth District; Aug 27; pg 833
146
James Reese 50 SC $800 Farmer
Rebecca " 56 Lincoln Co., Ga
Henry S. " 22 Jasper Co., Ga Farmer
John P. " 22 Jasper Co., Ga Farmer
Thomas C. " 19 Jasper Co., Ga
Edmund H. " 19 Jasper Co., Ga
James M. " 18 Jasper Co., Ga
Hardy N. " 16 Jasper Co., Ga
Buddy J. " 14 Jasper Co., Ga </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1860 Muscogee Co., Georgia, 8th Dist, p.o. Columbus; June 16; pg 347
363/363
James Reese 53 Ga $---/$1525 Farmer
Rebecca " 61 Ga
Hardy B. " 24 Ga </pre>

In the Slave Schedule he is the owner of 2 slaves. Larkin Davidson lives at 365/365. James's son Thomas Reese lives at 355/355, and his son James Reese lives at 354/354.

In 1870 James Reese (69, SC, Farm Laborer) and Rebecca Reese (70, Ga, At Home) are living in Coweta Co., Georgia in the household of their son Henry Reese.

In 1880 James Rees (79) is living in Muscogee Co., Georgia in the household of his son Thomas C. Rees. His birth place is marked as both South Carolina and Georgia.

OBITUARY:

Find-a-Grave Memorial # 27134342:

THE LATE REV. J. REES.
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A FAITHFUL REAPER IN THE MASTER'S VINEYARD GONE TO HIS FINAL REST.

A brief notice of the death of Rev. J. Rees appeared in the ENQUIRER-SUN a few days ago, but this good and venerable servant of the Lord deserves more than a passing notice.
He was born in Edgefield, South Carolina, July 12, 1801. His father died when he was only three years old and he was left to the care of an uncle, who lived in Putnam county, Ga., where he grew up to manhood, uncultivated and uneducated.
When eighteen years of age he was converted, and joined the Baptist church. Through the kindnesss[sic] of a friend who had become interested in him, he learned to spell and read. In 1824, he married Miss Rebecca Smith, and was licensed to preach the gospel the following year. Three years later he moved to Pike county Georgia and settled near Flat shoals on Flint river. In 1830 he was ordained a minister by Macedonia Baptist church. He lived in Russell county, Ala., from 1834 to 1837, and in Harris county, Ga., from 1837 until 1840, when he moved to Muscogee, where he raised eight sons, seven of whom were in the late war, two of the seven losing their lives fighting for the Lost Cause. Five of his sons are yet living, Rev. Henry S. and J. P. Rees, of Coweta county, William Rees, of Harris county, and E. H. and T. C. Rees, of Muscogee.
The subject of this notice preached the gospel for nearly fifty years, until his physical strength failed him and deid[sic] in peace, loved by all who knew him.

WHO IS HIS FATHER?

John Reese who died in Edgefield Co., South Carolina in 1804 named his children in his will. One of them is James. The story of Rev. James Reese's birth and childhood in his obituary match the circumstances of John Reese's death.
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Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 27134342.

2 Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, Jasper > Marriages, 1821-1835. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

3 "Familysearch.org," "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ4-KH7), James Rees and Rebecca Smith, 19 Dec 1824; citing Marriage, Jasper, Georgia; FHL microfilm 158,442.

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