Joel Reese 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 4 Feb 1804 - Virginia
    Christening: 
          Death: 31 Dec 1861 1
         Burial: in Charity Cem., Lynchburg, Moore Co., Tennessee
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: John Reese (1770-1863)
         Mother: Nancy Hale (1772-1853)
Spouses and Children 
1. Mary "Polly" Leftwich (9 Jun 1814 - 27 Aug 1839)
       Marriage: Abt 1830
       Children:
                1. Eliza Reese (Abt 1831-      )
                2. Francis Kincannon Reese (1832-1843)
                3. Mary Reese (Abt 1833-Bef 1861)
                4. Martha Reese (Abt 1835-      )
                5. Nathaniel S. Reese (Abt 1837-Abt 1868)
                6. Fanny B. Reese (1838-1879)

2. *Patience Ede (17 May 1817 - 23 Mar 1883)
       Marriage: 16 Jan 1840 - Lincoln Co., Tennessee 2
       Children:
                1. John Reese (1840-1864)
                2. Nancy Ann Reese (Abt 1845-Bef 1885)
                3. Joel Reese (Abt 1848-      )
                4. James E. Reese (Abt 1850-      )
                5. Bettie Reese (Abt 1852-      )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1830 Lincoln Co., Tennessee
Joel Reese 00001-0001; 13 slaves
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15
15-20 1
1 20-30
30-40
40-50 </pre>

<pre>1840 Lincoln Co., Tennessee
Joel Reese 110002-22001; 4 in agriculture, 4 slaves
male female
1 < 5 2
1 5-10 2
10-15
15-20
20-30 1
2 30-40
40-50
50-60
60-70 </pre>

<pre>1850 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Sub Division No 2; Sept 25
465/465 [Ivel in the index]
Joel Rees 46 Va $8000 Farmer
Patience " 33 Tn
Mary " 17 Tn
Martha " 15 Tn
Nathaniel S. " 13 Tn
Fanny B. " 11 Tn
John " 9 Tn
Nancy A. " 5 Tn
Joel " 2 Tn
James E. " 9/12 Tn
Richard H. Leah 18 Al Printer
Hudson Hale 23 Tn Farmer </pre>

Joel Rees [Keese in the index] is the owner of 10 slaves in the Slave Schedule (image 12/27). He is in the sequence Joel Rees, 2x, William H. Bailey, William H. Reese, Huldah Nees, Jane Meese, John Rees. John Rees is his father, William H. Reese is his brother, and William H. Bailey is his son-in-law. One of his daughters will marry one of Jane Neese's sons ('Meese' should be 'Neese').

<pre>1860 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Civil District No 5; June 12; pg 33
246/238
Joel Reese 57 Va $20125/$26275 Farmer
Patience " 43 Tn Farming
Fanny " 20 Tn Farming
John " 18 Tn student
Nancy Ann " 15 Tn student
Joel " 13 Tn
James " 11 Tn
Bettie " 8 Tn </pre>

In the Slave Schedule Joel Reese is the owner of 20 slaves. Joel's son N. S. Reese lives at 248/240.

<pre>1870 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Fifth District, p.o. Lynchburg; July 11; pg 1
2/2
Petria Reece 53 W Tn $5000/$2000 Farmer
Joel " 22 W Tn $--/$1000 Farming
Bettie " 17 W Tn
Bettie Dean 4 W Tn
Mary Reece 18 B Tn domestic Svt
Sarah Dean 7 W Tn </pre>

James A. Reece (21, Tn, $3000/$1000, farmer) lives at 3/3 with his wife.

1880: Patience Reese is not in the census.

PROBATE:

Tennessee Probate Court Files, 1795-1955 > Lincoln Co. > Chancery Court, Probate estate cases > 1840-1920 > Rowls, Edith May - Robertson, Henderson at familysearch.org; images 352-389:

Will (images 355-57/1247):

Joel Rees signed his last will and testament December 29, 1861. He wills that his entire estate, both personal and real, be equally divided among his beloved wife Patience Rees and all of his children, namely, Eliza Bailey, wife of William H. Bailey, Martha Cole, wife of William F. Cole, Fanny B. Rees, Nancy A. Rees, Bettie W. Rees, Nathaniel Rees, John Rees, Joel Rees, and James Rees. He directs his executors to divide his slaves into lots, as nearly equal as possible, and to alot them to his wife and children. The remainder of his estate is to be sold and the proceeds are to be shared equally among his wife and children. He directs the executors to make sure that his wife is satisfactorily provided for. He makes a special legacy of $50 to his beloved daughter Eliza Bailey. He directs the executors to present the sum of $50 to his beloved friend Dr. Isham G. Baily as a keepsake. He appoints William H. Rees and Dempsey Sullivan as executors.

This will was proved by the subscribing witnesses at the January and February 1862 terms of the Court and ordered to be recorded August 13, 1866.

See images 353, 358, and 389 for various guardianships.

A sale of the personal property of Joel Rees, dec'd, took place on his premises January 30, 1862 (images 384-88).
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Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 15995261.

2 "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002," Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

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