John Reese 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 26 Mar 1770 - Virginia
    Christening: 
          Death: 8 Mar 1863 - (LIncoln Co., Tennessee) 1
         Burial: in Rees Cem., LIncoln Co., Tennessee
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Sloman Reese (      -Abt 1803)
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Bowyer (       -       )
       Marriage: 23 Jul 1794 - Bedford Co., Virginia 2
       Children:
                1. Jacob Reese (Abt 1796-1870/1880)

2. Nancy Hale (12 Feb 1772 - 9 Aug 1853)
       Marriage: 18 Jun 1803 - Bedford Co., Virginia 3 4
       Children:
                1. Joel Reese (1804-1861)
                2. Jordan Reese (1805-1881)
                3. Anna Hale Reese (1807-1867)
                4. John Reese (Abt 1809-Abt 1855)
                5. Hudson Reese (1811-1828)
                6. Charlotte Reese (1814-1873)
                7. William H. Reese (1816-1875)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

1810: John Rees/Reese/Reece/Reace/Rease does not appear to be in the census.

<pre>1820 Lincoln Co., Tennessee
John Rees 221201-11001; 3 in agriculture, no slaves
male female
2 <10 1
2 10-16 1
1 16-18
2 16-26
26-45
1 >45 1 </pre>

<pre>1830 Lincoln Co., Tennessee
John Reese 00102001-00100001; 3 slaves
male female
< 5
5-10
1 10-15 1
15-20
2 20-30
30-40
40-50
1 50-60 1
60-70 </pre>

Jacob Reese is the previous entry.

<pre>1840 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Civil District No 2
John Reese 000110001-10020001; 3 in agriculture, 1 slave
male female
< 5 1
5-10
10-15
1 15-20 2
1 20-30
30-40
40-50
50-60 1
1 60-70 </pre>

He is in the sequence Jack H. Leftwich, John Reese, 4x, James A. Stone, x, Moses Stone, 15x, Featherston Reese.

<pre>1850 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Sub Division No 2; Sept 26; pg 65
472/472
John Rees 82 Va $3500 Farmer
Nancy " 78 Va
Charles Rives 35 Va
Charlotte " 35 Va
Nancy " 13 Tn
Benjamin " 11 Tn
Adeline " 9 Tn
Martha " 7 Tn
Mary " 5 Ms
John " 3 Ms </pre>

He is in the sequence Joel Rees, 2x, William H. Bailey, William H. Reese, Huldah Nees, Jane Meese, John Rees. Charlotte is John Rees's daughter. Joel and William H. are his sons. William H. Bailey is Joel's son-in-law, and one of Jane's sons will marry one of Joel's daughters.

In the Slave Schedule John Reese is the owner of 1 slave. William H. Reese owns 7. Joel Reese owns 10. Charles Rives owns none. Charles H. Reaves (10001-10001) is in Bedford Co., Tennessee in 1840.

In 1860 John Reese (90, $7000/$---, Va) is living in Lincoln Co., Tennessee in the household of W. H. Reese. In the Slave Schedule John Reese owns no slaves. W. H. Reese owns 15.

CENSUS COMPARISON:

1820 Tn 1830 1840 1850
male
<10
15-20
<10( 4) 10-15(14) 20-30(24) William H., 34, m. abt 1842
10-16(11) 20-30(21) 30-40(31) John, 41
10-16(15) ? ? Jordan, 45
16-18(16) 20-30(26) 30-40(36) Joel, 46
16-26
16-26(24) 30-40(34) 40-50(44) Jacob, 54
>45(50) 50-60(60) 60-70(70) John, 90 in 1860
female
<5
<10( 5) 10-15(15) Charlotte, 35, m. abt 1836
10-16(13) 20-30(23) Anna, b. 1807, m. abt 1824
15-20
15-20
>45(48) 50-60(58) 60-70(68) Nancy, 78

Entries in italics indicate that the person is no longer living with parents.

MARRIAGES:

John's son Jacob was born in about 1796, several years before his marriage to Nancy Hale in 1803. John must have had a previous wife who died.

The marriage records of Bedford Co., Virginia indicate that a John Reese married Ann Brown in 1792 and Mary Bowyer in 1794. I am assuming that this John Reese married Mary Bowyer. There is another John Reese in the Bedford Co. personal tax lists from 1797 until 1801. The other John Reese is probably the husband of Ann Brown. It is possible that this John Reese had 3 wives.

BEDFORD CO., VIRGINIA PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LIST:

John Reese is in the Bedford Co., Virginia personal property tax list for the first time in 1792 and is there continuously until 1816. Until 1801 he is in the northern district as is his father Sloman Reese, and then in 1802 and later he and his father and his siblings are in the southern district. John's entry and Sloman's are sometimes contiguous. John never owns a slave. He has more than the usual number of horses, often between 5 and 10. He probably left Virginia in about 1817 to go to Tennessee.

LAND in LINCOLN CO., TENNESSEE:

On November 3, 1817 John Maze of Lincoln Co. sells to John Reece of the same place for $1000 a tract of 200 acres, more or less, in Lincoln Co. on the west waters of Mulberry Creek a north branch of Elk River. The tract is described by metes and bounds. (Lincoln Co., Tennessee Deed Records, E-1/3, image 315/568 at Familysearch.org)

WILL:

Tennessee Probate Court Files, 1795-1955 > Lincoln Co. > Chancery Court, Probate estate cases > 1840-1920 > Rowls, Edith May - Robertson, Henderson at familysearch.org; image 484/1247:

In the name of God Amen
I John Rees of the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee Being old and infirm But of Sound mind and disposeing memery Do make ordain publish and decree the following to be my last Will and Testament. That is to say. First that my Executors So soon after my demise as convient Shall advertise and Sell all my Personal property on twelve months credit. I also direct that they shall at the same time sell all of my Land Except One Hundred Acers that I give to my Daughter Charlet T. Rives During heir natural life, at her Death it Shall belong to the heirs of her Boddy, and the one hundred Acers of Land Shall be her intire Interest in my Estate, and said Hundred Acers shall [be] laid off by my Exicutors So as not to Ingure the mainder of my land and leave or lay off a proportionable quantity of Wood and tilable land. The remainder of my Land shall be Advertised and sold on a one and two years credit, also my will is that there Shall be no Decree of the Court Required for the sale of the Land. All the proceeds of my personal and Real Estate Shall be equally divided between the Ballance of my Children. Except Jacob Rees and Ann Neece I bequeathd to Said Jacob Rees Two hundred Dollars I now hold against him and Ann Neece one hundred and Twenty five dollars in claims I hold against her wich is all I Give them from my Estate in any way what ever. . Sophia Hale Joel Rees's Hiers Jorden Rees John Rees Heirs and William H Rees. Except one hundred and Sixty dollas that Sopha Hale has Received heretofore wich amount is to [be] taken from hier part of Said division of my Estate ---
Lastly I appoint my two Sons W. H. Rees & Jorden Rees my Exicutors of this my last will and Testament also my Executors shall be allowed the Same privelage with others to bid for any property they may wish at the sale In testamony whereof I have hereunto Set my name and affixed my Seal this the 3d day of Aprial eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two--1862--
his
John X Rees (seal)
mark
Witness Dempsey Sullivan
Jerome Allright

This will was proved by the oaths of the two witnesses at the May 1863 term of the County Court.

PROBATE:

Executors report sale of land and distribution of proceeds in images 486-490/1247.
picture

Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 81422658.

2 "Familysearch.org," "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZH8-V6VB), John Reese, 23 Jul 1794; citing Marriage, Bedford, Virginia, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.

3 U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I-VI, 1607-1943, Marriage Bonds of Bedford Co., Virginia; pg 982, image 985/1053. Repository: ancestry.com.

4 "Familysearch.org," "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZH8-V6KS), John Reese, 18 Jun 1803; citing Marriage, Bedford, Virginia.

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