William Reese 
      Sex: M
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Smith Booth (       -       )
       Marriage: 17 Nov 1797 - Franklin Co., Virginia 1
       Children:
                1. Sophia S. Reese (Abt 1803-1887)
                2. William Washington Reese (Abt 1805-1887)
                3. John Reese (Abt 1807-      )
                4. Silas G. Reese (Abt 1808-      )
                5. Benjamin F. Reese (Abt 1812-Bef 1840)
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On October 29, 1821 John Reese of Bedford Co., Virginia sells to Jonathan Cundiff of the same place for $500 all the title that he holds in the land belonging to the estate of his father William Reese, dec'd, as a legatee, which tracts are in Bedford and Franklin Counties. The tract in Bedford Co. contains 418 acres and is the land on which his father lived and died, and the tract in Franklin Co. contains 230 acres. One of the witnesses is William W. Reese. (Bedford Co., Virginia Deed Records, Book 17, pg 160, image 396/534 at familysearch.org)

On October 5, 1841 Sophia S. Thurman of Bedford Co., Virginia purchases for $400 the land alotted to Benjamin F. Reese, dec'd, of the lands of Wm. Reese, dec'd. It is a tract in Bedford Co. of 46 acres, more or less, and the adjoining property owners are Justus Hancock on the north and west, Franklin Headon on the south, and Cundiff legatees and Sophia S. Thurman on the east and northeast. The grantors are

1) John Reese and Mary, his wife, of Shelby Co., Illinois by his attorney William W. Reese of Bedford Co.,
2) William W. Reese and Mary, his wife, of Bedford Co.,
3) Richard J. Cundiff, Mary S. Cundiff, and Mary S. Cundiff (widow) of Bedford Co., and
4) Silas G. Reese of Franklin Co., Virginia.

(Bedford Co., Virginia Deed Records, Book 29, pg 380, image 461/516 at familysearch.org)
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Sources

1 Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, FHL Film # 31523, p82. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

2 Virginia, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index 1853-1917, FHL Film # 2056975. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

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