REESE-LOVE
FAMILY
Hugh Reese, Sr
Hugh Reese, Jr
Simeon Averitt Reese
William Henry Reese
William Thomas Reese, Sr.
William Thomas Reese, Jr.
Two possible examples of family crests …
REESE and CASEY
The REESE Male Line
• We will try to work our way back from current Reese family to the Reese men
who came from Wales. Reese was a common name in Wales, being spelled
RHYS (meaning “Red Head”).
• Once in America, the RHYS was quickly changed to REES, which was changed
to REESE or even misspelled REASE further on.
• One set of REES brothers landed in Delaware in the mid 1700s. They were
QUAKERS. One brother stayed in the Delaware, Pennsylvania area, one brother
headed west and one brother headed south to Virginia. We think this latter
brother, Hugh Rees, is our direct descendant and this is the path we have been
trying to prove for the past twenty years.
• The migration of the Quakers from Virginia, to South Carolina and eventually
to Georgia is providing some good clues as we find wills and land grants.
Quaker
Rev. David Rhys
7
B: 1680 Wales
David Rees
B: 1703 PA
D: Apr1787
Charlotte, NC
M: Susan Ruth Polk
B: 1712 PA
D: 1760s Charleston
M: Sarah (d: 1757
Charleston, SC)
B: 1711 PA
M: Mr. Mackay
Which John Reece is this?????
Children orphaned 1779
• Thomas Reece
• Ezekial Reece
Parents: John Reece and Jane Bracken
of Mill Creek New Castle, DE M: 18Apr1771
Priscilla Rees
B: 21Feb1729
B: 8Aug1732 Bristol
Parish, Dinwiddie Co.
D: 6Aug1801 SC
??? Methodist min.
M1: Susan Coleman
b: 1735
M2: Rhoda Thomas
1768 Amelia Co. VA
Roger Rees
Evan Rees
Esther Rees
Isham Rees
Maud Owens
•
•
•
•
B: 10Oct1735
•Martha Jane Reese
• John C. Rees b: 26May1770
•Demaris Reese 1777 GA Prince Edward Co., VA
Married Gilham Sturdivant • Jordan Rees b: 30Nov1772
In Warren County GA
Bedford Co., VA
•Charles Reese
• Cuthbert Rees b: 1756
•Robert A. Reese
• Isham Rees b: 1757
• Williamson C. Rees b: 1758
• Sarah F. Rees
B: 1710-14
Moved to Bristol Parish, VA
M1: Sarah Pendleton
M2: Elizabeth Jordan
B: 1713 PA
D: 1762 Charleston, SC
M: Mary Crawford
6
B: 1716 PA
D: 9Oct1762 Craven
County, SC
Daniel Rees
B: 1718 PA
M: Mary in NC
Owned land in NC, SC,
and GA
Ruth Rees
B: 1720 PA
Never married
Sarah or Susanah Pendleton
James Jos.Rees
B: 15Aug1741/47 VA
D: 8Jan1839 GA
M: Elizabeth Brown
b: 15Jun1770 d: 1843
5
Quaker
Hugh Rees II.
William Rees (Revolutionary War Colonel)
B: 1740 VA
D: 1810 SC
• Dr. Joseph Brown Mackey Reese
b: 22May1792 d: 7Nov1848
m: Sophia Taswell Emerson
• William Brown Reese 22May1793
• Julie Ann Rees b: 1795
• Margaritta Rees b: 1797
• Mary Porter Rees b: 1798
• Emily Rees b: 1808
Elizabeth Rees
Quaker
Hugh Rees I
Thomas Rees
unknown
unknown
unknown
Joseph (Rev.-Baptist)
b: 1732 Kent Co. PA
d: 5Mar1795
m: Ann Reynolds
d: 23May1755
Sarah Rees
Info here found in McDuffie County Archives - Leonardo Andreas
files on REES family. There are extracts of wills and deeds and
other notes that he made. The same information is also in the
typewritten pages I found which led me to believe that they had
gone over the same sources, and foremost, the information
matched.
B: 20Dec1742 Prince George County, VA
D: 12Dec1825 Columbia County, GA
Buried McDuffie, GA (near Thomson, GA)
M1: 1765 VA
M2: Elizabeth Newsom 20Nov1794
Warren County, GA
Elizabeth Jordan
Neil Rees
I am tracking down linage of Rev. David Rhy/Rees who
B: 23Apr1743 VA
B: 10Feb1745
lived in Cum Creek, chester Co. PA in 1701. He had
David, Esther, Evan, Thomas, Hugh (my ancester), Roger,
Daniel, Ruth-all born in PA. Evan and Sarah Reese had
Rev. Joseph Reese, a pioneer Baptist minister in SC. Hugh
Rees I was born ca 1714 and moved to Bristol Parish, Va. His son Hugh was a Col. in the Rev.
War and in buried near Thomson ,Ga.Has anyone traced Rev. David Rees's roots? He may
have migrated to the US around 1699-1701 to Rhode Is. due to religious persecution to join
a Quaker Colony, but that didn't work out so he moved on to PA. robert reese
wreese@earthlink.net columbia, sc usa Tuesday, July 04, 2000 at 09:33:14
Edwin Rees
B: 1750 VA
D: 23Jul1782 SC
M: Mary
• Sally Rees
• Elizabeth Rees
Benjamin Rees
B: 1752 VA
D: 11Sept1805 Columbia, GA
M: @1779 SC Sarah James
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Jeremiah Reese 1777 GA
Talbot Reese 1779 GA
Taliaferro Reese 1781 GA
Albert Reese 1783 GA
Martha Reese 1785 GA
Epatha Reese 1787 GA
Richey Reese 1791 GA
(Sherwood) James Reese 1793 GA
Hugh Rees(e) and
5
Elizabeth Newsom(e)
father: John or William of Frederick, VA??? Hugh I??? … mother:
MIGRATION
-
1765
1770
1795
1825
1825
married in VA
landowner with brothers William & Isham in Craven County, SC (Camden District)
landowner in Warren County, GA
died in Columbia County, GA
burried in McDuffie County, GA
Warren and Columbia Counties were joined together on October 18, 1870 to form McDuffie County. The entire area was originally St.
Paul's Parish with original settlers made up of Creek, Cherokee, Uchee and Shawnee Indians.
A biography of Joseph McMath (by Jonathan Snyder) reports that ... "On 1 August 1795, he (Joseph) purchased 300 acres of land on
Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia from James and Mary McCormick for the sum of thirty pounds. The land bordered Thomas
Jones' land on the West, William Whares' land on the North and Rees' land on the West. He obtained 100 acres of land on Brier Creek
in Warren County, Georgia from Hugh Rees for the sum of $100 on 15 March 1798. This land bordered William Whairis and vacant
land to the Southwest, Newsom's and vacant land to the West and Brier Creek to the Northwest. On 21 September 1803, he sold 200
acres of land in Warren County, Georgia to Jesse Carter for the sum of $40. This land bordered lands owned by Hugh Rees, Jesse
Carter and Clabern Newsom" ...
Did Hugh migrate from VA and SC with the Newsom family? Were they Quakers looking for religious freedom? Is Claiborne Newsom
his wife's brother (Elizabeth was born in 1758)? Their parents would be Soloman Newsom, Sr. and Martha Matthews? There was a
Claiborne Newsom, born 1742 in Brunswick County, VA ... married to Hester Duckworth. His parents were ???. Claiborne died in 1824
Columbia County, GA. There is more information about his anscestors on Family Search online.
A listing of Early Wrightsborough Township Landholders, Residents and Associated Families, 1768-1810, includes Hugh Rees and his
spouse, Elizabeth Newsom plus Benjamin Rees with no spouse listed. This index is made up of names taken from various sources, the
main ones being Hinshaw's American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 5 and "The Story of Wrightsboro, 1768-1964", as well as much
information provided by descendants of some of the families.
This Quaker Colony began in 1767 when 12,000 acres were reserved for the Quakers provided at least 10 families settled on the land
by February 1, 1768. Click here to read more about Wrightsborough Colonization. Posted by: Sue Date: Sept 09, 2001 at 20:44:21
According to papers "Notes on the Rees Family by H.C. Gray, 1022 Mosby Rd., Memphis TN" on file at Evans Memorial Library,
Aberdeen MS. (H.C. Gray m. Jimmie Carothers, dau. of James Wilson Carothers and Fannie Myrtle Alsup, dau. of Lycurgus Alsup, son
of Elisha Benton Alsup and Martha Rees, dau. of William Rees and Lettice McCrary.
"Around 1820 two sons of Hugh, namely Moses, William Rees, and their sister Thirza, who married Allen Duckworth, son of William
(corrected to Jeremiah) Duckworth, moved to Monroe County, Miss. Along with them came Jeremiah Rees, son of Benjamin Rees,
their cousin."
Probate Court of Monroe County: pack 94; Margaret Duckworth et al: "The minor heirs of Allen Duckworth Viz: Margaret, William,
Samuel, Cordelia, Thirsy, Martha, Joseph, and Allen Duckworth. Jeremiah Reese appointed guardian 1831. Money received for wards
by Jeremiah Reese from estate of William Duckworth.
?5
Children of Hugh and Margaret (James) b:@1748 VA to Sherwood James, Jr. and Martha Holiday ... d: 1793 Columbia, GA ... m: @1765 VA
William
b:abt.
1766/1777
VA
John
b:abt. 1769
SC
d: 5 Apr
1819
Jefferson, GA
Dorcus
b:abt. 1770
SC
Mary
b:abt. 1772
SC
Sarah
b:abt. 1774
SC
Benjamin
b:abt. 1776 SC
d: 1865 GA
Thorza
b:abt. 1782 SC
Jeremiah Rees
b:abt. 1786 SC
d: 29 Aug 1833
Lincoln, GA
Children of Hugh, Sr. and Elizabeth (Newsome) b: 22 Jan 1772 GA ... d: 7 Jan 1848 Columbia, GA ... m: 20 Nov 1794 Warren, GA
Elizabeth
b:1797
Warren
County, GA
Female Rees
b:1799
Columbia,
GA
Britton C.
b:1801
Columbia, GA
Moses
b:1804
Columbia, GA
Mariah
Prudence
b:1804
Columbia, GA
Simeon Averitt
b: 1805
Columbia, GA
Harrison
b:1805
Columbia, GA
d:5 Jun 1875
McDuffie, GA
Vincent
b:1808 Columbia,
GA
Hugh, Jr.
b:abt. 1790
Columbia, GA
m: Martha McGee
Benjamin Adams I
Agnes Ezell
B: late 1600s Surrey Co., VA
D: Jun1756 Sussex Co., VA
D: 1817
Benjamin Adams II
Margaret Frances
Atkinson
B: @ 1755 Southhampton Co., VA
D: @ 1795 Southampton Co., VA
Will dated 30Oct1794 and probated 12Mar1795
Sally Adams
B
M: Adam Ivey
Priscilla Adams
B:
M: Joseph Prince
Nancy Adams
B:
Parents of Benjamin Adams I
may have come from New
Kent, VA
B: roughly 1745-1750
D: 1817
Arthur Augustus Adams
B: @ 1775 Southampton Co. VA
Moved to Columbia County, GA
1808
D: January, 1822 Columbia County
Betsy (Elizabeth)
B: @ 1785 VA
M: Jordan Pate
-Moved to Upson County
bef 1860
Charlotte Adams
B:
M: Herbert Pate
Elizabeth Reese
B: @ 1785 Southampton Co. VA
M: 27Aug1801 Southampton Co., VA
- Daughter of Randolph and Sarah “Sally” Harris Reese
-Moved to Warren County after death of Arthur
D: @ 1826?? When Charity was given a guardian
Benjamin Adams
B February 16, 1803 VA
M: December 18, 1823 Emily Ivey
Warren Co.,GA … daughter of Dinkins
and Lydia Hodgins Ivey … Lydia was
daughter of John and Mary Vernon
Hodgins, original Quaker settlers of
Wrightsborough, GA (land grand
February 2, 1769)
Benjamin, his wife and mother are
buried in the 16th district of Upson Co.,
GA. … west of US 18, south of
Thomaston past Tobler Creek
Sarah Elizabeth
Adams
B: 1806
M: Wike Ivey
D: 28Nov1881
Randolph County
GA
Elijah Adams
B: 1806
M:
Charity Adams
B: 1808
M: Jesse B. Farr of Upson
County, GA
??
Adams
M: Simeon Reese
• Mary Ann Ivey 15Jan1826
d: 2Jun1900
m: James Monroe Culbreth
traceradams@mindspring.com
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taylor/bios/adams.txt
John R. Adams
B
M:
Benjamin REES (planter)
Sarah James
B: 1754 VA
M: @ 1779 SC Sarah James
D: January 6, 1806 Columbia County, GA
Will registered January 7, 1806
Richa Rees
B: 9Jun1780 GA
M:
Martha Rees
B: 20Mar1783 GA
M: Bull
Jeremiah Rees
B: 14Feb1785
M: Nancy
D: 1866 Monroe County
MS
Daughter of Sherwood James, Jr.
And Martha Holiday
Epatha Rees
B: 18Oct1786 GA
M:
William
Tolbert or
Simpson Rees Talbot Rees
B: 18Apr1788 GA
M:
• Lycurgus Gustavus Rees
B:16Oct1789
M:
Benjamin
Taliaferro Rees
B: 6Jun1791
M: Martha Matthews
Sarah Rees
B:16Oct1789
M: James Amoss
Sherwood
James Rees
B: 6Jun1793 GA
M:
Albert Rees
B: 18Oct1798 GA
D:
From David Reese of Villanova:
H.C. Gray's findings: (an excerpt)
I again emphasize that I am a descendent of Benjamin's
brother Hugh, so have relatively little on Benjamin and
his descendents.
1. Taliaferro- for those who do not know, this name is
generally pronounced something like tol-li-ver. Thus
"Tollie" as a nickname is logical. Depending on peoples's
ability to spell, how it was spelled on legal documents,
etc., a specific person's name could have various
spellings.
2. I will list what I have as Benjamin's children, with no
knowledge it is correct or complete:
1) Richard/Rickey. 9Jun1780
2) Martha. 20Mar1783
3) Jeremiah 14Feb1785
4) Ephatha 18Oct1786
5) William Simpson 18Apr1788 (not in Benjamin's will)
6a)Tolbert 16Oct1789
6b)Sarah 16)ct1789
7) Benjamin Taliaferro 6Jun1791
8) Sherwood James ("James")6Jun1793
9) Albert 18Oct1798
3. I have some info on Lycurgus Gustavus Rees(e) son
of Benjamin Taliaferro/Martha Matthews and his ten
children
William Rees, son of Hugh Rees, m. 20 May 1809, Warren County GA to Lettice McCrary, dau.
of Matthew McCrary JR (of Laurens CO SC) and Frances Evans. William Rees came to Monroe
County MS around 1820, lived in the southern part of the county near Buttahatchie River.
Some time before 1840, he moved to Yalobusha County MS, where he lived near Oakland
MS. Moses Rees also moved there and lived with Hulda Coulter, widow of Charles Rees who
had remarried a Mr. Coulter.
William and Lettice McCrary Rees' children:
1. Charles Rees, b. GA, moved to Monroe County MS before 1830. He m. Hulda (Evans?). He
died in Monroe County MS before 1840, where she m. Richard Coulter, a man much her
elder. Their children: Andrew Jackson Rees, Marion McDonald Rees, Martin Van Buren Rees
2. Martha Rees, b. GA, 10 Sep 1811; m. 20 Sep 1832 Elisha Benton Alsup.
3. Sarah Rees, b. ca. 1829, Monroe CO MS m. S. Hardy Payne
4. Lettice McCrary Rees b. ca. 1815 m. Simeon Gilmore
5. Jane Rees m. Hugh Love
6. James M. Rees, b. ca. 1825, m. Eliza I. Hardy (sister to B.T. SR's Mary M.)
7. William Rees, b. 22 Jan 1825, AL d. 18 Aug 1899 Monroe CO MS m. Frances A. Hardy
(sister to Eliza, Mary)
8. Samuel Rees, b. 04 Dec 1823, d. 08 Apr 1904 m. Henrietta C. Hardy (sister to Mary, Eliza,
Frances)
9. Matthew Carroll Rees, b. ca 1830, m. Georgia Whitworth?
10. Frances Rees, b. ca 1832 - lived with M.C. Rees in Yalobusha CO in 1860, deceased by
1899
Notes on the Rees Family by H.C. Gray, 1022 Mosby Rd., Memphis TN
traceradams@mindspring.com
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taylor/bios/adams.txt
From David Reese of Villanova:
have family names. Typically they used "ap"(son of) and you
could have a whole string of names like Rhys ap Jones ap
Owens ap, etc.
The English changed the spelling to Rees and today in Wales
you will see it spelled both Rhys and Rees. Many Rees families
added an "e" in America and some spell in Reece.
In the 1600s and 1700s, Rees was a common name in
Pennsylvana (and Delaware, which at that time was "the three
lower counties" of Pennsylvania. William Penn sold a large
amount of land just north of Philadelphia to the Welsh and it
was called the Welsh Tract.
Some of the Welsh were Quakers and others were not. Rees(es)
moved from the Welsh Tract to what is now Delaware. From
there, they and others moved south, some to SC at a place
named Welsh's Neck. From there, they migrated all over the
South.
Many people, including Rees(es), moved west from Philadelphia
to the area between Lancaster and Carlisle PA. This was the
start of the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road.
In PA, it connected to and followed an old Indian war path down
the Shenandoah Valley. Look at a map and follow US 11 or I81.
This let people cut over into the western parts of VA, NC and SC
and on to Augusta, GA.
Most of these early people were farmers, but they included
ministers, doctors, lawyers and various types of tradesmen.
Other Rees(es) came directly to VA, including my ancestors. The
original Rees probably came in 1669, his ship cost being paid by
someone else. That person was given 50 acres of land for each
person whom he paid transportation. In most case, these
persons also agreed to work for him as an indentured servant.
Around 1760, five brothers who were descendents of the
original Rees moved to SC. All five were farmers. Two fought as
Tories (those who were loyal to the King of England) in the
Revolution and had their lands conficated. Two moved to GA
and continued to farm and both had slaves. Although the
children of these two men were born with the name Rees, some
changed the spelling to Reese in the early 1800s. Among their
descendents were a number of ministers, doctors and lawyers
as well as farmers.
Children of Jeremiah Rees(son of Hugh)/Sarah Porter
William Ozwell b 4Nov1806
Elizabeth Maria b 30Jul1808
James Madison b 8Jan1810
Benjamin Taliaferro b 11Sep1811
Washington Jasper b 6Mar1813
Gracey Brunetta b 8Dec1814
*Tolbert X. b 12Sep1816
Jeremiah Green b 15Sep1815
Martha Porter b 5Apr1820
Sarah Ephatha Matilda b 17Apr1822
Charles Augustus Delafayette b 11Jun1824
Orlander Bonaparte b 28Apr1826 (as in Bible)
Cornelia C.W. b 22Feb1828
Albert Scott (he changed it to Singleton) 8Sep1832
The above have been corrected for spelling & dates per
Jeremiah's Bible record.
I will send the Lycurgus info direct. Also my reconstruction of
the ancestry of Benjamin, Hugh, etc.
I mention that Mary James, sister of Benjamin's wife Sarah, was
almost certainly married to his brother William rather than Hugh
as is commonly alleged.
I cannot comment on William's children as I have never seen
them before. I do have the children of eight or nine siblings.
The 20May1809 marriage date is as found in Columbia Co.
marriage records. It is my understanding that Lettice was his
second wife William was supposedly about 45 when he
married(born a 1766)Lettice. It is questionable that no children
are listed by his first marriage. He was, therefore, about 64 and
66 when his last two children were born. The long spred
between some children indicate some children either died before
they could marry or some are missing.
Searching for parents of John W. Reese born Abt. 1808 in
Virginia and died Abt. 1880 in Carroll Co., Georgia. He m.
Jane P. Guffin Dec. 28. 1828 in Newton Co., Georgia.
Their children were: Benjamin W., George, W. Henry, Wade
H., Sarah E., Thomas J., John W., Eliza A., Martha S.
John is as far back as I can trace this Reese line. Would
appreciate any help!
M. Fendley check spelling as REECE for John W but kids used
REESE
Hugh Reese II. (Revolutionary War Colonel)
B: 20 Dec 1742 Prince George or Sussex County, VA
D: 12Dec1825 Columbia County, GA
Buried near Thomson, GA McDuffie Co
Capt. 9th Co. Columbia Regt 20Jan1791
5
William Reese
B: 1766 VA
M: Lettice McCrary
John Reese
Quaker
Dorcus Reese
B: 1769
D: 5 Apr 1819
B: 1770 SC
Jefferson, GA
M: Burkhalter
M: Sarah Ganeway
Mary Reese
B: 1772 SC
M: Burkhalter
(Margaret) Mary Jane James
B: @ 1748 VA
D: 1793 Columbia County GA
M: @ 1765 VA
Thirza Reese
Sarah Reese
B: 1774 SC
M: Holliman
Benjamin Harris
Reese
B: 1776 NC
D: 1865 GA
M: Elizabeth Pierson
B: 1782 SC
M: Allen Duckworth
Hugh Reese III
Jeremiah Reese
B: 1790 Columbia, GA
M: Martha McGee
b: 1799
B: 1786
• Louisa 1814
M: Sarah Porter 1805 • Cynthia 1826 GA
M: Thomas
• James 1824 GA
• Sarah E. 1838
• Rachel 1830 GA
• William Ozwell 4Nov1806
• Martha 1833 GA
• Elizabeth Maria 30Jul1808
• Curtis 1834 GA
Elizabeth Newsom(e)
• James Madison 8Jan1810
• Urich 1836 GA
B: 22Jan1772 VA
• Benjamin Taliaferro 11Sep1811 • Dozier 1839 GA
D: 7Jan1848
1850 Warren County, GA census lists the families of:
• Washington Jasper 6Mar1813 • Talbot 1842 GA
M: 20 Nov 1794
Britton, Moses, Harrison, HughIII,
• Amanda 1845 GA
Quaker • Gracey Brunetta 8Dec1814
• Jeremiah Green 15Sep1815
Harris (Benjamin) with mother Elizabeth Newsom Reese
• Tolbert X. 12Sep1816
• Martha Porter 5Apr1820
• Sarah Ephatha Matilda
Britton C. Reese
17Apr1822
B: 1801 GA
Moses Reese
•Charles Augustus Delafayette
M1: Lucinda McG(h)ee
Elizabeth
Reese
Harrison Reese
Sarah Reese
Nancy Reese
B: 1804
11Jun1824
2Oct 1823
B: 1797
B: 1805
B: 1795
B: 1798
M2: Michal Todd
•Orlander Bonaparte 28Apr1826
(license 27Sep1823)
M: Brooks
M1: Susan Short
b:1817
•Cornelia
C.
W.
22Feb1828
M2: Louisa
• Albert Scott 8Sep1832
D: <1860
• James 1828 GA
• Elizabeth 1831 GA
(all spellings per Jeremiah’s
• Sarah Jane 1833 GA
• Nancy 1834 GA
• Jepe 1835 GA
bible records
M: John Jackson Pate
• Sarah 1835 GA
• Hansel 1839 GA
• Christopher C. 1837 GA • Matthew 1836 GA
• Charlotte 1841 GA
• Francis M. 1839 GA
• Both John Jackson Pate and Christopher Reese were Privates in
• Jonas 1838 GA
• Lavinia 1845 GA
Co B 48th GA Inf Reg. John J. Pate died of wounds received in combat, Christopher Reese
• Merill 1841 GA
• James R. 1847 GA
died of disease.
• Moses 1841 GA
• William O. E. 1849 GA
Mariah Prudence
• Damaris 1846 GA
• Around 1820 two sons of Hugh, namely Moses, William Rees, and their sister Thirza, who
Reese
• Martha 1847 GA
married Allen Duckworth, son of William (corrected to Jeremiah) Duckworth, moved to
B: 1804
• Cicero 1849 GA
Monroe County, Miss. Along with them came Jeremiah Rees, son of Benjamin Rees, their
M: 21Feb1820 Henry Scott
cousin."
Vincent Reese
Very little is known of Simeon
Averitt and the only tie to William
Henry is a “Simeon” noted in the
1860 census as a 60 year old man,
born in VA and living with William &
family. The assumption is that he is
William’s Father.
B: 1808
M: Susan Short
Sim(e)on Averitt Reese
B: 1802
M: daughter of Arthur Adams b: 1806
William Henry Reese
B: 1832
4
3
?? Adams
B:
Eugenia Hackney
B:
1850 Warren County GA Census:
1850 Warren County GA Census:
33-42, 1
28-32
825
Hugh Reese
Martha
Cynthia
James
Rachel
Martha
Curtis
Urich
Dozier
Talbot
Amanda
60
51
24
26
20
17
16
14
11
08
05
M Farmer
F
F
M
F
F
M
M
M
M
F
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
Joel
824
Nancy
Effa F.
Epsy
Benjamin
Joel
Temperance
Felix F.
Eliza A.
Georgiana
49
47
24
22
20
09
05
08
05
05
M Farmer
F
F
F
M
M
F
M
F
F
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
724
Washington Reese 38
French A.
Christopher C.
Emilier R.
Ora A. L.
24
05
02
8/12
Louisa
Sarah J.
Christopher C.
Francis M.
49
41
17
13
11
M Farmer
F
F
M
M
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
M Farmer
F
F
M
F
F
F
M
M
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
15
11
07
05
03
F
F
m
M
M
M
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
64
80
36
12
M Farmer
F
F
F
NC
VA
GA
GA
1850 Warren County GA Census:
14-22
604
Eliza
Elizabeth
Jepe
Hansel
Charlotte
Lavinia
James R.
William O.E.
45
35
19
15
11
09
05
03
01
1850 Warren County GA Census:
13-18
713
Prudence D. Reese 37
1850 Warren County GA Census:
32-36
Briton C. Reese
Harrison Reese
1850 Warren County GA Census:
23-32
333
M Mechanic
F
M
M
F
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
Indiana V.
Rufus A.
James J.
Henry C.l
William M.
31-34
833
Harris Reese
Elizabeth Reese
Louisa Thomas
Sarah E.
1910 North Eastern Georgia County Map
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/georgia/
1850 Warren County GA Census:
1850 Warren County GA Census:
3-13
7-18
1039
Ezekial Reese
Sarah
Jane
Matilda
John
Taliaforo
Eliza
Emily
Benjamin
Temperance
Mary
50
45
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
08
03
M farmer GA
F
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
F
F
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
1850 Warren County GA Census:
32-36
724
John Shields
Lucy Shields
Sarah Shields
Martha Shields
William H.
Rebecca D. Roberts
Robert Roberts
64
55
23
18
18
11
10
M farmer GA
F
F
F
M
F
M
NC
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
1051
Moses Reese
Michal
James
Nancy
Sarah
Matthew
Jonas
Merill
Moses
Damaris
Martha
Cicero
46
33
22
16
15
14
12
09
09
04
03
7/12
M farmer GA
F
M
F
F
M
M
M
M
M
F
M
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
Joseph Reese
Mary
B:
D: 1779 Southampton Co., VA
recorded 14Feb 1779
B:
Edward Reese
B:
D: 1781
Southampton
M: Olive Thorpe
bef 1772
John Reese
B: @ 1735 Southampton Co. VA
D: 1794 Parish of St. Luke, Southampton Co.
Will is listed in Hampton Co. recorded 13Nov1794
Mary Thorpe
B: 24Jun1735
Rivers Reese
Rogers Reese B: @ 1763
B: @ 1761
Randolph Reese
B: @1759
M: 1Nov1782 Southampton Co., VA
D: @ 1814 when estate is settled
M: Piety Vick
b: 1772 VA
Rowell Reese
B: @1767
• Nancy Reese
b: 2Feb1796 VA
• Lucy Reese b: 1798
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
JosephReese
B:
M: Christian Lundy
Mary Reese
B:
M: Thomas
John Reese
Joseph Reese
Edwin Reese
Lewis Reese
Rebecca Reese
Silvia Reese
Polly Reese
John Reese Joseph Reese
B: @1766
M: Rebecca
Collier
B: @1768
M: Delilah Porter
Mary “Polly”
Patty Reese
B: @1770
M: Matthew Morgan
B: 1765
D: aft 1795
M: John Thorpe
21Feb1781
Selah Reese
B: @1768
M: Benjamin Adams
Jr. 1Jan1784 VA
D: very young
• David Adams
b: 4Aug 1787
Reuben Reese
B: @1765
M: Charlotte Harrison
11Nov1792
Southampton Co.
Sarah “Sally” Harris
B: VA
Dauther of Joel Harris
D: @1817 when her estate is
settled Southampton Co., VA
Lucy RosannaReese
B: @1769
M: William Johnson
1792 lived in Warren Co.,
Georgia
Sally Reese
B: @1764
M: Benjamin
Ivey
17Oct1782
Sucky Reese
B: @ 1762
M: Philip Ivey
9Jan1786 VA
Anslem Reese
B:
D: 1824 Southampton
Co., VA
No children
Redmond Reese
B:
Charity Reese
B:
John Reese
B:
out Northampton
! Check
County, NC 1830-1850
census records for some
of these Reeses.
Howell Reese
B:
Harris “Harry”
B:
Elizabeth “Betsey”
B:
M: Arthur Augustus Adams
Rivers Reese
B:
Sally Reese
B:
M: Norfleet Ivy
Polly Reese
B:
D: bef 1828
M: George Ivy
Martha McGee
Hugh Reese III
B: @ 1794 Columbia County GA
B: 1790
Thomas Reese
B: 1823
James Reese
B: 1824
Dozier Reese
B: 1839
Cynthia Reese
B: 1826
Rachel Reese
B: 1830
Tolbert A. Reese
B: 1842
Martha Reese
B: 1833
Curtis A Reese
B: 1834
Amanda Reese
B: 1846
Uriah Reese
B: 1836
William Henry Reese
3
B: 1832 Warren County, GA
D: Nov1879 Milledgeville, Baldwin County GA
Sarah Shields
B:
daughter of John Shields b: 1786 and
Lucy b: 1792 NC
M: 1852
D: between 1856-1858
Eugenia Hackney
B:
daughter of John O. Hackney b: 1816 GA and
Margaret A. Lyle b: 1824 GA
M: 16May1858 Wilkes County, GA
D: between 1868-1870
James H.Reese
Margaret A. Reese
B: 1860
B: 1862
B: 1856
Elizabeth
“Lizzy” Reese
B: 1864
Josephine Hackney
William Thomas Reese, Sr.
B: 26Jan1868 GA
D: 25Jul1943 Hamlet, NC
2
Wife #1
Lillie Lee Jordan
B:
M: 1870
B: 1872 The Rock, GA
D: 12Mar1893
Samuel Reese
B: 1871
John S Reese
Robert Reese
B: 1874
Mattie Reese
Wife #2
B: 1876
Nancy (Nannie) Bonds
B:
M: 22Dec1895
D:
1
Lillian (Sis)
B: 22Aug1897
D: 27Dec1989
Charleston SC
Henry Aiken
Charles Gladstone
B: 1898
B: 14Aug1900 Hamlet NC
M: CatherineMilliken
D: 24Jul1914 Hamlet NC
D: 1975
Mildred Alma
B: 13Mar1902
M: Rufus Plato
Edwards
D: 4May1974 Hamlet
Marion Allen
B: 13Sep1906
D: 25Apr1908
Hamlet, NC
William Thomas Jr James Leonard
B: 09Feb1910 Monroe, NC
Union County
M: 10Dec1936 Phila., PA
Dorothy Helen Love
B: 23Sep1913 Hamlet
M: Lena Alma Taylor
D: 16Jun1982 Hamlet
Richmond County
Chart of 7 Reese generations (best guess)
Rees, Edwin, Isham, William, Huberd, Hugh
Camden District (Formerly Craven County), South Carolina
1770 A memorial exhibited by Philip Pettypool to be registered in the Auditors Office of a plantation or
tract of land containing 93 acres situated in Craven County St. Marks Parish SW on land granted to Isham
Rees and John McIntosh, NW on land laid out to Sherwood James and one Hopkins, NE on land granted
to Alexander Campbell, SE on William Rees land. Survey certified the 25th Sept. 1770. Also of another
plantation or tract of land containing 250 acres situated in Craven County St. Mark's Parish near the High
Hills of Santee in Wateree River Swamp bounding NE on land granted to Sherwood James, S on land
granted to Lewis Evans, all other sides vacant land . Survey certified the 27th Sept 1771 and both granted
the 22nd day of Nov 1771. Set this hand Jan 14 1772 - Isham Moore D.S.
1782 Edwin Rees, planter, will proved 29 July 1782. Wife Mary, daughters Sally and Elizabeth.
Executors Brothers Hugh Rees and Isham Rees, Edwin Rees; witnesses: Philip Pettypool, Sarah Rees,
Thos Andrews. Inventory by Isham Moore, Huberd Rees, Abijah Rembert, 17 August 1782; mentions Philip
Pool, Matthew Gayle, Adam F. Brisbane, Samuel Hatfield, Robt Dearington, Thomas Andrew, Dr. Wright,
Capt. Josiah Furman, Peter Brunson, Henry Whelar, Mr. Hardis, George Spain, David Neal, Col. Nathl Moore,
Wm Moore, Wm Rees, James Habersham, Wm Dinkins, Flemin Tynes, Mr. Grimes, Henry Clark, Caleb
Gayle, Wm Barden, Greenberry Caper, Isaac Knighton, Edward Lane, Willis Ramsey, Charles Leflour,
Alexander Campbell, James Borough, Benjamin Holloway, Lenard Powell, Capt. Lewis, Matthew Peterson,
Mr. Skiner, Robt Moses, Ephraim P. Pool, Golbert Crosswell, Archabald Henson, John Denny, Philip P. Pool,
John Hamilton.
http://www.mindspring.com/~baumbach/ppoole/ppoole8.htm
Rees, Reuben, Richard, Hugh
1820 US Census, Warren County, Georgia, Captain Hutchinson's District
Henry Pool Jr 1mu10, 1m16-26, 1m26-44, 1fu10, 1f45+
Reuben Reese 1m10-15, 1m16-25, 1m45+, 1f1-15, 1f16-25, 1f45+, 1 male slave 14-25
Henry Pool Sr 1mu10, 1m16-18, 1m16-25, 1m45+, 1fu10, 1f16-25, 1f45+
Richard Reese 1mu10, 1m16-25, 1fu10, 1f16-25
James Pool 2mu10, 1m26-44, 3fu10, 1f26-44
1830 US Census, Warren County, Georgia
James Pool 2m5-10, 1m10-15, 1m30-40, 2f5-10, 2f10-15, 1f15-20, 1f30-40
Henry Pool 1m5-10, 1m10-15, 1m30-40, 2fu5, 1f5-10,1f10-15, 1f30-40
Hugh Reese 1m20-30, 1fu5, 1f15-20
Henry P. Pool 1m15-20, 1m60-70, 1f40-50, 1f60-70 [m1 Susan Ratcliffe]
Samuel Pool 1mu5, 2m5-10, 3m10-15, 1m30-40, 1fu5, 1f30-40
http://www.mindspring.com/~baumbach/ppoole/ppoole8.htm
Hugh Rees Will Registered June 14, 1826
5
Georgia}
Columbia Co.} In the name of God Amen
I Hugh Rees being old and infirm of body but of sound mind and disposing memory do make constitute and
ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament
First I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth Rees all that tract ol land lying on the east side of
Maddox creek which I purchased of Joel Sanders supposed to be about one hundred and forty acres for and
during her natural life or widowhood--I also give her during her life or widowhood a negro man and negro
women to be chosen by her out of all belonging to my estate at the time of the division thereof herein after
mentioned said tract of land and negroes at her death or future marriage to be equally divided between all
the children she may have living--I also give my said wife one horse saddle & bridle, a bedstead bed and
furniture, two cows and calves a sow & pigs & half dozen year old hogs provision and plantation tools
sufficient to last her a year all tho said articles to be selected by her at the time of but previous to the division
of my estate herein after named
4
2. I give and bequeath to my son Simmon Averitt Rees the tract of land on which he now lives containing
about one hundred and ten acres on the south end of a tract purchased from Joseph Landrum and adjoining
Frederick Brown and others.
3rd It is my will and desire that my two sons Britain Rees abd Vincent Rees have and enjoy all that tract of
land containing two hunred acres lying on Middle creek in Warren County adjoining Robert Walton and others
and which was deeded to them by Richard Fletcher to be equally divided between them
4th I give and bequeath to my several children following viz: to Benjamin Rees, Hugh Rees, William Rees
Moses Rees, Jeremiah Rees, Thirza Duckworth, Dorcas Burkhalter, Mary Burkhalter, Nancy Rees
and Sarah Holliman in addition to whatthey have already received fifty dollars each and fifty dollars to be
divided among the children of my daughter Elizabeth Brooks deceased
5th Is is my will and desire that the rest and residue of my estate after paying for my just debts be kept
together till the first January after my son Vincent Rees comes of lawful age for the support of my wife
Elizabeth Rees and her children and for the education of sd children according to the discretion of my sd wife
and then to be equally divided among all the children of my sd wife. For the betteer Execution of this last will
and testament I appoint my wife Elizabeth Rees my Executrix and my son in law Henry Scott and Bill Sanders
my Executors.
Hugh Rees Will Registered June 14, 1826 (continued … page 2 of 2)
In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixing my seal the 13th day of November 1823
Hugh Rees (seal)
Witness
B.M. Sanders
John Rees
Benjamin Adams
Georgia}
Columbia County} Billington M. Sanders on of the witnesses to the within instrument of writing and after being
duly sworn deposeth and saith that he saw Hugh Rees the testator sign seal and acknowledge the written
instrument to be his last will and testament and that the testator was of sound mind and disposing memory at
the time of subscribing the same and that he together with John Rees abd Benjamin Adams signed the same
as witnesses in the presence of each other and by the request and in the presence of the testator Bill Sanders
Sworn to in open court
May 22, 1826
S. Crawford Clk
The 1870 census shows William Henry (38) with
wife Eugenia (29) and their five children …
the youngest being William Thomas Reese, Sr. (2)
Mary McCurdy Casey
@1800 - 1852
Married Stephen Casey
Children:
Mariah Jane (1836-1908)
Sarah Ann (married Masey)
Mary E. (married Christopher and
Edward Prince)
Malinday (married McAdams)
Edward - 1848
Mariah Casey Bonds
Of Lowndesville, SC
Sons:
Daughter: Nancy Bonds
Mariah Jane Casey Bonds
The 1900 census lists M.J. Bonds as "housekeeper",
living in the household of M.T. Hutchison. We took a
research trip to Lowndesville, SC in 1995 and met
the local historian, Mr. Arnette Carlisle, who had
been married to a niece of M.J. Bonds. The story, as
he told us, was that Mariah had been married to
S.J. Bonds at the age of 14 and had 6 children by
him. He thought the S.J. stood for Sugarus
Josepheus Bonds. They moved to Coosa County
Alabama where they lived until S.J. joined the
Confederate Army and was killed in the Civil War
around 1864. He is believed to be buried near
Nashville, TN, maybe in the National Cemetery at
Murfreesboro. Mariah, with 5 children (Mary,
Marion, Reese, Sanford and John), traveled by
wagon, alone, back to SC where Mariah had 6 more
children. It is believed that she had these children
while living with M.T. Hutchison but did not marry
him because she did not want to lose a Civil War
pension she was receiving for being the wife of
Bonds. M.T. Hutchison also received a Civil War
pension as he was wounded three times and
captured on 28-Jul-1864.
Milton T. Hutchinson
Of Lowndesville, SC
Not sure if this is an earlier picture
Of Milton but there is a resemblance.
William Thomas Reese, Sr.
William, Sr., a 32nd degree Mason, a Woodsmen of the World and Shriner spent 32
years working for the Seaboard Line as a railroad foreman. He was a Methodist.
Born in Grovetown, Georgia, January 26, 1868 … Died in Hamlet, North Carolina,
July 15, 1943
Married Lillie Lee Jordan from “The Rock” Georgia … Lillie died within first year of
marriage
Married Nancy Bonds of Lowndesville, Georgia
Early tintype of
Wm. Thomas Reese, Sr.
Possibly from time he
Was married to Lillie Lee
Hamlet, North Carolina
William Thomas Reese, Sr.
William Thomas, Sr. spent his last years in
Hamlet, NC. He is buried in Monroe, NC
(Union)
Dad’s two sisters …
Aunt Amy (Alma Edwards) and Aunt Dis (Lillian Reese)
Some of my fondest summer vacation memories are
of our trips to North Carolina … This is 1962.
Joyce, Aunt Dis, Dad, Cousin Nancy with Corby, Her mom Aunt Amy, Aunt Lena, Uncle Jimmy, Nancy’s husband Walter
Joan, Cousin Leonard, Cousin Carole, Cousin Lillian and Karen
Reese Burial Plot
in Monroe, NC
(Union County)
William Thomas Reese, Jr.
and Dorothy Helen Love
Married on December 12, 1936
Dorothy Helen Love
July, 2002 – 8 Great-Grands and 4 Grand-Children
William Thomas Reese, Jr.
and
Dorothy Helen Love
65th Wedding Anniversary
December 12, 2001
December, 2001 – The East Coast Clan