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William Gibbs Reese (reese5001)

Father: Berry Rees (reese4001)
Mother: Sarah "Sally"

b. 1792 in Virginia [Reese]

dc. 1855 in Corinth, Pike/Howard County, Arkansas
There was a small cemetery on the hill northeast of the old Corinth Church House. There were about five tombstones in this small cemetery. They and all signs of the cemetery disappeared in the 1930's. Two of the tombstones were for William G. Reese and wife Katherine Reese. [Reese]

m. April 4, 1816 in Bedford County, Virginia, Catherine Woodford, b. 1786 in Loudoun County, Virginia, dc. 1855 in Corinth, Pike/Howard County Arkansas. Daughter of Thomas Woodford (woodford4001) and Elizabeth. [Reese]

Issue: [Reese]

Manerva Moore Reese, b. March 18, 1817 in Virginia, d. February 7, 1896 in Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee.

m. October 17, 1833 in Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennsessee, David Dicken Jones, b. February 14, 1814 in Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee.

John Jack Reese, bc. 1819

Jordan Gibbs Reese, b. April 4, 1821 in Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee, d. May 31, 1907 in Corinth, Howard County, Arkansas

m. February 28, 1844 in Bedford County, Tennessee, Catherine Ann Womack, b. September 13, 1827 in Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee, d. April 1, 1897 in Corinth, Howard County, Arkansas

Sloman Woodford Reese (reese6001), b. September 24, 1823, d. December 6, 1917

Sarah Elizabeth "Bettie" Reese, b. May 9, 1826 in Tennesse, d. October 19, 1904 in Huckaby, Texas

m.. James H. Gunn, b. October 24, 1812 in Tennessee
m2. Samuel Joe Watson, b. 1820
m3. February 10, 1845 in Corinth, Arkansas, Charles Riley Watson

Nancy Catherine Reese, b. February 20, 1831 in Bedford County, Tennessee, d. July 12, 1919 in Colorado City, Texas

m. April 5, 1829 in Tennessee, John Hudson Watson, b. April 5, 1829, d. November 22, 1886 in Corinth, Howard County, Arkansas

Information:

July 18, 1820:
An indenture of Bargain and Sale from Christina Matts to William Reece for 11 acres of land. [Lincoln Co., TN Court Minutes Vol. 2 p 42]

May 26, 1831:
William transfers for one wagon to James Woodford his interest in the Estate of Thomas Woodford of 100 acres on Wolf Creek. [Bedford Co. VA Deed Book 22, p 360]

1845 or 1846:
William and family along with about 40 other families left Tennessee in a caravan bound for Texas, "a land of rolling plains and teeming acres, where money grew on trees and mines of wealth lay beneath the sod." They arrived near Paris, Texas around Christmas. However, the rolling plains held no appeal for the weary travelers and before unpacking, someone suggested. "Let's go back to Tennessee!" This met with approval from all, and the caravan turned back east, retracing their journey. One evening they camped at a spring near what was to become Corinth, Arkansas. The whispering pines and spreading oaks as well as the lush grass and rippling streams seemed to give a warm welcome so they stayed. [Howard County Heritage]

1850:
William and Katherine were farming next door to their son Jordan's family in Brewer Township, Pike County, Arkansas. [census-Ark]

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