1. REESE-LOVE FAMILY Hugh Reese, Sr Hugh Reese, Jr Simeon Averitt Reese
William Henry Reese
William Thomas Reese, Sr.
William Thomas Reese, Jr.
REESE-LOVE
FAMILY

2. Two possible examples of family crests …
REESE and CASEY

3. 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.

4. 7 6 5 Rev. David Rhys Maud Owens Roger Rees David Rees Esther Rees
Quaker
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.
Rev. David Rhys
B: 1680 Wales
Maud Owens 7
Roger Rees
B: 1716 PA
D: 9Oct1762 Craven
County, SC
Quaker
David Rees
B: 1703 PA
D: Apr1787
Charlotte, NC
M: Susan Ruth Polk
Esther Rees
B: 1711 PA
M: Mr. Mackay
Evan Rees
B: 1712 PA
D: 1760s Charleston
M: Sarah (d: 1757
Charleston, SC)
Thomas Rees
B: 1713 PA
D: 1762 Charleston, SC
M: Mary Crawford
Hugh Rees I B:
Moved to Bristol Parish, VA
M1: Sarah Pendleton
M2: Elizabeth Jordan
Daniel Rees
B: 1718 PA
M: Mary in NC
Owned land in NC, SC,
and GA 6
unknown
Joseph (Rev.-Baptist)
b: 1732 Kent Co. PA
d: 5Mar1795
m: Ann Reynolds
d: 23May1755
Ruth Rees
B: 1720 PA
Never married
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
Sarah or Susanah Pendleton
Quaker
Isham Rees
B: 8Aug1732 Bristol
Parish, Dinwiddie Co.
D: 6Aug1801 SC
??? Methodist min.
M1: Susan Coleman
b: 1735
M2: Rhoda Thomas
1768 Amelia Co. VA 5
James Jos.Rees
B: 15Aug1741/47 VA
D: 8Jan1839 GA
M: Elizabeth Brown
b: 15Jun1770 d: 1843
Hugh Rees II.
(Revolutionary War Colonel)
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
Priscilla Rees
B: 21Feb1729
Sarah Rees
B: 10Oct1735
William Rees
B: 1740 VA
D: 1810 SC
Dr. Joseph Brown Mackey Reese
b: 22May 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
Martha Jane Reese
Demaris Reese 1777 GA
Married Gilham Sturdivant
In Warren County GA
Charles Reese
Robert A. Reese
John C. Rees b: 26May1770
Prince Edward Co., VA
Jordan Rees b: 30Nov1772
Bedford Co., VA
Cuthbert Rees b: 1756
Isham Rees b: 1757
Williamson C. Rees b: 1758
Sarah F. Rees
Elizabeth Jordan
Benjamin Rees
B: 1752 VA
D: 11Sept1805 Columbia, GA
SC Sarah James
Elizabeth Rees
B: 23Apr1743 VA
Neil Rees
B: 10Feb1745
Edwin Rees
B: 1750 VA
D: 23Jul1782 SC
M: Mary
I am tracking down linage of Rev. David Rhy/Rees who
lived in Cum Creek, chester Co. PA in 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 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 columbia, sc usa Tuesday, July 04, 2000 at 09:33:14
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
Sally Rees
Elizabeth Rees

5. 5 Hugh Rees(e) and Elizabeth Newsom(e)
father: John or William of Frederick, VA??? Hugh I??? … mother:
MIGRATION 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 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, , 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, ", 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, 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 Money received for wards by Jeremiah Reese from estate of William Duckworth.

6. ? 5
Children of Hugh and Margaret (James) VA to Sherwood James, Jr. and Martha Holiday ... d: 1793 Columbia, GA ... VA
William b:abt. 1766/1777 VA    
John b:abt SC d: 5 Apr 1819 Jefferson, GA    
Dorcus b:abt SC    
Mary b:abt SC    
Sarah b:abt SC    
Benjamin b:abt SC d: 1865 GA    
Thorza b:abt SC    
Jeremiah Rees b:abt SC d: 29 Aug 1833 Lincoln, GA  
Hugh, Jr. b:abt Columbia, GA m: Martha McGee  
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    

7. Benjamin Adams I Benjamin Adams II Agnes Ezell Margaret Frances
B: late 1600s Surrey Co., VA
D: Jun1756 Sussex Co., VA
Agnes Ezell
D: 1817
Parents of Benjamin Adams I may have come from New Kent, VA
Benjamin Adams II
B: @ 1755 Southhampton Co., VA
Southampton Co., VA
Will dated 30Oct1794 and probated 12Mar1795
Margaret Frances
Atkinson
B: roughly
D: 1817
Sally Adams B
M: Adam Ivey
Priscilla Adams B:
M: Joseph Prince
Nancy Adams B:
Arthur Augustus Adams
Southampton Co. VA
Moved to Columbia County, GA
1808
D: January, 1822 Columbia County
Betsy (Elizabeth) VA
M: Jordan Pate
Moved to Upson County
bef 1860
Charlotte Adams B:
M: Herbert Pate
Elizabeth Reese
Southampton Co. VA
M: 27Aug1801 Southampton Co., VA
Daughter of Randolph and Sarah “Sally” Harris Reese
Moved to Warren County after death of Arthur
1826?? When Charity was given a guardian
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
John R. Adams B M:
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
Mary Ann Ivey 15Jan1826
d: 2Jun1900
m: James Monroe Culbreth
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taylor/bios/adams.txt  

8. Notes on the Rees Family by H.C. Gray, 1022 Mosby Rd., Memphis TN
Benjamin REES (planter)
B: VA
SC Sarah James
D: January 6, 1806 Columbia County, GA
Will registered January 7, 1806
Sarah James
Daughter of Sherwood James, Jr.
And Martha Holiday
Richa Rees
B: 9Jun1780 GA M:
Martha Rees
B: 20Mar1783 GA
M: Bull
Jeremiah Rees
B: 14Feb1785
M: Nancy
D: 1866 Monroe County MS
Epatha Rees
B: 18Oct1786 GA M:
William
Simpson Rees
B: 18Apr1788 GA M:
Tolbert or
Talbot Rees
B:16Oct1789 M:
Benjamin
Taliaferro Rees
B: 6Jun1791
M: Martha Matthews
Sherwood
James Rees
B: 6Jun1793 GA M:
Sarah Rees
B:16Oct1789
M: James Amoss
Albert Rees
B: 18Oct1798 GA D:
Lycurgus Gustavus Rees
From David Reese of Villanova:
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 18Oct I have some info on Lycurgus Gustavus Rees(e) son of Benjamin Taliaferro/Martha Matthews and his ten children
H.C. Gray's findings: (an excerpt) 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 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 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 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
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taylor/bios/adams.txt  

9. 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 in Virginia and died Abt in Carroll Co., Georgia. He m. Jane P. Guffin Dec 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

10. 5 4 3 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
(Margaret) Mary Jane James VA
D: 1793 Columbia County GA VA
Quaker 5
Thirza Reese
B: 1782 SC
M: Allen Duckworth
Benjamin Harris
Reese
B: 1776 NC
D: 1865 GA
M: Elizabeth Pierson
William Reese
B: 1766 VA
M: Lettice McCrary
John Reese
B: 1769
D: 5 Apr 1819
Jefferson, GA
M: Sarah Ganeway
Dorcus Reese
B: 1770 SC
M: Burkhalter
Mary Reese
B: 1772 SC
M: Burkhalter
Sarah Reese
B: 1774 SC
M: Holliman
Hugh Reese III
B: 1790 Columbia, GA
M: Martha McGee
b: 1799
Jeremiah Reese
B: 1786
M: Sarah Porter 1805
Louisa 1814
M: Thomas
Sarah E. 1838
Cynthia 1826 GA
James 1824 GA
Rachel 1830 GA
Martha 1833 GA
Curtis 1834 GA
Urich 1836 GA
Dozier 1839 GA
Talbot 1842 GA
Amanda 1845 GA
William Ozwell 4Nov1806
Elizabeth Maria 30Jul1808
James Madison 8Jan1810
Benjamin Taliaferro 11Sep1811
Washington Jasper 6Mar1813
Gracey Brunetta 8Dec1814
Jeremiah Green 15Sep1815
Tolbert X. 12Sep1816
Martha Porter 5Apr1820
Sarah Ephatha Matilda 17Apr1822
Charles Augustus Delafayette 11Jun1824
Orlander Bonaparte 28Apr1826
Cornelia C. W. 22Feb1828
Albert Scott 8Sep1832
(all spellings per Jeremiah’s
bible records
Elizabeth Newsom(e)
B: 22Jan1772 VA
D: 7Jan1848
M: 20 Nov 1794
Quaker
1850 Warren County, GA census lists the families of:
Britton, Moses, Harrison, HughIII,
Harris (Benjamin) with mother Elizabeth Newsom Reese
Britton C. Reese
B: 1801 GA
M1: Lucinda McG(h)ee
2Oct 1823
(license 27Sep1823)
M2: Louisa
D: <1860
Sarah Reese
B: 1795
Elizabeth Reese
B: 1797
M: Brooks
Nancy Reese
B: 1798
Moses Reese
B: 1804
M2: Michal Todd
b:1817
Harrison Reese
B: 1805
M1: Susan Short
James 1828 GA
Nancy 1834 GA
Sarah 1835 GA
Matthew 1836 GA
Jonas 1838 GA
Merill 1841 GA
Moses 1841 GA
Damaris 1846 GA
Martha 1847 GA
Cicero 1849 GA
Elizabeth 1831 GA
Jepe 1835 GA
Hansel 1839 GA
Charlotte 1841 GA
Lavinia 1845 GA
James R GA
William O. E GA
Sarah Jane 1833 GA
M: John Jackson Pate
Christopher C GA
Francis M GA
Both John Jackson Pate and Christopher Reese were Privates in
Co B 48th GA Inf Reg. John J. Pate died of wounds received in combat, Christopher Reese died of disease.
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."
Mariah Prudence
Reese
B: 1804
M: 21Feb1820 Henry Scott
Vincent Reese
B: 1808
M: Susan Short
Sim(e)on Averitt Reese
B: 1802
M: daughter of Arthur Adams b: 1806
?? Adams B: 4
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.
William Henry Reese
B: 1832
Eugenia Hackney B: 3

11. Briton C. Reese 49 M Farmer GA
1850 Warren County GA Census:
33-42, 1 825
Hugh Reese 60 M Farmer GA
Martha 51 F GA
Cynthia 24 F GA
James 26 M GA
Rachel 20 F GA
Martha 17 F GA
Curtis 16 M GA
Urich 14 M GA
Dozier 11 M GA
Talbot 08 M GA
Amanda 05 F GA
1850 Warren County GA Census:
Briton C. Reese 49 M Farmer GA
Louisa 41 F GA
Sarah J. 17 F GA
Christopher C. 13 M GA
Francis M. 11 M GA
1850 Warren County GA Census:
Harrison Reese 45 M Farmer GA
Eliza 35 F GA
Elizabeth 19 F GA
Jepe 15 M GA
Hansel 11 F GA
Charlotte 09 F GA
Lavinia 05 F GA
James R. 03 M GA
William O.E. 01 M GA
1850 Warren County GA Census:
Joel 49 M Farmer GA
Nancy 47 F GA
Effa F. 24 F GA
Epsy 22 F GA
Benjamin 20 M GA
Joel 09 M GA
Temperance 05 F GA
Felix F. 08 M GA
Eliza A. 05 F GA
Georgiana 05 F GA
1850 Warren County GA Census:
Prudence D. Reese 37 F GA
Indiana V. 15 F GA
Rufus A. 11 m GA
James J. 07 M GA
Henry C.l 05 M GA
William M. 03 M GA
1850 Warren County GA Census:
Washington Reese 38 M Mechanic GA
French A. 24 F GA
Christopher C. 05 M GA
Emilier R. 02 M GA
Ora A. L. 8/12 F GA
Harris Reese 64 M Farmer NC
Elizabeth Reese 80 F VA
Louisa Thomas 36 F GA
Sarah E. 12 F GA

12. 1910 North Eastern Georgia County Map

13. Ezekial Reese 50 M farmer GA Moses Reese 46 M farmer GA
1850 Warren County GA Census:
Ezekial Reese M farmer GA
Sarah 45 F GA
Jane 22 F GA
Matilda 20 F GA
John 18 M GA
Taliaforo 16 M GA
Eliza 14 F GA
Emily 12 F GA
Benjamin 10 M GA
Temperance 08 F GA
Mary 03 F GA
1850 Warren County GA Census:
Moses Reese M farmer GA
Michal 33 F GA
James 22 M GA
Nancy 16 F GA
Sarah 15 F GA
Matthew 14 M GA
Jonas 12 M GA
Merill 09 M GA
Moses 09 M GA
Damaris 04 M GA
Martha 03 F GA
Cicero 7/12 M GA
1850 Warren County GA Census:
John Shields M farmer GA
Lucy Shields 55 F NC
Sarah Shields 23 F GA
Martha Shields 18 F GA
William H. 18 M GA
Rebecca D. Roberts 11 F GA
Robert Roberts 10 M GA

14. ! Joseph Reese Mary John Reese Mary Thorpe Randolph ReeseB:
D: 1779 Southampton Co., VA
recorded 14Feb 1779
Mary B:
Edward Reese B:
D: 1781
Southampton
M: Olive Thorpe
bef 1772
JosephReese B:
M: Christian Lundy
Mary Reese B:
M: Thomas
John Reese
B: @ 1735 Southampton Co. VA
D: Parish of St. Luke, Southampton Co.
Will is listed in Hampton Co. recorded 13Nov1794
John Reese
Joseph Reese
Edwin Reese
Lewis Reese
Rebecca Reese
Silvia Reese
Polly Reese
Mary Thorpe
B: 24Jun1735
Rogers Reese
1761
Rivers Reese
1763
M: Piety Vick
b: 1772 VA
Rowell Reese
John Reese
M: Rebecca
Collier
Joseph Reese
M: Delilah Porter
Patty Reese
M: Matthew Morgan
Mary “Polly”
B: 1765
D: aft 1795
M: John Thorpe
21Feb1781
Selah Reese
M: Benjamin Adams
Jr. 1Jan1784 VA
D: very young
Randolph Reese
B: @1759
M: 1Nov1782 Southampton Co., VA
when estate is settled
Nancy Reese
b: 2Feb1796 VA
Lucy Reese b: 1798
David Adams
b: 4Aug 1787
Reuben Reese
M: Charlotte Harrison
11Nov1792
Southampton Co.
Lucy RosannaReese
M: William Johnson
1792 lived in Warren Co.,
Georgia
Sally Reese
M: Benjamin
Ivey
17Oct1782
Sucky Reese
1762
M: Philip Ivey
9Jan1786 VA
Sarah “Sally” Harris
B: VA
Dauther of Joel Harris
when her estate is
settled Southampton Co., VA
Anslem Reese B:
D: 1824 Southampton
Co., VA
No children
Redmond Reese B:
Charity Reese B:
John Reese B:
Howell Reese B:
Harris “Harry” B:
Rivers Reese B: !
Check out Northampton County, NC census records for some of these Reeses.
Elizabeth “Betsey” B:
M: Arthur Augustus Adams
Sally Reese B:
M: Norfleet Ivy
Polly Reese B:
D: bef 1828
M: George Ivy

15. Hugh Reese III Martha McGee Thomas Reese James Reese Cynthia Reese
B: 1790
Martha McGee
Columbia County GA
Thomas Reese
B: 1823
James Reese
B: 1824
Cynthia Reese
B: 1826
Rachel Reese
B: 1830
Martha Reese
B: 1833
Curtis A Reese
B: 1834
Uriah Reese
B: 1836
Dozier Reese
B: 1839
Tolbert A. Reese
B: 1842
Amanda Reese
B: 1846

16. 3 2 1 William Henry Reese Sarah Shields Eugenia Hackney John S Reese
B: Warren County, GA
D: Nov1879 Milledgeville, Baldwin County GA 3
Sarah Shields B:
daughter of John Shields b: 1786 and
Lucy b: 1792 NC
M: 1852
D: between
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
John S Reese
B: 1856
James H.Reese
B: 1860
Margaret A. Reese
B: 1862
Elizabeth
“Lizzy” Reese
B: 1864
William Thomas Reese, Sr.
B: 26Jan1868 GA
D: 25Jul1943 Hamlet, NC 2
Josephine Hackney B:
M: 1870
Lillie Lee Jordan
B: 1872 The Rock, GA
D: 12Mar1893
Wife #1
Samuel Reese
B: 1871
Robert Reese
B: 1874
Mattie Reese
B: 1876
Nancy (Nannie) Bonds B:
M: 22Dec1895 D:
Wife #2 1
Lillian (Sis)
B: 22Aug1897
D: 27Dec1989
Charleston SC
Henry Aiken
B: 1898
M: CatherineMilliken
D: 1975
Charles Gladstone
B: 14Aug1900 Hamlet NC
D: 24Jul1914 Hamlet NC
Mildred Alma
B: 13Mar1902
M: Rufus Plato
Edwards
D: 4May1974 Hamlet
Marion Allen
B: 13Sep1906
D: 25Apr1908
Hamlet, NC
William Thomas Jr
B: 09Feb1910 Monroe, NC
Union County
M: 10Dec1936 Phila., PA
Dorothy Helen Love
James Leonard
B: 23Sep1913 Hamlet
M: Lena Alma Taylor
D: 16Jun1982 Hamlet
Richmond County

17. Chart of 7 Reese generations (best guess)

18. 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 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   - Isham Moore D.S.
1782 Edwin Rees, planter, will proved 29 July 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.

19. 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 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

20. 5
Hugh Rees Will Registered June 14, 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
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. 4

21. 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

22. The 1870 census shows William Henry (38) with
wife Eugenia (29) and their five children …
the youngest being William Thomas Reese, Sr. (2)

23. Mary McCurdy Casey @1800 - 1852 Married Stephen Casey Children:
Mariah Jane ( )
Sarah Ann (married Masey)
Mary E. (married Christopher and
Edward Prince)
Malinday (married McAdams)
Edward

24. Mariah Casey Bonds
Of Lowndesville, SC
Sons:
Daughter: Nancy Bonds

25. 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 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.

26. Milton T. Hutchinson Of Lowndesville, SC
Not sure if this is an earlier picture
Of Milton but there is a resemblance.

27. 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

28. Early tintype of
Wm. Thomas Reese, Sr.
Possibly from time he
Was married to Lillie Lee

29. Hamlet, North Carolina

30. William Thomas Reese, Sr.
William Thomas, Sr. spent his last years in Hamlet, NC. He is buried in Monroe, NC (Union)

31. Dad’s two sisters …
Aunt Amy (Alma Edwards) and Aunt Dis (Lillian Reese)

32. 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

33. Reese Burial Plot
in Monroe, NC
(Union County)

34. William Thomas Reese, Jr.
and Dorothy Helen Love
Married on December 12, 1936

35. Dorothy Helen Love

36. July, 2002 – 8 Great-Grands and 4 Grand-Children

37. William Thomas Reese, Jr. and Dorothy Helen Love
65th Wedding Anniversary
December 12, 2001

38. December, 2001 – The East Coast Clan