Lest We Forget ; Our Melvins and Kin  by  Lionel Dane Melvin NCMcKay Home "Lest" Contents Page Book Index-> A-F, G-Mc, M-Q, R-Y <--Pg. 067                                              Pg. 069-->                                                                   68                 son, Edward Reeves, born c1838 in Bladen County,                married, first, 10 July 1866 Mary J. Simpson;                second, 19 Sept. 1876 Annie E. Cromartie.           dau. Mary Ann Reeves, born 18 Feb. 1840 in Bladen                County. Married E.D. Smith.           dau. Sarah Ann Reeves, born 3 March 1843 in Bladen                County, died 22 Dec. 1846 in Bladen.   dau. Sarah Reeves, born 1775?, died in Louisiana. Married      Edmund Hawes. son, Edward Prothero Reeves, born 1777, died 1841, Clinton      County, Kentucky. Married, first, a Miller; second, Sus-      an Pierce. dau. Jane Reeves, born 1779?, died in Alabama, Married Edward      Harris. son, Evan Reeves, born 1781?, died 1824 in Bladen County,      N.C. Married Eliza Edwards. dau. Mary Reeves, born 1783?, died in Butler County, Ala.      Married, first, George Henry; second, John Thomas. son, James Reeves, born 1875, died in Butler County, Ala.      Married an Edwards. dau. Hannah Reeves, born 1787, died 1866 in Bladen County,      N.C. Married Amos Cain of Bladen County, N.C. (It was      through the children of this family that the account      of DANIEL MELVIN'S capture and escape by and from Black-      beard was handed down to the present generation.) son, Thompson Reeves, infant. dau. Damaras Reeves, born 1792, died 1857 in Bladen County,      N.C. Married her cousin, Tolliver Sutton, son of Susan-      na Melvin and Christopher Sutton. son, David Melvin Reeves, born 1795, died 1880 in Lowndes      County, Alabama. Married, first, Catherine Sellers;      second, Mary Herring.   The following is from the 1850 U.S. Census of Bladen County, N.C. The Reeves given here is a grandson of JANE MELVIN and Edward Reeves, by which son is not known by me - LM.        Phillip Reeves, born c1802 in South Carolina. Married      Jane Melvin, dau. of JOHN MELVIN and Mary Turner. Born      c1812. Children:      dau. Harriet Reeves, born c1836 in Bladen County, N.C.      son, Robert Reeves, born c1838 in Bladen County, N.C.      son, Daniel Reeves, born c1839 in Bladen County, N.C.      son, Alex H. Reeves, born c1841 in Bladen County, N.C.      dau. Margaret Reeves, born c1843 in Bladen Co., N.C.      dau. Elizabeth J. Reeves, born c1844 in Bladen County,           N.C.      son, Richard M. Reeves, born c1847 in Bladen County,           North Carolina.   JANE MELVIN (c1806-18__)   Daniel (2), Daniel (1).   Daughter of DANIEL MELVIN, II, and Sarah West of Bladen Co., N.C. Born c1806 in Bladen County, died 1877 in Bladen. Mar- ried John Monroe, brother of Malcolm Monroe who married JANE MELVIN's sister, Sarah. Children:   <--Pg. 067                                              Pg. 069-->