Person:John Reese (20)

John Reese (brother of Benjamin) born May 19, 1797 - died May 14, 1852

Children of John Reese and Jane Wetherell Weach
John, b. 19 May 1797

John Reese Jr born on 19 - May - 1797 at Scott Co KY
died at Grand Encore LA on 14 - May - 1852
The Said John Reese was the child of
John Reese and his ( 1st ) wife Jane Wetherell

p. 242 - First Mount Pleasant Church was constituted July 1828 in Franklin Township about 1828. One of first preachers was Rev. John Reece.
p. 184 - Early residents of [town of] Franklin, who purchased lots between 1824 and 1834, were David, J., and Thomas Alexander; Charles Johnson; Edward McDermid; John Reese

p. 132
Indenture 27 Dec 1832
Between David Monfort and Ann Watts his wife of Johnson County, Indiana
And John Reese of Jefferson County, Indiana who paid $100 for
Lot #66 in the town of Franklin
Signed David Monfort, Ann W. Monfort
Witness Wm G. Shelley, Abraham Stark, John Foster, J. P.
p. 402
Whereas the undersigned has granted sold, etc. to Burgess Waggener
The NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of S24, T12N, R4E, containing 40 acres
For Elizabeth the consort of John Reese relinquishes her Dower rights
Signed 8 Sep 1835, John Reese, Elizabeth Reese
Witness James Chenoweth, JP, 8 Sep 1835

ELDER JOHN REESE
On page 11 of Dr. Wallace’s History of the Franklin Baptist Church: “In 1835 John Reese, an Uncle of Rev. John Reese of Shelbyville, gave the church considerable trouble, the records reveal nothing of the exact nature of the trouble but they do reveal that he was a man of hasty temper; for becoming incensed at some remark, he stalks out of the meeting, remarking to the church members as he went out, ‘I’m no more of you’; and we know that he must have been in the wrong for such men as Prof. Warren Leverette, for the time located at Franklin and other stable brethren of the church assert that they have no fellowship for him. But we must believe that, like Peter he repented and the church restored him to membership”

Document Nr.: 15973
Patentee: JOHN REESE of Jefferson County, Indiana
Issue Date: 11/4/1834, Indianapolis, Indiana
40 Acres, NE1/4SE1/4 Section 24, Township 12-N, Range 4-E, Johnson County, Indiana

Indenture 17 January 1838
Between John Rees of Jefferson County, IN
And James Chenoweth of Johnson County, IN who paid $600 for
Lot 66 in the Town of Franklin
Signed John Reese, Elizabeth Reese his wife
Witness John B. Reese, J. C. Cheevers JP of Jefferson County, IN

Reese, John, 1 m 5-9 [Robert], 1 m 10-14 [Alexander], 1 m 15-19 [unknown], 1 m 40-49 [John], 2 m 50-59 [unknown], 2 f under 5 [Mary, Charlotte], 2 f 5-9 [Nancy, Sarah], 1 f 30-39 [Elizabeth]; 2 engaged in manufacturing

Reese, John, 54, male, blacksmith, RE = $700, b. KY
, Wm. A. 21, male, student, b. IN, at school
, Sarah E., 20, female, b. IN
, Elizabeth, 43, female, b. KY
, Robert S., 18, male, student, b. IN, at school
, Nancy, 16, female, b. IN, at school
, Charlotte A., 14, female, b. IN, at school
, Mary J., 12, female, b. IN, at school
, Martha J., 8, female, b. IN, at school
, Mira E., 4, female, b. IN

You ask me about Father! My dear cousin how shall I tell you? I have no father. It is too true! Little did I think when I grasped his hand at the river this spring and bid him farewell that I should never see that dear good old father again in this world. That I should never again meet him till that time when I hope by God’s grace to met him in the mansions of Eternal rest. The circumstances of his death are briefly these: Father reached New Orleans the 8th day of May. His health was very good and he took passage, as he informed in his last letter, on board the “Caspian”, a Red River packet bound for Shreveport. His design was to cross over into Texas with the intention of of hunting a place to locate if he liked the country. The last letter he wrote was dated New Orleans May 11th – The next day we suppose the boat left for Shreveport. Father said that he was threatened with diarrhoea but thought it was nothing serious. That was the last we heard of him till about two weeks ago when we received a letter from the clerk of the boat informing us that “Mr. John Reese had taken passage on board the Caspian, that on the night of the 13th he took unwell and died on the 14th at 3 o’clock P. M. He had cholera”. Such was the purport of the letter. The Clerk Mr. I. M. Thompson, also stated that he had received all the attention in their power. He stated that he died easy and was willing to meet his God. He was buried 3 miles above Grand Ecore. The clerk said he had written to us once before but we never got the letter. I wrote to him immediately instructing him where to ship his trunk and gun and desiring all the particulars of his death and his burial. I have as yet received no answer to my letter.