William H. Reeves

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1814-11-26

Death Date

1889-03-31

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White

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"William H. Reeves" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00001471, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Penelope B. Reeves. Father of Mary Ann Reeves, George W. Reeves, Susan J. Reeves, William B. Reeves, Martha H. Reeves, and Emily B. Reeves. Sheriff in Ballard County in 1850. Farmer in Ballard County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in 1850. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, p. 280A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, p. 124. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Lovelaceville District, p. 165. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Lovelaceville District, p. 21. Find A Grave, "William Harrison Reeves (1814-1889)," Memorial #64004722, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64004722&ref=acom (accessed September 21, 2017).

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