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'''William Reeves and Susan Hunter'''

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=BIG FAT DISCLAIMER=
The names of this couple come from an affidavit.  We really don't have anything firm on that yet.  I'm going to present *evidence* of their connections.  Do not cite my page as gospel, it is speculation that the people in the "family" below are all related.

As has been passed to me, this affidavit is merely called "Affidavit by H W Reaves, John P Reaves and Daniel A Grounds from the records of the Cherokee Nation." About this affidavit, I do not have a date, a place, or anything else about it.  I don't know why they made it or what all they said in it.  I don't even know yet who these three men are or where they fit in the descendents of the alleged William Reeves and Susan Hunter, or even if they do fit.  Don't blame me for this situation, it's what I got, if you want to help me find out more, please do so.

According to this affidavit, William Reeves and Susan Hunter were married "...in Cherokee Nation East of the Mississippi."  If the remainder of my narrative here is accurate, this marriage must have taken place in what is today North Carolina and probably between 1780 and 1793.  The earliest child I've applied to them so far is that James who was born Feb 1794 in North Carolina (see below).

One interesting thing about this family is the continuous preference for the name Clarinda "Clara".  This name is repeated for several generations right up to the present day in the descendents.  [[William_J_Clinton|President Bill Clinton]] is a descendent of this alleged couple, through their daughter Jane Reaves who married John B Wilson.  This information is shown on [http://www.wargs.com/political/clinton.html "William Addams Reitweisner's "Ancestry of Bill Clinton"] as ancestors #122 and #123.

==William Reeves and Susan Hunter==
The following list of children is the hypothesis of me Will Johnson.  It is not a proven list, there isn't even good evidence for some of it.  It is just speculation due to reading various Hempstead County documents, and should be presented as such with a LINK back to this page.  This information is copyright by me, you are free to post it, provided you link back to this page.  Overwise you are violating my copyright.

#James Reaves born 11 Feb 1794 North Carolina, married Susan Heath of Illinois, probably in Arkansas and had at least or exactly six children all in Hempstead County, Arkansas;  James' birthdate comes from Tree #0643, World Family Tree Vol. 19, Ed. 1; it is not yet known by me what the original underlying primary source for that birthdate is;  "James Reves" and his wife Susana appear [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=8054&path=Arkansas.Hempstead.Ozan.14&sid=&gskw=James+Reves&cr=1 here in the 1850 Census of Hempstead County, AR];
#Jane Reaves born 16 Apr 1799 Christian County, Kentucky;  on 14 Nov 1816, in Missouri married John B Wilson of Kentucky; had exactly or at least 12 children all in Hempstead County, Arkansas; this marriage date comes from a letter writen in 1950 from "Uncle Jack Wilson to Uncle Wade Wilson" (see link below);
#Henry Reaves born 1804 in Kentucky, married an unknown woman and had at least two children George born unknown, and Henry born 1837 AR;  In 1859 this son, Henry Jr, married his cousin Rebecca Reeves in Hempstead County, Arkansas;
#Rebecca Reaves born 1807 in Kentucky (age 43 KY, 1850 Census), married first, as "Rebeccca Reeves" to Charles Bell 16 Jul 1826 in Hempstead County, Arkansas (AMR, Morgan) by whom one surviving child Alexander 1829; she married secondly Charles Miller 3 Nov 1849 Hempstead County (AM, ancestry);  In 1850 she is living in Hempstead County, AR [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8054&iid=ARM432_26-0530&fn=Clara&ln=Krog&st=r&ssrc=&pid=9509461 here] with her much younger second husband;
#Green B Reaves born 8 Jan 1809 Kentucky; married [Sarah?] Jane Johnson of Illinois by 1827; had a daughter Leanah born in Hempstead County, Arkansas in 1828; "Green Reeves" appears on the Tax list of Hempstead County for 1828 and 1829; moved to Coahuila y Texas, Republic of Mexico by 1831; In 1850 he appears in Sabine Parish, Louisiana;
#Clarinda "Clara" Reaves born abt 1809 Kentucky; married Jesse Knox and at least one child Susan Knox born 1827 Hempstead County; In 1850 Clara is living [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8054&iid=ARM432_26-0530&fn=Clara&ln=Krog&st=r&ssrc=&pid=9509461 here in Hempstead County, AR] with her sister Rebecca et al.

===Secondary sources===
*[[WilliamReevesSusanHunter1|Letter from Stonewall Jackson Wilson to Wade Hampton Wilson dated 1950]]
*[[WilliamReevesSusanHunter2|Dawes Commission Application of Larkin C Wilson dated 1896/8]]

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