George Robertson REEVES (VETERAN CSA)
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Additional REEVES Surnames in GEORGETOWN Cemetery
REEVES, Mary TalithiaREEVES, Charlotte FrancesREEVES, BabyREEVES, Lenora SandelREEVES, Jack HullREEVES, Samuel BairdREEVES, JillREEVES, RubyREEVES, Linda CordeliaREEVES, Robert GlennREEVES, Thomas MooreREEVES, JaneREEVES, Albert SidneyREEVES, William FranklinREEVES, NancyREEVES, Linda MarieREEVES, Nora ElizabethREEVES, Franklin ArthurREEVES, George RobertsonREEVES, Eva LouisaREEVES, George EmersonREEVES, James RobertREEVES, Lee EmersonREEVES, JuliaREEVES, Henry HarrisonREEVES, SophieREEVES, A. R.REEVES, A. R. (footmarker)REEVES, Sophie (footmarker) Additional REEVES Surnames in GRAYSON County
REEVES, Hiram WorthREEVES, MargaretREEVES, John H.REEVES, J. CliffordREEVES, Dannie MaeREEVES, Jerry ByronREEVES, Sandra JeanREEVES, Pauline E.REEVES, Howard HaroldREEVES, Agnes MaurineREEVES, Derrell HenryREEVES, Family StoneREEVES, Jim H.REEVES, J. H.REEVES, EllenREEVES, Bela B.REEVES, Bonnie D.
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Submitted: 6/29/22 • Approved: 7/2/22 • Last Updated: 7/5/22 • R522042-G0-S3
COLONEL Confederate States Army
11th Regiment Texas Cavalry
Civil War Confederate
January 3, 1826 - September 5, 1882
Mason
George and Jane then moved to Grayson County, Texas in 1846, where he held several county offices. From 1850 to 1854, he was County Sheriff. In 1856 he was elected to the Texas Legislature where he represented the county until 1858. He would later serve in the legislature again in 1870, 1875, 1879, and in 1881-82. In his last term, he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.
When the Civil War broke out, he raised a company for William C. Young's Eleventh Cavalry and later became colonel in command. His unit fought in Indian Territory, at Pea Ridge with Benjamin McCulloch, the Siege at Corinth, the battles of Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Knoxville, and Tunnel Hill; all part of Ross's Texas Brigade.
There are several places named in honor of George Reeves. The first is the community in Grayson County that developed around Fort Johnston was called Georgetown. The Confederate Camp in Grayson County is named Confederate Camp Reeves. Reeves County, Texas is named for him. And, the George R. Reeves Masonic Lodge of Pottsboro, where he served as master, is named in his honor.
Contributed on 6/29/22 by dswood43
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