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2. Rev. Joseph
REESE (1) was born about 1732 in Duck Creek, Kent Co., DE.
Another source says he was born in 1736, Duckcreek, Kent Co., PA (later DE).
He was ordained in Feb 1768 in Congaree, Richland Co., SC. He died
on 5 Mar 1795 in Congaree, Richland Co., SC. The following is from
Bill Smith:
He was a in 1776 in Minister, Baptist Chaplin, Rev.War. He Date of Will on 27
Apr 1792 in Rec. Book D p.254, Richland Co. SC, State Archives, Box 26, PK627
Richland Co. SC. He died on 5 Mar 1795 in Columbia, Richland Co., SC.2 He has
reference number 2142.
Joseph REESE, b.1732-36 in Kent County, province of Pennsylvania, now Delaware,
d. March 5, 1795 in Richland County, South Carolina. He moved with his parents
to the Congaree Section of South Carolina in 1745.
He married Ann Reynolds (so Edwards); was converted from the Anglican Church
and ordained a minister of the Baptist Church in 1768. Rev. Joseph REESE, Chaplain,
appears in a list of men from Richland County territory who rendered Revolutionary
service, in Capt. Wm. Goodwyn's unit, according to the records in the office
of Secretary of the South Carolina Historical Commission.
Rev. Joseph REESE married (1) in 1753 Ann REYNOLDS, issue 9 children; (2)
Sarah THOMAS of Liberty County, Georgia, no children. Sarah had been married
twice before marrying Joseph, (1) John HOPKINS b. 1730 in Virginia; issue 7 children;
(2) Drury WYCHE, his second marriage, whose will was probate January 18, 1785
in Probate Court, Camden, South Carolina, will book A, pg.253.
Joseph Reese is said in his youthful years to have been very gay and fond
of pleasure. His conversion therefore, which took place in 1760, under the ministry
of Rev. Philip Mulky, was remarkable and drew much attention. Soon after his
conversion he was baptized by Rev. Mulky and began to preach. His ordination
was for some reason deferred to February,
1768, when it was performed by Messrs. Oliver Hart and Evan Pugh. He became the
first pastor of the Congaree Baptist Church, which was established in 1765 about
three miles from his home. He was very infirm during the last ten years of his
life, sometimes being carried to the church on his bed. His last attendance at
the church was about twelve months before his death.
"Mr. Reese was a man," says, Benedict, General History of the Baptist
Denomination in America, Boston 1813, "of good understanding and warm affections.
His piety, it is believed, was never called into question. He had but little
education, though he made improvements after he began to preach; but he had a
large fund of evangelical and experimental knowledge. His natural eloquence and
command of the passions of his hearers, were extraordinary. He was both a Boanerges,
and a son of consolation. His voice and his countenance are said to have affected
his hearers like enchantment. In the early part of his ministry he met with much
Opposition, but with surprising success."
Rev. Reese had the plat of his land recorded in 1767 between Hay's Mill Creek
and Pincushion Swamp, where his home was near the Southern Railway and not far
from Lykesland.
From land Records of Richland County S. C.:
Rees, Joseph (300; December 30, 1767). Between Hay's Mill Creek and
a Swamp called Pincushion. (150; August 15,
1771). Cedar Creek Martin Stager, Sebastian Stadler.
The will of Rev. Joseph REESE is filed in Probate Court, Columbia, South
Carolina (will book C--Folios 107,108,109) was recorded April 6, 1795; lists
wife Sarah (Thomas) Reese and nine children by his first wife. Rev. Reese died
on March 5, 1795 at the age of sixty-three, in Richland County, South Carolina,
at his home. He was interred in the family cemetery on his estate, Pincushion
(Pennocrucion), about 12 miles east of Columbia, South Carolina, on the Garner
Ferry Road. In 1940 this
place was owned by Mr. Rawles.
WILL OF JOSEPH REESE
In the name of God amen:
I Joseph Reese of Richland County, State of South Carolina (Minister
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ) being in a low state of health, but of sound
sense & memory, thanks be to Almighty God for the same, but calling to mind
the mortallity of my body, & knowing it is appointed unto all men once
to die, do make and ordain this my last will & testiment in the manner
& form following, ( that is to say ):
Principally & first of all I recommend my soul into the Hands of
almight God who gave it; and my body i recommend to the Earth to be decently
buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, and as Touching such
worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased god to bless me in this life, I give,
devise & dispose of the same in the following manner & form, Imprivis,
it is my desire that all my funeral charges & just debts be first paid. Item:
I lend to my beloved wife Sarah Reese, one negro man named Prince & and
one negro woman named Juda & her children in the same manner & form as
left to her by her first husband. I also leave unto my beloved wife all the lands
left her by her first husband and in the same manner and form. I also leave unto
my beloved wife Sarah Reese, all the cattle found in my stock marked with a crop
& hole in one ear & crop & slit in the other and branded thus ---
in the same manner and form as they were left her by her first husband. I also
leave to my beloved wife, Sarah Reese one feather bed & furnitures in the
same manner and form as left her by her first husband.
Item: I lend unto my beloved wife sarah Reese, my two negroes
by name Roger and Hagar in the same manner & form as they were left her by
her Second Husband:
Item: I lend unto my beloved wife Sarah Reese during her natural life the use
of my horse Pellican with the saddle she now hath, & after her death I Give
and bequeath said horse & saddle to my beloved daughter
Catherine Weels, to her heirs & assigns forever. I also lend
unto my beloved wife Sarah Reese one book of Mr. Bunyans writing and one of
Mr. Holmes writing, during her natural life, and after her decease, I give &
bequeath both said books unto my beloved daughter Ann tucker & to her heirs
and assigns forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah reese, One-sixth part of
my present stock of hogs, together with one share & quarter of my crop this
year:
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Ephraim Reese & to his heirs
and assigns forever the two notes of hand which I have upon Mr. Joel M. Lemon:
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Mary Arthur & to he heirs
and assigns forever, my negrowoman named Hannah, also my tract of land on the
head of backswamp run on a warrant in my own name.
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Catherine
Wells & to her heirs & assigns forever my tract of land situate on the
waters of Lawsons fork which land was run on a warrant in the name of Henry Sunday:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Catherine
Wells & to her heirs & assigns forever the note of hand which I have
upon Coloel John Wenn, Senr. Including the interest:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved sons Joseph Reese & Jesse Reese
& to their heirs and assigns forever, my tract of land in the Lowground of
the congaree whereon my plantation & houses now are, to be equally divided
between them:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved sons Joseph & Jesse Reese, &
to their heirs and assigns forever, my tract of land on the head of the Pingustion,
to be equally divided between them,
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son Joseph Reese &
to his heirs and assigns forever, my negro man named Boson:
Item: I give & bequeath to my beloved son joseph Reese &
to his heirs and assigns forever, forty pounds sterling money to be paid to him
out of my Estates:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son Jesse Reese & to his heirs
and assigns forever, my negro lad named Starling:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son timothy reese & to his heirs
and assigns forever, my pine woods plantation & tract of land where on I
now live containing one hundred & fifty acres.
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son Timithy Resses
& to his heirs and assigns forever, my tract of land in the Lowground of
the Congaree, containing forty six acres run on a warrant in the name of William
Tucker:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son Timothy reese & to his heirs
and assigns forever, those my three negroes by name, peter Agge & Sela, with
the future increase of the said females.
Item: I lend unto my beloved Daughter Ann Tucker & to the
heirs of her body forever, my negro girl named Hager with her future increase:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Ann tucker & her heirs
and assigns forever, the note of hand which I have on Mr. Ludwell Evans &
the two notes of hand which I have on the two young Mr. Jacksons, together with
my book debts, which with the above said notes, will amount to twenty pounds
sterling:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son John Altom Reese & to his
heirs and assigns forever, my tract of land situate on Cedar Creek run on warrant
in my own name:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son John Altom Reese & to his
heirs and assigns forever, my negro man named Charles & my negro woman named
Sharlet, with her future increase:
Item: It is my desire that all my stock of horses, cattle & hogs, should
be equally divided between my four sons, Joseph Reese, timothy Reese, Jesse Reese
& John Altom Reese, to them & their heirs forever:
Item: It is my desire that my stock of sheep should be equally divided between
my six children, namely Mary Arthur, Joseph Reese, Timothy Reese, Jesse Reese,
Ann Tucker & John altom Reese, to them & their heirs forever:
Item: It is my desire that all my children should have an equal part of my books:
Item: It is my desire that all my household furniture & plantation tools
should be equally divided between my four sons, Joseph Reese, Timothy Reese,
Jesse Reese and John Altom Reese, to them & their heirs forever.
Item: It is my desire that all the personal prpoerty belonging
to my sons Jesse Reese & John altom reese (Negroes & Books Excepted,
) should be sold & the money arising therefrom be put to the best use for
the benefit of the said Jesse & John Altom Reese to be paid to them at the
age of twenty-one years.
Item: It is my desire that my beloved son, John Altom Reese should have two
years schooling, and the expense of teaching, boarding, & clothing to be
paid out of the labour of his negroes- - and at the expiration of the two years
when he has obtained his schooling it is my desire that my said son John Altom
should be put into a store & his negroes which I have given him be put into
a crop or hired out, and their earnings or hire with the profit arising therefrom,
to be paid to my said son John Altom at the age of twenty-one years, at which
age he is to take possession of his negroes.
Item: If either of my these my sons should die before they come
of age or marry, it is my desire that the persoal property of the deceased should
be equally divided between all my surviving children, but the land of the deceased
it is my desire should be equally divided between the surviving of my four sons,
namely, Joseph Reese, Timothy Reese, Jesse Reese & John Altom Reese, to
them and their heirs forever.
AND LASTLY I do make & ordain, Constitute & appoint my
beloved sons-in-law and sons Hargrove Arthur, joseph Reese, Timothy Reese, &
robert Tucker to be my lawful Executors & Guardians of my children, to execute
this my last will & testament revoking, disannulling & making voyd, all
former wills & Executions by me in anywise named or made, declaring this
& no other, to be my last will & Teseament. In Witness Whereof I the
said Joseph Reese have hereunto set my hand & seal this the 27th day of April,
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two.
Joseph Reese.
In Presence of
Joel McLemon
Isaac Raiford
G. L. Parker
Proved in open court April the 6th 1795 on the Testimony of Isaac
Raiford.
Martyn Alken G. C.
Recorded in Will Book C
Page# 107- book# 26 - Package#627
FROM: The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, N. C., and S. C. p.88
Joseph Reese b.Duckcreek, Kent Co. Del.1736 came to South Carolina
1745 Ord. Congaree South Carolina Feb. 1768, set. Congaree, 1760-1795 Bapt. d.Congaree
South Carolina 5 Mar. 1795 age 63
FROM: DAR Patriot Index, D238, p.562 Patriotic service.
The Rev. Joseph Reese was the first pastor of the Congaree Baptist
Church, organized on November 30, 1765 about three miles from Josephs' home of
Pincushion near Pincushion swamp. His successor was Rev. Stephen Nixon.
About 1800, the exact year not being known, the Congaree Baptist church
was moved to it's present site on the Tom's Creek, where it is crossed by the
Bluff Road.
When Congaree Baptist Church was moved to Tom's Creek, the members living
in the old neighborhood formed themselves into a congregation, which met for
a time in Minervaville Academy building.
On May 16, 1774 Joseph Reese ordained a Richard Furman to be pastor of
High Hills Baptist church. Around Charleston, S.C.
1790 Camden dist. Richland South Carolina
"A History of South Carolina Baptists pg.78-83 Rev. Joseph REESE
(1) and Ann (Sarah) REYNOLDS were married in 1753/54 in SC. Ann
(Sarah) REYNOLDS was born about 1727 in Richmond Co., VA. Mildred
Stapp has her born about 1735 as does Linda Wetzel. The following is from Bill
Smith:
Ann Reynolds (c.1735-????), the only thing we really know about Ann at this time
is, she married Joseph Reese in Richland county, SC in 1753. We find this in
the Reese family history. We find Ann in several sources for the Reese family.
Her daughter Mary Reese (1757-1839) married Hargrove Arthur.
Lineage Charts Vol. II, Greenville Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical
Society. Chart #135.
The name Sarah came from Bill Smith. Rev. Joseph REESE (1) and Ann (Sarah)
REYNOLDS had the following children:
Rev.
Joseph REESE (1) and Sarah Altum RAIFORD were married. Sarah
Altum RAIFORD was born about 1740. This date is from Rod Rees.
Mildred Stapp has Sarah's last name as Altum, apparently her maiden name.
Linda Wetzel has a second spouse for Joseph as Sarah Wych who died in 1808.
Rev. Joseph REESE (1) and Sarah Altum RAIFORD had the following children:
10 | i. | Jesse William REES was born on 7 Nov 1774
in Richland Co., SC. He died in Nov 1821. Linda Wetzel
has his death date as 1819. Another source lists him as William. | +11 | ii. | John Altum REES. |
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