Richland County ScArchives Biographies.....Reese, Joseph 1732 - March 5, 1795 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sherry Reese snsmith80@yahoo.com February 10, 2022, 3:19 pm Source: https://oursweetlovestory1.blogspot.com/2021/05/genealogical-history-of-reese-family.html Author: Sherry S. Reese The only child that we can verify as the descendant of our Evan Rees is Joseph B. Reese. Joseph Rees is mentioned as the son of Evan Rees and Sarah Lewis on both of his parents’ Find A Grave records. A family data collection record also shows Joseph B. Rees being born in 1732 in Duck Creek, Kent, Delaware to Evan Rees and Sarah Lewis. Joseph Reese of Richland, South Carolina is named in a 1790 Federal Census which would have been one of the first censuses completed after the Revolutionary War. Another family data collection record lists Joseph B. Rees as marrying Sarah Altum Raiford (name may be incorrect here). It also listed Joseph’s parents as Evan Rees and Sarah Lewis and his birth date as 1732 in Kent County, Duck Creek, Delaware as well as his death date as March 5, 1795 in Richland County, South Carolina. It appears that the Rees family did not move to South Carolina until after Joseph’s birth in 1732. Another family data collection record shows the marriage of Joseph Reese to Ann Sarah Reynolds in 1753 in South Carolina. A Find a Grave Index record for Rev. Joseph Reese born in 1732 and dying on March 5, 1795 lists his parents as Evan Reese and Sarah Allison Lewis and his spouse as Ann Sarah Reese. I believe Ann Sarah Reynolds Reese is the correct name for Joseph’s spouse. A U.S. and International Marriage Records record showed Joseph Reese born in Pennsylvania (the colonial state where Duck Creek was located) in 1732 married Ann Edwards Reynolds. A South Carolina Census record also existed for Joseph Rees in South Carolina residing in the 96th District in 1779, and a U.S. Census Constructed Record listed Joseph Rees residing in the 96th District in South Carolina in the town of “Turkey Creek and Savannah River” in 1780. Rev. Joseph Reese is also listed on a South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution ancestral roll document. A U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application was also completed for Reverend Joseph Reese born March 5, 1732 (probably not a correct date of birth being the same as his date of death) in Kent, Delaware/Pennsylvania and dying March 5, 1795 in Richland, South Carolina. The application was dated June 30, 1926 and listed Joseph’s wife as Sarah Atturo Reese and his son, Joseph Reese. In a book called “Stateburg and its People,” Chapter VII entitled The High Hills Church discussed Rev. Joseph Rees holding a successful series of evangelistic meetings at this Baptist meeting house. On the website for the Congaree Baptist Church, it describes the history of the oldest church of any denomination in Richland County as being founded on November 30, 1765. Rev. Joseph Reese is listed as the first pastor of the church and served as such from 1768 until his death in 1795. He is described as a “faithful pastor, greatly used evangelist, tireless church planter and a representative in the South Carolina General Assembly from 1776-1778. The first meeting house was located on an acre of land given by William Howell and about three miles from Joseph Reese’s farm which has been referred to as the Reese Plantation. A South Carolina historical marker shows that the High Hills Baptist Church was organized by Rev. Joseph Reese. Additional Comments: Photo showing SC Historical Marker about Joseph B. Reese's first church established in Richland County, SC. Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/richland/photos/bios/reese16nbs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/richland/bios/reese16nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/scfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb