Richland County ScArchives Biographies.....Reese, John Altom April 18, 1779 - March 8, 1844
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Sherry Reese snsmith80@yahoo.com February 10, 2022, 3:39 pm

Source: https://oursweetlovestory1.blogspot.com/2021/05/genealogical-history-of-reese-family.html
Author: Sherry S. Reese

John Altom Reese is named in the Will of his father Joseph Reese as his youngest 
son.  A family data collection record named him John Alturn (sic) Reese as the 
son of Joseph Reese and Ann Reynolds born April 18, 1779 in South Carolina.  
Another family data record shows John Altum (sic) Rees born to Joseph B. Rees 
and Sarah Altum Raiford (sic) in Richland County, SC on April 18, 1779 and died 
March 8, 1844 in Richland County, SC.  He was married to Mary Howell.  A U.S. 
and International Marriage Record shows John Alton (sic) Reese born in 1779 
married to Mary Howell.  A Find a Grave Index record shows John Altumn (sic) 
Reese born April 18, 1779 and died March 8, 1844 buried in the Reese Family 
Plantation Cemetery in Hopkins, Richland County, SC.  A U.S. Find a Grave Index 
lists John Altumn (sic) Reese born April 18, 1779 and died March 8, 1844 and 
buried in the Reese Family Plantation Cemetery in Hopkins, Richland County, SC.  
It also listed his spouse as Mary Reese.  

A Will for John A Reese dated December 13, 1843 was probated March 11, 1844 in 
Richland County, SC.  The Will listed his heirs as:  wife Mary Reese; daughter 
Mary Howell Reese; daughter Martha S. Reese; daughter Gracy E. Reese Brown; son 
Joseph E. Reese; son Arthur H. Reese; and granddaughter Emma G. Reese. 

Mary Reese, wife of John A. Reese, was later listed on an 1850 U.S. Census 
living in Richland County, SC at the age of 73 with her daughter Mary H. Reese 
and granddaughter Emma Reese.  Her Find a Grave Index stated she was born 
December 27, 1776 in Congaree, Richland County, SC and died May 1, 1853 in 
Richland County, SC and was buried with her husband at Reese Family Plantation 
Cemetery in Hopkins, SC.  

Additional Comments:
A Richland County Historical Resources Guide was published May 2017 that listed 
the Reese Family Plantation Cemetery as a historical site.  This document 
explains the era in the 1740s when the Reese family first came to Richland 
County and were among the first permanent settlers to the region.  They came 
from the northern colonies lured by generous headrights (50 acres for each 
member of the family).  The area along the Congaree River was very fertile 
farming land and indigo cultivation of the land began aided by slave labor.  
Later, the guide references the Congaree Baptist Church as the first church in 
Richland County with Rev. Joseph Reese as pastor.  It references Joseph’s grave 
on Garner’s Ferry Road in Horrell Hill.  
References to the Reese Family and Reese Family Plantation Cemetery Pgs. 20, 
118, 122.
https://www.richlandcountysc.gov/Portals/0/Departments/Conservation/Commission/D
ocs/HistoricalReferenceGuide.pdf

A Preservation Assessment and Mapping of the Reese Family Burying Ground in 
Richland County, SC was completed by Chicora Foundation, Inc. of Columbia, SC on 
February 22, 2012. At that time, the present owner, Rev. J.P. Neal, Jr. and the 
Council of Village Elders were interested in doing preservation work to help 
protect the cemetery.  The results verified 19 unmarked graves and one marked 
grave.  It also concluded as I have from my genealogical research that John 
Altom Reese, his wife Mary Howell Reese, and their daughter Mary Howell Reese 
were all buried in the cemetery although only the daughter’s grave was still 
marked by a broken headstone.  It would be my ultimate goal to help put a 
memorial headstone marker at this site for John Altom and Mary Howell Reese as 
their living descendants.  The preservation assessment also recommends that this 
site is eligible for National Register inclusion because of the unique use of a 
ditch and bank feature in the cemetery and because it is a good representation 
of a burial ground for a middle class status white southern family and also for 
the potential archaeological remains that could be found at the site.  We would 
like to determine if anyone has applied for this certification since the 2012 
study and if any additional historical assessments have been completed.  
http://chicora.org/pdfs/RC544%20Reese%20Family%20Burying%20Ground.pdf


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