THROUGH
MOUNTAIN MISTS
Early Settlers of
Their
Descendants...Their Stories...Their Achievements
Lifting the
Mists of History on Their Way of Life
By: Ethelene Dyer Jones
William Billy Reece
and his wife
Mary Sarry Daniel Reece
Thanks to Mr. Billy Josiah Queen
who
promised and delivered on “more information than I probably ever wanted
to
know” about the Reece family of
To recapitulate my listing of William
“Billy” Reece and Mary (called “Sarry”) Daniel Reece, I will review:
They were married in
This Reece family set up their
homestead near
William Reece was a teacher, and records
of
Another interesting sideline of work
William Reece pursued was that of gold prospector.
If you recall from last week’s column, he and
his brother James settled in Habersham County before coming into Union,
and
although there is no record uncovered yet of their having “prospected”
in the
gold fields along Duke’s Creek there when gold was discovered in 1828,
he may
well have learned this trade in that location.
William Reece got “gold fever.” It
is said that he searched for deposits
along Helton Creek and near the falls.
Today,
How much gold William Reece found is a
matter left to the imagination, but he is known to have searched all
week, week
after week, and then to take his finds to the mint operating at
Dahlonega,
Georgia on Saturdays.
William and Mary Daniel Reece had
these children, all born in
(1)
Sarah Elizabeth Reece (1.11.1841 – 12.31.1934) who married Logan
Davis.
(2)
Quiller Frank Reece (4.20.1843 - 10.13.1932) who married Eliza
Clarica
Adelia Logan.
(3)
William Hughes Reece (10.31.1844 - ?) who married Martha Adamson
and
Mary J. Evans.
(4)
Josiah M. Reece (11.15.1847 – 10.18.1836) who married Margaret
Kennedy
and Mary Ann Kelley.
(5)
Nancy Jane Reece (02.25.1849 – 05.14.1935) who married William
Henry
Smith and moved to
(6)
John Nuel Reece (09.02.1852 – 05.07.1878) who married Adalige
Rich.
(7)
Mary Caroline Reece (02.18.1855 – 03.23.1930) who married
Wellborn
Jackson.
(8) Margaret Louise Reece
(08.16.1856 –
06.20.1941) who married John Spiva.
(9)
Joseph Brown Reece (06.01.1860 – 02.24.1930) who married Laura
J. Nix
and Fannie Ash.
(10)
Mintie L. Reece (02.12.1863 – 08.06.1933) who married John W.
Nix and
Richard H. Majors.
William and Mary Reece’s large family
of ten children, with their marriages to other citizens in
c2010 by
Ethelene Dyer
Jones; published Jan. 21, 2010 in The Union Sentinel, Blairsville,
GA. Reprinted
by permission. All rights reserved.
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