Reed Barr Partee

Melvin's Great-Uncle/Aunt, Dock & Mary Reed
My Great Uncle
Dock Reed
and Aunt Mary Frances Reed

Melvin's Great-Uncle Pleas Reed
My Great Uncle
Pleasant "Pleas" Reed

My Great Uncle
Jimmy Reed

My Great Aunt
John Ella Reed Bobo

My Great Aunt
Martha Reed Deberry

Tate & Panola County, Mississippi
Abbeville County, South Carolina
Pontotoc County, Mississippi

The Parents of Simpson Reed

Great Grandfather: William (Bill) Reed

Born: Sept.1846, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina
Died: November 30, 1937, Senatobia, Tate County, Mississippi, age 91
Spouses: Married my great grandmother, Sarah Partee, in 1871; Married Dora
Webber in 1928
Other Biographical Info:

Born into slavery on the Barr farm owned by Rebecca Reid Barr, widow of Dr. William H. Barr;
Was sold before 1860 to Rebecca Barr's nephew, Lemuel Reid, of Abbeville, South Carolina;
Came to Panola County, Mississippi shortly after the Civil War in 1866 with sister, Mrs. Mary Pratt, their niece, Fannie McKee, and others on a wagon train pulled by mules;
Hardworking farmer and landowner who owned and farmed over 300 acres of land in the Looxahoma community of Tate County, Mississippi

Great Grandmother: Sarah Partee Reed

Born: 1852, Como, Panola County, Mississippi
Died: October 10, 1923, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, age 71
Spouse: Married William Reed in 1871
Other Biographical Info:

Born into slavery on Squire Boone Partee's plantation near Como, Mississippi;
Oral history claims that she was part Cherokee Indian;
Died unexpectedly in 1923 while visiting her daughter in Memphis.

The children of Bill & Sarah Reed were:
Names	Year of Birth
James "Jimmy" Reed	1872
Willie Reed	1874
Lou Anna Reed	1875
Dock Reed	1878
Sarah Reed	1880
Simpson Reed	1881
John Ella Reed Bobo	1882
Mary Ella Reed Lee	1884
Robert Reed	1887
Pleasant (Pleas) Reed	1888
Martha Reed Deberry	1892

Great-Great Grandfather: Pleasant (Pleas) Barr
(father of Bill Reed)

Born: c. 1814, Abbeville County, South Carolina
Died: c. 1889, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi, age abt. 75
Spouse: Married Amanda Young in 1865
Other Biographical Info:

Born into slavery on Dr. William H. Barr's farm in Abbeville, South Carolina;
Was sold to James Giles who took him and three other slaves to Ripley, Mississippi in 1859. His family never saw him again;
Never knew that his son, William Reed, was living 60 miles away near Senatobia after the Civil War.
Had one son, Elijah Barr, with Amanda. Elijah was born in 1867;
One of the founders of the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Ripley, built in 1870.

Great-Great Grandmother: Isabella "Bella" Barr
(research indicates that she was likely the mother of Bill Reed)

Born: c. 1810, Abbeville County, South Carolina
Died: after 1880, Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Spouse: Pleasant Barr
Other Biographical Info:

Had several children on the Barr farm - Mariah, Frances, Elbert, William, Mary, and possibly a son named Pleasant.
William Barr, Jr. transported her to Pontotoc County, Mississippi in 1859.
In 1880, she was living with nephew, Henry Clay Beckley

Great-Great Grandmother: Polly Partee
(mother of Sarah Reed)

Born: c. 1833 in North Carolina or Tennessee
Died: after 1900, Como, Panola County, Mississippi
Spouse: ?
Other Biographical Info:

Was enslaved by Squire Boone Partee. It is believed that he transported Polly to Mississippi when he and his family left Sumner County, Tennessee around 1840;
Was said to have been the cook on the Partee Farm during slavery.

Polly Partee's children were:
Names	Year of Birth
Sarah Partee Reed	1851
Judge Partee	1854
Square Partee	1858
Johnny Partee	1864

Great-Great-Great Grandparents:
Lewis & Fannie Barr
(parents of Pleas Barr)

Born: Both between 1785-1790; Fannie was born in Virginia
Died: Lewis died in Sept. 1846 in Abbeville County, South Carolina.
Fannie died around 1890 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Other Biographical Info:

Both became enslaved by Dr. William H. Barr, possibly around 1810;
Had several children on the Barr farm:
Glasgow Barr (c.1810-aft.1880) - sold to a local farmer and remained in Abbeville County, South Carolina after the War.
Susan (Sue) Barr Beckley (1812-aft. 1880) - taken to Pontotoc, MS in 1859 - Her children were Sina, John, Luther, Edmond, Cannon, Louvenia, Jacob, Henry Clay, Lewis, Joseph, Patsy, & Susie Beckley.
Pleasant (Pleas) Barr (1814-1889) - see bio above.
Sawney Barr (1825-?) (son or grandson) - taken to Pontotoc, MS with mother and siblings
William Barr Jr. transported Fannie and her daughter, Sue, and son or grandson, Sawney, to Pontotoc County, Mississippi in 1859;
Fannie was found in the 1880 Pontotoc County census living with grandson, Rev. Jacob Beckley. Her reported age was 100 years old in 1880.