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From: "Carleen Aiken" <>
Subject: My Black Family
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 20:46:13 -0500


Dear Erin,
Here is my BLACK line--I don't have much, but am actively
pursuing....maternal lines are TERRIBLE!
GENERATION ONE
Oliver McDonald Reece b. 02 Nov 1828, in NC d. 10 March 1899 in Milam
Co., TX married on 02 Nov 1853, in AR, to MALANA JANE BLACK b. 08 Jan 1835
in AR d. 02 Jul 1894 in Milam Co., TX.
GENERATION TWO
Children: Place
born Place born
Johnathan Black Reece b. 09 June 1855 TX married
Florence Adelia Smith, Milam Co., TX
Nancy Arkansas Reece b. 1857 AR "
Jeremiah Warren Kinsel
Levi A. Reece b. 1860 LA
Eliza E.(1)
Dorcia Williams (2)
Mary Reece b. 15 Jan 1867 TX "
Lawrence Rogers
Willie Reece b. 24 Oct 1869 TX died
as a child--buried with Oliver & Malana.
David E. b. Dec 1871 LA
married Blanch Harrison
Elijah b. Mar 1874 TX
" Lulu

I found Oliver and his family in Natchitoches Parish, LA, in 1860. I
also found his application to become a soldier in the Civil War. His
McDonald relatives were found living next door, as were they also found in
the same place in Milam Co., TX. The 1870 census finds them in the same
place in LA, with O. M. returned from the war. They moved back to Milam
Co. sometime between 1871-1874 when the family births are studied. They
did alot of moving between those two states.
I have just recently found O.M. living with his family on the 1850 AR
census, in Ouchita Co. I am, at the moment, going through every Black
family in every county on the AR census to see if I can find Malana Jane
with her parents and family. We'll see what happens!
Well this is it for me. Hope something good comes from it! Thanks
Erin!!!
Oh, yes, Malana is my 4th ggm.
Carleen Aiken 15223 Spring Corner San Antonio, TX 78247 (210)
657-1601

This has been proved through the Reece family Bible, their tombstones
found in Milam Co., TX, O.M.'s wills, deeds and an original marriage
record.

Study of the family Bible, which gives the names & births of the
children led me to find that sometime between 1857, when

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