Reuben
Title
Reuben
Reeve
Description
Negro slave
Contributor
Jackie Dinan
Male or Female
Male
Location or Address
Southold
Status
Enslaved
Enslaver or Household
Benjamin Payne, Benjamin Horton, and Daniel Osborn
Birthplace
Southold
Birth Date
1757, calculated from reported age (56 years) at the time his manumission was recorded.
Misc. Date
October 7, 1794 (date of original manumission document). April 26, 1813 (manumission document presented to Justice of the Peace, Jared Landon, who certified its legality). April 27, 1813 (manumission certificate recorded in town records by town clerk).
Biographical Notes
He may be the father of Limas or Elymus Reeve (#1675).
Source/s
Southold Town Records Volume 3: 88.
Collection
Citation
“Reuben,” Plain Sight Project, accessed March 29, 2023, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/1678.