After the reassignment of his father to the U.S. Court in Paris, Texas, Newland Reeves went to live with famed Fort Smith Judge Isaac Parker (1894-1895), but this legal influence did not prevent him
from getting into trouble in his father's absence. In April 1895, Newland was convicted of criminal assault and sentenced to seven years in the Arkansas Penitentiary. Newland's little brother Edgar was sent to the same place for perjury, which was apparently connected to Newland's case. The Feb. 8, 1899 Daily Arkansas Gazette reported that the governor pardoned Newland.
The June 8, 1895 Van Buren Press Argus reported: "These are the Bass Reeves boys and have started early on a criminal life."
Newland may have died after a 1910 letter (11-11-1910, Argenta Depot, Little Rock) to his imprisoned brother, Ben, but before 1913 as he does not appear on Bass' will. I'm hot on the trail toward finding his grave and adding it here.
"Notice"
Bass Reeves had six documented boys and five documented girls with his first wife that can
be found in the 1870, 1890 and 1900 U.S. Census. Over the years, people apparently outside
of the Bass Reeves Family have added others through confusion, misinformation and little documentation on findagrave (most removed) and other genealogy websites. A case in point, the William Reeves (born 1877 in OK.) attached to Bass and his first has wife by Judy Young has no census or any other known connection to the U.S. deputy marshal.
After the reassignment of his father to the U.S. Court in Paris, Texas, Newland Reeves went to live with famed Fort Smith Judge Isaac Parker (1894-1895), but this legal influence did not prevent him
from getting into trouble in his father's absence. In April 1895, Newland was convicted of criminal assault and sentenced to seven years in the Arkansas Penitentiary. Newland's little brother Edgar was sent to the same place for perjury, which was apparently connected to Newland's case. The Feb. 8, 1899 Daily Arkansas Gazette reported that the governor pardoned Newland.
The June 8, 1895 Van Buren Press Argus reported: "These are the Bass Reeves boys and have started early on a criminal life."
Newland may have died after a 1910 letter (11-11-1910, Argenta Depot, Little Rock) to his imprisoned brother, Ben, but before 1913 as he does not appear on Bass' will. I'm hot on the trail toward finding his grave and adding it here.
"Notice"
Bass Reeves had six documented boys and five documented girls with his first wife that can
be found in the 1870, 1890 and 1900 U.S. Census. Over the years, people apparently outside
of the Bass Reeves Family have added others through confusion, misinformation and little documentation on findagrave (most removed) and other genealogy websites. A case in point, the William Reeves (born 1877 in OK.) attached to Bass and his first has wife by Judy Young has no census or any other known connection to the U.S. deputy marshal.
Family Members
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Sarah "Sally" Reeves Sanders
1861–1933
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Robert Reeves
1866–1893
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Harriet Reeves
1868 – unknown
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Georgie A. Reeves Johnson
1870–1909
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Edgar Reeves
1876 – unknown
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William Reeves
1877–1942
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Benjamin Reeves
1879 – unknown
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Alice Mae Reeves Spahn
1880–1966
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Lula Reeves
1881–1899
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Homer Reeves
1882–1903
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Bass Reeves Jr
1887–1901
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