In 1859 he witnessed the sale of two enslaved men, Sam and Lewis, by David Fletcher to Gideon B. Wallace in Claiborne Parish.[1] Reuben owned 13 slaves himself at the time.[2][3]
Sources
↑ Claiborne Parish Conveyance Records, Book F, pp. 115, accessed online at FamilySearch.org at the Carnegie Library in Bryan, Texas, digital copy in possession of Dominikus
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
LeEric Marvin :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup I4a1, Ancestry member leericmarvin, FTDNA kit #928575, MitoYDNA ID T14594[compare]
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben: