Meredith Cheek &
Peggy Ann Reeves

Meredith Cheek, son of Richard M. CHEEK & Frances "Frankie" CROUSE was born May 10, 1843, in Ashe Co., NC, and died Aug. 17, 1924, in Alleghany Co., NC. He married Margaret Ann "Peggy" Reeves, daughter of Hardin REEVES & Frances TOLIVER, Mar. 3, 1876, in Alleghany Co., NC. She was born May 17, 1848, in Ashe Co., NC, and died Jan. 24, 1918, in Alleghany Co., NC. Meredith and Peggy Cheek are buried at the Meredith Cheek Cemetery, Vox community, Alleghany Co., NC.

Children of Meredith Cheek & Margaret Ann "Peggy" Reeves: none.

Notes

Civil War: Meredith CHEEK joined the Crab Creek District, 96th NC Militia, and was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. on Dec. 26, 1861. Subsequently, he enlisted as a private in Co. I, 61st North Carolina Infantry Regiment. He was age 20 at enlistment on May 3, 1862. On rolls Nov. 15, 1862, and Apr. 15, 1863. Hospitalized on June 25, 1863, at Wilmington, NC, with debility. Returned June 8, 1863. Hospitalized on July 14, 1863, at Wilmington, NC, with intermittent fever. Furloughed on Aug. 11, 1863, for 30 days. AWOL on Sept. 15, 1863. Furloughed on Jan. 29, 1864, for 30 days. Returned on Mar. 15, 1864. Wounded in shoulder on May 31, 1864, at Cold Harbor, VA. Wounded in thigh on July 30, 1864, at Petersburg, VA. AWOL on Aug. 1, 1864. (Source: "Ashe and Alleghany County in the Civil War" by Jeff Weaver; American Civil War Soldiers, Ancestry.com.)

Mar. 3, 1876. Meredith CHEEK, age 27, son of Richard M. & Frances Cheek, m. Peggy REEVES, age 26, daughter of Hardin REEVES & Frances TOLIVER. (G.H. Latham, Alleghany County Marriages (Heritage Books, 1996).)

1880 Census, Alleghany Co., NC, Glade Creek Twp. (HH#30):
MERIDETH CHEEK, 36, farmer, NC NC NC

-- Margaret A., 26, wife, NC NC NC

1890 Land Tax List, Grayson Co., VA, Old Town Dist.:
MEREDITH CHEEKS, JR. (NC): 22 acres on the Little River

1900 Census, Alleghany Co., NC, Glade Creek Twp (HH#69):
MEREDITH CHEEK, b. May 1846, age 54, m. 30 years, NC NC NC

-- Margarette, b. Mar 1849, age 51, m. 30 years, no children, NC VA NC

1910 Census, Alleghany Co., NC, Glade Creek Twp., p.3 (HH#43):
MEREDITH CHEEK, 66, m. 29 yrs, NC NC NC, farmer

-- Peggie A, wife, 56[?], m. 29 yrs, 0 children, NC NC NC

1920 Census, Alleghany Co., NC, Glade Creek Twp., p.12 (HH#232):
MERIDTH CHEEK, 75, widowed, NC NC NC

REEVES, Sell[?], nephew, 19, NC NC NC

TUCKER, Lula, servant, Mu, 24, NC NC NC

Death Certificate: MARGARET ANN CHEEK, age 69, b. 17 May 1848, Alleghany Co., NC; d. 24 Jan. 1918, Glade Creek Twp., Alleghany Co., NC; father: Hardin REEVES; mother: __ TOLIVER; burial: Cheek graveyard. (Ancestry.com)

Death Certificate: MERDIETH CHEEK, age 81, b. 10 May 1843, NC; d. 17 Aug 1924, Glade Creek Twp., Alleghany Co., NC; spouse: Peggie Ann REEVES; father: Richard CHEEK; mother: Frankie CROUSE; burial: home cemetery. (Ancestry.com)

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