Robert H Reagin (abt. 1854 - 1911)

Born about 26 Apr 1854 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 12 Nov 1911 at about age 57 in Selma, Dallas, Alabama, United States

Biography

Robert Reagin is a part of US Black heritage.

Son of Nicholas Reagen/Reagin and an unidentified slave

Husband of Mary Dokes/Doakes

Research Notes

Note that several family trees reference the parentage with his father listed as Nicholas Reagen/Reagin. His 1870 Census entry actually lists a "white" Bob Reagin and by his 1880 marriage he is listed as "colored" and by the 1880 Census he is listed as "mulatto" and by 1900 he is listed as "black" and finally by 1910 he is listed as "mulatto".

His location in 1870 is in Allenton, Alabama as is his location in 1880, however, he is married in Selma, and in 1900 and 1910 he is living in Selma and dies in Selma.

The reference to his mother appears also in several family trees, and unfortunately there does not appear to be any source document that clearly reference his mother. Under normal circumstances, it would be more likely that Nicholas' wife, Julia Ann Dansby, would be indicated as his mother and it is conceivable that she could be. However, there appears to be enough circumstantial evidence between his skin color as well as the lack of sources naming her as mother to provide doubt as to her being in this role.

It is "possible" that this 1860 Slave Census references him as a 7-year old Male Black child in the household of Nicholas Reagen.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WZPK-15PZ : 16 October 2019), Nicholas Reagan, 1860.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 April 2023, 22:12), entry for Robert H Reagin (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GKNC-T81 ); contributed by various users.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH27-WQ8 : 28 May 2021), Bob Reagin in entry for Nicholas Raegan, 1870.

• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZS-19YG : 19 February 2021), Robert H. Ragin and Mary Dokes, 17 Feb 1880; citing Dallas, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,289,634.

• "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ8V-XLZ : 13 February 2020), Robert H. Ragin, 1880.

• "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQFT-L92 : 13 February 2020), Robert H. Ragin, 1880.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VK-3BZ : 13 January 2022), R. H. Reagan, Allenton, Wilcox, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98X-MCV : 10 March 2022), Robert Ragan, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQD-P77 : accessed 15 April 2023), Robert Reagin, Selma Ward 4, Dallas, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 99, sheet 6B, family 155, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 11; FHL microfilm 1,374,024.

• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZP-M68 : 30 March 2021), Robt. Regans, 1911.

• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD29-HPK : 11 January 2021), Robert H. Ragan in entry for Bertha Moore, 1919.

• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JX3N-YS4 : 11 January 2021), Robert Reagin in entry for Arthur Henry Reagin, 1959.