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| Howe, vol. I states that a George Reid , graduate of Dickinson College, was received Oct 1796 and licensed Oct 1798 Howe, vol. II, identifies George Reid as a minister and school teacher in or near Winnsboro, SC, during the period 1802-1810. Howe also lists him as a minister at the Wappetaw Church near Charleston in 1830: Howe, Vol. II, p.87 AIMWELL CHURCH'(on Cedar Creek) is about eight miles west of Winnsboro'. It was received under the care of the old Presbytery of South Carolina, October 25, 1799, just before its division into the First and Second Presbyteries. The first church edifice seems to have been built about 1799, on land given by Francis Robinson the year previous. John Rosborough was the first elder. About two years elapsed, when Wm. Robinson was ordained as elder, Rev. George Reid, who was ordained as pastor of Zion Church, Winnsboro', and was principal of Mount Zion College, preached to this church for about 7 years before he removed to Camden. If this were the case, Mr. Reid's ministry must have commenced here in about 1802, and while he was yet a licentiate. The church consisted, it is supposed, in Mr. Reid's time, of about thirty members. Howe, Vol. II, p. 82-84: ZION CHURCH (WINNSBORO)É On the 27th of September, 1805, a letter was laid before the First Presbytery of South Carolina, at its session at Richardson Church, endorsing a call from the congregation of Zion Church, for the pastoral services of George Reid, a licentiate under the care of the Presbytery. The confidence of the Presbytery in the ability of this young man in matters of business', is manifested by their electing him their treasurer on the resignation of his predecessor in that office (Minutes. p. 43, 72).* The call, on the next day, was put into the. hands of Mr. Reid, and by him accepted; but it appeared by an accompanying letter that the congregation had elected elders who were willing to serve, but had never been ordained. The Rev. Samuel B. Young. of Lebanon Church, was appointed to ordain and install them in their office before the next regular meeting of Presbytery, which it was agreed should be held at Zion Church, Winnsboro', The ordination of the elders took place according to. appointment, and was duly reported. (Minutes, p. 79.) . These transactions occurred on the 28th of September, 1805, at a meeting held at Richardson Church. The next regular session of Presbytery was held at Zion (Winnsboro') on the 11th of March, 1806, and on the 13th, Mr. Reid was ordained" to the whole of the Gospel ministry, the ordination sermon being preached in the college by the Rev. John B. Davies, from I Thess., ii: 4, and after the rite of ordination was performed, a suitable and pathetic charge was addressed to Mr. Reid and. the congregation by the Rev. Andrew Flinn." (Minutes of First Presbytery, P 79.) In June, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was dispensed to this Church for the first time. Twenty-seven communicants and two elders united in celebrating the sufferings and death of their Lord and Saviour;+ In 1807 their pastor left them."~ (MS. * Hist. Session Book.) The record in the Presbyterial Minutes dates the dissolution of the pastoral connection by act of Presbytery, on September 29th, 1807. (Minutes, p. 90. of First. Presbytery of South Carolina.) At the same time, Mr. Reid applied for leave to travel out of the bounds of Presbytery for six months, which leave was granted, and Mr. Reid and Mr, Stephenson, who had obtained leave for one year, were furnished. with certificates of their standing. The Zion Church was declared vacant, and John Foster was twice appointed by Presbytery to supply it. Mr. Reid appears to have returned from his travels after a brief absence, and to have resumed nearly his former position in the community. The congregation were satisfied with him as a preacher, and those who had children and relatives in college, and the students themselves, recognized his abilities as a teacher. The Society in Charleston, however, withdrew their countenance from him. For a season he continued to teach on his own account in the college, until notice was served upon him that another professor would be appointed. The trustees in Winnsboro recommended Rev. John Foster, who was appointed a second time as principal in the school. The congregation, however, or the large majority of them, desired him to continue, both as their pastor and the teacher of their children. As soon as it became necessary to give place to Mr. Foster in the college building, other and desirable quarters were procured for him, and he continued his usual labors in both capacities through the remainder of this decade. During the entire period of Mr. Reid's ministry, the general interests of religion prospered. Mount Zion Congregation was incorporated by the Legislature December 20th, 1810, (Statutes, Vol. VII, p. 258,) An earlier incorporation had been made March 19th, 1778. (Ibid, p. 139.) Rev. George Reid is listed in Fairfield County, SC with his wife and three male children ages 10-16 in the 1810 census. George Reid next appears in Howe at p. 448: THE CONGREGATION OF WAPPETAW, IN THE PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH.- This church was served probably by Rev. Geo. Reid. He was dismissed from Charleston Union Presbytery November 8, 1831, to the Presbytery of Harmony, but did not send his letter and was not received as a member till the 9th of November, 1832. Rev. James Lewers, a native of Ireland, succeeded him. He was received by the Charleston Union Presbytery as a licentiate of the Presbytery of Northumberland, Pa., on the 4th of April, 1832. Charleston Union Presbytery met at Wappetaw Church on the 20th of April, 1834, when Mr. Lewers was ordained and installed as pastor of that churchÉ In Reid family history compiled by "Cousin" Mary Baird in the 1900s, she says that he married a "virago." No name given. South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. V, p. 35, "Marriage and Death Notices from Southern Christian World" issue of May 6, 1836: "In Columbia, a few days since, the Rev. George Reid, a member of Harmony Presbytery." South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XXVII, p. 123 (Summer 1999) under "Records of Admission to the State Hospital," described as transcriptions from "Patients Admitted to the Lunatic Asylum of South Carolina," the following entry (p. 129, SCMAH) : "Jan. 11 1836 No. 163 George Reid, married, male, 61, supported by Saml Reid, pay, Abbeville, SC, Clergyman, died 14 April 1836." In letter from Margaret Ann Miller to Hugh R. Miller, March 1, 1835, Margeret states that she had been to the State Asylum but "did not see Cousin Lemuel." The relationship of this "cousin Lemuel" to Margaret Ann Miller is unknown. One hypothesis is that he is a son of her uncle, Rev. George Reid, who moved to Camden after about 1810, according to Howe, p. 87. See The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol XXVII, No. 3 (Summer 1999), "Records of Admission to State Hospital," p. 126: 24 Jan 1834 No. 115 Lemuel Reid, married, male, supported by Comm'rs Poor, pauper, Camden, Kershaw, S. C. Died 28 Jan 1838 15 Ap'l correct The 1830 Census lists a Lemuel Reed, age 30-40, in Orangeburg district with one female, age 20-30 and 14 slaves (hardly a pauper). From Genforum on Reids George Reid, son of Hugh & Margaret Posted by: Harold W. Reid Date: January 04, 2000 at 21:11:51 Reverand George Reid (bn. 2-17-1777, Abbeville, SC, son of HUGH & MARGARET REID) md. 5-5-1801, Ind. Congregational Church, Charleston, SC to Maryanne Herron. Who were Maryanne Herron's parents. Was ROBERT GEORGE REID (b. 1801, SC.) their child? ROBERT GEORGE REID md. CATHARINE CRUGE MITCHELL. Who were other children; did Robert George have other siblings? MARGARET REID, above, was daughter of GEORGE REID & MARGARET CROUCHMAN & supposedly md. her cousin, HUGH REID. Who were HUGH'S parents? HELP! | ||||||||||||||||
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