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| CCT Notes: George Reid was an Indian trader for many years residing at Long Cane, S.C.75 George with brother Alexander and Alexander's wife Margaret McKay and other brothers of George emigrated to Lancaster County Pa thru Philadelphia in 1745 from Ulster, where his Reid ancestry had been seated since 1611 coming then from Scotland.76 Moved from Lancaster Co. PA to Rowan Co. NC and in 1762 to Abbeville Co. SC. Lt. Col in the South Carolina state militia under the command of Gen. Williamson at Savannah and on the frontier, 1779 and at Beech Island in 1780.77 Will dated 23 Nov 1786 and proven 6 April 1790 in 96 District SC. Executors: Maj. John Bowie, Esq.; Capt. Hugh Wardlaw; Capt. Wm Baskin The Anne Scabery Anderson DAR Application material contains a family group sheet for George Reid which provides sources--see Research Notes Mentioned in Howe as an elder in the Greenville Congrgation formerly Upper Long Cane. WA Reid says his wife was Margaret, maiden name perhaps Crouchman. E-mail from Mary Mungo dated 24 Oct 1999: I just got a paper in the mail yesterday, from a man in England, and it is a copy of a page from the book "History of Butts County Georgia 1825-1976"...here's what it says "James Washington Harkness, was born in Abbeville County, SC July 9, 1780 and died in Butts County July 9, 1851 at the home of his daughter, Peggy Gilbert and was buried in the field back of her house in Butts County. On June 1, 1801, he married Rosannah Baskin, born Mar. 17, 1776 in Virginia, died Aug. 9, 1840 in Butts County. She was the daughter of Captain William Baskin Jr., a Revolutionary soldier of SC, and his wife Ann Reid, daughter of Captain George Reid, born 1719 in Ireland and his wife Abigail Leger born in France." I don't know whether THAT book is accepted by the DAR or the SAR so I will keep looking and if I see it somewhere that these organizations accept then I will accept it. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txjessy/fam00411.htm---lists father of George as Alexander Reid and his father as Andrew Reid, whose father in turn was General Andrew Reid. From Genforum Re: George Reid, son of Hugh & Margaret Posted by: KHill Date: January 27, 2000 at 06:22:05 In Reply to: Re: George Reid, son of Hugh & Margaret by Kaye Van Fleet of 20 I have not seen documenation as to who George Reid was married to. Have seen files with both Margaret's and Abigal's names--but no proofs. In his will, no wife is mentioned--wives obviously died before George Reid. Followups: Re: George Reid, son of Hugh & Margaret Harold W. Reid 8/19/00 Re: George Reid, son of Hugh & Margaret Posted by: Harold W. Reid Date: August 19, 2000 at 19:13:58 In Reply to: Re: George Reid, son of Hugh & Margaret by KHill of 2001 Does anyone have additional information on MARGARET COUCHMAN who married GEORGE REID? I show her born in Ulster, Ireland, marrying before 1744 either in Ulster or Pennsylvania and dying before 1786 in Abbeville, South Carolina. Did they have children? I show GEORGE REID born Dec. 23, 1719 Ulster and died April, 1790 in Abbeville or Old 96 Dist., SC. In 1744 I show this George Reid also married Abigail Leger, born in France. I have posted this inquirey under the COUCHMAN famil forum, but have received no response, thus far. Re: Col. George Reid Posted by: Kaye Date: October 31, 2000 at 18:22:00 In Reply to: Col. George Reid by Clay of 2185 Try this Major John Reid, in 1600's, was induced by King James I of England to colonize North Ireland. Lands there had been forfeited to the British Crown on the failure of the Irish Rebellion, instigated by Phillip II, King of Spain. Thus the Reid's left Thier Scottish homeland, and ventured out into Ireland. His son Andrew also served in the service of the King Here is the way I have the line down to your George Major John b. 1574 General Andrew b. 1600 Andrew b. 1622 Alexander b. 1647 Alexander b. 1669 George b. 1719 Hope this helps Re: Col. George Reid Posted by: Bob Thompson Date: November 18, 2000 at 07:46:05 In Reply to: Re: Col. George Reid by Kaye of 2185 Kaye Could you share your sources for the ancestry of George Reid? According to the 1994 article, "From Scotland to Ireland to South Carolina," by Wayne Alexander Reid, contained in his book, "The 1860 Diary of Lemuel Reid," George Reid was the son of General Andrew Reid and Magdalein McDowell and the brother of Alexander Reid, who married Margaret McKay. Wayne Reid states that his information is somewhat speculative, and is based on a composite of several sources, including the genealogical research of James Bowie Reid of Houston, MS, "Alexander Reid in N.C" (LDS Film #0022794, item 28), "McCay and Reid Genealogy" (LDS Film #1425698), "The Brotherhood of Man, Alexander Reid in NC" (LDS Film #0288818) and "S.C. Bible Records" (LDS Film #0007110). Wayne Reid states: "General Andrew Reid's son Alexander, who eventually settled in Rowan County, N.C., also had a son named George, who was a Captain in the American Revolution and whose life closely paralleled that of the Abbeville Goerge Reid. Their histories are easily confused. Some genealogists also contend that George of Abbeville District was actually a grandson of General Reid." George's birthdate of 1719 makes it unlikely that he was the son of an Andrew Reid born in 1600. What is the source of the latter's birthdate? Re: Col. George Reid Posted by: Kaye Van Fleet Date: November 18, 2000 at 08:53:24 In Reply to: Re: Col. George Reid by Bob Thompson of 2185 Andrew 1600 Andrew b. about 1522 Alexander b. 1647 Alexander Reid m. unknown b. 1668 Ireland son George Capt. b 1719 This information was sent to me by Angus McLeod, from Scotland, who was working on the line over there. He passed on before completing the research. He was also tied to the Reids and a descendant of John 1574, and his line never left Ireland for the America's. He had been working on this line for over 30 years was working on the line at the time of his death, and his son wrote that he would forward copies, his work to me, back in the spring, however, I have not received it as of yet. His son did say it would be sometime, because it would have to be sorted, as it would fill volumes with a lot of it being handwritten. I think he (Angus) is probably right, in light of the fact that you stated Andrew born 1600 was long dead before George was born in 1719. I have seen many people listing him having children up into 1698, but that even seems a stretch since he died before 1690 according to Angus. He (Angus) was attempting to get more accurate dates and information for me. I have seen and agree with much of the work compiled in the "BrotherHood of Man" by McPhearson. I have not had the opportunity to see but bits and pieces of Diary of Lemuel Reid, and have only seen one abstract from Bowie's information. Much great work is published in the LDS files, but like I tell everyone about my work, these are things handed down and additions of other genealogist, and much needs yet to be proven, as we are only human and all make errors. I am in sincere hope that someday we can have proofs for everything. (quite a dream huh). But as we go along more and more comes in. Maybe someday we will even get it on the ancients too. Hope this helps you some....Kaye George Reid, b. 1746 Son of Alexander who setlled in N. C. and whose decendants moved to Georgia, is my direct line. The following information was sent to me by Annette Carroll, Placentia, CA: 1. GEORGE1 REID was born December 23, 1719 in ,Ulster, Ireland, and died November 1790 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina1. He married MARGARET CROUCHMAN in Ireland. Notes for GEORGE REID: George Reid Will, Nov. 23,1786 from A COLLECTION OF UPPER SO. CAR. GENEALOGIES AND FAMILY RECORDS, Volume I-975.7 Y78.2...(Los Angeles Public Library and Huntington Beach Public Library) - DOC. #93 George Reid Will (abstract), SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, Vol. 1, Elizabeth Wood Thomas, pg. 17-18 D.A.R. records - DOC. #140 UPPER LONG CANE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RECORDS AND CEMETERY RECORDS. (Abbeville, South Carolina) - DOC. #142 GREENVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, THE STORY OF A PEOPLE, 1765-1973-John H. Leith Whittet(sp?) of Shepherdson, Richmond, Va. 1973 Land Records, Abbeville County, South Carolina, 1784, Book A HONORING THE MEMORY OF TWO REVOLUTIONARY HEROES, Lieut. Joseph Reid and John Gresham. (Located at the S.C. Historical Society, Fireproof Bldg., Charleston, South Carolina.) (pg. 11) - DOC. #141 1800 Census Pendleton Dist. (South Carolina), children of George Reid, DOC.#143 Correspondence from James Bowie Reid, 656 E. Madison, Houston, Miss. 38851 to Mrs. S.F. Reid, Sr., Fort Motte, South Carolina on Aug. 6, 1968 REID FAMILY PAPERS by Lundie W. Barlow (National Genealogical Soc. Quarterly, Vol. 52, Dec. 1964, No. 4, pg. 245) CALHOUN, HAMILTON, BASKINS AND RELATED FAMILIES by L.D. Mc Pherson, pg.146, (Located at the LDS Fam. Hist. Lib., Salt Lake City, Utah, June 1984, 929.273 C128m) THE BOWIES AND THEIR KINDRED, A Genealogical and Biographical History by Walter Worthington Bowie, pgs 309-313 GENEALOGY OF THE WARDLAW FAMILY by Joseph G. Wardlaw (contains some incorrect info. on our Reids but has information on Abbeville area). GREENWOOD COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY, pgs. 55-57. ROSTER OF SOUTH CAROLINA PATRIOTS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by Bobby Gilmer Moss, pg.805 THE 1860 DIARY OF LEMUEL REID, AN ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA PLANTER (With his genealogy and descendants)....Wayne Alexander Reid..1994 THE GRANVILLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA 1748-1763, Abstracts of Land Grants, Vol. One....M. M. Hofmann, pg. 98. This Land Grant is also set down in the Indenture below and the information is included with the copy of same. ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEED ABSTRACTS, 1753-1772, Vol. II, 1762-1772..J. W. Linn, pg. 30. Actual copy of this Indenture in in the possession of Annette Carroll....DOC #165 HERITAGE OF ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, VOL. 1 (1991) pg. 530-531 ROYAL LAND GRANTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 20 APRIL 1763... BOOK XX, 1763-1764, LDS Film #361863-1....DOC #166 MEMORIALS OF SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SOUTH CAROLINA LAND TITLES AND INDEX TO AUDITOR GENERAL MEMORIALS, 1731-1775, Page 85....DOC # ("Land Memorials are unique to South Carolina. They were designed for the better collection of His Magesty's Quit Rents"...from A Brief Guide to South Carolina Genealogical Research and Records by Brent H. Holcomb) THE REID FAMILY, An American Journey....Jean Reid Cody, 2308 Concho Drive, Plano, Texas 75074...(214) 424-6258 (Annette Carroll received this book from Carrol Don Reid in August 1997). .............................................................................. PROFESSION - PLANTER THE FOLLOWING LAND INFORMATION SHOWS GEORGE REID'S LAND GRANT IN NORTH CAROLINA IN 1753 FOLLOWED BY THE DEED SHOWING THE SALE OF THAT LAND TO WILLIAM MC CLELLEN IN 1763 BEFORE GEORGE REID (REED) MOVED TO ABBEVILLE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA: (The full copy of the deed concerning the sale of this land in 1763 is in the possession of Annette Carroll.) The Granville District of North Carolina 1748-1763 Abstracts of Land Grants: (S.S.L.G. 127-C), 4845...GEORGE REED 22 December 1753, 600 acres on both sides of Fourth Creek /s/ GEORGE REED Wits: Jas Carter, Griffith Rutherford surveyed 4 January 1751 SCC: (names not given) Jas Carter Dep. Survr. Plat reads "...(the land) in Anson County" - grant reads, "...(land) in Rowan County" (Brother, Alexander and other Reed families were granted land on Fourth Creek in Rowan County, North Carolina also.) Rowan County North Carolina Deed Abstracts, Vol. III, 1762-1772: 5:421-422 GEORGE REED with wife MARGARET of Linches Creek, South Carolina to William McClellan newcomer, 600 acres on Fourth Creek granted by Granville, 22 Dec. 1753. 6 Nov. 1763, Robert Steele, John McClelan (Lynches (Linches) Creek seems to have been in the heavily Scots-Irish populated area of the Waxhaws, a border community and the largest upcountry settlement prior to the American Revolution including Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina. Now Lancaster County, South Carolina, earlier in Camden District South Carolina.) GEORGE REID'S 1763 ROYAL LAND GRANT IN GRANVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA (LATER NINETY SIX DISTRICT IN 1763: George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, defender of the Faith and so forth. To all to whom there Presents shall come, Greeting. Know Ye, that We of our special Grace certain Knowledge and meer motion have Given and Granted, and by these Presents for Us, our Heirs and Successours, do Give and Grant unto GEORGE REID his Heirs and Assigns, a Plantation or tract of Land, containing Three hundred acres (as is supposed in Granville County) on a Branch of Savannah River called Long Cane bounded on all sides by Vacant Land. And hath Such Shape, Form and Marks, as appear by a Plat thereof hereunto annexed, together with Woods, Underwoods, Timber and Timber Trees, Lakes, Ponds, Fishings, Waters, Water Courses, Profits, Commodities, Appurtenances and Hereditaments whatsoever, thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining; together with Privilege of Hunting, Hawking and Fowling, in and upon the same; and all Mines and Minerals whatsoever; Saving and Reserving nevertheless to Us, Our Heirs and Successours, all white Pine-Trees, if any there should be found growing thereon: And also Saving and Reserving nevertheless to Us, Our Heirs and Successours, one Tenth Part of Mines, of Gold and Silver only. To have and to hold the said Tract of Three Hundred Acres of Land, and all and singular other the Premises hereby granted, unto the said GEORGE REID his Heirs and Assigns for ever, in free and common Soccage. The said GEORGE REID his Heirs and Assigns yielding and paying therefore, unto Us, Our Heirs and Successours or to Our Receiver General for the Time being, or to his Deputy or Deputies for the Time being, Yearly, that is to pay on every Twenty fifth Day of March in every Year, at the Rate of Three Shillings Sterling, or four Shillings Proclamation Money, for every Hundred Acres, and so in Proportion, according to the Number of Acres contained herein; the same to commence at the Expiration of Two Years from the Date hereof. Provided always, and this present Grant is upon Conditon, nevertheless, that the said GEORGE REID, his Heirs or Assigns, shall and do, Yearly and every Year after the date of these Presents, clear and cultivate at the Rate of Three Acres for every Hundred Acres of land and so in proportion, according to the Number of Acres herein contained; and also shall and do enter a Minute or Docket of these our Letters Patent, in the Office of our Auditor General for the Time being in our said Province, within Six Months from the Date hereof; and upon Condition that if the said rent hereby reserved shall happen to be in Arrears, and unpaid for the Space of Three Years from the Time it shall become due, and no Distress can be found on the said Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments hereby Granted; or if the said GEORGE REID his Heirs or Assigns, shall neglect to clear and cultivate, Yearly and every Year, at the Rate of Three Acres for every Hundred Acres of Land, and so in Proportion according to the number of Acres herein contained; or if a Minute or Docket of these our Letters Patent, shall not be entered in the Office of our Auditor General for the time being, in our said Province, within Six Months from the Date hereof, that then, and in any of these Cases, this present Grant shall cease, and determine, and be utterly void, and the said Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, hereby Granted, and every Part and Parcel thereof shall revert to Us, Our Heirs and Successours, as fully and absolutely as if the same had never been Granted. Given under the Great Seal of Our said Province Witness His Excell'y Thos. Boone Esq'r Aud. Gen'l, Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over our said Province of South-Carolina, this Twentyeth Day of April Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty- three and in the third Year of our Reign. Tho. (?) Boone Signed by his Excellency the Governor Council Geo. Johnston And hath thereunto a Plat thereof annexed, representing the same, Certified by Ezulon (?) Leigh (unclear) 1 Dec'r 1762 MEMORIAL OF GEORGE REID'S LAND TITLE ABOVE IN GRANVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA: GEORGE REID(S): A memorial Exhibited by William Regan to be registered in the office of His Magisty's Auditor General agreeable to an Ord. of Councel & to a condition of the Grant hereafter mentioned... 300 Acres Of a Plantation or Tract of Land cont. 300 Acres Situate in Granville County on a branch of Savannah River called Long Cane bounded on all sides by Vacant Land, Survey certifyed the First day of December 1762. And Granted the Twentieth day April 1763 to the memorialist at the quit rent of 3/Str: or 4/Pro: money three hundred acres to commence Two Years from the date hereof. In Witness whereof he hath hereunto set his hand the 28th day of July 1763. For the memorialist, Andrew Neel Qt Rent 4/Pro Certified by R. Sawbton __________ Pat Callower (?) DS (NOTE: Proclamation (Pro) Money in Colonial America was foreign coins and rated commodities. (Concise Genealogical Dictionary...Maurine and Glen Harris) According to Land Record Book A, Abbeville County, South Carolina: "GEORGE RIED (REID) SENR. as a citizen, three hundred and twenty acres above the Ancient Boundary line situated on branches of Hencoop Creek or branch of Rocky River bounding all sides on vacant land when surveyed by John Bowie D.S. on the 11th of June ______ as approved by his certificate of that date with the form and marks as pr. platt thereof recorded this 6th of July 1784. Robert Anderson D.S. (copy of this land record in the possession of Annette Carroll) INFO. FROM THE 1860 DIARY OF LEMUEL REID, Pgs. 4-7 by Wayne Reid: George Reid's ancestry was Scots-Irish. The Scots-Irish were so named because in 1611, the Scotch Presbyterians, including the Reids, were induced by King James I of England to migrate and colonize Northern Ireland in an effort to dilute the Catholic dominance there. Lands in Ireland had been forfeited to the British crown after the failure of the Irish rebellion, which was instigated by Phillip II, King of Spain, in an ill fated attempt to regain the throne of England for the Catholic Church. These Scotch Presbyterians who immigrated to Ireland became known as the "Scotch Irish", even though they were fiercely independent and they never lost their Scotch identity in their association with the Irish Catholics, a division which remains evident to this day. The moors of the Scottish/English border were the original home of the Reids, who are believed to have been descended from the Boernecians, the Boernecians being a mixture of Scottish Picts and Angles. This race dated from about four centuries after the birth of Christ. The Reid Clan was originally part of the Robertson Clan, although the Reid family, according to a monument to Ellington Reed (d. 1758), had dwelt at Cragg, Scotland for nine hundred years. This would place the beginning of the name to at least the mid-ninth century. In 1728, Rev. James Robertson wrote the following account of the origin of the Reid name: "The Robertsons of Straloch had an ancestor called Alexander "Rua" or "the Red", from the color of his hair. This name, when he became a Baron, was altered to Reid." Hence, the first Reid, as were scores of Reids to follow, was named Alexander Reid. This practice has persisted well into the twentieth century, although most of the present Reid descendants are unaware of the ancient ancestry of this name. Among these early Scotch colonists of Ireland was a Major John Reid, whose son later became General Andrew Reid. General Reid had a number of sons, among them (possibly) GEORGE, Alexander, and very possibly among others there was a third named Matthew. George had taken a wife names Margaret, whose maiden name is said by some genealogists to be Crouchman. The reference for the name "Crouchman" is The Chronicles of the Scotch Irish, Augusta County, Va., 1912-1913, by Lyman Chaucey.) GEORGE, MARGARET and their infant daughter, Rose, and most, if not all of his brothers migrated to America on the same ship, landing in Philadelphia about 1745. They all settled for a short time in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where George and Margaret's next two children, Samuel and Ann, were born. (NOTE: The information regarding General Andrew Reid being the father and Major John Reid being the grandfather of George Reid is in question. The Ancestral File of the LDS church does have information that an Alexander Reid, born 1698/1700 in Ireland who married Margaret McKay (McCay) had a father, Andrew, born 1600, a mother, Magdalene McDowell, born 1600. The information also shows that Alexander's grandfather was John Reid, born possibly 1574. If Alexander's father Andrew was born in 1600, he would have been 98 years old when Alexander was born. This information does not show our George Reid as Alexander's brother but this Ancestral File submission could be incorrect.) About 1750 the elder Reid brothers began to scatter about the country from Pennsylvania. George moved southward and lived for a short time in Augusta County, Virginia, where he and Margaret's fifth child, Joseph was born. Their fourth child, MARGARET, had probably also been born there. In the early 1750's Alexander migrated to Rowan County, North Carolina, where he was rejoined about 1762 by his brother GEORGE Reid. The travels of Matthew during this time are not known. GEORGE Reid, after obtaining a royal land grant in April of 1763 for land along Long Cane Creek, near the Keowee Path in Ninety-Six District, (Royal Plats, South Carolina Archives), moved to what is present day Abbeville County. The surrounding land was vacant. A "Matthew Reid", possibly the father of HUGH Reid, in March of 1767 also obtained a land grant on the headwaters of Long Cane Creek in Ninety Six District. The land grants in this area were given as an attempt by the English Crown to colonize the frontier lands where the few widely scattered earlier settlers had been terrorized by the Cherokees. The 1763 Treaty with the Cherokee Indians established the present Anderson/Abbeville County line as the border between the Cherokee Nation and the White Settler Lands. (Even now, this area of Abbeville County adjacent to the Anderson County line is commonly known as "The Nation", although very few of the local citizenry realize the derivation of the name.) In regard to the following information on GEORGE REID'S mill: In the book, "Greenwood County Sketches" by Margaret Watson, pg. 55 in regard to Long Cane Road....on the Road leading from Ninety Six to Col. George Reed's mill on Long Cane, 1785. On pg. 216, "Thomas Jefferson Douglass, 1808 -1871 owned the Grist Mill which was started before the Revolution by George Reid on Upper Long Cane Creek. Prior to the American Revolution, GEORGE Reid built and operated a Grist Mill, the ruins of which are still apparent, on the present day Abbeville-Hodges Highway. It is identified on Mills 1825 map of Ninety Six District as "Douglas Mill", this being many years after the death of GEORGE and after it had passed from Reid ownership. According to elder Abbeville citizens, a grist mill was still in operation on this site as late as the 1930's. In GEORGE'S will of 1786, he identified himself as a "planter", although he bequeaths his "mills" (plural) as part of his estate. GEORGE was a member of the Long Cane Society and was one of the founders of the Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church. He also became a Captain in the militia, the primary purpose of the militia being to defend the settlers from the Indians, although it later was to become an adjunct of the Continental Army. In 1773, GEORGE would become an elder of the Greenville Presbyterian Church, which is located near Donalds, South Carolina. The organizational meeting for the founding of the church was held in GEORGE'S home. Many Presbyterian church pastors and statesmen visited and stayed overnight in GEORGE'S home. In Charleston, prior to the American Revolution, a "Council of Safety" had been organized by a small group of influential Americans. The council was a thinly guised organization whose primary goal was the consolidation of the American militia and public opinion against the British. In 1775, the Council sent emissaries into Upstate South Carolina in an attempt to "make progress into the back country; to explain to the people the causes of the present disputes between Great Britain and the American Colonies." The two most publicized members of this delegation were William Tennant and William Henry Drayton. William Tennant, who would visit the Ninety Six District, was minister of the Independent Church and an ardent advocate of American Independence. On August 2, 1775, Tennant and Drayton departed for the South Carolina back country in an effort to obtain signatures of the militia to join the "Association", i.e., to pledge their loyalty to the Colonies. Arriving in the Long Canes in late October, Tennant visited with "Mr. Reed" and spent the night at his home. The following excerpt is from Tennant's own log: "31st- Went to a meeting last week on the Long Cane Creek in Boonesborough at one of Mr. Harris' preaching sheds; preached, and in the midst of sermon had the pleasure to see Mr. Hart arrive. After sermon, spoke as usual on the subject of my mission; was seconded by Mr. Harris and Mr. Salvador, to good effect; returned to Mr. Reed's. The congregation was solemn and affected. Mr. Calhoun and other gentlemen returned with me and spent the evening on subjects fit for the times. Passed twelve miles this day; slept at Mr. Reed's." (Mr. Hart was another emissary from the Council of Safety in Charleston; Mr. Harris was the first pastor at Upper Long Cane and Little Mountain Presbyterian Churches; Mr. Calhoun is Patrick Calhoun, the father of John C. Calhoun, future Vice President of the United States; Mr. Salvador was a Jewish patriot of the American Revolution and a huge landholder; Mr. Reed is GEORGE REID.) Tennent spent the night of September 3 at Patrick Calhoun's. The following is from Tennent's report to Charleston: "Long Canes, Sept. 1, 1775 To the Council of Safety: Gentlemen: This comes by CAPT. GEORGE REED'S wagon from the Long Canes, where I am at present. I parted from Mr. Drayton on Monday morning; he steered his course to Augusta and thence designed for the camp at Amelia. I thought it necessary to visit the settlements on this side Saluda........The great difficulty is the want of ammunition. They evidently have a design upon Fort Charlotte and our friends cannot be called to defend it unless they are supplied. I have therefore, promised them a supply if you, gentlemen, therefore, think it proper, it will be of the greatest utility to send one hundred or one hundred fifty pounds and some lead by the bearer, Sam'l Reed, who will effectually secrete it until delivered safely into the hands of the Volunteer Companies to be subject to the orders of the Council, in case it is not used for the defence of the Colony." The "They" having designs on Fort Charlotte referred to in Tennent's report is of course the Loyalists. Tennent explained that he believed the British were attempting to form a "camp" with the Indians, thus forcing the settlers to join the British out of fear for their and their families' lives. The courier, Samuel Reid, is CAPT. GEORGE REID'S son. Tennent also reported from the Upcountry that the people from the "back parts" believed "that no man from Charlestown can speak the truth, and that all papers are full of lies." This sentiment is alive and well in the twentieth century in Upstate South Carolina. In 1775 Capt. GEORGE Reid commanded a company under Major Williamson at Ninety Six in the first land battle with the British in the Southern States. He later entered the Continental army as a Captain in the militia, but was later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and served under the then George Williamson from 1779 to 1782. He was at the siege of Savannah and probably was also at Cowpens, Charleston and the siege of Ninety Six in 1781. GEORGE was 61 years old at the conclusion of his military service, which was ancient considering the eighteenth century life expectancy, and which certainly would have made him one of the oldest active duty officers in the American Army. GEORGE Reid died about 1790; the exact year is unknown. His burial place is a mystery, although it is believed that he is probably buried either at Long Cane or Greenville Presbyterian Cemetery, his grave likely marked by a long since vanished fieldstone marker, which was the common gravestone at that time. No record of the death of his wife Margaret has been found, but as she is not mentioned in his will of 1786, it may be surmised that she died prior to that time. INFO. FROM CALHOUN, HAMILTON, BASKINS AND RELATED FAMILIES, REID FAMILY PAPERS, and LETTER FROM JAMES BOWIE REID: In 1745, George immigrated from Ulster, Ireland to the U.S. (Philadelphia, Pa.) George came with his brothers one of which was Alexander Reid. Alexander also had his wife, Margaret (McKay) and his children with him. They settled in Lancaster County (or the parent county of Lancaster at that time), lived on Swatawra Creek, and attended Conewago Presbyterian Church. Alexander had land there is 1748. (That area is now in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.) In 1750-56 they all moved south to Rowan County, North Carolina and Alexander and family stayed there. He died there about 1775-1777. George (and family) moved to Abbeville, South Carolina and George lived out his life in that area. (THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS GATHERED FROM THE THREE SOURCES SHOWN AND HAS NOT BEEN PROVED TO BE FACT. IT IS, HOWEVER, AN AID TO OUR RESEARCH AND WE MAY FIND IT TO BE TRUE IN THE FUTURE.) INFORMATION ON GEORGE REID'S BROTHER, ALEXANDER: The children of Alexander Reid mentioned in his will were: Samuel, John, Andrew, George, Frances (Hall), Hannah (Knox), Margaret (Willson) and Mary (Wilson). According to the Heritage of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1 (1991): GEORGE'S brother, Alexander Reed (written as Reid in later generations) was born about 1698 in Ulster, Ireland. He died in Rowan County, North Carolina by 1777, leaving a will dated 11 Jan 1775. Alexander married, by 1727 in Ireland, Margaret McKay or McKee born about 1708 in Northern (Ulster) Ireland. She died after 1778 when she appears on a tax record in Rowan County. By 1748 Alexander had brought his family to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where he was granted land on Swatawra Creek that year. The land was surveyed in 1749. Swatawra Creek divided the townships of Derry, Swatawra and Hanover in 1740. It is in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania today. By 1753 Alexander and family had joined others moving through the Shenandoah Valley, down the old Indian Trading Path to the Yadkin River Valley. The first grant was dated 2 May 1753 for land on the north side of Fourth Creek, a branch of the Yadkin River. It was here that Alexander and his family made their home even though they had other land. The site is shown on the William Sharpe map of 1773 for Fourth Creek Presbyterian Church showing that Margaret and Alexander were members of that Congregation. Their children were: 1.Samuel, B. 8 Jul. 1728, Northern Ireland, D. 1810 Putnam County, Georgia, married in Pennsylvania, Agnes McKee. Samuel's land in Rowan was on both sides of Little Dutchman Creek. The DAR Chapter in Putnam County, Georgia was named for Samuel Reid; 2. Andrew, B. Northern Ireland, D. 1791, Greene County, Georgia, married Elizabeth. His land in Rowan County, North Carolina was on Fifth Creek, was an elder of Bethany Presbyterian Church after it was formed from Fourth Creek. By 1784 he bought land in Greene County, Georgia; 3. Alexander Jr., B. in Northern Ireland, D. 1813/1814, Jasper County, Georgia, married Anna. moved to Jasper County, Georgia after the land lottery of 1805; 4. Frances, B. probably in Northern Ireland, D. Georgia. She married in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, George Hall. The Halls moved to Rowan County after 1758, owning land by 1760 on Fourth Creek near Alexander Reid Sr. and also on Little Dutchman Creek. They moved to Wilkes County, Georgia where they lived near Frances Reid's brother, George. By 1799 they were on Mulberry Fork in Jackson County, Georgia, again near George; 5. Mary, D. before 1775, married John Wilson, possibly living near Alexander Reid on Fourth Creek; 6. Hannah, B. probably in Northern Ireland, D. Rowan County, 1793 married John Knox before 1776. John and Hannah are buried in the Thyatira Graveyard; 7. John, B. in Northern Ireland or Pennsylvania. D. 16 Nov. 1816 Iredell County, North Carolina. he married about 1764, Mary. They were members of the Fourth Creek Presbyterian Church and later of Bethany where they are buried. John is the only son of Alexander Reid who remained in Rowan County, North Carolina. His land was on both sides of the Yadkin near his brother George. 8. George, B. May 1746, either in Northern Ireland or Pennsylvania, D. 1824 Gwinnet County or DeKalb County Georgia, married June 1767 in Rowan County, North Carolina, Catherine Chambers. (More information on the above family is in the Reid folder in the possession of Annette Carroll). The origins of the Greenville Church are to be found in the determination of the Scots-Irish Presbyterians to establish and maintain the Presbyterian Church in the Abbeville District. The migration of the Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania through the Valley of Virginia to the Piedmont area of the Carolinas had reached the Long Canes with the settlement of the Calhouns and others in 1756. In 1768 Elam Potter, a missionary of the Synod of New York and Philadelphia, reported concerning the Long Canes area, "five hundred families, missionary frontier, vacant." The initial settlers had to struggle not only against the physical environment but also with the Indians, who were a constant danger. Neither poverty nor the dangers of the frontier broke their vision of a "holy commonwealth" and of the Long Canes area as a Presbyterian community. In 1773 George Reid was a Church Elder in the Greenville (Saluda) Presbyterian Church (4 miles from Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina). It seems that the Greenville (orig. Saluda) Presb. Church was located closer to the Saluda River and then moved to Abbeville Co., South Carolina. The organizational meeting was at the home of George Reid. In Plat Book B, which was kept at Ninety Six Courthouse for land grants made in the northwest area of the state from 1784 to 1787 is the following: The congregation of GREENVILLE thirty two acres of land situate in Abbeville County on a branch of Long Cane Creek waters of Savannah River. Surveyed by Adam Car. Jones, D.S. on the 17th day of May last and Recorded this 6th day of June 1787. The second document is the application for a charter, which also dates from 1787. South Carolina To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives of the State of aforesaid. The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants of Abbeville County in Ninety Six District humbly Showith that your petitioners having associated themselves as Society for the purpose of Religious Worship and subscribed the following articles in a book agreeable to the Thirty Eighth clause of the Constitution of thie State: Viz: First: That there is one eternal God and a further State of rewards and punishments: Second: That God is publikly to be Worshiped: Third: That the Christian Religion is the true Religion: Fourth: That the Holy Scriptures of the old and new testaments are of Divine inspiration and are the rule of faith and practice: Fifth: That it is Lawfull and the duty of every man being thereunto called by those that govern to bear Witness to truth - Whereupon they Pray your Honorable House that they may be incorporated as body politic for the Purpose aforesaid by the Name of the Presbyterian Congregation of Greenville - and your Petitioners will ever pray Etc. Jan. 11th, 1787 Signed GEORGE REID Edward Sharp JOSEPH REID Saml Neel ALEXANDER REID Adam McKee David Crawford Jas G Notes for MARGARET CROUCHMAN: Margaret's maiden name is said to have been "Couchman". See notes on her husband, George Reid. George Reid operated a grist mill on Long Canes Creek on the Abbeville-Hodges Highway which is shown on the Mills Atlas Map as "Douglass Mill." The following is taken from a cached page on google.com: Thomas Jefferson DOUGLAS(S) 1. TJ>Douglass owned grist mill on upper long cane creek, started before the Rev War by George Reid 2.Later Douglass and Dr. W.C.Norwood of Cokesbury owned mill at site of Ware Shoals 3. Had 8 children with Emily Jane Atkins (4 died young), Had 4 children by Matilda Lomax. He was born circa 1808. He married Matilda Dilworth LOMAX circa 1843. He married Emily Jane ATKINS, daughter of Samuel ATKINS and Ann KENNEDY, circa 1850. He died circa 1871. | ||||||||||||
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