Sarah Oregon Reid Was My 2nd Great Grandmother

Asia Reid born 1801, was my 3nd Great Uncle.

This is a introduction to your REID family. My 2nd Great Grandparents were Richard Clark Gentryb1846 d 1912, and Sarah Oregon Reid b1846d1913. Sarah's parents were George Washington Reid and Nancy Ezzard.

The Reid family from the time they came to America were what I call "Trailblazers". Everytime land opened up for settlement they packed thier wagons and they were gone. All of the men were Officers, and fought in every War that threatened our country. There is some indication that some of this family was on the Oregon Trail. I believe this is where Sarah Oregon Reid, got her name. Enjoy!

The Reid Family Compiled 1938 By L.D. McPherson A Reid Descendant
"George, Samuel, Alexander, Andrew and John Reid, the sons of Alexander and Margaret McCay Reid of Rowan County, NC were in Greene (now Hancock)county, Ga. by about 1788. George first took a deed to land in the 14th district there as a former resident of Wilkes county, Georgia, October 10, 1788 at about which time Samuel bought land and settled on Shoulderbone creek. George Reid was Continental Commissioner of Accounts for South Carolina and Georgia in 1789, Justice of the Peace, Greene county, Ga., 1791-1792. He died there in 1799 as did his brothers, Andrew in 1791, John in 1806, and Alexander in 1814. His brother, Samuel, died and was buried on the old Reid Plantation of his son, Alexander 111, 4 and 1/2 miles northwest of Eatonton in Putnam county, Ga. in 1810, aged 82 years. The Samuel Reid Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Eatonton, Ga., is named in his honor. The first Reid in Carroll county, Ga., for whom dates are available was George Reid II, son of George and grandson of Alexander and Margaret of Europe, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. This George, the second, was born in North Carolina in 1799, married Jane Gaston (possibly in the Carolinas) ; was in the Georgia House of Representives from Jackson county, Ga., Jan. 12, 1801; Justice of the Inferior Court of Gwinnett county, Ga., Feb. 2, 1819 to 1821 and Senator from Gwinnett county, Ga., 1819-21 and Extra Session 1821. He was amoung the first settlers in Carroll county, Ga., upon its organization in 1826. Their children were: Asa, Katie, Reese, Jennie,George III, Robert Alexander, Matthew, Elizabeth, Margaret I., Thomas Henry,and Jack. Amoung their children settling in the section of their new home in Carroll county were: Robert Alexander, Matthew, Margaret I. Hamilton, Jennie Norman, Katie Wiginton and Reese, the latter three at Abernathy, Ala. Ann married McMullen; Elizabeth, Wilson Brown and moved to Mississippi; Asa to Hot Springs, Ark., Dr. Thomas Henry, to the section of Little Rock, Ark. and Jack went West. The other son, George Reid III, was a captain in the Indian and Mexican Wars, going from Gwinnett county, Ga., as shown by a commission to him on which he served to return for commemorative burial at Lawrenceville, Ga.,the remains of officers and soldiers of that vicinity who were killed in the Mexican War at Goliad, Texas, March 7, 1830 and in the Indian War at Shepard's Plantation, Stewart county, Ga., June 9, 1836. He was in the House of Representives from Gwinnett county, Ga., in 1837, 1840, and 1841. He married a Whisenhunt and later moved West."
The above was copied from Reid papers on file at the Georgia Archives by Ottis Guinn.

Alexander and Margaret McCay 6th Great Grandparents
Alexander immigrated from Ireland in abt. 1745 with h
is wife, children, and brothers. Their port of entry was Ph
iladelphia. He was a Scotch Presbyterian. Alexander lived f
our years in Lancaster Co., Pa. and then moved to Rockingha
m Co., Va. On Jan. 11, 1775 he was old, infirm, and lived i
n Rowan Co., SC. At his death, his son Alexander recieved t
he plantation and the seven other children recieved 1/7 o
f the remaining property.This information comes from Kay
e Van Fleet. Her source: VA State Library CS 71 R 184 1939
, THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN IN SOME FAMILIES OF...by Lewin Dwi
nell McPherson R.H. 1992. by 1798 Andrew, Samuel,
George and John recieved land grants and had located
themselves in Greene County GA.

George Reid I and Katherine Margaret Chambers 5th Great Grandparents
Owner of the George Reid Family Bible was a Judge L. B. Moo
n, Jefferson, Ga. George was a Captain in the Rev. War. Ire
land Soldier, North Carolina DAR Index; d. Sept. 12, 1799 G
reene Co., Ga.Document by THE REID FAMILY by Bud L. D. McPherson, locate
d in the Arkansas Genealogy Project."George, Samuel, Alexander, Andrew,
and John Reid, the sons of Alexander Reid, and Margaret McKay Reid, of Rowan
County, NC were in Greene (now Hancock) County, Georgia by about
1788. George first took a deed to land to land in the 14th district, as a former resident of Wilkes Co., Georgia on October 10, 1788 at about which time Samuel bought land a
nd settled on Shoulderbone Creek." George Reid was the Continental Commissioner of Accounts for SC and GAin 1789, Justice of the Peace, Greene Co., Ga. from 1791-1792. He died therein 1799 as did his brothers Andrew in 1791, John in 1806 and Alexander in 1814. His brother Samuel died and was buried on the old Reid Plantation, of his son Alexander III, located 4 1/2 miles northwest of Eatonton, Putnam Co., Ga. in 1810, at the age of 82. Sources for the prperty info for George and Katherine Margaret 1792 Greene Co., Ga. Deed Book 2, 239. 30 May 1792 William Wardlow to Geo. Reid, both of Greene Co., the said Wm and Mary Wardlow, his wife for 20 PS Sterling, 30 ac. orig granted Miles Duncan and conveyed to James Ware then to Wm. Wardlow. Bounded by Richland Creek, John Ogletree, Bakes. s/William Wardlow, Mary Wardlow, Wit. Alex Hall, Hannah Hall.

George Reid II and Mary Jane Gaston 4th Great Grandparents
George Reid..b.November 27, 1774 married Jane GastonMarried JANE GASTON Born 1/9/1777 in GREEN Co. Ga Married on 1796 in GREENE Co. by/or Witness J.P. Ross. , George Died in Carroll Co. Ga 12/13/1853 & Jane Gaston Reid Died Carroll Co. Ga 3/17/1853 George Reid (Source: Families of Gwinnett Co. 1818-1968)George Reid (1773 Rowan Co., NC 12/12/1853 Carroll Co.,Ga.) son of George Reid of Ireland, volunteered as a private in 1792 GREEN CO., GA. for the duration of Wayne's War against Creek and Cherokee Indians. He continued actively in military service for four years, guarding forts and scouting after Indians. "George Reid, Gentleman at Arms" is one of forty-six names on an "original muster roll" 2/25/1794 of a militia troop of dragoons organized in Greene Co. "to protect settlers from repeated invasion of indians" This troop was to become famous in the annals of Middle Georgia. This roll is almost a complete roster of prominent families of Greene Co. George Reid moved from GREENE CO. to JACKSON CO. Ga. and subsequently represented the latter in the Georgia legislature in 1798, 1804 and 1817. He was justice of the peace in Jackson Co. in 1801. When Gwinnett Co. was formed in 1818, it took that part of Jackson Co., where George Reid resided. He was appointed Justice of the Inferior Court of Gwinnett Co., Ga. 2/2/1819-1821. He served in the legislature as a Senator from Gwinnett Co., Ga. in 1819, 1820-21 and in the extra session of 1821. In 1822, while a resident of Gwinnett, he was granted by the state 597 1/2 Acres of "headright" lands in Jackson Co.; however, he moved to Carroll Co. soon after it's formation in ca. 1827. George Reid married 1796 in Greene Co., Ga. JANE GASTON, b. 1776 in Ga., daughter of Matthew and Ann (Simonton) Gaston. Jane, as a widow, resided in Carroll Co., Ga. on 3/17/1855. From the Family Bible Pages of George and Jane Gaston Reid...(need to track down who originally sent this to me and get a duplicate copy.) Issue: Rhesa Reid, b. 1799; Asa Reid b. 1801 (see below); Catherine Reid, b. 1803;' Matthew Reid, b. 1806; Jane Reid, b. 1805; Margaret Reid, b. 2/29/1809; Robert Alexander Reid b. 4/30/1811; George Reid; Ann Reid; Thomas Henry Reid; Jackson Reid and John Reid. (dates on these last five neames unreadable)Asa Reid (above) was in FINCHER'S DIST. Gwinnett Co. in 1827 and there drew land lot #34 in the First Dist. of Troup Co., Ga. Asa remained in Gwinnett after 1830. In the 1840 HE IS IN BENTON CO., ALA. but finally settled in the area of CONWAY CO., ARKANSAS. He married Winney Castleberry. Matthew G. (Gaston?) Reid son of Asa Reid was born in Gwinnett Co., ca. 1825. He moved with his father to Conway Co., Arkansas prior to 1855 when he md. 1/26/1853 Martha Prince b. 1833 Tn, d/o Simeon Prince. Matthew joined the Union Army 12/26/1863 and d. 3/16/1864 in a military hospital in Clarksville, Arkansas.George volunteered as a private in Greene Co., Ga for service in Waynes War with the Creek and Cherokee Indians. He served four years "guarding fort and scouting about after Indians" (taken from Georgia Land Lotteries and Grants) His name "George Reid, Gentleman at Arms" appears on a muster roll of a militia troop of dragoons under the command of Capt Jonas Fauch, dated February 24 1794, he and his brother Alexander were with the regiment in its campaign against Elijah Clark and his "Trans-Ocenee-Republic" which fell that year. From History of Gwinnett Co., Ga.1794: (source Spring and Summer of 1794 AUGUSTA CHRONICLE) A series of attacks on William Melton of Greene County, who had been a Captain in the Greene County Militia were published. Judging from the articles, Melton must have taken undue credit for his prowess as an Indian fighter, so much so that George and Alexander contributed the following: Dated May 17 1794 & July 12 1794."I call upon the State to judge what Greene men can do When torn by factions, party men and their leaders too; We then all combine as one to effect their hellish plan, Promoting Tories, knaves and fools to break down honest men. They oft times in committees meet to know what best be done. To execute their dark designs before they can be known. Behold Tom---n fits as judge to hear what they propose. and if by chance an honest man, He answers, "He's no friend of ours" If so be we should elect a man in whom we can confide To execute the plans proposed Our power will soon be laid aside, then no longer should be judge nor you no more secure They antics than will you insult the militia will be raised in more.1798: George served in the Georgia State Legislature from Greene Co. He received 597 and 1/2 acres of head right lands in Jackson Co. George received from the United States, 40 acres of bounty land (warrant # 42663) for service in Waynes War, his widow Jane Gaston Reid, received an additional 120 acres. (warrant 14390)Jan 12 1801: George is named Justice of Peace in Jackson Co.1803: (source: Cherokee Indian Agency Pass Book) "George Reed and Alexander Hall have permission to pass from hence to Jackson County in the State of Georgia, through that part of the Cherokee County in the direct route to that place, taking care to make no infraction of the Laws & Regulations adapted to the Government & the Indian Department.So West Point Rtn: J. Meigs 14th June 1803 A. War in Tennessee 3201803-1804-& 1817 Served in the Georgia State Legislature, in the session of those years from Jackson Co., Georgia.1812: George Joined the War of 1812 first serving as Sergeant in Johnston's Georgia Militia and later receiving a commission on February 26 1813 as Captain of the Volunteer Troop of Dragoons, 8th Squadron and 4th Reg. of Cavalry. A payroll preserved in the Georgia Archives Military Record Book 1779-1839 states "Pay roll of a scout of men under the command of George Reid, Capt. of the Cavalry of Jackson County in the service of the state of Georgia by orders of Major Tandy Key Comdt. 25 Red. Georgia Militia for seven days furnishing their own horses, provisions, forage, arms, and ammunition commencing the 14th Nov. and ending the 19th same month including both days."Among the thirteen men assigned to George were Rhesa Reid and Samuel Reid. At the bottom of the payroll is written, "I certify on honor the above is a true return subscribed the 8th day of July 1814." Signed: George Reid, Capt. Cavalry, Jackson County.Mar 30, 1814 Honorably discharged at Ft. Harrison1819-1821: George is now in Gwinnett County (formed from Jackson Co. in 1818) He was Justice of Inferior Ct. of Gwinnett Co, Georgia from Feb 2 1819 to 1821. He also served as Senator from Gwinnett in sessions of 1819, 1810-21 and a special session in 1821.1826 George moved to Carroll County where in this year he was employed as a surveyor to help set the boundary lines between Georgia and Alabama. On Jan 22 his party was accosted by a group of Indian who took their compass and instruments and forced them to leave the area.One of the men in the group wrote Governor Troup:"They threatened me very serverly if I should be caught over Bright's line again surveying. I have come on the McIntosh's old place and have stopped my hands until I hear from you...provisions is scarce and my hand uneasy to go home. As to the number of men it will take to guard me, I am unable to say...There are three settlements of Indians in my district, that have in them about 10 men and in two miles on the Alabama side...there is forty to fifty warriors...who are to be placed on the treaty line as spies....1860 census shows George and his younger children living close to each other, including Matthew, son in law John Hamilton, Isaac Wiggington, and Charles Norman. Those sons who remained in Gwinnett Co. were Asa Rhesa and George III. 1830: George is found in Carroll Co. with his younger children living close to one another. They include, Matthew, son in laws John Hamilton, Isaac Wiggington, and Charles Norman. Those sons who remained in Gwinnett Co. at this time were Asa, Rhesa, and George III.1850 Carroll Co. Census lists839 1 George Reed 74 m NC 839 2 Jane Reed 73 f GADec 13 1853: George died in Carroll Co. Ga. He and Jane are said to be buried in the Reid Family Graveyard on top of Reid's Mountain near Bremen, Ga.1860 Widow Jane is living in the household of son Mathew and his wife Martha. Janes age is listed as 84, per the Carroll Co. Ga. census.Reid, George, Waynes' Indian War, BLW#100624-40-50 & BLW#6281-120-55, Soldier Jan 1853 Carroll Co., Ga. age 79, widow applied 17 Mar 1855 Carroll Co. Ga. age 79 however on 14 June 1854 she gave her age as 76. Soldier had volunteered at Greensborough Ga. in 1793 or 1974, soldier married Jane Gaston in 1796 and soldier died 13 Dec 1853History of Gwinnett Co. lists 12 children for George, we, however, know 14 were born to them.

George Washington Reid and Nancy Ezzard 3th Great Grandparents

George Washington Reid had a brother George Reid III. They were both Captains, and served in the indian and Mexican War's. They had another brother named Asa Reid,my 3rd Great Uncle, pictured above. Asa was born in 1801.
In 1830, George Reid is listed as head of household on page 320 in the census for Gwinnett County, Georgia. There is a male child 0-5 years old (probably Robert); 2 male children 5-10 years old (probably John and William); and 1 man 20-30 years old (George W. Reid). There are 2 females 0-5 years old (probably Elizabeth and Jane); and 1 female 20-30 years old (Nancy Ezzard Reid).In 1850, Captain George Reed (Reid) is listed as head of household #531 on page 165B in the Georgia Census in Gwinnett Co., Harbens District, enumerated on August 30, 1850. He is shown as age 47, farmer, born in Georgia. The value of his real estate is $1300. Also living with him is his wife, Nancy W. (Nancy Ward Ezzard Reid), age 45, born in Georgia (an error since she was born in South Carolina). Nine children are living in the home. They are:1) George W., age 16; 2) Asa M., age 15; 3) Wesley H., age 12; 4) Mary S., age 10; 5) Martha M., age 8; 6) Isaac S., age 5; 7) Sarah O., age 4; 8) James R., age 2; 9) Charles W., age 1.All children are shown as being born in Georgia. Also on this census in Gwinnett County are the households of four older married children of George and Nancy Reid: John L. Reid, Robert A. Reid, Jane C. Reid Rollins, and Elizabeth Reid Horton. Two other older married children are not in Gwinnett County. They are William M. Reid and Nancy E. Reid Bridges.In 1860, George Reid is listed as head of household #229 in the Arkansas Census for Clark County, Terre Noire Township. He is shown as George "Read", farmer, age 56, born in Georgia. His wife is listed as N.W. Read, age 54, born in Georgia (an error since she was born in South Carolina). Four of their children are living in the household. They are:1) Isaac, age 15; 2) S.O., age 12; 3) J.R., age 10; 4) C.W., age 9.All children are listed as born in Georgia. Also living in the household is a man named John M. Kels, age 21, born in Tennessee. His relationship to George, if any, is unknown.In 1870, George appears as head of household in Clark County, Arkansas in the Antoine Township, household #70. He is shown as George Reed, age 67, born in Georgia. Wife Nancy is listed as Nancy W., age 65, born in South Carolina. Living with them are:1) Sarah O. Reed, age 23; 2) James R. Reed, age 21; 3) Charles Reed, age 20; 4) Adaline Reed, age 20.All children are shown as born in Georgia. Adaline Reed has not previously shown up listed with the family for the census in 1850 or 1860. According to the article on the Brock/Reid family in the GEMS magazine published by the Pike County, Arkansas Archives and History Society (Volume 7, No. 2, page 7-43, Spring 1996), Adaline was a twin sister to Charles W. Reed. This information may have been surmised from the 1870 census and been due to the fact that she was the same age as Charles. One has to wonder if perhaps she was a niece of George Reid's and was living in the household at the time of the 1870 census. This is especially true considering that she was not on the 1850 census with the family when she would have been just 1 year old. Charles was listed as 1 year old and the youngest child of George W. and Nancy Reid on this census. In the 1860 census, Charles is listed again as the youngest child (C.W. Read, age 9), but again Adaline is not on this census. More research needs to be done to determine if she was indeed a child of George and Nancy and a twin to Charles since the circumstances tend to point to her not being their daughter but another relative.In 1880, George Reid was widowed and living alone on the Arkansas Census for Pike County, Wolf Creek Township. He is on page 443, household #3. He is shown as age 76, merchant, born in Georgia. His father is listed as born in North Carolina and his mother as born in Georgia (an error, she was born in North Carolina also). George is living next to the household of his daughter Sarah Oregon Reid Gentry and her husband Richard.George W. Reid died on February 10, 1881 and was buried in the Reid Cemetery in Clark County, Arkansas. This information comes from cemetery inscriptions published in the ARKANSAS FAMILY HISTORIAN, by Lewis E. Roberts, Vol. 24, No. 3, September 1986. According to this article, the Reid cemetery was lost to the public for many years and then rediscovered on October 2, 1983. The cemetery is located on Highway 26 between Clear Springs and Hollywood in Clark County, Arkansas. It is on the farm of Lloyd Stockton. The cemetery inscriptions for the article on the Reid Cemetery were submitted by Geraldean Horton Musgrave, a descendant of George W. Reid's daughter Elizabeth Reid Horton.
Nancy Ezzard Was the daughter of John L Ezzard and Margaret Ward 4th Great Grandparents
Nancy had a brother William Ezzard.
Birth: 12 JUN 1798 in Abbeville District, SC 1 Death: 24 MAR 1887 in Atlanta, Fulton County, GA 1 Note: Judge, served 3 terms as Mayor of Atlanta. He was Mayor of Atlanta in 1856,1857 and in 1861. He was administrator of estate of Elizabeth Ward, his aunt. In 1827 was State Senator from DeKalb County, GA. He was Methodist. In 1822 he was in Decatur County, GA. Discrepancy between Zeller marriage date and marriage date from Bible Records of NC and SC by Holland.

Song of the Week

This weeks song is by Willam Clarke. He started his career when he was forty years old, and was dead by the time he was forty five. One of the great harmonica players of old juke joint music of the 1940's. One of my favorites "Must be Jelly".

Have A Good Week

Daniel