Do any of your Reed line have a Patsey in them if so please get intouch I need help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl & Cecy Rice" <kcecyr@swbell.net> To: <REED-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:00 AM Subject: [REED] Henry Reed will/Agnes Bell 1789 Guilford Co, North Carolina (NC) > Henry Reed in the will of 1789 Guilford County, North Carolina: > This is my research. I'd sure like to find someone descended from Henry & > Agnes (Bell) Reed. Cecy Rice > > Henry Reed > b. in Ireland (source: "U.S. Biographical Dictionary of Missouri, 1878"); > d. about August 1789 in Guilford Co. NC [source:will]) > married Agnes BELL 26 Dec 1766 Rowan Co, NC (this from a marriage record; > Guilford was formed from Rowan in 1771) > > Henry Reed names his wife as Agnes,1789, in his will. > When Agnes died about 1800, a guardian, William DENNY, is appointed for > Henry's orphans and minor children who are named as: James, John, > Elizabeth, and Henry. > > I believe that the John named is my great great grandfather John Denny > Reed born 1784 in Guilford Co, NC. John D. Reed named his children Henry, > Thomas, James, John, Elizabeth, Menerva, Nancy and Martha. (I think Thomas > is Agnes Bell Reed's father's name). One problem for me is, why didn't > John Denny Reed name a child after his mother Agnes(if this is his > mother). > > From a biography written by and about my great grandfather Thomas Black > Reed in "U.S. Biographical Dictionary of Missouri, 1878" (edited by me), > he names his father as John Denny Reed born in Guilford County, North > Carolina, who fought in the 1812 War, who married Elizabeth Jenkins in > Guilford County in 1816, came to Missouri in about 1819 to claim a > military land grant he received for fighting in the 1812 War; and his > grandfather as Henry Reed, who fought in the Revolutionary War in Guilford > County, according to Thomas B. Reed, his grandson. Henry's name may have > been spelled Reid or Read(John Denny Reed spelled it REED). Henry was born > in Ireland, came to South Carolina but moved to Guilford County, North > Carolina before the Revolutionary War. (all this in the biography). > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >