Pat and others My line goes from my Great-great-great grandfather Henry Reed (lived in Guilford Co and possibly Rowan Co) to son John Denny Reed (who came to MO from Guilford Co), to son Thomas Black Reed (my Great grandfather) to my grandmother Elizabeth F. Reed, daughter of Thomas B. Reed and that is where my Reed line ends. Notice that my great grandfather's middle name is BLACK. I have no idea why, but he was born in Guilford Co, North Carolina in 1819 and brought to Missouri the same year by his parents. Do you know what the connection is between the REED family and the BLACK family? I know there is some connection between the REED family and the DENNY family? Cecy Rice