Hi, I have been circling the Read/Reid/Reed family of Halifax Co. NC for some time now. My Jesse Reid (b.1803) was the son of John Clement READ, who changed the name to REID when the family arrived in NC from VA. Jesse is said to have two brothers--Green (went west to work on the stagecoaches) and Nathan. Jesse had a son named William Fletcher Reid, and I have suspected that the name William figured in the Reid family somehow. Also Jesse's brother Nathan Reid had a son named William Emory C(ottrell?) Reid. I am going to forward to you some messages that involve the Halifax Co. NC family. But here is the 1790 census: 1790 HALIFAX CO. NC CENSUS HALIFAX DIST. Read, William...................................1-2-3-0-1 Read, Moses....................................2-0-5-0-1 Read, Jesse.....................................2-7-3-0-11 Read, John........................................1-1-5-0-2 Reed, William....................................2-3-3-0-0 Read, William...................................1-2-3-0-1 NASH CO. HALIFAX DIST Jinkins, Joseph..................................1-0-0-0-0 Blakey, Morris...................................1-0-0-0-0 Reed, John........................................1-0-0-0-0 Betty Pace On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 12:29:13 +0000 "Betty A. Pace" <[email protected]> writes: > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: 10 Aug 2002 16:13:26 -0600 > Subject: [READ-L] Re: Lemuel Madison Read/Reed > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing > list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mYCBAIB/57.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I have Lemuel (Madison) Read, b. 24 Feb 1800 in MS, d. 11 Mar 1862 > in Upshur County, TX, m. 7 Oct 1824 in Dickson County, TN, to Mary > (Polly) Ann McMurry, b. 28 Nov 1803 TN, d. 11 Mar 1865 in Upshur > County, TX. They had 12 children--Lydia Bernetta, William THomas, > Washington, Sarah Jane, John Wesley, John Franklin, Mary Ann, > Christopher Columbus, Nancy E., Lemuel Madison, James Robert, > Rebecca. > He was the son of William Read, b. abt 1771 in NC, d. bet 1814-1916 > in Dickson County, TN, m. abt 1790 in Halifax County, NC to Rebecca > Holt, b. abt 1770 in NC, d. 1851 in Dickson County, TN. They had 9 > children--Elizabeth, Mary, Alice (Alin), Margaret, Lydia, Sarah > (Sally), John, Nancy (Anna), Lemuel (Madison). > She was the daughter of Thomas McMurry and Agnes Flack > Contact me for further information.