This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.reid/2415.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Oh -- likely not helpful, there was also a third Reuben Reid floating around the area... unless yours received a land grant when he was seven. :) >From the South Carolina Archives: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/Archives/search/default.asp Series Number: S213190 Volume: 0028 Page: 00333 Item: 00 Date: 1792/06/12 Description: RIED, REUBEN, PLAT FOR 1,000 ACRES ON WOLF CREEK, NINETY SIX DISTRICT, SURVEYED BY ROBERT MCCANN. Names Indexed: REID, REUBEN/MCCANN, ROBERT/RIED, REUBEN/BENSON, WILLIAM/ Locations: NINETY SIX DISTRICT/WOLF CREEK/TWELVE MILE CREEK Type: PLAT/