Do you or Stan have a Tom or Thomas Reid in your Reid data base? My gr grandmother, Willie Alice Reid, was his daughter. She was born in 1864 likely in Ga as it states on the 1870 census living with a Widow Satterfield. The story she told my mother was that she and her brother went west on a wagon train with their parents. When it was attacked by Indians, both her parents were killed. She and her brother were brought back to Greenville, SC where one family took her and another family took her brother. She never saw her brother again. She married my gr grandfather Thomas Ansel Ferguson at age 14 and was disowned by her adoptive family. Their son Martin Luther Ferguson was my grandfather. He was already 60 when I was born, was a quiet man who didn't say much as I remember. (He was educated and could do art work with Calligraphy. I have a copy of a birthday card he did for my grandmother in the 1940s). I surely would love to find a trace of Willie Alice's parents. I assume they are buried wherever the attack took place, so I don't think their graves could ever be found. If anyone knows a way to tell what wagon trains left Greenville, SC or SC period from late 1860s, please let me know. There is also the possibly they were already in Kansas or Missouri and left there, but sent back with someone coming to Greenville. Thanks. Joyce McManus [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/joymac117/ My Web Page. Includes history on Greenwood, SC and surrounding counties, links to other great sites, some inspirational items. Enjoy! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:37 AM Subject: [REID] Re: South Carolina Reids > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DVCBAEB/1361.1462.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Thanks, Stan, for your acknowledgment of your ties to the Reid family. I made a mistake in part of my message. I said that James and Mary Polly Reid were married in 1796 in S.C. In fact I should have stated that James was born in S.C. in 1796. He and Mary Polly Reid were married to each other in Feb., 1819, in Jefferson County, Alabama. > >