Christine, FYI, on Genealogy Trails website, the name "JOSEPH REEL" in below History of HeCoTn believe last name should be spelled REED and not "Reel" Linda Henderson County Tennessee was created on November 7, 1821, from the Western District, and named in honor of Col. James Henderson. The earliest settler was Joseph Reel who, in 1818, located on Beech River, about five miles east of Lexington. Not long after this Abner Taylor located near the site of Lexington.