In a message dated 1/10/2005 11:50:44 AM Central Standard Time, jcleve@sunline.net writes: >>My father John R. Reed was born in Lincoln County in 1898. His father was William Sidney Reed, whose father was James Carroll Reed. James Carroll Reed was born in North Carolina, moved to Williamson County, and died in Lincoln County in 1897. We believe, but no definite proof yet, that James Carroll Reed's father was John Reed of Williamson County, Tn. who married Lavinia Williams. This John Reed moved to Lincoln County and is thought to be buried in Lincoln County.<< Joyce, I have some Reeds in my family, I haven't done much research on the yet though. Here is what I have from the 1860 census of Lincoln Co, TN. John Read...age 40....M.....12,000...11,200....Merchant.....TN Elizabeth Read age 40...Fe......sewing......TN Martha Read age 16......Fe.......TN Dorryann Read age 14...Fe.......TN Mary Read.....age 12....Fre.......TN Margaret Read age 11....Fe.......TN James Read age 9......Fe.....TN Josephine Read...7.....fe......TN Emily Read ......5......fe.....TN Virginia Read.....4....fe.....TN Alice Read ......2.....fe.....TN female infant age 1month....TN GW Bentley or Buntley age 30 ....merchant.....TN ( I don't know the relationship to this man) Does any of this ring a bell for you? I'm descended from Margaret Reed/Read who married Price M. Snoddy of Lincoln Co, TN in 1869. Susan Fletcher Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease.--Ed Howe TribalPages: Susan Fletcher family tree