Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Reid , Sr.
Birth1 May 1746, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Death12 Sep 1799, Greene Co., Georgia
FatherAlexander Reid , Sr. (1698-1775)
MotherMargaret McKay (~1698-1778)
Misc. Notes
Owner of the George Reid Family Bible was a Judge L. B. Moon, Jefferson, GA.

George was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. Ireland Soldier, North Carolina DAR Index; d. Sept. 12, 1799 Greene Co., GA

Document by THE REID FAMILY by Bud L. D. McPherson, located in the Arkansas Genealogy Project.

"George, Samuel, Alexander, Andrew, and John Reid, the sons of Alexander Reid, and Margaret McKay Reid, of Rowan County, NC were in Greene (now Hancock) County, Georgia by about 1788. George first took a deed to land in the 14th district, as a former resident of Wilkes Co., Georgia on October 10, 1788 at about which time Samuel bought land and settled on Shoulderbone Creek."

George Reid was the Continental Commissioner of Accounts for SC and GA in 1789, Justice of the Peace, Greene Co., GA from 1791-1792. He died there in 1799 as did his brothers Andrew in 1791, John in 1806 and Alexander in 1814. His brother Samuel died and was buried on the old Reid Plantation, of his son Alexander III, located 4 1/2 miles northwest of Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA in 1810, at the age of 82.

Sources for the property info for George and Katherine Margaret 1792 Greene Co., GA Deed Book 2, 239.
30 May 1792 William Wardlow to Geo. Reid, both of Greene Co., the said Wm and Mary Wardlow, his wife for 20 PS Sterling, 30 ac. orig granted Miles Duncan and conveyed to James Ware then to Wm. Wardlow. Bounded by Richland Creek, John Ogletree, Bakes. s/William Wardlow, Mary Wardlow, Wit. Alex Hall, Hannah Hall.
Spouses
Birth5 Dec 1746, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Death26 May 1828, Jackson Co., Georgia
FatherRobert Chambers (1708-1782)
MotherJennet Futhey Elliot (1715-1781)
Marriage28 May 1767, Salisbury, Rowan Co., North Carolina
ChildrenMargaret (1768-<1862)
 Jennet (1769-<1863)
 Alexander (1771-1836)
 Henry Martin (1773-1853)
 George (1774-1855)
 Hannah (1776-<1866)
 Infant (1778-1778)
 Robert Alexander (1779-1813)
 Kathrina (1781-1856)
 Samuel (1783-<1870)
 Elizabeth (1786-)
 Fannie (1787-1855)
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