Key Facts

Snapshot:	defended Georgia's frontier against Indian attacks
Parents:	484George Reid 485Catharine Chambers
Born:	3 February 1773 location unknown
Last known record:	15 January 1853 Carroll County, Georgia
Buried:	unknown

242Henry Reid was born 3 February 1773 to parents 484George Reid and 485Catharine Chambers.1

For two years in the mid-1790's, 242Henry served under Captain Jonas Fouche to defend Georgia's frontier from attacks by Creek Indians.2

An excerpt from 242Henry's pension application for his service protecting the Georgia frontier.2

On 1 July 1835, "Henry Reid and Edy Reid his wife formerly Edy Harrison" signed a document for a court proceeding.3 Thus, we know that 242Henry's wife was 243Edith Harrison.3 They had probably married many years prior, although explicit documentation is lacking.

This court record proves that 242Henry's wife was 243Edith Harrison. Full page.4

Their signatures at the bottom of the same court record. Full page.4

All other records show 242Henry in Carroll County, Georgia, starting with the 1830 census.5

1830: 242Henry's family in Carroll County, Georgia. Full page.5

The 1840 census specified that he lived in militia district 813 (map).6

1840: 242Henry's family in militia district 813, Carroll County, Georgia. Full page.6

The 1850 census shows 242Henry and 243Edith living with one of their sons.7

1850: 242Henry and his wife living with one of their sons in Carroll County, Georgia. Full page.7

242Henry and his wife testified in a Carroll County court on 15 January 1853.8 This is the last known record of them.

The last known record of 242Henry Reid, 15 January 1853, Carroll County, Georgia.8

Sources Cited:

1: George Reid Bible, owned by Judge L. B. Moon of Jefferson, Georgia, transcribed in: Jeannette Holland Austin, ed., Georgia Bible Records (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1985), page 310.

2: National Archives microfilm series M804 (Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1906), reel 2021 (James Reewar - Michael Reigel), folder for Henry Reid (starting on image 0511). You can download a transcription or microfilm images.

3: Mrs. J. E. Hays (ed.), Indian Depredations, 1787-1825, Volume II (1939), page 373, a court record dated 22 October 1802 and signed "G. W. Reid Senr." Copied from Georgia Archives microfilm 184/42. This is a transcription, but the original records are available online; see below.

4: Georgia Archives, file II names, Edy Alexander Reid, a document dated 1 July 1835. Virtual Vault, <https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/FileIINames/id/82747/rec/11>, accessed 18 September 2023. See also <https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/FileIINames/id/38307>.

5: 1830 U.S. Federal Census. Carroll County, Georgia. Page 217, Henry Reid household. NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 16. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYY-VQ?i=6&cc=1803958&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHPF-SXK>, accessed 6 June 2021.

6: 1840 U.S. Federal Census. Militia district 813, Carroll County, Georgia. Page 68, Henry Reid household. NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 38. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY2-3M4D?wc=31SV-L53%3A1588665920%2C1588665915%2C1588665905&cc=1786457&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHBZ-SK8>, accessed 6 June 2021.

7: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Division 11, Carroll County, Georgia. Page 65B, dwelling 903, family 903, T. H. Reid household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 63. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DBBQ-M6V?i=130&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZYN-1MV>, accessed 6 June 2021.

8: National Archives microfilm series M804 (Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1906), reel 2021 (James Reewar - Michael Reigel), folder for Alexander Reid (starting on image 0307), image 313.