Key Facts

Snapshot:	lived in colonial North Carolina; owned slaves
Parents:	unknown
Born:	circa 1708 location unknown
Died:	26 October 1782 Iredell County, North Carolina
Buried:	Fourth Creek Cemetery, Iredell County, North Carolina Cemetery's coordinates: N35.7856 W80.8910

970Henry Reid was born circa 1708.1

Problem: Unresolved Whom did 970Henry marry, and when? Some claim that 970Henry married Jennet Elliot on 14 November 1735, but insofar as I've seen these "genealogists" invariably fail to cite evidence to prove their claim. A woman named Jennet Chambers (née Elliot) is buried near 970Henry Reid,2 so the claim does have some merit. However, further research is required, especially to prove that they married in 1735 specifically.

A map drawn in 1773 of the Fourth Creek Congregation shows 970Henry's home.3 The map doesn't seem to be drawn quite to scale, so it's difficult to tell exactly where he lived, but I've marked the general location on the master map.

970Henry's will, dated 10 August 1781, informs us who his children were. A transcription is below, or see the record copy.4 Genealogically important phrases are highlighted yellow.

Page 400:

In the name of God Amen the 10th Augt 1781,
I Henry Chambers of Rowan County in the state of North Carolina, being
old infirm and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be
given to God, therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and that
it is appointed to men once to die, do make this my last Will & Tes-
tament, and principally and first of all I give & recommend my soul
into the hands of God that gave it hoping through the merits[,] death &
passion of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to have a full and free par
don and forgiveness of all my sins & to inherit everlasting life. And my
body I commit to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at
the discretion of executors hereafter named; nothing doubting but I[?]
receive the same again at the general Resurrection by the
might power of God. And as touching[?] such worldly estate as it
hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give bequeath
demise and dispose of the same in the following mannger & form
(viz) First I will and allow all those just Debts duties as I owe
to any person of persons whomsoever to be first paid and satisfied
by my executors hereafter named. Item I will and bequeath
to my loving Daughter Anna one Spanish-milled Dollar.
Item I give and bequeath to my loving son Robert one Spanish
milled dollar together with the negro boy I gave him before to
him and his heirs and assigns forever.
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane one
silver dollar & Item I give and bequeath to my loving
Daughter Catharine one Spanish-milled dollar and to her heirs
Item I give & bequeath to my loving Daughter Elizabeth one
Spanish milled Dollars and to her heirs &c.
I give and bequeath to my loving son Henry one silver Spanish
milled Dollar & the negro wench I formerly gave him to be his &
his heirs and assigns forever.       Item
I give and bequeath to my loving son Arthur one silver
Spanish milled Dollar and the Negro Wench I formerly gave him
to be his and his heirs & assigns forever.
Item I give bequeath and demise to my loving son James my two
Negro boys named London & Bob & my Negro wench named Meela
and my plantation on which I now live & to his heirs & assigns forever

Page 401:

Item I give and bequeath to my loving son Joseph one silver
Spanish milled dollar together with the mullata boy slave
I formerly gave him to be his & his heirs and assigns forever
Item the remainder of my estate I will & allow it to be
equally divided amongst all my children male & female
equally share & share alike.
Lastly I name nominate, ordain, constitute & appoint
my loving sons Robert and Henry & George Reid executors
of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking
and disannulling all former and other Wills Testaments
legacies, bequests, demises and executors by me in man
ner of way named willed bequeath, demised, ratifying
this and no other to be my last Will & Testament
Signed Sealed published &
declared by the said Henry     Henry Chambers {seal}
Chambers as his last Will &       ye 17th May 1796[?]
Testament in presence of us the
subscribers

      Codicil

I will and Bequeath to each of my Grand Children that is
named for me ten shillings in Silver to be applyed to purchas-
ing a pocket Bible for each of them, and to and for no other
Purpose whatsoever and that this Codicil be deemed & took as a
part and parcel of my Will above said. Given under my hand &
seal the 19th of August 1781 ---         {seal}
John McHenry
Agness Chambers Jurat
Saml Young

      North Carolina } Feby Session 1796
      Iredell County } The executors of the within
will was duly proven in Court by Agniss Chambers the same is re
recorded in the Clerk's office, Proved to be Registered, Test A. Sharpe Clk

970Henry is buried in the Fourth Creek Cemetery, Iredell County, North Carolina, which is at coordinates N35.7856 W80.8910. A photo of his grave is below.1

Sources Cited:

1: Tombstone for Henry Chambers (who died 26 October 1782), Fourth Creek Cemetery, Iredell County, North Carolina. The cemetery is at coordinates N35.7856 W80.8910. Photograph added to FindAGrave.com by Kathi Shuler on 20 April 2011, <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8730652/robert-henry-chambers/photo>, accessed 12 February 2021.

2: Tombstone for Jennet Chambers (who died 25 June 1781), Fourth Creek Cemetery, Iredell County, North Carolina. FindAGrave.com, <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8730661/jennet-chambers>, accessed 30 May 2021.

3: William Sharpe, "Map of Fourth Creek Congregation" (1773; published 1847). North Carolina MARS ID 3.1.1.50.1. <https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/118>, accessed 24 May 2021.

4: Iredell County, North Carolina. Deeds book B, pages 400-401. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998G-G7L1?i=578&cat=157069>, accessed 29 May 2021.