From biography of her son,
H. K. Adams, in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas
(Chicago: Goodspeed Publishers, 1890): "... died in 1854. She was a sister
of Ex-Gov. Reid, of North Carolina, and her mother was a lady of national fame,
who had near relatives on the supreme bench of Florida."
According
to Diana Bradley, Francis Reid, had a brother, Hugh Reid, who was the
grandfather of Governor David Settle Reid of North Carolina. From Early
Families of the North Carolina Counties of Rockingham and Stokes with
Revolutionary Service, Volume 2 (National Society Daughters of the American
Revolution of Madison, North Carolina, James Hunter Chapter, Southern
Historical Press, Inc.: 1990): |
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HUGH REID (Reed, Read) -- Born 20 May 1743 Chester Co., PA,
Died 8 Sept 1822 Rockingham CO., NC; married 13 Mar 1770 Maryland, Jemina
Carmen, born 2 July 1742, died 4 Sept 1822 Rockingham Co., NC.
As a resident
of Guilford Co. NC, Hugh Reid was a patriot of the American Revolution. In the
Revolutionary Army Accounts at the NC Archives, he is No. 7 on a list with this
heading: "An Account of Clothing, Currency, and Species Certification sent ot
the Commissary at New York by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State
of North Carolina -- May 1790" in Vol. V, page 32, folio 3 (the payment was for
only a small amount which seems to have been the interest on a larger amount,
references of which was not found.)
During the latter part of the
Revolutionary War, Hugh Reid of Baltimore County, Maryland moved with his
family and purchased 550 acres of landon Hogans Creek in the northern part of
Guilford Co., NC, the area that became Rockingham County in 1785. Here the
family acquired other land and were members of the Lickfork Church.
Children:
1. -- John Reid, born 10 June 1777 probably MD, died 3 July
1844 Rockingham Co., NC (Will Book C, page 7); married ca 1798-1800 Jane
Dilworth (dau of John Dilworth born 22 Nov 1778, died 26 Apr 1844 Rockingham
Co. Both were buried in the Reid Family Cemetery in the Simpsonville Township
of Rockingham Co.
2. -- Mary Reid md Benjamin Settle, son of Josiah
Settle.
3. -- Joseph Reid
5. [!] -- Elishe Reid md 13 Dec 1807 Rockingham
Co., Candin Hancock.
6. -- Reuben Reid, born 12 Mar 1787 Rockingham Co.,
died there 22 June 1852; married 11 Apr 1812 Elixabeth Williams Settle, born 1
Jan 1794 Rockingham Co., died there 19 Aug 1870. They were the parents of David
Settle Reid who severed as US Senator and Governor of NC.
7. -- Sarah
Reid
8. -- Jemina Reid
Note: Application for DAR Membership on this line
were recently passed for two out-of-state descendants, this being the first
time the line had been established in DAR.
Other refs. THE JOURNAL OF
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY, Vol IV, No. 1 -- article entitled,
"David S. Reid 1813-1850: The Making of a Governor", by Lindley S.
Butler.
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