Research findings for: ALEXANDER REID originally of Amherst County, Virginia, for the period of 1766 – 1833. This information was extracted from various sources available at the LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1766 Alexander Reid 80 acres branches of Corbin Creek.
1766 Alexander Miller and Martha Reid. Surety: Alexander Reid. Witness: George Blain, Jr.
3 Nov 1767 Joseph Alexander and Sarah Reid. Consent of Thomas Stuart and Robert Weir. Surety: Alexander Miller. Witness: Alexander Reid, Jr, William Horsely.
10 Feb 1769 William Alexander and Agnes Reid. Surety: Alexander Reid. Witness: Andrew Reid, William Horsley.
7 May 1770 William Tease and Mary Reid. Surety: Alexander Reid, Jr. Witness: Nathan Reid.
1775 Revolutionary Committee for Amherst
Alexander Reid
7 Apr 1778 Alexander Reid Revolutionary Officer of Amherst County Militia recommended as a Major. He qualified for Major on 6 Jul 1778.
6 Jul 1778 Alexander Reid, Jr recommended for First Lieut. Revolutionary Officer.
May 1778 Alexander Reid, member of Grand Jury for Amherst.
4 May 1778 Robert Barnett. Alexander Reid, minor, and Alexander Reid for Alexander Reid, minor, as guardian of Robert Barnett, orphan of Joseph Barnett.
4 Oct 1779 Thomas Robertson and Mary McCarter. Surety: Alexander Reid. Witness: Samuel Reid.
Claims for property impressed or taken for public service:
Alexander Reid
Alexander Reid, Jr.
1782 Amherst Tax
Alexander Reid 1 white 2 black 18 cows 9 horses
Alexander Reid, Jr 1 white 3 black 19 cows 9 horses
Alexander Reid, minor 1 white 0 black 9 cows 5 horses
Alexander Reid 1 white 2 black 9 cows 10 horses
6 May 1782 Will of Alex. Miller. Witnesses: Francis Meriwether, Alex. Reid, Jr, James Reid,. James Digust.
Wife: Martha
Sons: Andrew, Alexander
Daughter: Mary
Expected child
Executors: Wife, Alexander Reid, Jr, Nathan Crawford, Joseph Higginbotham
1783 Amherst Tax
Alexander Reid 1 white 2 black 20 cows unknown
Alexander Reid, Jr 1 white 3 black 16 cows unknown
Alexander Reid, minor 1 white 0 black 4 cows 4 horses
1783 Heads of Virginia Families Amherst
Alexander Reid 6 white 2 black
Alexander Reid, Jr 3 white 4 black
Alexander Reid, minor 6 white 2 black
1784 Amherst Tax
Alexander Reid 2 white 2 black 17 cows 9 horses
Alexander Reid, Jr 1 white 3 black 12 cows 7 horses
Alexander Reid, minor 1 white 3 black 11 cows 4 horses
10 Feb 1784 Will of Samuel Ayers
Wife: Rachel
Eve Lackey, son John Lackey
Joseph Higginbotham Morrison
Ezra Morrison
Terza Davis
Executors: William Barnett, James Barnett, John Clark, William Morrison.
Bondsman: Joseph Higginbotham Morrison, John Barnett.
Commissioners: Nathan Crawford, Alexander Reid, Jr., William Barnett.
15 Aug 1784 Will of Rebekah Robertson
Son: Thomas
Executor: Thomas Robertson
Witness: Thomas Bell, Alexander Reid, Alexander Henderson, Jr
1 Jan 1785 James Davis and Martha Reid, daughter of Alexander and Jane Reid. Surety: Jonathan Reid. Witness: Bartlett Cads, Jane Reid.
1785 Heads of Virginia Familes Amherst
Alexander Reid, Jr 4 white 1 dwelling 3 other buildings
Alexander Reid 4 white 1 dwelling 4 other buildings
19 Dec 1785 William Abney and Milley Graves, daughter of Jean Graves. Surety: John Taliaferro. Witness: George Loving, Alexander Reid, Jr, John Sutton.
12 Sep 1786 Arterces Bennett, widower and Mary Small. Surety: William Small. Witness: William Loving, Alexander Reid, Jr., Ann Reid.
1787 Amherst County Tax
April 9 Alexander Reid/Jonathan 2 whites 3 blacks 7 horses
April 9 Samuel Reid/John McCarty 2 whites 1 black 2 horses
1 Sep 1788 Andrew Weir and Jane Reid, daughter of Alexander Reid. Surety: John N. Reid. Witness: William Loving Jr, William Clark.
3 Feb 1790 Alexander Reid, son of James Reid of Bedford, and Jane Shannon, daughter of Thomas Shannon. Surety: James Reid. Witness: F. Staples, William Loving, Jr., John Shannon, Jane Reid.
1790 Amherst Tax
March 17 Samuel Reid 1 white 0 blacks 3 horses
March 18 Alexander Reid 1 white 2 blacks 6 horses
May 3 Jonathan Reid 1 white 1 black 3 horses
1791 Amherst Tax
March 15 Jonathan Reid 1 white 1 black 4 horses
March 16 Alexander Reid 1 white 2 blacks 6 horses
March 16 Samuel Reid 1 white 3 blacks 4 horses
21 Mar 1804 Will of Alexander Reid
Son: Samuel
Son: John Nathan Reid, deceased
Son-in-law: James Reid
Son: John Finley, deceased
Son-in-law: James Davis
Daughter: Mary Shannon
Grandsons: Alexander Reid, John Reid, James Reid, sons of John.Nathan Reid
Granddaughters: Susanna Reid, Jane Reid, Ann Reid, daughters of JohnNathan Reid
Grandsons: Alexander Reid, John Reid, sons of son-in-law James Reid
Executors: Son, Samuel Reid, friends, James Woods, Hudson Martin
Witnesses: Nathan Crawford, Hannah Owings, Ro. Shields
Bondsman: Jesse Jopling
1 May 1833 Gerrard Co. Kentucky. Alexander Reid, born in Albemarle, County Virginia on 11 Feb 1752, in that part later Amherst County, Virginia. Enlisted in Amherst County against the Indians 1774, under Captain, Alexander McClanahan, Colonel Charles Lewis; joined the troops at Staunton and marched to Big Kanawha, where a severe engagement took place in which Colonel Lewis was killed; volunteered in Botetourt County, Virginia 1780 under Captain James Barnett, Colonel Hugh Crockett, for 3 months against the Tories; volunteered again the same year in Amherst County under Captain Barnett and marched to Big Island on Holston River against the Cherokee Indians in Colonel William Campbell’s Regiment, spring 1781, in service in Captain Barnett’s Company, Mounted Infantry. Placed on Pension Roll 2 Sep 1833.
2 Aug 1855 Lincoln County, Kentucky. Death of Jane (Shannon) Reid, wife of Alexander Reid. Link to Obituary Notice and other family records as extracted from a family bible, from family archives of Russell M, Reid.
George Samuel Reid Family Roots 
Obituary for Jane (Shannon) Reid
aka Mrs. Alexander Reid
From the family archives of Russell M. Reid, Louisville, KY, 1998.
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Died, on the 2d day of August, 1855, in Lincoln Co., Mrs. Jane Reid, in the 89th year of her age.
She was the widow of Alexander Reid, who having served his generation in both civil and ecclesiastical functions, had preceded her entrance on eternity by nearly nineteen years. They were natives of Virginia, and emigrated to Kentucky in early times; where they remained long enough to make their mark on society very perspicuous. Thence they emigrated to Missouri in 1833, soon after which she was left a widow.
The subject of this notice had connected herself with the A. R. Church [Associate Reformed Presbyterian] in early life and lived in that connection to the day of her death. When the writer first made her acquaintance, (some twelve years ago,) the active portion of her life had gone by; and she silently walked the shores of death in prospect. Her children (six in number) had been gathered into the church; all but one, and that one soon after cast in his lot with them. The infirmities of age she endured as seeing him that is invisible. By faith she seemed to inherit the promises. Her prominent characteristics were candor, uniformity and contentment. Her reading in the eve of life was confined chiefly to the Scriptures, and especially to the Psalms. Her last illness was brief, and her exit without a struggle.
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Contributor’s Note: Jane Reid was born Jane Shannon, the daughter of Thomas Shannon and Mary or Polly Reid, on April 22, 1767 in Virginia (probably Amherst County. On March 4, 1790 in Amherst County Virginia she was married to her cousin, Alexander Reid, the son of James Reid and Annes Reid. Soon after their marriage they migrated to Shelby County Kentucky. Contrary to the obituary, the couple had a total of nine children, eight of whom survived to adulthood, and six of whom were alive at the time of Jane’s death. After migrating with many of these children to Lincoln County, Alexander and Jane were founding members of the Mt. Zion Associate Reform Presbyterian congregation at Okete. Jane and Alexander were buried in the Reid Cemetery near Okete in Lincoln County, Missouri, and their Family Bible survives.
See the following link:
http://www.mogenweb.org/lincoln/bible/bb-reid-alex.htm
You left out James Reid the son of Alexander Reid.
“to Son James, his choice o one feather bed and furniture”.
James held 3150 acres in Greenbrier Co., VA-Now WVA.
b: 1bt 1740 d: 1833 Greenbrier
Thank you for sharing your concern. Is it possible that you are confusing Alexander Reid’s son-in-law James Reid, who is named in the will?
Hi,
I am searching for the family of Anna Read/Reid who married Benjamin Bennett, 1802, in Oglethorpe County, GA. They had five children, Delilah, Mary Ann (Polly), Alexander, Charity A., and Reubin/Reuben before Ann Read Bennett died in GA 1810/1811. Does anyone know if any male of this VA Reid family moved to GA in late 1790s? Thx Linda in Alabama
Hello,
I am searching for the parents of nine Reid siblings, b. from about 1780 to
1794. Their names were John-1780, Elizabeth-1783, James-1785, Nancy
B.-178?, William-?, Joseph-1790, Robert Matthew-1791, Thomas-?, and
George-1794. The family story is that they lived in Greenbrier Co.,(W) Va.
and the father sold the farm, was given Continental money, and the family
was moving to Clark Co.,Ohio. He then died, leaving the family destitute.
I know the Continental money was loosing value long before this, and the
family only had the team and wagon. The two older boys went on to
Ohio, purchased land, and returned for the rest of the family. We don’t
know if the mother died in Va. or came to Ohio with them.
I am descended from the son, Joseph who m. Elizabeth Goble. He died
in 1818, and sometime later Elizabeth m. Phillip Hedrick. There was a
Henry Hedrick in Greenbrier Co.,Va. the same time as our possible
Reid family. I believe he was the brother of our Phillip Hedrick. I have
quite a bit of info. I and our mother have collected, but have never found
info. as to the parent’s names and dates.
I think they may have been part of the Reid family who came first to
Lancaster Co.,Pa. and then on to Va.
Is their any light you can shed on our search? I thank you for any info.
you can give us. Our mother passed two years ago at 95 and we hope
we can find this info for our children/grandchildren.
Thank you,
Anita in New Hampshire