Initial Correspondence from Susan M. Jurban
June
11, 2001
Barbara,
I
first want to tell you that I’m very impressed with the amount of work that
you have done on your "Families of Floyd County, Virginia".
I’ve been doing genealogical research for about 25 years and know how
much effort has gone into the work that you have done. I had not worked on my
Reed family for about 10 years, and decided recently to do further research to
see if I could sort out all the early Reeds in an effort to see if I could
prove who were my Reed ancestors. My ancestor is
George Reed m. 1821 to Nancy Skaggs, d/o Joseph & Martha Skaggs. For years,
many researchers have suggested that George was the s/o George & Nancy
McGeorge Reed as my George listed himself as George, Jr. in his marriage
record. This just didn’t seem possible as the sons in George, Jr.’s
household in 1810 & 1820 were not the ages that could have been for my
George who was b. ca. 1799. Therefore, I decided I needed to search land &
tax records to see what I could find. I’ve copied all the Reed deeds from
the Montgomery County, VA DB F-L (1815-1835), Floyd County, VA DB A-C
(1831-1844) and Montgomery County, VA Land Tax records from 1792-1830. What
I’ve found does help to sort out a lot of the early Reeds and most
important to me, provides me with the proof that I was looking for that gives
me the name of my George’s father. This record is found in:
17
July 1830, between the legatees of William Reed, dec'd. of County of Montgomery
and State of Virginia of the one part and George Reed, legatee of sd. Wm. R. of
the other part, $10 each, 145 acres in Montgomery County on the gap fork of
Beaver Creek, a branch of Little River . . . to corner of Andrew Reed's fence
joining to E. Alltizer's land. witnesses: James T. Dickerson, Emery Altizer,
Hiram Reed signed: Spencer Reed, John Duncan, John Chafin, Burwell Wilson,
Joseph Hurt, Solomon Slusher, James Palmer
The
legatees that signed were all son-in-laws and the only son of William appears
to have been George who purchased the property. William Reed was listed in the
1810 Montgomery County, VA Census with 1 m. 10-16, 1 m. 26-45, 3 f. 0-10, 2 f.
10-16, 1 f. 26-45 and 1 f. 45+ He was not listed in the 1820 Census; however
his widow Sarah Reed was listed with 1 m. 16-26, 1 f. 0-10, 2 f. 10-16, 3 f.
16-26 and 1 f. 45+
The
m. age 10-16 in 1810 and 16-26 in 1820 would have been the right age for my
George. Sarah was still living in 1850 and was in the household of her daughter
and son-in-law, Joseph & Elizabeth Hurt, she was
listed as age 73. This William was most likely the William who m. 23 February
1790 Franklin County, VA to Sarah Dulaney, d/o Samuel & Mary Dulaney. Their
children appear to have been:
Margaret
Reed m. 1 February 1825 to Spencer Reed
Anna
Reed m. 3 September 1822 to John Duncan
Sally
Reed m. 7 March 1826 to John Chafin
Susannah
Reed m. Burwell Wilson, moved to IL
Elizabeth
Reed m. Joseph Hurt
Permelia
"Milly" Reed m. 2 June 1816 to Solomon Slusher
Mary
Reed m. 26 February 1826 to James Palmer
George
Reed m. 6 November 1821 Nancy Skaggs
This
is the same property that was listed for George Reed W. son in the 1831 Floyd
County, VA Land tax list.
When George moved to
9
May 1836 between George Reed and Nancy his wife of Floyd County, VA and
Champain Lester of Patrick County, VA for $350 land containing 145 acres on the
gap fork of Bever Creek, a branch of Little River bounded . . . on Andrew E.
Reeds line. In presents of:
The
Montgomery County, VA Land tax lists indicate that William Reed and Humphrey
Reed were both listed with 145 acres on Beaver Dam. They started paying tax on
this land in 1811 and it was noted "by will of Geo. Reed, Sr." This
would have been the property they received from their father, George Reed, Sr.
in his will of 1807 in which he described his property as containing 293 acres
on the waters of Little River and on a branch of Bever Creek, adjoining Carter
Cox's, Charles Simmons' and Andrew Reed's land. The land tax lists show: William Reed - 145 acres
Beaver dam, adj. Carter Cox Humphrey Reed - 145 acres Beaver dam, adj. A. Reed This property was
originally granted to George Reed, Sr. on 14 April 1788 Botetourt County, VA -
293 acres on the Gap Fork of Beaver Creek, a branch of Little River (VA Land
grant 16, page 575)
There
are 3 land deeds in
DB
K, page 447-448 - 5 December 1829 betw. the legatees of Humphrey Reed’s,
all of the county of Montgomery, of the one part and Emery Alltizer for $70
part of Humphrey Reed’s land decd containing 80 acres on the Gap fork a
branch of Little river and bounded as follows towit Beginning at the mouth of a
branch thence to the head of the branch . . . by the wagon road near Andrew
Reed’s fence Witnesses: Ja. T. Dickerson, George A. Reed, George Reed
signed: Andrew E. Reed, Peter E. Reed, Griffith Reed, Hiram Reed, William Reed,
Humphrey Reed, Michael (his x mark) Reed, John (his x mark) Mikesell, Archibald
Thompson, Humphrey Reed, Richard (his x mark) Dulaney, William Scaggs recorded:
16 June 1830
DB
K, page 448 - 5 December 1829 betw. the legatees of Humphrey Reeds’ of
the county of Montgomery of the one part and Andrew E. Reed for $140 part of
Humphrey Reed’s land containing 131 acres . . . near Willis ridge bounded
by . . . on a wagon rode . . . Witnesses: J. Dickerson, George A. Reed, George
Reed signed: Peter E. Reed, Griffith Reed, Emery Alltizer, Hiram Reed, William
Reed, Humphrey Reed, Michael Reed, John Mikesell, Humphrey Reed, Richard
Dulaney, Archibald Thompson, William Scaggs recorded: 16 June 1830
DB
K, page 449 - 5 December 1829 betw. the legatees of Humphrey Reed’s all
of the county of Montgomery of the one part and Humphrey E. Reed for $130 one
part of Humphrey Reed’s Senior’s land by allotment 86 acres on the
Gap Fork a branch of Little River near and bounded as follows tract beginning
on a chestnut oak by the wagon road . . . Witnesses: Ja. T. Dickerson, George
A. Reed, George Reed signed: Michael Reed, John Mikesell, Humphrey Reed,
Archibald Thompson, Richard Dulaney, William Scaggs, Andrew E. Reed, Peter E.
Reed, Griffith Reed, Emery Alltizer, Hiram Reed, William Reed recorded: 16 June
1830
Those
signing were sons and son-in-laws:
1)
Andrew E. Reed b. ca. 1790, appears to have never
married. Listed in deeds & land tax records, possibly was living with
brother, William in the 1830 & 1840 Census.
2)
Peter E. Reed m. 30 April 1827 Montgomery Co. to Nancy Duncan (the marriage
records state he was the s/o Spencer Reed, Spencer was prob. surety) Only one Peter in the 1830 & 1840 Census.
3)
Griffith Reed b. ca. 1795; m. 2 June 1829 Montgomery Co. to Olive Reed, d/o
George
4)
Hiram Reed b. ca. 1807; m. 20 February 1827 Montgomery Co., VA to Lucy Reed,
d/o Humphrey A Reed (Hiram & Humphrey moved to Pike Co., KY with my George
Reed)
5)
William Reed b. ca. 1800; m. 6 November 1821 Montgomery Co. to Sarah Dulaney
6)
Humphrey Reed b. ca. 1797; m. 25 November 1825 Montgomery Co. to Nancy Reed,
d/o George Reed
7)
Michael Reed b. ca. 1801, s/o Andrew m. 27 January 1825 Montgomery Co. to
Delila Reed
8)
John Mikesell m. 3 August 1813 Montgomery Co. to Anna Reed b. ca. 1795
9)
Archibald Thompson m. 16 May 1825 Montgomery Co. to Rachel Reed b. ca. 1807,
moved to TN
10) Humphrey Reed b. ca. 1792, s/o Peter; m. 18
January 1815 Montgomery Co. to Sarah "Sally" Reed b.ca. 1792
11)
Richard Dulaney b. ca. 1806; m. 29 October 1829 Montgomery Co. to Miriam Reed
b. 1807
12)
William Scaggs b. ca. 1800; m. 4 February 1825 Montgomery Co. to Miram Reed b.
ca. 1804(brother of Nancy Skaggs m. 1821 George Reed, my ancestors) (seems
strange that there were two daughters named Miriam, perhaps one was a different
name, ?Permelia)
13)
Emery Altizer b. ca. 1780; m. 1) Mary Reed; 2) Margaret Griffith Reed
Humphrey
had at least one other son, George who probably d. after 1810. He was probably
the George Reed who m. 10 February 1806 Franklin County, VA to Margaret
"Peggy" Griffith, she m. 2) Emery Altizer who had m. 1) Mary Reed,
d/o Humphrey, Sr. The 1806 personal tax list and the 1810 Montgomery County, VA
Census listed George as H. son. Another child was probably Martha Reed b.
February 1810
The
1810 Montgomery County, VA Census lists Humphrey Reed with a large family - 3
m. 10-16; 2 m. 16-26; 1 m. 45+; 4 f. 0-10; 1 f. 10-16; 2 f. 16-26 & 2 f.
45+ He apparently died before 1820 as he was not in the 1820 Census; however
his w. Emely Reed was listed as head of the household. I think Mary Reed was
already married when the 1810 Census was taken. Emeriah Altizer, Jr. was listed
with 1 m. 0-10; 1 m. 26-45; 1 f. 0-10 & 1 f. 16-26 (b. ca. 1784-1794) -
this was probably Mary. The 1810 Census shows 7 daughters for Humphrey, but
with Mary that would make 8 - so there is one daughter unaccounted for in the
Census and apparently not listed in the deeds - maybe Martha. Humphrey’s
sons all appear to have used the middle initial E. at sometime. Also,
Peter’s sons used the middle initial P. and Andrew’s used the
initial A, which does help to sort them out.
In
the Montgomery County, VA DB F-L (1815-1835), there are about 30 deeds and
include the deeds for William Reed's heirs and Humphrey Reed, Sr.'s heirs, who
both apparently died prior to disposing of their property. Peter Reed, Sr.
& Andrew Reed, Sr. both appear to have sold all their property to their
sons prior to their deaths. George Reed, Jr. (m. Nancy McGeorge) probably died
after 1830 and only one son was named in one deed - William (George, Sr. only
had two sons, but had 6-7 daughters per Census records). There was another deed
for a William & Susannah Reed, so George, Sr.'s son was probably the
William who m. 26 August 1818 to Susannah Dickerson. He is in the 1820 Census,
but not later.
The
VA Land Grants (per the VA State Library) list three land grants to George Reed
& John Wiggington in 1818 & 1819 (not ca. 1770 as Dr. Wood has
suggested in his Reed sketch), for a total of 1,535 acres in Montgomery County,
VA. This land was listed beginning in the 1820
In
the Floyd County, VA DB B, page 451-452, is a survey division of the property
that George Reed and John Wigginton were granted in 1818 (400 acres) and 1819 (940
acres), made in 1841. Half of the other grant of 197 acres was some how
transferred to Peter E. Reed and he started paying taxes on the land in 1823
and sold part of it in 1836. In the division of the Reed-Wigginton property, it
stated George Reed was decd. I have the index to the Floyd County, VA deeds for
Reeds and there are references that I think might be for the sale of this
property, but they are in the next microfilm which I’ve ordered. Of
interest in the
I
hesitate to offer you corrections on the material you have in your
"Families of Floyd County, Virginia", but based on the above
information, feel you will realize the facts are there, they just need to be
searched and found. The following are some of the corrections that I feel need
to be offered:
Griffith
Reed b. ca. 1795, was the s/o Humphrey, Sr. & Permelia Reed, as proved by
the land grants of 1829, he was listed as an heir. Since he was listed as a s/o Peter in Worrell’s marriages, this was more
likely his brother Peter who was acting as surety since Humphrey would have
been d. when
Humphrey Reed b. ca. 1791, s/o Peter & Lucy
Spencer Reed, not Andrew Reed. Andrew’s son Humphrey
was b. ca. 1779 & was the Humphrey A. Reed in the 1830 Census who was age
50-60 - he moved to Pike County, KY ca. 1836 (with my George Reed). Humphrey P.
Reed, was the s/o Peter & was age 30-40 in the
1830 Census which would match the b. ca. 1791 in the 1850 Census.
Humphrey
E. Reed b. ca. 1797; m. 1825 Nancy Reed was the s/o Humphrey Sr. & Permelia
Reed, not George & Lucy. He was listed as an heir in the 1829 land deeds
and was Humphrey Reed, Jr. age 30-40 in the 1830 Census. Most of Humphrey,
Sr.’s sons used the middle initial E. His wife, Nancy Reed was listed as
d/o George Reed in their marriage record, possibly the d/o George A. Reed m.
Elizabeth Altizer. I think their son, Anamas in the
1850 Census may have been the Amos Reed b. ca. 1831 m. Permelia Chafin.
Michael
Reed b. ca. 1801, s/o Andrew & Mary "Polly" Reed m. 1825 Delilah
Reed, she was the d/o Humphrey, Sr. & Permelia Reed per the land grants of
1829 as Michael was listed as an heir.
Reed,
Sarah b. ca. 1777, in the 1850 Census with Joseph Hewitt & family - this is
Joseph Hurt who m. Elizabeth Reed, per the 1830 land deed between the heirs of
William Reed & George Reed. Sarah was the w/o William and was in the 1820
Census as head of the household. This would have been Sarah Dulaney who m. 1790
to William Reed, s/o George Reed, Sr. d. 1807.
Spencer
Reed b. 1786 m. Margaret Reed was the s/o Peter & Lucy Spencer Reed - not
Griffith Reed as was listed in the marriage record (Griffith would not have
been old enough!), Griffith was probably surety for his cousin’s marriage
since Spencer’s father Peter was prob. d. by 1825. Peter deeded property
to his 3 sons, George P., Humphrey P. & Spencer and son-in-law, Blanch
Duncan prior to his death. Peter owned property on Indian Creek. Margaret Reed, was the d/o William & Sarah Dulaney Reed per the
1830 land deed in which Spencer is listed as an heir.
William
E. Reed b. ca. 1798-1800 m. 1821 Sarah Dulaney, was the s/o Humphrey, Sr. &
Permelia Reed per the 1829 land grants in which he was listed as an heir.
Nancy
Duncan b. 1778 in the household of Squire Duncan, w/o Blanch Duncan, Sr. was
not the d/o George W. & Anna McGeorge Reed who did not m. until 1786 (she
was b. 1778), more likely she was the d/o Peter & Lucy Spencer Reed, since
Peter deeded property to Blanch Duncan and Nancy named sons, Peter &
Spencer.
Anna
Reed b. 1797 m. 1822 John R. Duncan, she was the d/o William & Sarah
Dulaney Reed, not Peter & Lucy Reed, per the 1830 land deed as John Duncan
was listed as an heir. Probably her uncle Peter or
cousin, Peter was surety when she m. since her father, William had died between
1816-1820.
Sarah
Cox b. 1775 m. 1790 Ambrose N. Cox, Sr. was d/o George, Sr. & Anna Reed -
no proof that George’s wife was called
Sarah
Reed b. ca. 1805 m. 1826 John Chafin, was the d/o William & Sarah Dulaney
Reed per the 1830 land deed in which John Chafin was listed as an heir.
Mary
Reed b. ca. 1810 m. 1826 James Palmer was the d/o William & Sarah Dulaney
Reed, not George Reed as listed in her marriage record, her brother George
Reed, Jr. was surety (he used the Jr. when he m. probably as he was named for
his grandfather, George, Sr.), James Palmer was listed as an heir in the 1830
land deed for William Reed, dec.d.
Permelia
"Milly" Reed b. 1794 m. 1816 to Solomon Slusher,
was the d/o William & Sarah Dulaney Reed, per the 1830 land deed, Solomon
Slusher was listed as an heir.
Hope
this information was of interest and will help you with your continuing work on
the "Families of Floyd County, Virginia". If you have any questions
or comments regarding any of this material, please feel free to contact me. I
would be glad to hear from you.
Susan
M. Jurban
e-mail: sjurban21@comcast.net