Unknown Moore died . He married Margaret (Margarete?) Reed.
Margaret (Margarete?) Reed [Parents] was born on Dec 31 1808. She died on Jan 20 1856 in Cherokee County, TX. She was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee County, TX. She married Unknown Moore.
Other marriages:Roark, William M.
Cemetery marker says “ROARK" over William & Mary and then says "MARY 1808-1856"
Rev. Isaac Reed [Parents] was born about Jun 6 1776/1778 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., SC. He died on Nov 23 1848 in Clayton, Panola Co., TX. He married Elizabeth Harper on Sep 17 1797 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., SC.
Famous pioneer Baptist minister. Settled in Panola County, TX.
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HISTORY OF THE REED FAMILY FROM 1776 - 1938 -- By James Reed of the fifth generation, the Oldest known member of the family now living. Written at Dublin, Texas From 1933-1938 A large part of this history is written from memory. Used by permission of Esther Gene (Choate) Johnson and Submitted by Winnie Ward Conway."The other son, Isaac, was born June 6, 1778. Isaac married Elizabeth Harper in September, 1797. Elizabeth was born March 20, 1779. Isaac and Elizabeth lived in Pendleton District, South Carolina. They had eight children: four sons and four daughters. The number which was born in South Carolina is not known. In 1815 Isaac moved to Tennessee. He lived in Tennessee nineteen years and was a prominent preacher (Baptist) before he came to Texas in 1834. The year he began preaching is not known.
Isaac Reed and grandfather Herrion met frequently at protracted meetings tho they did not live in the same county. When he came to Texas in 1834 and settled in Nacogdoches County, Texas was then governed by Mexico. Protestant sermons were forbidden in Texas but Isaac Reed continued to preach anyway. He owned several slaves. At his own expense he had his slaves build a church house. The nails for nailing on the roof were probably all that had to be bought. Later he moved to Panola County.
On the 3rd day of May 1937 a marker was set up under the tree where Isaac Reed stood to preach one of the first Protestant sermons ever preached in Texas (one hundred and one years ago.) On that day hundreds of people gathered there for the annual home coming of Old North Church, the first Protestant church in the State.
From the time Isaac Reed moved to Panola County until 1845 no data is available. He and grandfather Herrin organized Macedonia Church in Panola County. He traveled over the country preaching in isolated communities. He seems to have been a very vigorous man, both mentally and physically. He frequently preached two hours at a time.
Around the 12th of May 1937, my niece, Mrs. A. F. Jones, and her husband visited that Old North Church and they were shown the tree under which Isaac Reed stood to preach that historic sermon. She said the original house was burned down several years ago."
Elizabeth Harper was born on Mar 20 1779 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., SC. She died in 1848 in Clayton, Panola Co., TX. She married Rev. Isaac Reed on Sep 17 1797 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., SC.
They had the following children:
M i Dr. William B. Reed was born on Jul 12 1798. He died on Mar 1 1863. F ii Mary Polly Reed was born in 1800. She died . M iii Samuel Reed was born in 1802. He died . F iv Margaret (Margarete?) Reed was born on Dec 31 1808. She died on Jan 20 1856. F v Frankie Reed died . M vi John Reed died . F vii Elizabeth Reed was born in 1812. She died in 1855. M viii Isaac H. Reed was born in 1813. He died in 1836.
Dr. William B. Reed [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on Jul 12 1798 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., SC. He died on Mar 1 1863 in Hico, Hamilton Co., TX. He was buried on Mar 1 1863 in Honey Creek Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TX. He married Sarah Wright in 1817.
Dr. William B. Reed was not a License Medical Doctor, he was an herb doctor.
William WAS the Chief Justice of Hamilton County from 1862-63. However, he was not the first county judge. A Chief Justice was the presiding magistrate of Hamilton County from the date of its organization in 1858 through 1865. Reed's predecessors were: James Monroe Rice (1858-1860), James A. McBarron (1860-1861), and H. C. Standefer (1861-1862). In 1865 John S. White became the first County Judge of Hamilton County.
William B. Reed and son Pleasant Reed died from Small Pox March 1863.
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HISTORY OF THE REED FAMILY FROM 1776 - 1938 -- By James Reed of the fifth generation, the Oldest known member of the family now living. Written at Dublin, Texas From 1933-1938 A large part of this history is written from memory. Used by permission of Esther Gene (Choate) Johnson and Submitted by Winnie Ward Conway."Now, something about Isaac’s children. William B., the oldest was my grandfather but I will leave him until last as I know more about him....W. B. Reed was born July 12, 1798, in South Carolina. When he was seventeen years old he went with his father’s family to Tennessee. There he grew up, met and married Sarah Wright. She was born July 2, 1800. She was of French descent. She had three brothers: William, Jessie, and Isaac, and two sisters; Briget and Lydia. Briget married Jim Daniels and Lydia married Stephen Free.
W. B. Reed and Sarah Wright were married in 1817. He was nineteen years old and she was seventeen. In 1834 they came to Texas in ox wagons. His father, two brothers and three brothers-in-law and their families came at the same time.
He settled in Rusk county. At that time a man with a family got a certificate from the state which entitled him to a league and labor of land. A league is 4428.4 acres. A labor is 177.1 acres. He could locate the land anywhere in the state where he could find vacant land. Grandfather located his league in Freestone County about 120 miles east of Rusk County. The location of his labor is not known. He opened up a farm in Rusk County on the Virdallas survey. Just how much land he owned in Rusk County is not known, however, he owned several hundred acres. He traded a negro boy to Hugh Sheppared, his brother-in-law, for a half league of land. The whereabouts of that land is not known. The land in Rusk County was heavily timbered; mostly fine timber on the upland.
After opening the farm in Rusk County he moved to Freestone County and opened a farm there. His land in Freestone County was something like half prairie. He used post oak logs to build his house. The house consisted of two rather large rooms with a passage between. His house fronted east with a porch on both sides, a bedroom on one end of the west porch and a two room kitchen in the back yard. He owned two negro women. They occupied one of the rooms. The farm, of course, had to be fenced with rails. There was something like seventy-five acres in the farm. When he went there his family consisted of himself, his wife, one son, and five daughters, and two negro women. His son and two daughters married while he was there. The year he went to Freestone County or how long he stayed there is not known. It is supposed that he went back to Rusk County in 1854 or 1855. I know Father went with his team to help him move back.
W. B. Reed and Sarah Wright had eleven children; four sons and seven daughters. Pleasant, the oldest, was my father, but I will leave him until last as I will have more to say about him.
The second child, Elizabeth, married Isaac Morris (Norris ?). They had five sons, and one daughter. Their names were: Jesse, Bill, Dave, Henry, Lige, and Mary. The youngest was a Physician. Mary, the only daughter, married John Flowers.
Mary, the next daughter, married Joe Ferguson. They had two children: Alston and Margaret. Alston grew up and went to Oklahoma. He later came back to Texas and died. Margaret married Bill Little.
Isaac was next. He was born February 1, 1825. He came to Texas with his father’s family when he was nine years old. He grew up and married Eliza Tolbert. Eliz Tolbert was born December 6, 1825. They had seven children; four sons and three daughters. Nancy (Nan), the oldest, married J. B. Burkley (?). Bettie, the next girl, married Arch Blansett. John was next. He became a Baptist preacher. Marther (Martha?) was next. She died in her teens. Jessie was next. He died when about ten years old. Bill and Pleas lived to be rather old men. Elisa, the wife and mother of Isaac’s children, died April 22, 1864 and was buried in what is known as the old Dublin Cemetery. Sometime later Isaac moved back to Hamilton County where he had lived before they went to Dublin, Texas. Later he married Mrs. Rebecca Smith. She was born March 6, 1834 in Illinois. They had three sons; Bird, Erasmus (Ross), and Tom. Bird died in infancy. Erasmus (Ross) grew up and raised a large family. He lives in Kim, Colorado and is the only one of the family living. Tom, the youngest, married but he had no children. He was killed in a car wreck several years ago in Oklahoma. His wife died also. Isaac Reed, the father, was licensed to preach (Baptist) before he left Rusk County. In 1862 he was ordained at Mt. Zion Church, Hamilton County, now called Hico Church, and was called as Pastor the same day. He traveled over several counties preaching; Erath, Hamilton, Bosque, and Coryell. He died June 25, 1908 and was buried beside his first wife. His second wife died July 11, 1909 and was buried on the other side of her husband. His equipment when he started to an appointment, was a Bible, a hymn book, and a six-shooter. The Bible and hymn book were laid on the stand and the six-shooter was somewhere handy. There will be more said about him later.
John was next. He was born in 1827 in Tennessee. I do not know what month. He came with his father’s family to Texas when he was seven years old. They settled in Rusk County. There he grew up and married Emiline Herrin (Mother’s sister.) They had three children; two sons and one daughter; Pleasant, Isaac, and Lydia. The mother died when Lydia was about two years old. Grandfather and Grandmother took Uncle John and the children in their home and it was like one family. He had a negro woman that could have taken care of the children but I do not think she had much to do with them as Grandfather had three daughters at home and they had most of the care of the children. In 1860 he and his father’s family moved to Hamilton County. He stayed there until after the Civil War, then he and his children went back to Rusk County. Shortly after that Pleasant, the oldest son, died. Isaac, the other son, and Lydia were taken to Erath County to make their home with Bob O’Neal, their uncle. Isaac lived to be twenty-five years old. Lydia married Graves Keith. Something like two years later she died and left an infant daughter.
Jim, the youngest son, married Nancy Ward while Grandfather lived in Freestone County. They had two sons; Wash and John. Wash died when just a lad. John grew up, married, and lived to Hood County. I never saw him after he was grown. The father died in the Confederate Army.
Margaret was next. She married Harmon Ward. They had three or four daughters; I am not sure how many. Frances, the oldest, married Jones Ridgeway. Later her father killed Ridgeway. There is quite a little sketch about that killing that I wrote for Stella, one of my daughters, sometime ago. My two oldest brothers and I took rather a prominent part in Ward’s trial. He came clear. I do not know that you would care for the details tho it was rather exciting at the time. One of the girls married Louis Dolloff. I do not know who the other girls married.
Lydia was next. She married Dick Baglee (?) They had two sons; Lee and Lafayette. There were four girls. Tom Reed married one; they were cousins. Sarah married Lovelance, and I do not know who the others married.
Briget was next. She married Greenville Norris. They had one son: A. D. They separated and later she married Joe Phillips. I do not know whether she had any more children or not.
Catherine was next. She married G. W. Bushong. I only know of three children; Andrew, William, and a daughter. She married Sam [Tom? pencilled in here] Beasley (Hensley ?).
Amanda was the youngest. She was born January 26, 1844. She married R. W. O’Neal. He was born January 3, 1831. They had no children. R. W. O’Neal died June 8, 1880. Amanda later married W. S. Goodson, who was born July 25, 1845. W. S. and Amanda had four children. R. L. (Vallie) was born December 10, 1881. He never married. His present address is Lingleville, Texas. Willie E, a daughter, was next. She was born August 13, 1883. She married Marlett Davis. They had no children. Their address is Dublin, Texas, Route 3. I. D. (Dee) was next. He was born December 28, 1884. He has two children by his marriage; Rosilee and D/C, whose address is Dublin, Texas Route 3. Cora was next. She was born 188-. She married Calvin Moss. They had two children; Pauline and Marie. Calvin Moss died ____. W. S. Goodson died March 25, 1905. Amanda Goodson died ____.
Pleasant, my father, was the oldest son of W. B. Reed. He was born May 14, 1818 in Franklin County, Tennessee. In 1834, when he was sixteen years old he came to Texas with his father’s family. They settled in Rusk County. At that time a single man could get a certificate from the state that entitled him to one-third of a league of land (1476 acres.) As soon as he was old enough, he applied for and got a certificate and located land fifteen miles east of Henderson, the county seat, and five miles Northeast of his father’s home. I do not know what time he began to improve the land. I am sure he waited no longer than was necessary. He did not believe in putting off until tomorrow what could be done today. Anyway, he built a house and put in a farm. On the 29th day of December, 1842 he and Amanda Melvina Herrin were married. She was born November 20, 1818. They were born in the same county, in the same state, but they never met until her father’s family came to Texas in 1840. Her father was a prominent Baptist preacher. They went to housekeeping at once. They had nine children; five sons and four daughters. They were all born on the farm except the youngest son. He was born in Hamilton County.
The most I shall say from here on I either saw or got it first hand. Here Grandfather (William B. Reed) comes in again. He was a Deacon in the Baptist Church, and always took a leading part in the business of the church. He was born July 12, 1798 and died March 1, 1863. The neighbors put a tombstone at his grave with this inscription n it:
"Mr. W. B. Reed was born July 12, 1798, died March 1, Was first Judge of Hamilton County."
The house Grandfather left when he went to Freestone County had two large rooms with a passage between and a porch on either side. The house faced North. There was a bedroom on the East end of the South porch and one on the West end of the North porch. The walls of the two main rooms were of pine logs, hewed smooth. There was a window in the North side of the East rooms; no glass just a shutter. The bedrooms were weatherboarded. The kitchen and negro quarters were in the backyard. They got water from a spring about one hundred yards from the house. I have seen old Sal, a negro woman, carry a pail of water on her head, not touching it with her hands after she got it on her head.
When Grandfather went back to Rusk County his family consisted of himself, Grandmother, three daughters, and two negro women. Two public roads crossed in front of the house, one leading East and West, the other leading Northeast and Southwest. Quite a number of travelers would spend the night with them. We lived five miles from them but there were not many days at a time without some passing."
Sarah Wright was born on Jul 2 1800. She died . She was buried in Honey Creek Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TX. She married Dr. William B. Reed in 1817.
They had the following children:
M i Pleasant Reed was born on May 14 1818. He died on Feb 14 1863. F ii Elizabeth Reed died . F iii Mary Reed died . M iv Isaac Reed was born on Feb 1 1825. He died on Jun 25 1908. M v John Reed was born in 1827. He died . M vi Jim Reed died . F vii Margaret S. Reed was born in 1832. She died . F viii Lydia Reed died . F ix Briget Reed died . F x Catherine Reed died . F xi Amanda Reed was born on Jan 26 1844. She died .
Nathaniel Reed was born on Jun 2 1749 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., SC. He died in 1781. He married Elizabeth Bateman.
HISTORY OF THE REED FAMILY FROM 1776 - 1938 -- By James Reed of the fifth generation, the Oldest known member of the family now living. Written at Dublin, Texas From 1933-1938 A large part of this history is written from memory. Used by permission of Esther Gene (Choate) Johnson and Submitted by Winnie Ward Conway.
"Great, great grandfather Nathan Reed lived in Pendleton District, South Carolina. Little is known about him. He was of Scotch descent and his wife was Irish, which makes their descendents Scotch-Irish. She, it is understood, came from Ireland. Characteristics of both nationalities crop out all down the line.
The Scotch were a very self-reliant people. They believed in standing on their own feet. They were clannish and had the "staying" qualities: always a staunch friend, but not very talkative. As a friend the Irish were just as staunch, more hilarious, quick spoken, witty, loved their grog, and always ready for a scrap.
Nathan Reed had two sons: William and Isaac."
Elizabeth Bateman was born in Ireland. She died . She married Nathaniel Reed.
They had the following children:
M i William Reed died .
HISTORY OF THE REED FAMILY FROM 1776 - 1938 -- By James Reed of the fifth generation, the Oldest known member of the family now living. Written at Dublin, Texas From 1933-1938 A large part of this history is written from memory. Used by permission of Esther Gene (Choate) Johnson and Submitted by Winnie Ward Conway.
"Little is known about William. He seems to have been rather eccentric. He went to Tennessee in an early day, as the land was being sectionized. Each section was numbered and then sold to the highest bidder. He knew exactly where each number was located. It seems the transaction was in the open and when a section was put up he wanted he bid it in. He had an old cart there with a horse hitched to it and when the deed was ready he would go to the cart, get a sack of silver, and pay for the land. After that incident he was always called "Silver Billy." "M ii Rev. Isaac Reed was born about Jun 6 1776/1778. He died on Nov 23 1848.
James Trimble died . He married Nancy Chambliss Roark.
Nancy Chambliss Roark [Parents] was born about 1845 in Alto, TX. She died . She married James Trimble.
She was Postmaster of Rusk, TX
Benjamin Franklin Selman [Parents] was born on Jun 4 1829. He died on Aug 21 1887. He was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee Co. , TX. He married Elizabeth Harper Roark on Nov 15 1855 in Alto, Cherokee County, TX.
Masonic Emblem on cemetery marker.
Elizabeth Harper Roark [Parents] was born on Sep 2 1832 in Franklin County, TN. She died on May 29 1910 in Alto, TX. She was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee County, TX. She married Benjamin Franklin Selman on Nov 15 1855 in Alto, Cherokee County, TX.
Cemetery marker says "WIFE OF B. F. SELMAN born in Franklin County, TN Septemer 2, 1832 died May 29, 1910 age 77 years, 8 mos, 27 days". There is a DRT marker.
They had the following children:
F i Alice Selman was born on Aug 31 1856. She died on Nov 11 1863. She was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee Co. , TX. M ii Alvie Selman was born on Dec 10 1858. He died on Nov 13 1863. He was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee Co. , TX. F iii Annie Selman was born on Feb 12 1861. She died on Mar 22 1889. M iv Albert B. Selman was born on Apr 12 1864. He died on Mar 15 1885. He was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee Co. , TX.
Andrew J. McCuistion was born in 1831 in AL. He died . He married Julia (Julian) Ann Roark in Feb 1855 in TX.
Julia (Julian) Ann Roark [Parents] was born on Jun 6 1835 in Nacogdoches Co., TX. She died on Jun 6 1913. She was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee County, TX. She married Andrew J. McCuistion in Feb 1855 in TX.
Cemetery marker says " Mrs. J. A. McCuistion born 6 June 1835 in Nacogdoches County, Texas died 6 June 1913 aged 78 years". (This large stone is in an iron fenced enclosure. On the back of the stone: Erected by Mrs. J.A. McCuistion's children.) (Has DRT marker)
They had the following children:
F i Mary McCuistion was born in 1857. She died . M ii James McCuistion was born in 1859. He died .
Edwin Forest Coon died . He married Susannah R. Power on Feb 23 1867.
Susannah R. Power [Parents] was born on Jun 10 1840 in Madison County, AL (?). She died on May 15 1906. She married Edwin Forest Coon on Feb 23 1867.
Other marriages:Roark, Franklin Reed
There is a cemetery marker in the Selman-Roark Cemetery that says "MARY M. wife of HOLLOWAY POWER born March 3, 1856 died July 1, 1880". Maybe also related?
They had the following children:
F i Theodocia A. Coon was born on Dec 25 1869. She died in 1961.
Holloway Lee Power [Parents] was born on Apr 14 1802 in Floyd Co., Ky. He died on Nov 6 1866. He married Elizabeth Meals on Nov 22 1821 in Madison, AL.
Taken from http://libweb.sfasu.edu.etrc/COLLECT/manscrpt/powmain.htm: "Power served as Justice of the Peace in Madison Co., AL, from 1824-1826. In February, 1825, he was baptised into Bethany Baptist Church and then later licensed to preach on October 22, 1842. In 1850, he moved his family from Hickory Flat, AL to Nacogdoches Co., TX, where his son William already resided. He soon arranged to buy some land and established a farm there, growing mainly cotton & corn. First associated with North Church, Power became unhappy with the salaried preacher (B. E. Lucas) and left to help organize Bethany Baptist Church of Nacogdoches Co. in 1853. Power preached in this church which was a member of the Little Hope Association of Primitive Baptists. In addition to farming and preaching, he occasionally practiced medicine, as recorded in his daybook along with notes on ailments and cures. His interest in medicine may have stemmed from his own health problems as reflected in his two-part diary for 1850-1857."
Elizabeth Meals [Parents] was born on Oct 11 1806 in Jefferson Co., TN. She died on Nov 14 1897. She was buried in Old North Church Cemetery, North of Nacogdoches, TX. She married Holloway Lee Power on Nov 22 1821 in Madison, AL.
They had the following children:
M i William Franklin Power was born on Aug 22 1822. He died . M ii John M. Power was born on Sep 9 1824 in Madison, AL. He died . M iii James W. Power was born on Jul 2 1826. He died on Aug 2 1910. F iv Sarah Power was born on Apr 20 1828. She died . F v Mary Ann Power was born on Apr 30 1830 in AL. She died . F vi Lucinda E. Power was born on Jan 27 1832 in AL. She died . M vii Holloway Bunyan Power was born on May 4 1834. He died . F viii Elizabeth Matilda Power was born on Jul 4 1838 in AL. She died . F ix Susannah R. Power was born on Jun 10 1840. She died on May 15 1906.
Thomas Selman [Parents] was born on Apr 26 1790. He died on Apr 11 1866. He was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee Co. , TX. He married Mary Polly Goodwin.
Pvt 2 Tenn Regt Capt Caruther's Co; War of 1812.
Mary Polly Goodwin "Polly" was born on Sep 11 1790. She died . She married Thomas Selman.
They had the following children:
M i Benjamin Franklin Selman was born on Jun 4 1829. He died on Aug 21 1887.