James Reid

James Reid
b: 1747
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Biography
<447> James Reid -- Born 1747 (one source suggests 1744). Parents unknown; husband of Hannah, a woman belonging to John Crabb; father of Simon Reid <308). Residing at Nomony Hall in 1775, 1782, 1784 (tithable), 1785 (tithable), 1790, and 1791. Described as a carpenter in 1774-75, 1790, and 1791, as a sawyer in 1782 and 1786. working on projects at Old Ordinary in March 1785, on a tobacco house on Metcalf's Tract, No. 3, in Hay 1786. Named in 1791 deed of emancipation. Scheduled for emancipation in 1792. Emancipated by deed dated January 2, 1792; deed proved in Westmoreland County Court, February 28, 1792. Authorized to bargain for his own time, February 1, 1792. Received certificate of emancipation, July 28, 1792. Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, Pt. 1, pp. 12, 15, and Pt. 2, pp. 1, 19; "2d Book of Miscellanies," pp. 101-4; Nomony Hall Daybook, 1774-1775, pp. 33, 44; "Whites & Blacks, living at ¡Vomony Hall in Westmoreland County," October 4, 1775, C.F.P., 1651-1861, Sect. 36 (Mssl C2468 a2100), VHS;Nomony Hall Daybook, No. 3, 1775, pp. 30-31, 200, 208, 211; Nomony Hall Daybook, 1781-1782, p. 52; Letterbook, 1782- 1784, p. 10; Travis Jones's Inventory of Taxable Specific Articles at Nomony Hall, March 1, 1784, C.F.P., 1651-1861, Sect. 36 (Mssl C2468 62102), VHS; Westmoreland County Personal Property Tax List, 1785, VSA; Letterbook, 1784- 1785, pp. 119-20; Nomony Hall Journal, 1785-1787, pp. 40, 83; Westmoreland County Deeds and Wills, No. 18, 1787-1794, VSA microfilm, p. 213; Nomony Hall Daybook, 1790-1792, pp. 111, 149.
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MJames Reid
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Marriageto Hannah
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) James Reid
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PARENT (F) Hannah
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MSimon Reid
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Marriageto Jemima Reid
Descendancy Chart
James Reid b: 1747
Milly Reid b: 1790
Daniel Reid b: 1785
Lettice Reid b: 1786
Mary Reid b: 1786
Sally Reid b: 1793