John Reed

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name
John Reed
aka
[James Reed]
sex
male
access
public
father
id
james-reed-1766
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[will-james-reed-1836, book-robbins-1991-african-heritage-morgan-county]
research
research/collins-reed/Reed_Family_Investigation_Addendum.md
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The second son named in the Morgan County James Reed's will of 1836. Holds only under the Morgan reading, which the Reed addendum leans to.

The son named with Elisha in James Reed's will of 19 July 1836. Coy Robbins's abstract of the will as recorded (Deed Book J, p. 522) and JoEllen Reed's handwritten notes call him John; her typed transcription calls him James. This file stands for whichever son the will names.

  • If the name is James, he is probably the younger James Reed who married Mellissa Reed in Morgan County on 27 April 1836, three months before the will.
  • If it is John, he may be the John Reed, 58, born North Carolina about 1802, with an Elizabeth, 18, in the 1860 census (JoEllen Reed's family transcription), and probably the free colored John Reed aged 36-55 on the 1840 Morgan County census (image 32). An Elizabeth Reed, wife of a John Reed, died on 14 December 1857 and is buried at Martinsville (Find a Grave index). Whether that John is also the John Reed of Section 17, whom JoEllen Reed makes James's brother, is open; Abner Reed (b. c. 1821, Indiana) is more likely the Section 17 John's son than James's.

Open questions

  • John or James? Deed Book J, p. 522, on FamilySearch film 1468446, will settle it.
  1. ---
  2. name: John Reed
  3. aka: [James Reed]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. father:
  7. id: james-reed-1766
  8. basis: documented
  9. confidence: probable
  10. sources: [will-james-reed-1836, book-robbins-1991-african-heritage-morgan-county]
  11. research: research/collins-reed/Reed_Family_Investigation_Addendum.md
  12. note: The second son named in the Morgan County James Reed's will of 1836. Holds only under the Morgan reading, which the Reed addendum leans to.
  13. ---
  15. The son named with Elisha in James Reed's will of 19 July 1836. Coy Robbins's abstract of
  16. the will as recorded (Deed Book J, p. 522) and JoEllen Reed's handwritten notes call him
  17. **John**; her typed transcription calls him **James**. This file stands for whichever son
  18. the will names.
  20. - If the name is James, he is probably the younger James Reed who married Mellissa Reed in
  21. Morgan County on 27 April 1836, three months before the will.
  22. - If it is John, he may be the John Reed, 58, born North Carolina about 1802, with an
  23. Elizabeth, 18, in the 1860 census (JoEllen Reed's family transcription), and probably the
  24. free colored John Reed aged 36-55 on the 1840 Morgan County census (image 32). An
  25. Elizabeth Reed, wife of a John Reed, died on 14 December 1857 and is buried at
  26. Martinsville (Find a Grave index). Whether that John is also the John Reed of Section 17,
  27. whom JoEllen Reed makes James's brother, is open; Abner Reed (b. c. 1821, Indiana) is
  28. more likely the Section 17 John's son than James's.
  30. ## Open questions
  32. - John or James? Deed Book J, p. 522, on FamilySearch film 1468446, will settle it.
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