John Wesley Reed, (CSA) - Who are John Wesley Reed's parents?

George William Reed, Sr. is probably too old to be John's father but he had sons who were not too young to be john's father:
Andrew Michael Reed, Sr.
Humphrey Evans Reed, Sr.
Peter Reed, Sr.
Andrew Michael Reed, Sr.

1788
(Jan. 10) Harmon Reed enters land on the south side of Mud Creek including the “improvements whereon he lives.”
(Jan. 18) Andrew Miller and David Miller enter land on “Milles” River above John Case’s improvement on Clear Creek
(Jan. 20) Millers sell land to James Madcalf (Metcalf) on “Milles” River and Clear Creek
(March 3) Elijah Williamson, Revolutionary War veteran, enters land on both sides of Mud Creek that empties into the French Broad River, includes “improvements where he lives.”
(March 4) Elijah Williamson enters more land on the west side of the French Broad River “above Boilston’s entry.”
(April 8) Samuel King, Revolutionary War veteran, enters land on the west side of the French Broad River on both sides of the creek that empties into the French Broad, borders Plumery’s line from Davidson’s.
(June 10) Allen Twitty enters land on Mud Creek, “above an Indian camp and runs down both sides of the creek.” Transferred to Abraham Kuykendall, Revolutionary War veteran.
(Aug. 1) William Medilin (Medlin) enters land on the north side of Mud Creek, bordering Elijah Williamson

see: https://hendersonheritage.com/examples-of-early-land-grants-deeds/
further down
1791:
"(July 20) Elijah Williamson enters more land on the “western waters of Mud Creek above Hermon Rides (Reed’s).”

Examples of Early Land Grants (Deeds)

The preceding) is a selection of the first claims for land in today’s Henderson County up to 1799.
The first officially recorded claim for land that appears likely to be in today’s Henderson County was in 1778 in Rutherford County. It is possible that earlier land deeds were through Old Tryon County, even possibly Burke County, for land east of the Continental Divide prior to 1783.
They were chosen as different names appeared; some establishing that early pioneers settled on the land long before they made official claims to the land. It appears likely some settled in the area while land was still under the control of the Cherokee.
In addition to names of the early pioneers, selections were made because of landmarks, regions of the county, mountains, rivers, etc.

The Henderson County NC Cemeteries book may be accessed on the Henderson County NC Official Website at http://www.hendersoncountync.org/ces/cemetery/cemeterybook.html

Here's a cute Reed story from along the way... probably not a relative:
https://historicsites.nc.gov/teachers-guide-social-studies/open

Here are two Tennessee Reed land-grant holders:
http://www.cumberlandpioneers.com/lgg5.html

"Robert Raiford, William Rainey, Sampson Rease, John Record, Jordan Reece, Joel Reed, Lambert Reed, John Reynolds, John Rhea, Tyree Rhodes, John Richardson, William Richey, Jesse Riggs, James Riley, Alexander Robertson, Elijah Robertson, James Robertson, Mark Robertson, Henry Robinson, John Robinson, William Robinson, William Roseborough, David Ross, William Ross, Abner Rosson, James Roulston, William Roundtree, William Rowark, Robert Rowland, Absolum Russell, Benjamin Russell, Henry Russell, James Russell, William Russell, Henry M. Rutledge, John Rutledge

a pick them out as our John Wesley Reed was said to have been born in Tennessee

more about the prior post:
"Land Grants on Elk River in Tennessee

North Carolina & Tennessee Land Grants 1783 - 1831

Land Grant Genealogy 5

Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Lincoln, Marshall & Moore Counties in Southern Middle Tennessee

by Jack Masters
New book by Jack Masters features North Carolina and Tennessee Land Grants on the Elk River in Southern middle Tennessee. 1438 transcribed Land Grants cover the period 1783 - 1831. All grants are placed on modern topographical maps for ease in location. Includes all name and place index with 123 map pages.
The bulk of research for this work was taken from RG 50 dealing with 2nd Surveyors District. This was about a 5 month project in which all Elk River tracts were copied for later piecing together to form this book. For the less than 20 grants which were in the 3rd Surveyors District, in Grundy County on the upper Elk River, Tennessee Land Grants were utilized without the necessity of the several month project of getting back to RG 50.

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Page content revised August 14, 2023
For a better understanding about the contents of my new book please see Piecing together the past published in the November 2016 issue of CEMC's "Tennessee Magazine"
Fayetteville Public Utilities TV Channel 6 Interview Recorded in the November 2016 by Don Counts dealing with the writing of the Land Grant book.
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