Rev. Isaac Hines Reed, I

Submittal by Edward A. Mallang 3rd, 13 June, 2013

When Isaac Reed was born on June 6, 1776, in Pendleton, South Carolina, his father, Nathaniel, was 27 and his mother, Hepsibiah [SIC: unknown] was 24. He was their first child. He married Elizabeth HARPER on September 17, 1797, in Pendleton, South Carolina. They had 11 children in 22 years. He died on November 23, 1848, in Clayton, Texas, at the age of 72, and was buried there.

from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17907019

Rev Isaac H. Reed

Place of Burial: Old Bethel Cemetery - Find A Grave Memorial# 17907019, Clayton, Panola, Texas, United States

Birth: June 6, 1776 Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States

Death: November 23, 1848 (72) Panola, Texas, United States

Rev. Isaac H. Reed, son of Nathaniel Reed and ,Hepsibah or Elizabeth, (bateman) Reed [SIC]. Married Elizabeth Harper September 17, 1797. Father of John H. Reed I.

He was a Reverend at the Bethel Baptist Church, Panola County, Texas.

Family links: Children:

• William B. Reed (1798 - 1863)*
• Margarete Reed Roark (1808 - 1856)*
• Elizabeth Reed Shepherd (1812 - 1850)*
• Isaac H. Reed (1814 - 1837)

Burial: Old Bethel Cemetery Clayton Panola County Texas, USA

Created by: Herbert Record added: Feb 12, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 17907019

------------- I have seen evidence refuting Isaac being the son of Nathaniel Reed and Hepsibah. They were from Mass. and did not leave, were listed in the 1790 census. Isaac was most likely the son of one of the 3 Nathaniel Reeds listed in the 1790 South Carolina census.

Charles Hensley

Rev. Isaac H Reed (6 Jun 1776/8 Pendleton-Anderson Co., SC - 23 Nov 1848 Clayton, Panola Co, TX) Went to Tx in 1834 where he was killed by an indian.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=17907019&CRid...; This is a new version of the “killed by Indians” story. In this one, BOTH Isaac Reed and Isaac Reed, Jr., were killed by Indians.

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Isaac Hines Reed, early Texas settler and church planter Posted on November 9, 2011 by Steve Masterson So I’m going to shift gears this time and write about one of my wife’s direct ancestors, Isaac Hines Reed, a fascinating early Texas settler and church planter. Kind of interesting that my wife’s Baptist pedigree is multiple generations deeper than mine, even including the early Baptists in my mom’s lineage.

My wife is the former Kimberley Burgamy. Here is my wife’s connection with Isaac, her 5th great grandfather: Kim’s mother is Mary Sue Faglie, whose father was Wiley Ray Faglie. Ray’s father was Edward Franklin Faglie, whose father was Lafayette Allen Faglie. Lafayette’s mother was Lydia Francis Reed, whose father was William B Reed, whose father was Isaac Hines Reed.

Isaac was born June 6, 1776 in Pendleton, South Carolina, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Reed. He married Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) Harper in 1797 while still in Pendleton and in early 1808 Isaac and Lizzie moved their young family to Franklin County, Tennessee.

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In 1808 Isaac was ordained to the ministry by Hopewell Baptist Church in Franklin County, Tennessee. It seems that Isaac may have moved to Tennessee to plant his first church (that we’re aware of). Here is the text of his ordination certificate (still preserved by one of his descendants in Texas):

“The state of Tennessee, Franklin County, Hopewell Baptist Church. These certify that we being duly called as a presbytery have examined into the character and call and qualifications of our beloved brother, Isaac Reed, and with the consent of the church to which he belongs, have by prayer and imposition of hands set him apart of the work of the ministry, and he is hereby authorized to exercise himself in the several parts of the ministerial function where he in the providence of God may be called whether stately or occasionally. Given under our hands, this the 19th day of March 1808, John Davis, Abraham Hargis, George Foster, William Jennings.”

In August of 1808, Isaac was instrumental in forming the new Elk River Association of Baptist churches, which included the Hopewell church and the Boiling Fork Baptist Church in what is now Cowan, Tennessee, a church Isaac helped start in March of 1808. Interestingly, Kim and I took our kids on a kayak trip down the Elk River in the summer of 1999 (we lived in Leipers Fork, TN, about 1.5 hours northwest); unfortunately we were completely unaware of the historic ties Kim had to the churches in that area.

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In 1821, Isaac preached from Joel 2:1 at the formation of the Mud River Association. The Mud River Association was comprised of what are known as Primitive Baptist churches in the valley between the Elk River and the Duck River (I used to fish for smallmouth bass in the Duck River, just south of our house). In 1828, Isaac withdrew from the Elk River Association along with 5 other pastors during the turmoil created by Alexander Campbell and Barton Stone, the founders of the Restoration Movement (resulting denominations: Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, Christian Church).

Isaac apparently got fed up with Baptist politics in southern Tennessee and headed for Texas in 1834 – he was 60 years old and had been in the ministry at least 26 years. At the time, Texas was part of Mexico and, in order to homestead, you had to swear allegiance to the Catholic church – it was blatantly illegal to start a church other than Catholic. Isaac settled his family, including 8 children and 2 sons-in-law, in what was called “Reed’s Settlement”, near what is now known as Clayton, Texas, north of Nacogdoches. In October 1835, Isaac purchased over 4400 acres about 10 miles west of Carthage. Isaac eventually accumulated over 7,000 acres of land in east Texas. It is said that Isaac taught school in “Reed’s Settlement” and would hold secret services in homes.

Soon after Sam Houston’s victory at San Jacinto over Santa Anna in March of 1836, Isaac starting holding public services at what was then called Union Baptist Church since congregants were from a variety of denominations. Nearby, a Mrs. Massie Millard held prayer meetings for several years under an oak tree, praying for a church to be organized on that spot. In 1838, Isaac organized what is now the oldest Baptist church in Texas still in existence, the Old North Baptist Church just north of Nacogdoches, on that very spot. Below is a picture of the church – you’ll note pieces of a large tree in the foreground of the picture, the very tree under which Mrs. Millard held her prayer meetings during the early years of the Republic of Texas. An older picture of the tree itself is also shown.

In 1839, the Texas Women’s Missionary Union (http://wmu.texasbaptists.org), still in existence today, was organized at the Old North Church. In December 1843, Isaac and Lemuel Herrin organized the Sabine Baptist Association.

Other churches planted by Isaac Reed:

1840 Bethel Baptist, Clayton, 3rd oldest existing Baptist church in Texas

1843 Macedonia Baptist, Carthage, 4th oldest existing Baptist church in Texas

1843 Eight Mile (now Friendship) Baptist, Marshall 5th oldest existing Baptist church in Texas

1844 Old Palestine Baptist, Alton, 6th oldest existing Baptist church in Texas

Isaac died in 1848 at the age of 72 and is buried with his wife in the cemetery next to the Old Bethel Baptist Church. He left an incredible legacy as a preacher and church planter. His son, William B. Reed, from whom Kim is also directly descended, moved on to Hico in Hamilton County, becoming one of the early County Commissioners there as well as a circuit riding preacher, is probably as interesting or more so, but I’ll write of him in another chapter.