1752 James Read, son of Nelson and Rebecca Reed, was born on January 31, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. James was baptized on April 19, 1752 at Westminster Parish. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Research Notes:
There are records for Reed families in both Fairfield and Augusta Counties, Virginia.
1782 James Read [Reed?] appeared on the list of William Ramsay for the continental census for Fairfax County, Virginia with 3 white people. [6]
1782-1794 James Reed was taxed in Fairfax County, Virginia. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
1789 The road from the Falls Church to the road from the falls warehouse to Alexandria was repaired in Fairfax County, Virginia. The tithables (taxes) within the district included Nelson Reed and James Reed. [18]
1796 James Reed and Polly Griffin were married on March 7 in Fairfax County, Virginia. [19]
1797 James Reed was appointed surveyor of the road from the sycamore near the little falls warehouse to the river in Fairfax County, Virginia. Several people were appointed to work on the road. [20]
1797 The road from the falls Church to the little falls mentioned tythes (taxes) of Nelson, James, and John Reid (sic, Reed). [21]
1798 On May 21, James Reed resigned as overseer of the roads and Thomas Braden assumed the job. [22]
1799 James Reed was taxed in Fairfax County, Virginia. [23] [24]
1800 James Reed was taxed in Fairfax County, Virginia for one white male and 2 horses. [25] [26]
1808 Endorsement of James Reed, constable of Israels Creek [Frederick County, Maryland], "Justices of the Peace in the County think Reed should be appointed; they "think him equal to anyone that may offer in the hundred." Copy. Signed by Silas Bailey, Thomas Burk. Middleton Smith, Frederick Unkefer, Jesse Wright. Copy attested by William Ritchie, Clerk. Seal. [27]
1810 James Reed lived in Fairfax County, Virginia in a household with Males: 1 (age Under 10), 1 (age 10 thru 15), 1 (age 26 thru 44), and 1 (age 45 and over); Females: 1 (age Under 10), 2 (age 16 thru 25), 2 (age 26 thru 44), and 1 (age 45 and over). [28]
[1] Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995, [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995, [FamilySearchRecord].
[3] Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911, [AncestryRecord].
[4] Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911, Westminster Parish, [AncestryRecord].
[5] Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911, All Hollows Parish, [AncestryRecord].
[6] Heads of Families at the First Census. 1790. Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785, Virginia, 16, column 3, [US_Census_pdf].
[7] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, 1782, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[8] Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890, [AncestryRecord].
[9] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, 1784, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[10] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, 1787, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[11] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, 1788, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[12] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, 1789, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[13] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, 1790, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[14] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, 1791, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[15] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, 1792, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[16] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, 1793, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[17] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, 1794, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[18] Beth Mitchell, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Fairfax County road orders, 1749-1800 (2003), 132, citing Fairfax County Order Book 1789-91, 22 September, 1789, page 25, [Virginia_Department_Transportation].
[19] Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800, [AncestryRecord].
[20] Beth Mitchell, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Fairfax County road orders, 1749-1800 (2003), 158, citing Fairfax County Minute Book 1797-98, 15 May, 1797, page 23, [Virginia_Department_Transportation].
[21] Beth Mitchell, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Fairfax County road orders, 1749-1800 (2003), 163, citing Fairfax County Minute Book 1797-98, 16 October, 1797, page 114, [Virginia_Department_Transportation].
[22] Beth Mitchell, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Fairfax County road orders, 1749-1800 (2003), 170, citing Fairfax County Minute Book 1797-98, 21 May, 1798, page 236, [Virginia_Department_Transportation].
[23] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, LF, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[24] Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1799/1800 A, 13.
[25] Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Fairfax County), Personal property tax lists of Fairfax County, 1782-1805, 1800, [FamilySearchImage], [FHL Catalog].
[26] "Fairfax County, Virginia 1800 Tax List," The Virginia Genealogist 20 (1976), 20:9-14, at 10, [AmericanAncestors].
[27] Roger Thomas, Edna E. Jensen, ed., Raymond B. Clark, ed. Calendar of Maryland state papers, The Red Books, Vol. 4.3 (1955), 241, [HathiTrust].
[28] United States Federal Census, 1810, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].