Reuben Reid of Hogans Creek moved his family, including wife, Elizabeth Williams Settle, and son, David Settle Reid, to a 700-acre farm on the ridge between Wolf Island and Little Troublesome creeks in May, 1814.
He became a successful farmer, operated a store and a public inn maintained in a private home and served the county as a constable and justice of the peace.
The family secured a post office, aptly named Reidsville, in 1829.
16-year-old David Settle Reid was appointed its first postmaster.
He would later become a State Senator (1835-42), a U.S. Congressman (1843-47), Governor of North Carolina (1850) and a U.S. Senator (1854)
David is buried at Greenview Cemetery in Reidsville, N.C.
David Settle Reid
Reuben Reid of Hogans Creek moved his family, including wife, Elizabeth Williams Settle, and son, David Settle Reid, to a 700-acre farm on the ridge between Wolf Island and Little Troublesome creeks in May, 1814.
He became a successful farmer, operated a store and a public inn maintained in a private home and served the county as a constable and justice of the peace.
The family secured a post office, aptly named Reidsville, in 1829.
16-year-old David Settle Reid was appointed its first postmaster.
He would later become a State Senator (1835-42), a U.S. Congressman (1843-47), Governor of North Carolina (1850) and a U.S. Senator (1854)
David is buried at Greenview Cemetery in Reidsville, N.C.
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