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Rufus Reid (planter)

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Register of All Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States: With the Names, Force and Condition of All Ships and Vessels Belonging to the United States, and when and where
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As early as 1831, he served as the postmaster of Mount Mourne. He was still serving in this capacity in 1841. He was elected as a member of the Iredell County Court. Additionally, he was elected to the
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After she died, he married Betsy (Latta Davidson) Reid, sister of his first wife and widow of Benjamin Davidson, owner of
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of 1775-1783 and owned much of the land in Catawba Springs. His mother was named Sara.
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He married three times. His first wife was Nancy (Latta) Reid, daughter of
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Mary Jane Reid Little (1831–1905). She married Colonel
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Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
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After she died, he married Isabella Torrance Smith of
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and commissioned the construction of mansion on his
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Index

Lincoln County, North Carolina
Mount Mourne, North Carolina
North Carolina
Catawba Springs
Lincoln County, North Carolina
American Revolutionary War
Rowan County, North Carolina
Iredell County, North Carolina
Mount Mourne Plantation
Mount Mourne, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places
North Carolina House of Commons
Centre Presbyterian Church
James Latta
Latta Plantation
Huntersville, North Carolina
Benjamin Franklin Little
Carlisle Plantation
Richmond County, North Carolina
Oak Lawn
Huntersville, North Carolina
Cedar Grove
National Register of Historic Places
Confederate States Army
American Civil War
Virginia



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