Wilcox-Irwin-Pulaski County GaArchives Obituaries.....REID, HON.  GEORGE ROBERSON September 17, 1881
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PULASKI COUNTY, GEORGIA, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, Volume II, 1876-1881, By: Tad Evans, See Page 372 (For Date) Thursday, September 22, 1881, See Pages 373 & 374 (For Obituary)
PULASKI COUNTY, GEORGIA
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Volume II
1876-1881
By: Tad Evans
See Page 372 (For Date)
Thursday, September 22, 1881
See Pages 373 & 374 (For Obituary)

DEATH OF HON. GEORGE R. REID OF WILCOX.

   On Friday night last, at fifteen minutes past midnight, at his home five 
miles below Abbeville, Wilcox County, Hon. George R. Reid departed this life 
at the advanced age of seventy-five years, six months and one day.  The 
deceased was a remarkable man in many respects.  Possessed of a powerful 
constitution, and great energy, and endowed with a strong mind, he wasa 
conspicuous character in any assemblage and under any circumstances.
   He was born at St. Mary’s, Florida, in 1806, at which period that country 
blonged to Spain.  In 1812 he moved with his parents to Georgia, and settled 
at Old Hartford, in Pulaski County, where, we believe, we have heard him state 
that his father was buried.   At that time the Indians occupied the whole of 
the county west of the Ocmulgee.  Not a house then stood where Hawkinsville 
now stands.   Mr. Reid leaves a large family.  Of his immediate descendants,  
there are three sons and seven daughters, two of whom, Mrs. James H. Dyches 
and Mrs. R. O. Holton live in this county.  He was often chosen by his fellow 
citizens to fill positions of honor and trust.  At one time he represented 
Irwin County in the Legislature, and subsequently, the county of Wilcox, which 
was partly created out of Irwin.  He was also Judge of the Inferior Court.  
During the late war he was captain of a company of militia that assembled at 
Macon to meet General Sherman’s army on its march to the seacoat..
   Mr. Reid was probably the largest sheep and cattle raiser in Southern 
Georgia, and leaves an estate estimated to be worth forty thousand dollars.
   Of his many virtues were his love of justice and his incorruptible 
integrity.  He was peaceable, hospitable and kind hearted, and a noble citizen.
   A rosewood coffin was purchased in Hawkinsville on Saturday, and the burial 
took place on Sunday at ten o’clock, when the remains were laid by the side of 
those of his first wife on his old homestead.



Additional Comments:
Compiler Notes:  The Hon. George Roberson Reid was buried at the Drury Reaves 
Cemetery just below Abbeville., Wilcox County., Georgia. His date of birth was 
15 Mar 1806 at St Mary’s., Florida and his death date was 17 Sep 1881 just 
below Abbeville in Wilcox County., Georgia.  He was buried next to his wife, 
Cecilia Reaves who was born 18 Feb 1810 in South Carolina and died in Irwin ( 
which would now be0 Wilcox County,  Her father Drury Reaves and other members 
of the family are buried there.


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