[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 127 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING PRIVATE SAMUEL REED

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                           HON. MARK MEADOWS

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 8, 2014

  Mr. MEADOWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the extraordinary 
life of Private Samuel Reed, who served our nation during the 
Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Private Reed will be honored on 
September 13, 2014 with a Grave Marking Ceremony at Reid's Chapel 
United Methodist in Murphy, North Carolina. Private Reed's fourth-great 
grandson, Edward Wayne Reid, and his wife Carol, have organized the 
event.
  Born in Rowan County, North Carolina around the year 1750, Private 
Reed was a true patriot, serving in the Revolutionary War with his 
father, Colonel James Reed, and his six brothers. He fought in multiple 
key battles between the years of 1778 and 1781 throughout North 
Carolina, Georgia, and South Carolina. Additionally, during the War of 
1812, Private Reed served in the North Carolina Militia.
  After many years of military service, Private Reed and his wife, 
Rachel Sparks Reed, settled in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Private 
Reed died in 1851 at the age of 101 and was buried in the old Reed 
Cemetery, close to where Reid's Chapel United Methodist is today.
  We owe our freedom and independence to great men like Private Samuel 
Reed. I am proud to honor this brave man and his many accomplishments 
in defense of our nation.

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