Grandson's of Samuel & Mary Clark Reed in the War for Southern Independence

The Grandson’s of Samuel & Mary Clark Reed That

Served the Southern Cause Dealt Them

Samuel and Mary Clark stayed in the new America after seeing adversity from a time before they even set foot on American soil. They built their lives and wealth from the opportunities presented them. The main stay at the time in the south was from agriculture where cotton was king for the most part. The products from agricultural were not only consumable by the industrial north, but were a valued commodity for export. This commerce caused additional tensions between the industrial northern states and her southern neighbors. One main item that caused additional conflict was the use of slave labor in the production from the southern states. Slavery had been a common practice since colonial times through the colonies. With the movement for westward expansion, the issue became a hot political topic for Abraham Lincoln. From a southern perspective the issue was seen as a “states right of self-government and states independence from federal dominance”. The southern states slave holders were abiding by the laws of taxation on the salves they held and by the humane treatment and maintainers of their “legal property”, the slaves. When considering the issue of ownership of human beings judgment of our ancestors should be tempered with the law of the land and the mindset of the commercial aspects of life in the early nineteenth century. Without the use of this labor force the economic worth of the plantations in the south would and did collapse. These and others weighed heavily in the decision of South Carolina in addressing the development of the succession from the United States Federal Government.

The survival of the plantation owners and the southern economy greatly depended on the defense of these perspectives which would leave room for belief that the war was seeded from economics much more than stubborn southern pride. In this vein, the grandsons of Samuel and Mary Clark Reed certainly played their part and paid the awesome and ultimate price for the decisions made.  The following is a partial listing of most, if not all, grandsons that participated in the effort of survival of their livelihood.

The children of Samuel and Mary Clark were:

               Hugh “Hugie” Reed 1783-1854

               Jane “Jenny” Reed 1784-

               John Reed 1792-1854

               Lavisa Reed 1794-1837

               Samuel Reed 1795-1847

               Margaret “Peggy” Reed 1796-1870

               Rebecca “Becky” Reed 1798-1871

               Eleanor “Nellie” Reed 1799-

               Mary Reed 1801-1877

Their families that produced the Confederate warriors were:

Hugh Reed married Jane McSpeddon 1794-1839 and they had nine children. They were:

                Samuel Reed 1810-1887 married Matilda Willis 1815-1865

                              Samuel’s son (Samuel & Mary Clarks great grandson)  
  

Elliott W. Reed 1844-1880 Confederate veteran survivor

               Company B, 1^st. Regiment SC Artillery

               George Reed 1812-1857

               Ann Reed 1814-1893

               Mary Reed 1819-1861

               Sarah Reed 1818-1819

               Jane Levicy Reed 1820-1837
                                                    

Jane Reed married Johnathan Thomas Waters 1786-1844 They had 2 children. They were:

               Ann Waters 1823-1866

               Samuel Reed Waters 1835-1848

John Reed married Julia Odom 1802-1883. They had 8 children. They were:

               James Henry Reed 1825-1901 Confederate veteran survivor

               Company B 1^st. Regiment SC Artillery

               John Wiley Reed 1829-1909 Confederate veteran survivor

               Company D, 1^st. SC Infantry

               Julia F. Reed 1831-1904

               Ellen E. Reed Birt Aldrich 1835-1902

               Wade Hampton Reed 1838-1895

               Cornelia Reed 1840-1880

               Sarah Reed 1842-

               Martha I. Reed Kemp 1844-1923

               Lavisa Reed married Jesse Holman 1791-1843 and had no children then married

               David Hair 1791-1843. They had 10 children. They were:

               James W. Hair 1822-1863 Confederate veteran KIA

                              Company L, SC Infantry

                              Mary A. Hair

                              Samuel Ledwick Hair 1825-1899

                              Jane E.Hair 1826-1868

                              Joseph Pinckney Hair 1828-1873

                              Ellen Rebecca Hair 1830-1900
   

               Erwin Reed Hair 1834-1864 Confederate veteran KIA

                              Died in Chumborago Hospital July 4, 1864 of wounds received May 28, 1864.

                              Company I, 5^th. SC Calvary

                              David Furman Hair 1835-1901

                              Lavicy Caroline Hair 1837-1845

                              William Lemuel Hair 1837-1862

Samuel Reed 1795-1847 married Elizabeth Boylston 1797-1853

               Samuel James Reed 1826-1862 Confederate veteran  KIA Rank Captain

               Company B 2^nd. SC Regiment SC Artillery

               Killed in battle of Secessionville, SC on June 16, 1862

               Alice Ann Reed 1830-1920

               Georgianna Reed 1831-1852

               Cynthis Reed 1834-1842

               Darling Reed 1837-1842

Rebecca Reed 1798-1871 married Henry Hartzog 1791-1846

               Martha Hartzog 1815-1819

               Mary Hartzog 1816-1817

               John George Washington Hartzog 1818-1819

               Ellen Hartzog 1820-1874

               Samuel Jackson Hartzog 1823-1890

               Henry B. Hartzog 1824-1879

               Joseph Hartzog 1826-1862

               Cornelius Hartzog 1824-1864 Confederate veteran KIA

               Company K, 5^th. SC Cavalry

               Battle at Halls Shop May 28, 1864

               Vastine Hartzog 1831-1934

               Wyatt J. Hartzog 1833-1862 Confederate veteran

               14^th. Battalion, SC Calvary

               Rebecca Hartzog 1835-1902

               George F. L. Hartzog 1840-1863 Confederate veteran KIA

               Company I, 5^th. Regiment SC Calvary

               Died from wounds received in battle while in hospital November 9, 1863 listed as 

                                 “disease of the liver”

               Laviscy Isabelle Hartzog 1843-1871
         

Mary Reed 1801-1877 married Austin Boylston 1802-1920

               Pressley Boylston 1840-1920 Confederate veteran

               Company B, 2^nd. SC Artillery 

               George Washington Boylston 1843-1925 Confederate veteran

               Company B, 2^nd. SC Artillery

               Lucian Austin Boylston 1846-1864 Confederate Veteran KIA

               Company I, 2^nd. SC Calvary

               Battle near Cummings Farm, Virginia, September 29, 1864

Of the twelve grandsons that answered the call to service only six survived and six died in service.