Sibbie Reed

Brief Life History of Sibbie

When Sibbie Reed was born on 4 July 1797, in North Carolina, United States, her father, John Lovett Reed, was 42 and her mother, Susanna Isible Bagwell, was 36. She had at least 6 sons and 4 daughters with Solomon Godsey. She lived in Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died in 1860, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

Solomon Godsey
1792–1853
Sibbie Reed
1797–1860
Hiram Godsey
1814–1849
John Hogshead Godsey
after 1818–
Martin Godsey
1829–
George Godsey
1832–
William Godsey
1832–
Martin Godsey
1833–1905
Jane Godsey
1835–
Nancy Godsey
1836–
Sally Godsey
1840–
Eliza Godsey
1842–

Sources (2)

  • Libby Godsey, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sibby Reed - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Sibby Reed

World Events (8)

1799 · Gold Nuggets Found

"In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.

English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .

English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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