Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-11-15
OBITUAtS Y.
another Soldier and Patriot gone.


DEPARTED this lite. on Saturday morning,
the 4 h Of November. Maj NATHAN REID,
in the 18th year OF his age. In the death OF
This most excellent man, society has lost one Of
its nurest ornaments. n a character so heau-
tifully fair and exemplary, il wonld be almost
tedou, TO enumerate the virtues winch adorned
it, 10 say IN the common place mode OF ex-
pres sion, that he was a Kind nrighbor, tek der
parent, a faithful friend, aud an upright patri-
otic CITIZEN, would be saying bu little that was
due 10 him Formed in the school OF better
days-disC pinpd in th, struag lc and hardships
of the Revolution he pr scented a lovely sper l.
ntcn of those KIND, gentle. nnassHming, hmIs-
bile aud obliging QUALITIES, aud ot hose honest
cand,d st4a,ehl- forward, old-fashoned aod
sterling principles which were so proverhiallY
characteristic OF many OF those gall nj officers
" ha had foug Int under Nash'oeton-who, init
bing the spirit OF lhei leader showed, in all their
conduct that they were indeed " peculiar
DsoDie In the character Of Mai Reid the
virtues oil simptCig integrity. JeHeroience and
cbeerfu!HeSS were especially aud prominently
conspicuous. None could know him without
cSteemlng and loving him--anne could i've
near him WlihouI experiencing his klnduess
In, he. with almost ohili-ilke tenderness,
sympa.hIzrd with the sul1erines OF others and
in his iberal bands ihe poor of lis nrighbot-
hood found literally = gratHB t. supply their
reader 10 the suhjerned account OF himself
which for the or uillcatton of bis many ifirnds
we have been kindly permitted to extract from
some minutes las .etufy preserved by his
family In justice to his memory II shohld
ne observed that this i very meagrc Tspla
sketch of his long and ardpo1S services, aud
lha, the minute, OF his lie have been obtained
and preserved contrary 10 lis expectations.
- vas bon on Rockfsh, in Nelson coLuiy,
on the Sd oi March, lf53. IN ea,ly life w""t
10 tt,I.tain. as Merchants Clerk 10 an elder
br ther. IL this business coo'lnur" Tor 'efe,
raj years IA the Spsins Of l716 laecpnf@n'sd
John Fl,yd- II Kentucky who went there TO-
the pnrrosc of surveying the lands granted by
the state of Virginia TO the Officers 81 So,dir's
who had served IA BraddoCks war. We set
ont with a small patty. and Wit oui Interrupt
tim passea the wilderness, al that time much
infested ulih Indians. Kentucky was then a
tracIpss wilderness TWO on three + orts being
the only foothold gaIned by the whites. 10 one
of these. erected on Kentucky RIVER (Boons-
] thoroughly we direcie ed oar steps. Here became
ACQUAINTED with Daniel Boone, so celebrated
in the early history OF Kentucky. He related
20 me many amusing anecdotes OF his "dven-
t,,res with the indians. Here We remained mar
twelve months. surveying Soldiers Ian Is, nnd
hunting the Buffalo and Deer, Of winch fhete
were vast herds Whilst at Bponshorongh. l
Witnessed the first wedding that VAS ever Gel
ehroted in Kentucky. A man by the name OF
Samuel Henderson was married 10 Betsy Ia'-
l,wsv. Daniel Bone OBLIGATED As Mnstfl
aud solemuizod rhr rites Of na'r'monS' Inc
hunting shirt of the bridegroom being some
what threadbare, he borrowed niue, IN which
he was married. During my stay at boonson-
rough the daughters OF Daniel Boone anu DICK
Galloway were captured by the Indians Inc
girls had gone to the rive, aud not dreaming
Of ,aoger, had entered the canoe, anu were
paddIino about 10 amuse themselves, "heh !"
small marty OF Indians which lay confeA'en !"
the hank rushed upon them aud na"e '"e"
prisoners. Aterrlbie scream from the g'r's az
nr;zi.d those in The fort OF what had happened
| in a few moments, every thug beng !" 'eaa'-
ness wn set out IN pursuii. On crossing '"e
river. Boone directed the parry TO u"i'e w
search oftneir tats Having to"nd thelr 'ra'''
we pnrsued it I'LL night; and beng d'rec'e4
bv the barking Of IA dog to where some me"
ware building a cabin, we remained WIN '"e"'
during the night. Having sent back 10 me 'o''
for am nan,,,on aud +, DIVISIONS, we rehe"eo ''s
The Father of the prcsen, Governor oil 'if5' 'i"'