64. William C. (Uncle Billy) Reed
"Uncle Billy" Reed lived 103 years! The 1880 US Census lists him as 99 years old. He was living with dau. & son-in-law Easter Reed and Elcanah Rogers. He passed on in 1883.
Family lore is that the early Reeds were iron workers. Northern Estill County was a major iron producing area in the 1840-1870 era. The 1850 census lists 5 Reed families living in proximity on upper Miller's Creek, near at least 2 major iron furnaces. Most of them were born in Tennessee, the third largest iron producer in the US in 1860. Judging from the ages of the children of the various families, the Reed's entered Estill about 1837-42, about the time major iron production was beginning. The area was a major cannon ball producer during the Civil War.
72. Austin Palmer
Co. B, Three Forks Bn., Mustered in Rocky Gap, Ky, Sep 10, 1864; Musteredout Irvine, Ky July 17, 1865.
76. Oury Steele
Family documents:
(1) Deed, Rebecca, Oury Steele, et al, to Randolph Grayson, Wythe Co, Va, 14 Dec 1835
(2) Certificate of Marriage, Owry Steele to Elizabeth Cook, by John Perry, 25 Sep 1832.Most documents spell Oury's name as Owry. Robert Steele's Last Will & Testament spell his youngest son's name as Oury, also his wife Rebecca's maiden name.
Little is known of Oury's early life in Virginia. His father Robert died when he was 10 years old so he was raised by mother Rebecca and many brothers & sisters. He did attend school and could write well as attested to by a letter written to his family on 2 April 1863, just a little over 2 months before he was killed-in-action at Mud Lick Springs.
90. Gideon Barnes
Gideon Barnes founded Barnesville, Pike Co., Ga. Lamar County was formed from the Eastern portion of Pike Co., in 1920, with Barnesville as county seat. A biography of Gideon is included int "The History of Lamar County."