Seventh Generation

199. Peter REEDY was born on 20 Jan 1817 in Grayson County, VA. He died about 1898 in Caney Ridge, Dickenson County, VA. He was buried in Big Ridge, Dickenson County, VA. Sources used for the family of Peter Reedy and his descendants are as follows: "The Abridged History of the Reedy's in Virginia" by E.N. Reedy. Genealogy collections from Creed M. Reedy, Ironton, OH. 1992. A short history written by Paris A. Mullins, Clintwood, VA. Autobiography by James Peter Reedy, Clintwood, VA. 1931. Rebecca Sisk Genealogy Collection, Altavista, VA. 1984. Contributions from John C. Mullins, Mrs. Negatha Powers, Mrs. Herman Parsons, Mrs. Irving Reedy, as well as, the Federal Census for Wise and Dickenson Counties, Virginia, 1870 - 1900 and county records.

Peter was born in Grayson County. Seven years after his marriage to Nancy Adams in Ashe County, NC, on March 20, 1840, they moved into Ashe County for a period of time. C. M. Reedy reports that he moved into the Dickenson-Wise County area about 1854 settling near Pound, VA, and later in the Clintwood area of Dickenson County about 1857. But grandson, Paris A. Mullins reports that he left Ashe County on Dec. 11 and arrived at Horse Gap near Pound on Dec. 18, 1857. He stayed there one year and moved around Clintwood in 1858. He later swapped his place to a Jim Thornbury for a place on the mounth of Caney Creek where he lived for 10-15 years finially settling on Caney Ridge where he died about the year 1898. He and Nancy are buried in unmarked graves on the John Kerr place on Big Ridge.

Peter was a good hand with tools and was a carpenter-cabinet maker. He operated a mill on Long Branch of the Cranesnerst River and was the first Postmaster of Flanary fron 1884 - 1888.

Peter REEDY and Nancy Jane ADAMS were married about 1840 in Grayson County, VA. Nancy Jane ADAMS (daughter of James ADAMS and Nancy WHITE) was born on 14 Mar 1820 in Ashe County, NC. She died in Caney Ridge, Dickenson County, VA. She was buried in Big Ridge, Dickenson County, VA. It is reported by C. M. Reedy, Ironton, OH by Negatha Powers of Bristol, VA. that Nancy was full or half Cherokee indian. Peter REEDY and Nancy Jane ADAMS had the following children:

+550	i.	Wilborn REEDY.
+551	ii.	Linville REEDY.
552	iii.	Granville REEDY was born on 14 Mar 1843 in Grayson County, VA. He died on 14 Mar 1843 in Grayson County, VA. He was buried in Grayson County, VA. !NOTE: Information for this family extracted from "Abridged History of the Reedy's of Virginia", by Edward N. Reedy.
+553	iv.	Hezekiah REEDY.
+554	v.	Amanda Jane REEDY.
+555	vi.	James Michael REEDY.
+556	vii.	Sarah "Sallie" Caroline REEDY.
+557	viii.	Elijah Hamilton REEDY.
+558	ix.	William Riley REEDY.
+559	x.	Mary Anne REEDY.
560	xi.	John Willis REEDY was born on 19 Aug 1860 in Dickenson County, VA. !NOTE: This child appears in the records submitted by historian John C. Mulllins but not in Edward N. Reedy's collection.
+561	xii.	Thomas Lee REEDY.