Reid, Archibald
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Title
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Reid, Archibald
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Alias
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Reed, Archibald
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Gender
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Male
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Biography
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In the mid-1790s, Archibald Reid was active in the early government of Campbell County (founded in 1795), and owned considerable land near today's town of Walton. He apparently established a distillery and a tavern house. He and Moses Scott were issued a tavern license, 14 Feb 1803. Abner Gaines purchased the property from Reid in circa 1813.
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Reid became one of Boone County's first Justices of the Peace on 23 Dec 1798. He left the post to become county Sheriff on 14 Dec 1804.
Walton (Ky.)
Colonel Abner Gaines House (Walton, Ky.)