Henrietta Williams Settle Reid

{{Short description|First Lady of North Carolina (1851–1854)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Henrietta Williams Settle Reid

| image = Henrietta Settle Reid.jpg

| office = First Lady of North Carolina

| term_start = January 1, 1851

| term_end = December 6, 1854

| governor = David Settle Reid

| predecessor = Charity Hare Haywood Manly

| successor = vacant

| birth_name = Henrietta Williams Settle

| birth_date = October 7, 1824

| birth_place = Madison, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = March 3, 1913

| death_place = Reidsville, North Carolina, U.S.

| resting_place = Greenview Cemetery

| party =

| spouse = David Settle Reid

| children =

| parents = Thomas Settle
Henrietta Graves

| relatives = Thomas Settle Jr. (brother)
Thomas Settle III (nephew)

| education =

| residence =

| occupation = planter

}}

Henrietta Williams Settle Reid (October 7, 1824 – March 3, 1913) was an American planter who, as the wife of David Settle Reid, was the first lady of North Carolina from 1851 to 1854.

Reid was born Henrietta Williams Settle on October 7, 1824.{{cite book |last1= Ham|first1= Marie Sharpe|last2= Blake|first2= Debra A.|last3= Morris|first3= C. Edwards|date= 2000|title= North Carolina's First Ladies 1891-2001, Who Have Resided in the Executive Mansion At 200 North Blount Street|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|publisher= The North Carolina Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee and the North Carolina Executive Mansion Fund, Inc.|pages= 101|isbn=0-86526-294-2}} She was the daughter of U.S. congressman Thomas Settle Sr. and Henrietta Williams Graves.{{Cite web|url=https://caswellcountync.org/getperson.php?personID=I1893&tree=tree1|title=Graves, Henrietta Williams b. 7 Apr 1799 Caswell County, North Carolina d. 1886 Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina: Caswell County Genealogy|accessdate=Dec 28, 2024}} She was a sister of the judge Thomas Settle.

She married her first cousin, David Settle Reid, on December 19, 1850.{{cite news |title=GOVERNOR DAVID S. REID, n.d., 1851-1854 |url=https://archives.ncdcr.gov/reid-david-s/open |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=Governors’ Papers |date=22 May 2003}} They had four children: David Jr., Thomas, Carrie, and Reuben David. They lived at the 700-acre Reid Plantation near the Dan River, where they enslaved twenty-two people. She later lived here as a widow for twenty years. From 1851 to 1854, she served as the state's first lady while her husband served as governor.

Reid died from pneumonia on March 3, 1913 in Reidsville, North Carolina.{{cite news |author= |title= Mrs. David S. Reid |date= March 3, 1913|url= https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11740998/henrietta-reid#view-photo=289379555|work= Richmond Times-Dispatch |location= Richmond, Virginia|access-date= December 28, 2024}}