Reynolds was born in County Antrim in the Kingdom of Ireland in 1779.
He attended the common schools and immigrated to the United States in 1798.
In 1804 he settled in Clarksville, Tennessee, and studied law.
[3] Reynolds died in Clarksville on June 10, 1851, at about age 71 years.
He is interred at the Riverside Cemetery in Clarksville, Tennessee,[4] alongside family members Joseph Reynolds and Bridget McCue.