Chris,
Thanks for the post.
On the 1841 census John Reid (1771) is recorded as being born in the county, Roxburghshire.
On the 1851 census he is recorded as being born in Jedburgh.
His death certificate records his birth place as Jedburgh and his parents as John Reid and Jeanie Turner. A transcript of a gravestone at Jedburgh abbey records John and Jean Buried in the plot of her father George Turner.
Therefore I believe the John Reid I am trying to find records for was highly likely to have been born in Jedburgh.
K.R’s
Jonno