Bios: Family History of Adam Smith, c 1745 - c 1813: Bedford Co, PA > KY
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ADAM SMITH
: Prepared by WILLIAM G SCROGGINS 04 Jul 1989
: 718 Mill Valley Drive, Taylor Mill KY 41015-2278
. ADAM SMITH
Born before 1745
Died 1813 Jefferson County, Kentucky
Married Mary Catherine Hayes
Born 1760
Died 23 Aug 1835
Children (order of birth unknown):
Margaret ³Peggy² Smith
b. c1780
d.
m. John McCarty 17 May 1798 Jefferson County, Kentucky
Mary Smith
b.
d.
m. James Mundell 02 Apr 1799 Jefferson County, Kentucky (bond
date)
Sarah Smith
b. 27 Jun 1783
d. 03 Sep 1835 Knox County, Indiana
m. James Hodgen 09 Aug 1804 Jefferson County, Kentucky
25. Rebecca Smith
b. 1787 Pennsylvania
d. before 1869
m. 24. Luther Martin 30 Jun 1808 Bullitt County, Kentucky
Benjamin Smith
b. 25 Apr 1793
d.
m. Melinda ------
James Smith
b. 12 Nov 1798
d. 05 Apr 1829
m. apparently not
Elizabeth Smith
b. c1794-1800
d.
m. John W Slaughter 06 Jun 1818 Jefferson County, Kentucky
Joseph Smith
b. c1801-1810
d.
m.
Adam Smith, who came to Jefferson County, Kentucky, from Bethel Township,
Bedford
County, Pennsylvania, which formerly was part of Ayr Township and Cumberland
County, may have been a son of William Smith who also had land in Ayr
Township,
Cumberland County.[Note 1] Mary Catherine (Catreene) Smith, the wife of Adam Smith,
probably was the daughter of George Hayes (Hayse, Hawse, Hause, Hoss, Horse),
who
had a daughter and heir Mary Smith and was a neighbor of Adam Smith in
Pennsylvania and Kentucky:[Note 2]
1762 William Lynn 100 (w)
1763 George Hoss 50 (unw, unsd)
William Lynn 100 (w)
Laurance Sligor 100 (unw, unsd)
William Smith 100 (unw, unsd)
1768 George Hoarse 147 (unw)
Eddis Linn 50 (unw)
Andrew Manu 105 (p)
Jacob Manu 100 (unw)
Barnet Manu 115 (unw)
Lawrence Sligar 100 (w)
William Smith 50 (w)
Adam Smith 190 (unw)
Peter Smith 115 (unw)
James Smith 200 (w)
1769 George Horse 100 (l)
Eddis Lynn 50 (l)
Andrew Mooney 100 (p)
Jacob Mooney 100 (l)
Bernard Mooney 100 (l)
Henry Slacker 100 (w)
Philip Slather 50 (l)
William Smith 50 (l)
Adam Smith 100 (l)
Peter Smith 70 (l)
James Smith 100
1770 George Horse 100 (l)
Eddis Linn 50 (l)
Jean Linn 150 (w)
Andrew Money 100 (p)
Jacob Money 150 (l)
Bernard Money 100 (l)
Lawrence Slack 100 (l)
Philip Slater 50 (l)
William Smith 50 (l)
Adam Smith 100 (l)
Peter Smith 50 (l)
James Smith 150 (l)
The abbreviations following the number of acres were not defined in the
transcript, but they may mean warranted, unwarranted, unsurveyed, patented and
leased.
Bedford County was erected from part of Cumberland County in 1771 and Bethel
Township was formed in 1773 from Ayr Township, so that many of the above men,
and
others whose names are associated with them, were taxed in Bethel Township,
Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1774:[Note 3]
John Fisher Barnet Mooney
James Graham Moses Reed (two mills)
George Horse Henry Rush
Addis Linn Jacob Rush Jr
Jane Linn Jacob Rush Sr
Nathan Linn Peter Rush
John McKinney Lawrence Slicken
Andrew Mann Adam Smith
John Martin Emanuel Smith
Richard Martin John Smith
Jacob Money (collector) Peter Smith
George Horse undoubtedly is George Hayes (Hayse, Hause) who died in Jefferson
County, Kentucky, about 1828, leaving a daughter Mary Smith.[Note 4] Manu, Mann,
Money
and Mooney are variant phonetic spellings of the name Muni. Lawrence Sligar
(Slicken) is Lawrence Sliger whose daughter Lena married Jacob Money and had a
daughter Leaney Money who married John Smith and moved to Jefferson County.
Lena
Mann married Peter Smith and also moved to Jefferson County.[Note 5] Adam Smith and
Mary
Catherine Hayes undoubtedly were married in Cumberland or Bedford counties,
before
moving to Jefferson County. Philip Slater (Slather) must have been Philip
Slaughter who had land next to the Smiths and probably was the father of John
Slaughter who married a daughter of Peter Smith and Lena Mann.[Note 6] William Linn
could have been, or at least must have been related to, the early voyager on
the Ohio River, between Pittsburgh and New Orleans, by that name, who was an
early settler of Jefferson County, where Linn Station was founded before
1780.[Note 7]
Since William Smith does not appear on the 1774 tax list, he may have died
between
1770 and 1774. Adam Smith and Peter Smith are known to have named sons
William,
so it is logical that William Smith, who was taxed as early as 1763, was the
father of Adam, Peter, John, James and Emanuel Smith. The disappearance of
James Smith from the tax lists after 1770 suggests that he was the James Smith
who explored Kentucky as early as 1767 and had improved land there, on the
Licking River, in 1773.[Note 8] Colonel James Smith had a New Jersey background which
ties in with the supposition that the Smiths came to Pennsylvania from that
colony, as did many of their neighbors. He was born about 1732 which suggests
that he could have been the eldest son of William Smith.
Cumberland County is somewhat east of Bedford County today. Situated southwest
of
Harrisburg, the county seat of Cumberland is Carlisle. The land of Adam Smith
was in the eastern part of Bedford County which became Fulton County in 1850.
The first settlers in that area arrived in the valley of Tonoloway Creek about
1755. Later some groups settled in the Great Cove and northern parts of the
county on land not officially acquired from the Indians. In 1750 the colonial
government of Pennsylvania burned some of the settlersı cabins to satisfy the
Indians. Five years later, the Indians attacked the settlers in what is called
The Great Cove Massacre. The prompted the government to erect a chain of forts
along the frontier, including Fort Littleton which was built in 1755. That
same year Forbes
Road was opened through the northern part of what became Fulton County.[Note 9]
Today Tonoloway Creek begins just north of the town of Sipes Mill in Fulton
County, not far from where US70 branches from the Pennsylvania Turnpike (US76)
to go south. East of Sideling Hill, the stream roughly parallels US70 until
both reach Hancock in Washington County, Maryland, where the creek empties
into the Potomac River. There is a Fort Tonoloway State Park at Hancock.
Morgan County, West Virginia, lies across the Potomac at this most narrow
point in western Maryland. West of Sideling Hill, the watershed drains north,
forming the Juniata River. The town of Bedford is situated in this area.[Note 10]
Adam Smith must have been born before 1745 to obtain land in 1766. On 31
October
1766 Adam Smith applied for and received an order (No. 1767) for a survey of
300
acres of land adjoining John McKinneyıs surveyed line on White Oak in Bethel
Township, Bedford County. The survey, made on 18 June 1774, resulted in a
tract of 223 acres, called Clover Field. that surrounded the northern base of
Tonoloway Hill in the rough shape of a horseshoe. Most of the acreage lay east
of the hill. The west arm of the tract included White Oak Run. The land was
situated about a half-mile above where White Oak Run empties into Tonoloway
Creek. John McKinneyıs land was on the east, Peter Smith owned land on the
north and John Smith owned land on the west. The land bounding Adam Smith on
the south was identified as surveyed land. The relationships of the Smiths has
not been proved but they probably were brothers. A warrant was issued by John
Penn and Thomas Penn, Co-proprietaries and Governors of the Province of
Pennsylvania, to accept the survey on 28 June 1774.[Note 11] On that same day a patent
was issued by the Penns and Adam Smith paid eleven pounds and three shillings,
sterling, lawful money of Pennsylvania, for the land, plus annual payments of
one penny per acre.[Note 12]
Peter Smithıs land, called Flowing Spring, was immediately adjoining Adam
Smith on White Oak Run. The stream apparently flows through a break in
Tonoloway Hill at the line which separated the two tracts. Peterıs parcel of
136 acres also wrapped around Tonoloway Hill in a horseshoe, but in the
reverse formation of Adamıs. The tracts abutted each other at the closed ends
of the irregular U-shapes, to form the rough outline of an H on a plat map
created by Bill Marshall.[Note 13] John McKinney adjoined Peter Smith on the east and
to Peterıs north, on a hill, was the land of George Horse. The tract was
surveyed on 18 June 1774 pursuant to Order No. 1763, dated 31 October 1766.[Note 14]
Andrew Mann had 105 acres next to Peter and north of McKinney. Lawrence Sliger
had a tract adjoining Andrew Mann on the north, that touched on the upper end
of the land of George Horse, around an area that was not shown as allocated.
North of George Horse was the land of John Rush which was later sold to Peter
Smith.
The tract surveyed for John Smith on 18 June 1774 was called Millers Hall and
contained 103 acres on Tonoloway Creek in Bethel Township, about four miles
from the provincial line. The tract, which included Moses Reedıs mill, was
surrounded by vacant barrens, Moses Reedıs land, vacant hills and pine
barrens. At one point the surveyor noted that the tract was near the land of
Adam Smith. The survey was in compliance with Order No. 1764, dated 31 October
1766.[Note 15] It is curious that John Smith was not taxed for his land in 1768, 1769
and 1770, as were Adam and Peter, although all of the orders for survey were
dated the same day in 1766, which indicates occupancy. Perhaps the tax on this
land was paid by either William or James Smith, since John was not born until
1750 and a minor in 1766.
The element of birth probably accounts for Emanuel not appearing on the tax
lists until 1774.
It has not been determined when the Smiths and their neighbors actually
settled on the Tonoloway. Their land was about forty miles from Fort Bedford
and probably closer to Fort Loudon, which was to the east. Life at Fort
Bedford and its village of Raystown, during 1763-1765 when the settlers were
fighting Chief Pontiac and the Indians, was described vividly by historical
novelist Hervey Allen, whose characters in Bedford Village depict what Adam
Smith might have been like and how he lived. Bedford Village (1944) is the
second of four volumes about colonial times in Pennsylvania, the Ohio Country
and New York State, which traced a manıs development from savagery to
civilization. The last book of the saga, which was intended to be called,
collectively, The Disinherited, had not been completed when the author died.
The other titles are The Forest and the Fort (1943), Toward the Morning (1948)
and the unfinished The City in the Dawn, under which title all four novels
were combined (1948) for publication.[Note 16]
Although the French and Indian War was ended in 1763 by the Treaty of Paris,
Pontiac did not stop fighting until 1766, so an influx of settlers probably
occurred then. By the Treaty of Paris, France ceded Canada and all her
possessions lying east of the Mississippi River to England and New Orleans and
all her possessions west of the Mississippi to Spain. Prominent in the French
and Indian War were the battles in western Pennsylvania, the surrender of Fort
Necessity by George Washington to the Frenchman Villiers on 04 July 1754, the
ill-fated expedition against Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) led by English General
Edward Braddock, who lost 1000 of his 2000 men in an ambush by the French and
Indians led by Beaujeu on 09 July 1755, and the capture of Fort Duquesne from
the French by Forbes on 25 November 1758. The transfer of the posts between
the Great Lakes and the Ohio River from the French to the British in 1763 led
to continued fighting
with the Indians, of which the leading figure was Pontiac, a chief of the
Ottawa tribe. Peace with Pontiac was not made until 1766. The French and
Indian War convinced the colonists of the necessity of union and the victory
stimulated their desire for self-government. With the defeat of the French,
the colonies no longer needed to depend upon England for protection against a
foreign power.
One Adam Smith served in Captain George Enslowıs Company of Pennsylvania
militia from Bedford County during the Revolutionary War. His tour of duty was
for two months, beginning 26 July 1783, for which he was paid 1 pound, 14
shillings.[Note 17]
Adam Smith and his wife Mary Catreene sold their 223 acres to John Fisher for
300
pounds on 09 May 1785:[Note 18]
This Indenture made the ninth day of May in the year our lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty five Between Adam Smith and his wife Mary catrene of
Bethel
township Bedford County and state of Pennsylvania of the one part and John
Fisher of the town of the township County and state aforesaid of the other
part Witnesseth that ... Adam Smith obtained an order of survay from the
survayor Generals office for three hundred acres of Land laying in Bethel
Township Bedford county and laying along white oak run about a half mile from
whear it Emties into tanalaway Creek and Number 1767 and dated the 31st day
of october 1766 ... from which Survay ... Adam Smith hath obtained a patten
for two hundred and twenty three acres of land ... and he hath full power
authority to convey the same Now know all men that ... Adam Smith and his
wife Mary catreene have for and in Consideration of the some of three hundred
pounds ... sold ... unto John Fisher ... all that ... tract of land whearon
... Adam Smith Now lives ... beginning at ... corner of John Mckinneyıs land
... by Peter Smithıs land ... near John Smithıs land ... by Conalaway hill
... in Witness whearof ... Adam Smith and mary catreene
his wife have hereunto Sat their hand and seals the day and year above
written Signed sealed and delivered in the presents of his
Henry Smith Moses reed adam X smith (Seal)
mark
her
mary catreen X smith (Seal)
mark
Bedford County SS personally appeared before me one of the justices of the
peace
for sd. County the within named adam smith and acknowledged the within
Instrument of writeing to be his act ... at the same time appeared his wife
Mary Catreene and being separately and apart Examined out of the hearing of
her husband and did relinquish her right of Dower ... this 9th day of May
1785
Moses Reed
A petition to the Governor of Pennsylvania by Bedford County residents, dated
14 November 1786, was signed by Benjamin Martin, Jacob Mann, Andrew Mann,
Barnet
Mann, George Hors, Henry Rush, John Rush and Moses Reed, all neighbors of Adam
Smith.[Note 19] Since Adam did not sign the petition, which pertained to an election,
perhaps he left the area after he sold his land in 1785 and before the
petition was written in 1786. However he may have been in Pennsylvania
somewhere in 1787, because his daughter Rebecca Smith Martin was described on
the 1850 census as a native of Pennsylvania, aged 63:[Note 20]
Luther Martin 65 M Farmer born MD
Rebecca Martin 63 F PA
Luther Martin 20 M KY
Rebecca Beaty 17 F KY
Sarah McKagg 12 F KY
Sarah Thixton 8 F KY
John Fisher bequeathed part of the tract that he bought from Adam Smith to
Peter Fisher by his will which apparently was not probated. On 21 August 1795
Peter Fisher obtained a deed to 110 acres of land on Tonoloway Creek in Bethel
Township, Bedford County, that were part of a larger tract belonging to John
Fisher, who left the 110 acres to Peter Fisher by his last will and testament.
Written after John Fisher was dead, the quit-claim deed cleared title to Peter
Fisher for 10 shillings paid to Frances Fisher; John and Mary Hill; Mary
Fisher, widow; John Fisher; Abraham and Ann Hess; George and Margaret Morgan;
and Jacob and Anny Fisher, all of Bethel Township. Identified as executrix,
Frances Fisher must have been the widow of John Fisher. Mary Hill, Ann Hess
and Margaret Morgan
undoubtedly were daughters and John and Jacob Fisher must have been sons of
John and Frances Fisher. Peter must have been a son also. The widow Mary
Fisher must have been the widow of a deceased son of John Fisher. The deed was
witnessed by Bernard Mann, Jr. and Elizabeth Fisher. All of the grantors
acknowledged the deed on the same day before Andrew Mann, Justice of the
Peace.[Note 21]
On 31 August 1795 Peter Fisher and his wife Deborah of Bethel Township,
Bedford County, sold 111 1/2 acres to Peter Smith, Sr. of the same place for
300 pounds. Containing 111 1/2 acres, the tract, named Clover Field, adjoined
Peter Smith, John Fisher and James McKinney. Peter and Deborah acknowledged
the deed before Andrew Mann on the same day.[Note 22]
The maiden name of Deborah Fisher was Smith, but her place in the family has
not been determined. Her granddaughter Rebecca Fisher, daughter of Henry
Fisher, married John Alfred Martin, son of Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith.
Born in 1770 Deborah was of the generation to be a niece of Adam Smith. It is
likely that she was a daughter of Peter Smith, Sr., since they remained in
Pennsylvania after the other families migrated to Kentucky. Peter and Deborah
Smith Fisher moved to Jefferson County, Kentucky, where they bought land in
1797. The deed was witnessed by Charles Harryman, Peter Hays, William Young,
Andrew Young and Philip Slaughter. Charles Harrymanıs daughter Rebecca married
Thomas Smith in Mercer County, Kentucky. Andrew Young married Susanna Smith,
daughter of Henry Smith, on 16 March 1801. Philip Slaughter married Sarah
Smith on 27 February 1806, with John Hays as bondsman. Peter Fisher and
Deborah Smith moved to Washington County, Indiana, before 1820.[Note 23]
Philip Slaughter, who married Sarah Smith in 1806, probably was born about
1785 and a contemporary of Silas J. Slaughter who was born in 1787, which
suggests that he was a son of John Slaughter and Margaret Smith. John W.
Slaughter has been described as having two brothers, Hiram and Jacob
Slaughter, but this source does not mention a son Silas or a son Philip.[Note 24]
Sarah Smith who married Philip Slaughter must have been the daughter of John
Smith and Leaney Money, whose husband has not been otherwise identified. Adam
Smithıs daughter Sarah married James Hodgen and itıs unlikely that Philip
Slaughter would have married a sister of his mother.
George Hayes (Hayse) of Jefferson County mentioned a son Peter and a daughter
Mary
Smith in his will, which was dated 24 March 1813 and witnessed by James
McKeaig, Alex Woodrow and John Slaughter. He bequeathed land to his oldest son
George; 100 pounds to his son Peter, because of a previous advance made to him
for the purchase of land, and land to his son John. Daughters Margaret
Sousley, Eve Snively and Mary Smith, with her three sons, were legatees.[Note 25]
The will of George Hayes gives two facts of evidence which indicate that Mary
Catherine Smith, the wife of Adam Smith, and Mary Smith, the daughter and heir
of George Hayes, are the same person. Mary Catherine Smith had three sons, as
did the daughter of George Hayes. In 1837 Eliza Martin, granddaughter of Adam
and Mary Catherine Smith and daughter of Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith,
married James McKeaig, who undoubtedly was a relative of the witness to the
will of George Hayes.
Philip Slaughter had 50 acres of land in Bedford County that adjoined Bernard
Mann
(Barnet Mance) and was north of the lands of Adam Smith, Peter Smith and John
Smith. Andrew Mann had land adjoining Peter Smith on the east and Lawrence
Sliger had a tract nearby that was adjacent to George Horse, Andrew Mann and
John Rush.[Note 26]
John W. Slaughter, who married Elizabeth Smith in Jefferson County, Kentucky,
on
06 June 1818,[Note 27] was a son of John Slaughter and Margaret Smith.[Note 28] John Slaughter
came to Kentucky from Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and probably was a son of
Philip Slaughter who had land there near the Smiths. Margaret Smith, a native
of
Pennsylvania and a daughter of Peter Smith and Lena Mann, died in February
1852 or
1853 at age 90.[Note 29] This calculates to a birth year of about 1762. John
Slaughter was orphaned at age eleven and entered military service in the
Revolutionary War in 1777 at age sixteen. In his pension application John
Slaughter stated that he was raised by Henry Rush of Bedford County and lived
with him after the war for two years. He left his service records with Henry
Rush when he moved to Kentucky about 1789.[Note 30] Since he was sixteen in 1777, John
Slaughter was born about 1761. To be orphaned at age eleven, his father died
about 1772, which would account for the absence of Philip Slaughter from the
1774 Bedford County tax list.
The Reverend John Dabney Shane interviewed John Slaughterıs son Silas J.
Slaughter in Illinois, and Silas, who was born in 1787, gave a brief account
of his familyıs settlement in Pennsylvania and migration to Kentucky:[Note 31]
My father came to Kentucky in 1786 - settled in Jacob Mooneyıs Station, on
Floydıs Fork of Salt River. Mooneyıs Station was southwest by south of now
Middletown - Jefferson County - The Station was not picketed in. There were
only a few horses, near round a neighborhood. Mooney came from Pennsylvania
two years before we did. It was forty miles from where they lived to Bedford,
Pa. John Smith, my uncle (my mother was a Smith) married Jacob Mooneyıs only
child. - My father came to Mongahala, & raised a crop there, before coming on
to Kentucky.
I was born in 1787. There was a Linnıs Station in that section.
There was a Newkirk lived on the adjoining farm (100 acres) to my fatherıs
100
acre farm. Tob(ias) Junis, Peter, Ben, Wm, were sons of his.
A. Hoagland & this Tobias Newkirk were about two miles off on Floydıs Fork,
fishing. The Indians shot them there fishing. The Indians were pursued, but
they got over the Ohio river before they could be overtaken.
The word horses in the first paragraph probably should read houses. The name
Mooney was spelled Money by the family. Tob(ias) Junis probably means Tobias,
Junior.
By referring to John Smith who married Leaney Money as his uncle, Silas
Slaughter implied that John was a brother of his mother Margaret Smith, who
has been identified as a daughter of Peter Smith and Lena Mann. John Smith,
who married Leaney Money, was born in 1750 and, as a contemporary of Peter
Smith, Sr., has been considered to be his brother. Perhaps the term uncle was
imprecise and meant great-uncle. John Slaughter who married Margaret Smith was
born in 1761. Peter Smith, Jr. was born in 1772.[Note 32] Peter Smith, Jr. of
Jefferson County, Kentucky, married (1) Martha Waters and (2) Catherine
Miller.[Note 33]
The narrative also suggests a scenario whereby Adam Smith left Bedford County
after he sold his land in 1785 and settled temporarily in southwestern
Pennsylvania on the Monongahela River, where his daughter Rebecca was born,
before proceeding to Kentucky.
John W. Slaughter gave consent in writing for his daughter Judith E. Slaughter
to marry Alfred Markwell, who obtained a marriage bond on 05 April 1844 with
John M. Stephens as surety. Stephens also proved the parental consent. There
was no ministerıs return reporting that the marriage occurred.[Note 34] Alfred
Markwell, who was born in 1813, was a son of George Markwell, Jr. (1787-1854)
and his first wife Mary Blunk (1792-1821). George Markwell, Sr. (1751-1828)
and his wife Jane (1750-1822), who were early settlers on Broad Run, came to
Jefferson County from Virginia and were Baptists. George Markwell, Sr. was
reputedly a native of Wales. They and their sons are buried in a graveyard on
the family homestead.[Note 35]
There was a Philip Slaughter who married Mary Ann Smith on 17 November 1842
with W. Holman conducting the ceremony. S. M. Osborne was surety on the bond,
which was dated 14 November 1842, and he swore that the parents of Mary Ann
Smith were dead and that she had no guardian.[Note 36]
Adam Smith was on the Jefferson County tax list in 1789:[Note 37]
Adam Smith 05-18-1789
Henry Smith 05-18-1789
John Smith 05-19-1789
John Slaughter 05-19-1789
John Mundle 07-24-1789
Jacob Mooney 05-19-1789
On 20 August 1791 Adam Smith of Jefferson County, Kentucky, bought 330 acres
on
Floydıs Fork in Jefferson County, from Squire and Jane Boone for 150 pounds,
which
was part of a 1500-acre tract entered in the name of William Peyton. Squire
and
Jane Boone acknowledged the deed on 08 March 1792.[Note 38]
On 25 August 1791 Henry Smith of Jefferson County bought 70 acres of the same
tract from the Boones for 35 pounds and 230 acres on the waters of Floydıs
Fork, which was part of a 1000-acre tract entered by William Payne, from the
Boones for 100 pounds.[Note 39]
John Slaughter of Jefferson County bought 130 acres of the Payne entry, the
boundaries of which began at Henry Smithıs southwest corner, from the Boones
on 25 August 1791, for 66 pounds.[Note 40]
John Mundell (Mundle) of Jefferson County bought 500 acres of the 1500-acre
Peyton
entry from the Boones on 28 August 1791 for 200 pounds. This parcel was
described
as beginning about 75 poles above the mouth of Elk Run, generally known as
Chenowethıs Run, and crossing an island in Floydıs Fork.[Note 41]
John Smith bought 200 acres of the Peyton survey on Floydıs Fork from the
Boones on 22 September 1797 and sold it to George Finley on 20 June 1798.[Note 42]
A map of Jefferson County, showing land holdings during 1774-1784, shows the
1500-
acre tract of William Peyton straddling Floydıs Fork above its confluence with
Broad Run. The south boundary of the square-shaped Peyton tract lay slightly
north of Broad Run. The west boundary of the parcel was east of Big Run and
paralleled, at a short distance away, the line that is now Bardstown Road. The
present-day Fairmount Road, which runs east from Bardstown Road, approaches
the center of the west boundary of the former Peyton tract at a point above
where the road turns southeasterly after crossing Big Run. An unpaved road
extending east from Fairmount Road, at this curve, apparently cuts into the
central portion of the west half of the Peyton tract. The northeast corner of
the tract must have been about where Seatonville is located today. The north
boundary ran from there westward along, and north of, the east-west stretch of
Floydıs Fork to a point near Big Run. It has not been determined precisely
which part of the Peyton tract Adam Smith purchased from Squire Boone, but it
probably was the land shown on an atlas map of Jefferson County in 1858 as
belonging to B. Smith. B. Smith, who probably was Benjamin Smith, resided on a
large tract of land west of Floydıs Fork and east of Big Run on the high
ground between the streams. An 1879 atlas map identified that land as
belonging to B. Smith Est., which suggests that Benjamin Smith was dead and
the land was in the hands of his heirs or administrators. The north boundary
of B. Smithıs land was about the same latitude as Floydıs Fork, where it turns
abruptly from a westerly direction toward the south. The south boundary line
was about where Turkey Run enters the east side of Floydıs Fork. Geo. Hawes
and P. Hawes (Hause, Hoss, Horse, Hayse) had adjacent tracts.[Note 43]
Benjamin Smith was enumerated on the Federal Census for District 2 of
Jefferson County, Kentucky, on 04 October 1850:[Note 44]
Benjamin Smith 57 M Farmer born KY Real Est Value $3500
Melinda Smith 49 F unknown
Emanuel Smith 21 M Farmer KY
James Smith 19 M Farmer KY
Mary Smith 17 F KY
Alfred Smith 15 M KY
Christopher Smith 14 M KY
Sidney Smith 12 F KY
Samuel Smith 10 M KY
Wm Smith 8 M KY
Adeline Smith 6 F KY
Newton Smith 4 M KY
Since Benjamin who have been about 36 and Melinda about 28 when Emanuel was
born
about 1829, he probably was not their oldest or first child. Benjamin and
Melinda probably were married before 1820, when she would have been 19 and he
27. Perhaps they had other, older children including a son named Adam. Emanuel
Smith married Amanda Cummins and had a son Jasper Smith who married Susan
Wise. Susan Wise was a daughter John Andrew Jackson Wise and Angeline Scott.
Angeline Scott was a daughter of Buford Scott and Sally Martin. Sally Martin
was a daughter of Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith. Tradition among descendants
of Benjamin Smith was that he came to Kentucky on horseback with two brothers
and settled in Jefferson County while his brothers settled near Paducah,
Kentucky.[Note 45] Paducah is in McCracken County and there were Smiths there in
1850.[Note 46]
John A. J. Wise came from Pennsylvania in 1865 and bought land from his
brother-in-law William J. Scott. He died in 1869 and Angeline Scott Wise died
in 1914.[Note 47] William Scott married Deborah Jane Graham, daughter of James Graham
and Hannah Fisher, on 05 September 1856.[Note 48]
Squire Boone was assigned the 1500-acre tract by William Peyton, in whose name
it had been entered on 17 April 1781. It was surveyed on 27 August 1786. Boone
sold it in parcels:[Note 49]
Adam Smith 330 acres 20 Aug 1791
Henry Smith 70 acres 25 Aug 1795
John Mundle 500 acres 28 Aug 1791
Benjamin Stafford 100 acres 28 Aug 1791
John McManus 100 acres 29 Aug 1791
Jacob Myers 204 acres 19 May 1795
John Smith 200 acres 22 Sep 1797
Henry Smith sold 288 acres 03 Aug 1819 to Geo C
Finley
Nicholas McCarty was granted 1000 acres on 16 September 1783 and his heirs
sold 500 acres of it to James Chenoweth on 16 September 1800. Thomas McCarty,
who was with General Clarkıs expeditions of 1780, 1782 and 1786, was granted
two tracts of 400 acres each on 15 January 1783. He sold one to James Patton
and the other to William Oldham on 07 September 1787. William Payne entered
1000 acres on 02 July 1781 which was contested by William Fleming who
eventually relinquished his claim to the land and it passed to Sarah Thompson
and from her to Squire Boone. He sold 230 acres to Henry Smith on 20 August
1791 and 130 acres to John Slaughter on 25 August 1791. Henry Smith also
bought 500 acres on 01 September 1798 from a tract of 10,200 acres granted to
William Fleming on 16 July 1785. Peter Hause (Hauss) bought 200 acres of the
Fleming tract on 28 August 1797 and 225 acres of it on 20 August 1801.[Note 50]
John Mundellıs portion of the Peyton tract was out of the north part, near the
north boundary of the Smith parcel. The Mundell (Mundle) tract was described
as being near the mouth of Elk Run (Chenoweth Run). Chenoweth Run enters the
north side of Floydıs Fork, just east of the big bend, referred to above.
Mundell built the first mill near the town of Fern Creek, which was later sold
to the Funk family.[Note 51] Mills are shown on Funk land at the confluence of
Chenoweth Run and Floydıs Fork on the 1879 atlas map of Jefferson County.[Note 52]
North of the big curve in Floydıs Fork, near the intersection of Seatonville
Road and Billtown Road, is Cedar Springs Church of Christ. The original church
building, which was located on a bluff overlooking the valley of Floydıs Fork,
was erected on land purchased by John Smith from Squire Boone in 1804.[Note 53]
The Jefferson County home of Squire Boone and his wife Jane Van Cleve was a
two-
room stone house, approximately 12ı x 24ı, on Turkey Run at Stout Road.[Note 54]
Turkey
Run flows from the east into Floydıs Fork. Squire Boone was a brother of
Daniel Boone and, with him, one of the early explorers of Kentucky.
When Margaret Smith and John McCarty were married on 17 May 1798 in Jefferson
County, Kentucky, Henry Pottorff officiated at the wedding. The bond was dated
01 May 1798 and William Young was the surety. The Jefferson County bond for
Mary Smith and James Mundell was dated 02 April 1799, with Henry Smith as
bondsman and S. Gwathmey was a witness. Reuben Smith conducted the wedding but
the date of the
ceremony was not recorded.[Note 55]
Adam Smith and his two sons-in-law were taxed in Jefferson County in 1800,
along
with many other Smiths:[Note 56]
Adam Smith 09-03-1800
George Horse 09-03-1800
Peter Horse 09-03-1800
John McCarty 09-03-1800
James Mundell 09-03-1800
John Slaughter 09-03-1800
Henry Smith 09-03-1800
John Smith 09-03-1800
Jacob Moonney 09-03-1800
Rebecca Smith and Luther Martin were married in Bullitt County, Kentucky, by
Simeon Hall on 30 June 1808.[Note 57]
Luther Martin probably was related to James Martin of Bedford County,
Pennsylvania, who was a militia colonel of Welsh ancestry. James Martin
settled at the Crossing of Juniata in Bedford County about the time of the
Revolutionary War. According to the recollections of his grandson William T.
Martin, James Martin lived there with his family during 1793-4. William T.
Martin was a son of Benjamin Martin and Margaret Mann who were married in
Bedford County on 24 October 1786 by Joseph Powel, Minister of the Gospel.
Margaret Mann was a daughter of Colonel Andrew Mann who came to America from
Germany when he was a child. Andrew Mann, whose name originally was Money, had
two brothers Jacob and Bernard. Jacob used the spelling Mauney or Money and
moved to Jefferson County, Kentucky. Bernard used the variation, Mooney.
Leaney Money, daughter of Jacob, married John Smith in 1773.[Note 58] Jacob Mann,
brother of Margaret Mann Martin, had a son John Mann who lived in Hancock,
Maryland, where Tonoloway Creek, the stream on which Adam Smith lived in
Bedford County, empties into the Potomac River. Luther Martin was born in
Maryland about 1785. Benjamin Martin, Jr., brother of William T. Martin, named
a son Wesley Martin and Luther Martin named a son Weston Martin. The Juniata
River, on which James Martin lived, is just west of Tonoloway Creek.
Captain James Martin of the Bedford County, Pennsylvania, militia married
Sarah Thomas on 19 October 1759 and their son Benjamin Martin married Sarah
Mann.[Note 59] Martin may or may not be a Welsh name but Thomas is and the minister
Powel probably was of Welsh extraction.
The German origins of the Muni, Mauney, Money, Mooney or Mann family may
relate somehow to the apparently Germanic name of the wife of Adam Smith, Mary
Catreene
(Catrina?).
Adam and Mary Smith were enumerated on the 1810 Federal Census for Jefferson
County with three sons and one daughter living at home:[Note 60]
Adam Smith 1 M 45+ 1 F 45+ (Mary)
1 M 16-26 (Benjamin) 1 F 10-16 (Elizabeth)
1 M 10-16 (James)
1 M -10 (Joseph)
John McCarty 1 M 45+ 1 F 16-26
1 M 26-45 2 F -10
1 M 10-16
1 M -10
John Slaughter 1 M 45+ 1 F 45+ (Margaret)
3 M 16-26 (Silas & ?) 1 F 10-16
1 M 10-16 1 F -10
The tabulation for John McCarty indicates that he and Peggy Smith had a child
after their marriage in 1798 and before 1800, plus three born between 1880 and
1810. It suggests that he was the male aged 26-45 and that Peggy was born
between after 1784. The older man may have been Johnıs father.
Silas Slaughter, who was born in 1787, could have been one of the males aged
16-26 with John and Margaret Smith Slaughter. John W. Slaughter, who married
Elizabeth Smith in 1818, could have been one of those or the younger male.
Rebecca Smith was tabulated with her husband Luther Martin in adjoining
Bullitt County, into which Floydıs Fork flows from Jefferson County, not far
from the Smithıs residence:[Note 61]
Luther Martin 1 M 16-26 1 F 16-26 (Rebecca)
2 F -10 (Polly) (Sally)
Adam Smith died before 30 September 1813 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, when
the
Jefferson County Court ordered an appraisal of his personal estate by James
Guthrie, Samuel Mills, Benjamin Stafford and Bartlett Asher. An inventory and
appraisement was filed in Court by all four men on 14 March 1814. The
inventory of farm animals, tools, utensils and furniture also included a small
nursery of apple and peach trees. Additionally three legatees of Adam Smith,
his sons-in-law John McCarty, James Mundell and Luther Martin, delivered
nearly identical amounts of property into the ³hotchpot,² which is a pooling
of property for equitable division, in English law. Polly Smith was identified
as his executrix:[Note 62]
Jefferson County Sct September County Court 1813 Ordered that James Guthrie
Bartlett Asher Samuel Mills Benjamin Stafford or any three being first sworn to
appraise the personal Estate of Adam Smith decd and make report thereof to
Court A copy Teste Worden Pope CJC
September 30th 1813
This day James Guthrie Samuel Mills and Benjamin Stafford and Bartlett Asher
personally Came before me and made oath to the requesition of the within Order
Given under my hand the day first written
Haley Buckner JP JC
Appraisement of the Estate of Adam Smith deceased
In obedience to an Order of the County Court of Jefferson County to us
directed to appraise the personal property of Adam Smith decd We the
undersigned do make the following Inventory and appraisement Bill towit
Dls Cents
One Bay Horse 30 00
One Sorrelmare 50 00
One bay Mare 10 00
One bay Filley 40 00
One Sorrel Horse 60 00
One Bay Mare 45 00
77 Head of Hogs 77 00
One Cow and Calf 10 00
4 head of year old Calves 10 00
One Cow and Bull 12 00
One bobtailed Cow 11 00
One red Cow 10 00
One red Steer 7 00
One Speckled Heffer 9 00
One white face Steer 10 00
One pided and Brindle heifer 7 00
One Heffer and 2 year old past Stears 14 00
One year old past Heffer 4 00
13 Head of Sheep 19 50
One wheat fan 6 00
One Iron pitchfork one Iron Shovle & 2 rakes 1 00
One rye Stack 12 00
$454 50
Three wheat stacks 38 00
Three Oats Stacks 25 00
One but of a Rye Stack 6 00
One reck of Hay 18 00
One plow Dobletree & two Clevises 9 00
One Set of plow Irons dobletrees & twisted link & clevises 9 00
One Harrow & 14 Iron teenth 2 50
One foot Addze 1 00
One mattax and two weading hoes 2 00
One log Chain 1 50
One drawing knife one Cutting knife and Steel 2 00
Three pitching Axes 4 00
One grind Stone 1 00
One hand saw One Iron square 1 auger and two Chesels 3 00
One mowing sithe & hangings 2 00
two Iron wedges 2 00
One broad axe 1 50
Sundry old Iron 1 25
One dung fork 1 00
Shovel and tongs 1 50
4 Sets of Horse Gears 16 00
4 Blind Bridles 2 00
2 pair of Brichen and 2 pair of hip straps 8 00
One pair of Styleards 3 00
One loom and tacklings and five slays 15 00
One kitchen Table and doe tray 1 50
One half Bushel Meashure ³ 50
two Broken Iron pots 2 50
Two dutch Ovens & 2 small pots and one Skillett 7 00
One wash Kettle One tub and one barrel 5 00
two pot racks and one frying pan 4 00
One pan of flat Irons 1 00
Kitchen dresser furniture 6 00
Two flax wheels one Big wheel and reel 5 00
Two Bead stands Beads and furniture 60 00
A small quantity of wool flax and Cotting 5 00
Two sickles 1 00
One mans saddle and One side saddle 20 00
One Bead Beadstand and two pillers 12 00
One Table and six Chairs 6 00
Cubboard furniture 12 00
Two pair of sheep shears one watering pott)
Cantron one tin Buckett & sassage Horn ) 4 00
One Beadstand Bead and furniture 30 00
One Beadstand Bead and furniture & 7 sheats 45 00
One rifle gun 10 00
A small quantity of flax thread & wooling yard 6 00
Sundry old books 2 00
31 gees and 20 lb of feathers 14 23
The new wood work of a waggon)
And sundry Old Iron ) 32 37
One set of plow Irons 2 50
A reck of flax in the Bundle 6 00
A small nursery of Appletrees 6 00
A small nursery of peach trees 2 00
James Guthrie
his
Bartlett X Asher
mark
Samuel Mills
Benjamin Stafford
The following lists of property were delivered into hotchpot by the following
named legatees of Adam Smith deceased towit
John McCarty legatee
One year old past Colt one Cow and Calf and three sheep $ 30 00
One Beadstand Bead and furniture with 7 sheets 40 00
One sow and pigs and 120 lb of pork 5 00
Cubboard furniture 3 25
One flax wheel and one buckett 4 50
James Mundell Legatee
One year old past Colt one cow & calf one heffer & three sheep 32 00
One Beadstand Bead and furniture with 7 sheets 40 00
One sow and piggs and 120 lb of porke 5 00
Cubboard furniture 3 25
One flax wheel and One Buckett 4 50
Luther Martin Legatee
One year old past Colt one Cow & Calf)
One heifer and three sheep ) 32 00
One Bead stand Bead furniture with 7 sheets 40 00
Cubboard furniture 3 25
One sow and Piggs and 120 lb of pork 5 00
One flax wheel and One Buckett 4 50
At a County Court held for Jefferson County at the Court house in Louisville on
the 14th day of March 1814 the within appraisement Bill of the Estate of Adam
Smith deceased was returned received and ordered to be recorded which is done
accordingly
Teste Worden Pope CJC
Sales of the Estate of Adam Smith Deceased
Vendue list or sale Bill of the personal property of Adam Smith decd
Polly Smith two Broad Hoes and one mattax 1 71 1/2
August Frederick One Axe 1 50
Moses Holmes One meet axe - 75
Coonrod Bush Cutting knife and Steele 1 75
August Frederick One drawing knife - 25
Polly Smith one log chain 2 4
Ditto One Axe 2 8
Bartlett Asher One dung fork 1 50
Abraham H murphey One grind stone - 58
Polly Smith two Potts 1 8
John Thickston One small pot - 50
Luther Martin One dutch Oven 1 38 1/3
Polly Smith hand saw and Iron square 1 -
George Pottorff one auger and two Chissels - 91 1/2
Thomas Stafford One foot addze 1 17
William Hayse One Hand axe 1 83
Thomas Buckner Sundry old Iron - 75
Polly Smith dutch oven pott & Skillett 4 25
ditto One Table & doe tray - 58
Adam L Mills One Cow and Calf 14 75
Haley Buckner One Cow and Bull 10 50
John Portoff One red Steer 10 -
ditto One White face steer 11 75
Jesse Stafford One small red steer 3 75
ditto One ditto red and white steer 3 75
William Kirke One red heffer calf 2 50
Ditto One spotted calf 2 50
John Smith One white faced Heifer 10 00
Polly Smith One Bay Horse 11 00
William Miller One Bay mare 6 00
Jacob Shafer One two year old filley 40 00
Polly Smith One stack of oats 6 8
Leonard Hoke One stack of oats 5 00
ditto ditto ditto 7 -
Benja Stafford One but of a rye stack 5 -
Jacob Hause One wheat stack 4 -
ditto ditto ditto 15 50
ditto ditto ditto 13 00
Benjamin Stafford One rye stack 10 -
John Hause One hay reck 16 -
James Earickson Three sheep 6 -
Ditto Ditto Ditto 5 -
Ditto Ditto Ditto 4 -
Moses Holmes One wheet Fan 7 -
Louis J Holmes one Barshear plow 3 -
Polly Smith 6 Hogs 7 -
Joseph Kirkpatrick 6 hogs 13 25
John Thickston 6 Hogs 10 -
Abraham Cole 6 Hogs 8 -
----- Barnett 6 Hogs 5 -
Ditto 10 ditto 6 -
Adam Smith 12 Hogs 6 -
Abraham Cole 12 Hogs 4 -
Benjamin Stafford 14 piggs 3 -
John Hause One feather bead & 2 pillers 14 -
Andrew Causs one flax wheel 2 -
William Bell a small quantity of wool 1 50
Jesse Stafford Shovel and tongs 2 58
Andrew Cauess one pair of wool Cards - 29
Polly Smith one loom & tacktings & 5 slase 13
Jacob Shafer ten Geese 3 33 1/3
ditto ditto 3 33 1/3
Ditto Eleven ditto 3 33 1/3
Moses Williamson One reck of flax 7 -
Peter Hayse a small nursery of appletrees 5
127 62
Polly Smith admx 223 08
25 57 1/3
376 27 1/3
Adam L. Mills Admr
At a County Court held for Jefferson County at the Court house in
Louisville on the 14th day of March 1814 the within list of sale of the
Estate of Adam Smith deceased was returned received and ordered to be
recorded which is done accordingly
Teste Worden Pope CJC
Jefferson County Sct December County Court 1814
On the Motion of Polly Smith and Adam L. Mills It is ordered that John
Miller,
Benjamin Stafford and Haley Buckner or any two of them be and they are hereby
appointed Commissioners to Settle the accounts of the Said Smith and Mills as
admrs of the estate of Adam Smith deceased & make report to the Court.
A Copy Test. Isaac H. Tyler D.C. Sec
In obedience to an order from the Jefferson County Court appointing us
Commissioners to Settle the accounts of Adam Smith deceased and Polly Smith
and Adam L. Mills administrators of the Said estate in obedience thereunto we
Benjamin Stafford and Haley Buckner make the following report on the 25th day
of February 1815 towit
The amount of Property & different articles taken by the Widow at
appraisement
To one Sorrel mare @ $ 50.00
To one Sorrel horse @ 60. 1 Bay mare @ 45. 105.00
To 2 Calves @ 5$ one bob tail Cow @ 11 16.00
To 1 red Cow @ $10. and speckled heifer @ $9. 19.00
To 1 year old heifer @ 4$ and 4 sheep @ 6$ 10.00
To 1 Iron Pitch fork one iron shovel & 2 Rakes 1.00
To 1 plow and double tree and 2 clevises @ 9. 9.--
To 1 set plow irons doubletree, 1 twisted link & 2 claves 9.--
To 1 harrow and 14 iron teeth @ 2.50 2.50
To 1 mowing Sythe & hanging 2.--
To 2 iron wedges @ $2 and 4 Set of horse gear @ 16 18.00
To 4 blind Bridles 2.00
To a pair of Britches & 2 pare of hip straps 8.00
To 1 pair of Steelyards @ 3 and 1 half Bushel 3.50
To 1 Wash Kettle one tub and one Bairel 5.00
To 2 Potracks and 1 frying pan @ 4$. 1 par flat irons 1$ 5.00
To kitchen dresser furniture @ 6. 6.00
To 1 flax wheel and big wheel and reel 3.00
To 2 sickles $1. - 1 mans saddle & 1 woman saddle 20$ 21.00
To 2 Bedstands Beds & furniture @ 60 60.00
To a small quantity flax and Cotton 3.50
To 1 table & six chears @ 6$ Cubart furnity @ 12 18.00
To 2 pair of sheep shears one watering pot, lantern
one tin bucket and sassage horn 4.00
To 1 Bedstead Bed and furniture 30.00
To 1 ditto do do do and 7 sheets 45.00
To 1 rifle gun $ 10. a small quantity of flax thread wooling yarn 6.00
Sundry old books appraised to $2. but could not be sold -----
To 20lb of feathers 6.73 6.73
To new wood work of a Waggon & sundry old irons 32.37
To 1 pided & Brindled heifer 7.00
To 1 small nurcery of peach trees 2.00
Total 519.60
The amount of Sale 376.27
895.87
The Expenders
By 62 1/2 cents paid Bartlett Asher for 1 day appraising 62.5
By do paid James Guthrie for do 62.5
By do paid Samuel Mills for do 62.5
By 50 cents paid Haley Buckner for attending appraisers 50.
By $4. paid Wm Arterburn for Crying Sale 4.00
By 62 1/2 Cents paid Benjamin Stafford for appraising 62.5
By 6 1/2 gallons of whiskey for the Sale 3.25
By Clerks fee Bill 1.80
By account paid Benjamin Stafford for 5 1/2 gallons whiskey 2.62.5
By $5:6 1/2 Cents paid Arthur Chenoweth on account 5. 6.5
By account paid John Bishea for Smith Work 1.37.5
By $8. paid Bartlett Asher on accounts 8 -- -
By $12.50 paid on account of McCotts 12.50
By 62 1/2 expended in a Suit Polly Smith admr. agst. Jesse Kesh 62.5
By Clerks fee Bill 1.38.5
By $5 paid Mathis Rose on a note 5 -- -
By $3 paid Moses Holmes on a note 3 -- -
By Services rendered by Adam L. Mills admr. to the Amount of 13 -- -
65.00.0
Subtract $65 from $895.87 Cents it leaves a ballance 830.87.-
By $2. paid Commissioners Subtract 2.00
828.87
Haley Buckner )
Benjamin Stafford) Commissioners
At a County Court held for Jefferson County at the Court house in Louisville on
the thirteenth day of March 1815. The Within Settled account of Polly Smith
and
Adam L. Mills administrators of Adam Smith deceased was returned and Ordered
to be recorded and is recorded in my office
Test Worden Pope Clerk
The administrator Polly Smith must have been the widow Mary Catherine Smith, who
was identified in one family record as Mary Smith who was born in 1760 and died on
23 August 1835. She is buried in Chenoweth Run Cemetery. This record states that
Adam Smith died before 22 June 1818 and was survived by his widow Mary Smith, who
was taxed for 175 acres on Floydıs Fork in Jefferson County in 1830. Adam and
Mary had seven children, Joseph Smith; Mary, who married James Mundle on 02 April
1799 and moved to Clinton County, Indiana; Margaret, who married John McCarty on
01 May 1798 and moved to Indiana; Benjamin, who was born on 25 April 1793 and
lived in Jeffersontown, Kentucky; James, who was born on 12 November 1798 and died
on 05 April 1829; Sarah, who married James Hodgen and went to Knox County,
Indiana; and Elizabeth, who married John W. Slaughter on 06 June 1818.[Note 63]
Chenoweth Run rises south of Middletown and runs south, past Jeffersontown,
and enters Floydıs Fork near Seatonville. Chenoweth Run Cemetery is three
miles south of Jeffersontown, between Billtown and Chenoweth Run roads, at the
site of the former Chenoweth Run Baptist Church which was founded in 1792. In
1849 the congregation sold the church and land build a new house of worship at
another location. John and Jane Mundle were charter members of the church.
When seventy members of the congregation voted to start a new church, as a
Church of Christ, in 1832, Deborah Fisher was one of the twenty Baptists who
remained at the church as a Baptist.[Note 64]
The above list of seven children did not include Rebecca Smith, who married
Luther Martin, although Luther Martin was identified as a legatee of Adam
Smith in the settlement of his estate.
When Elizabeth Smith married John W. Slaughter on 06 June 1818 in Jefferson
County, she was identified as the daughter of Adam Smith, deceased. Luther
Martin was surety on the bond, which was issued on 05 June 1818, and J. W.
Harrison was a witness. James Vance performed the ceremony.[Note 65]
The declaration that Adam Smith died before 22 June 1818 must have been based
on a deed of that date, whereby Margaret Smith and her husband John McCarty
sold their share of her deceased fatherıs land. Her portion of the real estate
was 1/8th, which indicates that there were eight children who divided his
land:[Note 66]
This indenture made this 22nd day of June one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen between John McCarty and Peggy his wife, who was Peggy Smith
daughter of Adam Smith deceased, of the State of Indiana of the one part and
James Smith of the State of Kentucky of the other part witnesseth that the
said John McCarty and Peggy his wife for ... two hundred dollars ... paid by
James Smith ... have ... sold ... unto ... James Smith ... one eighth part of
three hundred and thirty acres of land which the said Adam Smith died seized
and possessed of lying and being in Jefferson County on Floydıs Fork and part
of fifteen hundred acre survey entered in the name of William Peyton ... In
witness whereof .John McCarty and Peggy his wife have set their hand to
and seal on the day and year above written
John McCarty (Seal)
Peggy McCarty (Seal)
The deed was acknowledged by John and Peggy on the same day in Jefferson
County.
On 04 October 1819 James Mundell (Mundle) and his wife who was Mary Smith,
daughter of Adam Smith, deceased, of the State of Indiana, sold 1/8th part of
330 acres, that formerly belonged to Adam Smith, to Benjamin Smith for $200.[Note 67]
The identification of seven children in the Jobson data probably is based on
the deeds wherein seven of his children are identified. A record of the
disposition of their share by Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith has not been
found. On 12 March 1821 Mary Smith, widow of Adam Smith, Joseph Smith,
Benjamin Smith, James Smith, John Slaughter and his wife Elizabeth, all of
Jefferson County, Kentucky, and James Hodgen and his wife Sarah of Knox
County, Indiana, heirs and devisees of Adam Smith, executed a document in
favor of Bartlett Asher and his wife Margaret for $1.00 to effect a division
of Adam Smithıs 330-acre farm.[Note 68]
On 05 October 1835 James Mundell and his wife Mary, of Clinton County,
Indiana,
again conveyed to Benjamin Smith of Jefferson County, Kentucky, for $55.56 1/4
cents, all their undivided interest in a parcel of land on Floydıs Fork in
Jefferson County which was owned by Adam Smith.[Note 69]
On the same day James and Mary Mundell of Clinton County, Indiana, conveyed to
Benjamin Smith of Jefferson County, Kentucky, their 1/7th part of the interest
of James Smith, deceased, in the land upon which Benjamin Smith lived.[Note 70] This
indicates that James Smith died without a wife or children as heirs and that
his share of his fatherıs land passed equally to his seven surviving siblings.
Mary Smith, the widow of Adam, appears to have been enumerated next door to
her
son-in-law John W. Slaughter in Jefferson County in 1820:[Note 71]
Mary Smith 1 F 45+
1 M 26-45 (James)
1 M 16-26 (Joseph)
Jno W Slaughter 1 M 45+ 1 F 45+
1 M 26-45 (John) 1 F 16-26 (Elizabeth)
1 M 16-26 1 F 10-16
1 M -10
The older male with Mary Smith probably was her son James, whose actual age in
1820 would have been 22. The identity of the older couple with John and
Elizabeth has not been determined.
Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith were tabulated on the 1820 census in Jefferson
County near Jacob, Adam and John Smith:[Note 72]
Luther Marttin 1 M 26-45 1 F 26-45 (Rebecca Smith Martin)
2 M -10 3 F -10
Jacob Smith 1 M 45+ 1 F 45+ (Anne Williamson Smith)
1 M 10-16 1 F 16-26
5 F 10-15
Adam Smith 1 M 26-45 1 F 26-45 (Sally Ballard Smith)
2 M -10 5 F -10
John Smith 1 M 26-45 1 F 16-26 (Elizabeth Hall Smith)
1 M -10 2 F -10
The 1820 census for Indiana lists John McCarty in Crawford County, James
Hodgen in Knox County and James Mundell in Lawrence County:[Note 73]
John McCarty 2 M 26-45 1 F 26-45 (Margaret Smith McCarty)
2 M 16-26 2 F 10-16
2 M -10 1 F -10
James Hodgens 1 M 26-45 1 F 26-45 (Sarah Smith Hodgens)
1 M 16-26 1 F 10-16
2 M -10 2 F -10
Jeremiah Hodgens 1 M 16-26 1 F 16-26 (Nancy Smith Hodgens)
1 F -10
William Hodgens 1 M 45+ (Jno Smith) 1 F 45+ (Leaney Money Smith)
1 M 26-45 (William) 1 F 26-45 (Leaney Smith Hodgens)
1 M 16-26 1 F -10
1 M 10-16
2 M -10
James Mundle 1 M 26-45 1 F 26-45 (Mary Smith Mundell)
2 M 16-26 2 F -10
1 M 16-18
2 M 10-16
3 M -10
One of the males aged 16-26 with John McCarty and Margaret Smith in 1820 was
their
son Adam Smith McCarty who was born in 1801, married Mary Ann McMickle
Sellers,
and died in 1887 in Crawford County, Indiana. Mary Ann McMickle Sellers was
born
about 1811 in Harrison County, Indiana.[Note 74]
The couple aged 45 and over with William Hodgen may have been his in-laws John
and
Leaney Money Smith.[Note 75]
Since James Hodgen and Sarah Smith were married in 1804, the male aged 16-26
probably was not a son of Sarah. He could have been a son of James by a prior
marriage. James Hodgen, who was about twenty years older that Sarah, probably
was a brother of William Hodgen who married Leaney Smith, daughter of John, on
07 February 1811, and perhaps the father of Jeremiah Hodgen, who married Nancy
Smith, daughter of Jacob, on 08 April 1819. Both appear on page 87 of the Knox
County census with him.
When Sarah Smith and James Hodgen were married in Jefferson County on 09 August
1804, John Hayse was bondsman and George Pope was a witness. James Hodgen was
born about 1763. He died on 04 October 1822 at age 59 and is buried in the Upper
Indiana Cemetery, Palmyra Township, Knox County, Indiana. Sarah Smith Hodgen
is also buried there:[Note 76]
James Hodgens died Oct 4, 1822, age 59
Sarah, consort of James Hodgens, June 27, 1783 - Sept. 3, 1835
Indiana Hodgens, Dec 21, 1814 - Jan. 15, 1841
Robert Hodgens, died Jan. 24, 1877, age 59, 5 mo., 13 da.
Martha Hodgen, wife of Robert Hodgen, June 13, 1833 - Mar. 20, 1898
Robert Hodgenıs birth date was about 1818 so he and Indiana Hodgen apparently
were
children of Sarah Smith Hodgen. Sarah Smith Hodgens was born on 28 December
1779,
so the Sarah buried with James Hodgens, may be a subsequent wife.[Note 77]
Jacob, Adam and John Smith, who were enumerated near Luther Martin on the 1820
census, were the sons of John Smith and Leaney Money. On 22 April 1818 John
and Leaney Smith made deeds of gift of 113 1/3 acres each to their sons Jacob,
Adam and John. The land, which was on Cedar Creek in Jefferson County,
descended to Leaney Smith from her father Jacob Money.[Note 78] Luther Martin had 177 1/2 acres of land on Cedar Creek,[Note 79] a tributary of Floydıs Fork,
that rises near the town of Fern Creek and drains the area immediately west of Bardstown
Road. Luther Martin, Adam Smith and John C. Hall appraised he estate of
William Thixton in 1825.[Note 80]
John Smith, who married Leaney Money, was born on 06 May 1750. She was born on
28 December 1755 and they were married about 1773. Their first child Jacob was
born on 05 April 1774 and their last child Adam was born on 04 January 1787 at
Linnıs Station in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Linnıs Station was about five
miles north of the Smith settlement on Cedar Creek, which John Smith and his
father-in-law Jacob Money bought on 06 May 1786.[Note 81] Perhaps their settlement was
not fully developed by the time of Adamıs birth so that his mother went to
Linnıs for the winter birth of Adam. Indians were still troublesome at this
time, so the Smith and Money families may have spent the winter at Linnıs for
safety as well as comfort. Linnıs Station was built on Beargrass Creek about
ten miles from Louisville before 1780. Adam Smith married Sally Ballard in
1809. They had thirteen children, of whom the first was J. Ballard Smith who
was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, on 03 April 1810 and reared in Jefferson
County.[Note 82]
The birth dates of John Smith and Leaney Money and five of their children were
recorded in the Bible of James J. Asken:[Note 83]
John Smith born 06 May 1750
Leaney Money born 28 Dec 1755
married 1772
Jacob Smith born 05 Apr 1774
Elizabeth Smith born 27 Dec 1776
Sarah Smith born 28 Dec 1779
Jno Smith born 14 Apr 1780
Adam Smith born 04 Jan 1787
Henry Hawkins born 06 Oct 1772
Elizabeth Smith born 27 Dec 1776
married 29 Jul 1793
John Smith, Jr. and Elizabeth Smith Hawkins are buried in Pennsylvania Run
Cemetery in Jefferson County, Kentucky.[Note 84]
Leaney Smith is not included in the Bible record but she is identified as a
daughter of John Smith in her Jefferson County, Kentucky, marriage record. She
and William Hodgen were married on 07 February 1811 by Simeon Hall. Henry
Hawkins was surety on the bond.[Note 85]
Anne Williamson, who married Jacob Smith in Jefferson County on 19 September
1795,
was a daughter of John Williamson and a sister of Elizabeth Williamson who
married Bland Ballard, brother of Sally Ballard who married Adam Smith in 1809
in Jefferson County.[Note 86]
Leaney (Magdalena, Lena) Money who married John Smith was a daughter of Jacob
Money (Muni, Mooney). Her mother may have been Elizabeth ³Leaney² (Magdalena?)
Sliger, daughter of Lawrence Sliger.[Note 87]
Sarah Smith, the daughter of John Smith and Leaney Money, apparently married
Philip Slaughter on 27 February 1806 in Jefferson County. Sarah Smith, the
daughter of Adam Smith and Mary Catherine Hayes, was married to James Hodgen,
as is proved by the deed whereby some of the children and heirs of Adam Smith
sold their inherited land. Peter Smith, Sr. may have had a daughter named
Sarah but his children seem to be older than those of Adam Smith and John
Smith, Sr. Also Philip Slaughter appears in Vigo Township, Knox County,
Indiana, with the Hodgens and Granny Smith:[Note 88]
John Johnson settled about one and one half miles southwest of Sandborn
afterthe War of 1812 in which he was a soldier.
Phillip Slaughter and Fred Slaughter were from Kentucky, but came at
a later date.
The last named built a water-mill on Black Creek about 1835.
Mrs. Smith, ³Granny,² lived as a squatter on the river at Owl Prairie.
She had a son Jacob who dressed as an Indian and did little but hunt.
³Granny² Smith was supposed to possess the powers of witch-craft and
woe unto the one that should come within her enchanted circle. The
silver bullet being the only remedy, which once was tried by Phillip Slaughter.
Other settlers who settled near Black Creek (included) George Williamson,
brother-in-law of Bland Ballard, the great Indian fighter.
Granny Smith may have been Leaney Money Smith whose son Jacob was married to
Anne Williamson, sister of George Williamson. Fred Slaughter may have been a
brother of Philip Slaughter.
John Johnson may have been a son of John Johnson (Johnston) and Rebecca Smith.
On 03 November 1772 Rebecca Smith married John Johnston who was a major in the
Pennsylvania militia from Cumberland County during the Revolution. John
Johnston was born on 24 May 1748 and died on 21 October 1826. Rebecca Smith
Johnston, who was born about 1750 and died on 22 April 1780, may have been a
sister of Adam Smith. Their son William Johnston was born on 07 June 1776,
married Alice Ramsey and died in December 1820. Alice Ramsey Johnston was born
in May 1785 and died on 12 April 1851. There is a Johnson School near Cedar
Creek in Jefferson County and Smith Lane runs off Johnson School Road.[Note 89]
John Smith, Sr. operated a mill in Bedford (now Fulton) County, Pennsylvania,
during the period 1774-1786. He moved to Kentucky in 1786, purchasing land on
Cedar Creek in Jefferson County where he erected a mill about 1790. John
Smith, Sr. also had 200 acres of land on Floydıs Fork in Jefferson County that
he bought from Squire and Jane Boone on 22 September 1797, being part of the
Peyton tract, and sold it to George Finley on 20 June 1798.[Note 90]
John Smith, Sr. was further described as one of the first settlers in the
Fairmount District of Jefferson County where he built the first mill in the
area on Cedar Creek. It had an overshot wheel, plenty of water at that time
(since then the stream has almost dried up), two run of stones - one for corn
and the other for wheat, and a good patronage for miles around. At that time,
there were only one store and bakery in Louisville and Smith provided them
with flour. They consumed two sacks of flour each week. The flour was
delivered twice a week by horseback with a small boy perched on top of the bag
of flour which was strapped to the back of the horse. J. B. Smith, the first
of thirteen children born to Adam and Sally Ballard Smith, made the deliveries
twice weekly for several years
beginning at the age of ten. By starting early, he could usually find his way
into Louisville and back before nightfall. J. B. Smith was born in Shelby
County, Kentucky, on 03 April 1810 and reared in Jefferson County. John Smith
moved to Indiana where he died in 1830. Adam Smith aided his father John in
building and operating the mill, but apparently lived in Shelby County for a
while after his marriage to Sally Ballard in 1809; at least until J. B. Smith
was born in 1810. J. Ballard Smith also was a successful miller on Cedar Creek
in Jefferson County from 1851 to 1867. His mill was burned during the Civil
War, rebuilt, and then burned again in 1867. After the second fire, he decided
not to resume business.
J. B. Smith married Nancy Bell, who was identified, in two separate sections
of the same book as a daughter of Thomas Bell of Virginia, who was in the War
of 1812, and as a daughter of Robert Bell, one of the first shoemakers in the
Fairmount area.[Note 91]
At the time of the preparation of the book, Fairmount Precinct was described
as a section of Jefferson County with some good land, an abundance of water,
the advantages of the Bardstown Pike which ran through it from north to south,
and many good orchards, producing all kinds of fruits. The yield of fruits and
berries constituted one of the staple products and an important industry of
the people of the area. After cultivation in corn, wheat and other
agricultural products for a period of one hundred years, much of the once rich
alluvial soil was near exhaustion and crop rotation was being introduced to
restore the land when the history was being compiled.
The abundance of food in the precinct was a detriment during the War Between
the States, with soldiers of both sides constantly foraging for subsistence in
the area. Refusal to fulfill a request usually resulted in a raid by force
upon a farm. The citizenry found themselves in the difficult position of
satisfactorily feeding the personnel of both armies.
Circumstantial evidence suggests that John Smith, Sr. was a brother of Adam
Smith.
Adam Smith may have been related to and perhaps a brother of Colonel James
Smith, who was born about 1732 and was the first white man to explore southern
and western Kentucky in 1767. For some reason, James Smith has not been
recognized for his explorations as much as his contemporaries, Gist, Boone,
Kenton and Stoner. In a petition to the Virginia Assembly, James Smith stated
that he had improved land on the Licking River in 1773. His property was
situated on Cane Ridge in Bourbon County, where he helped organize the Cane
Ridge Church in 1791. Previously he had been a member of the New Jersey
Assembly and a militia officer who fought against the Indians on the frontiers
and on expeditions against the Indian towns. James was one of the ³Black Boys²
of the expedition to Sideling Hill in Pennsylvania. (Adam Smith lived near
Sideling Hill in 1766). At the age of 80 James Smith enlisted for duty in the
War of 1812. Colonel Smith, whose
account of his adventures and treatises on Indian customs were published,
represented Bourbon County at the First Constitutional Convention at Danville
and served he county in the Kentucky Assembly for many years. When Thomas
McClanahan was elected to the Legislature in 1793, James Smith shot him and,
thereafter, he was re-elected to the office. Before coming to Kentucky to
live, James Smith married Ann Wilson, by whom he had a number of children. Ann
Wilson Smith died and was buried in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In 1786
James Smith brought his children to Bourbon County from Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, which was formed in 1773 from Cumberland County. After arriving
in Bourbon County, he married a widow Mrs. Margaret Irwin. There were no
children by the second marriage.[Note 92]
Franklin County, Pennsylvania, which was established in 1784 from Cumberland
County, and where Ann Wilson Smith was buried, adjoins Fulton County, where
Adam Smithıs land was located. Westmoreland County is north and west of Fulton
and Franklin counties and just east of Pittsburgh.
James Smith of western Pennsylvania, who, with four companions, crossed the
Cumberland Gap in 1766 and explored Kentucky to the Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers, was described as being a captive of Indians for twenty-four years and
probably visited Kentucky many times previously.[Note 93] This long period of
captivity does not seem to fit into the record of activities of Colonel James
Smith. In 1755 he was captured by Indians and, while a prisoner at Fort
Duquesne (Pittsburgh), witnessed the arrival of the Indians, with their
captives and booty, after ambushing General Braddock and his soldiers.[Note 94]
John McCarty, who married Margaret Smith, daughter of Adam Smith, the elder,
was a
son of Nicholas McCarty, whose wife may have been named Mary. Nicholas McCarty
was a son of Thomas McCarty, who also was the father of Thomas McCarty, Jr.,
who was born about 1747, married Anne Scott on 01 September 1774 and died on
28 November 1822; Sarah McCarty, who married Thomas Curry, a native of
Scotland; and Margaret McCarty, who was born in 1755 in Hampshire County,
Virginia, married Richard Chenoweth in 1773 and died in 1825 in Shelby County,
Kentucky. Margaret was scalped by Indians in 1789 but survived. Richard
Chenoweth was a son of John Chenoweth and Mary Smith, whose connection to the
family of Adam Smith has not been determined. Richard Chenoweth was born in
1734 in Baltimore County, Maryland, and died in Jefferson County, Kentucky in
1802. He is buried in the Long Run Cemetery near Eastwood, Kentucky.[Note 95] N.
McClarty (sic), who was a settler at Coxıs Station in Nelson County, Kentucky,
which was founded by Isaac Cox in 1780, probably was Nicholas McCarty.[Note 96] Coxıs
Station was located on the trace from Harrodıs Town to both the Falls of the
Ohio and to Bullittıs Lick. John Chenoweth, the father of Richard Chenoweth
who married Margaret McCarty, was a native of Wales who lived in Berkeley
County, Virginia. Captain Richard Chenoweth came to Kentucky in 1777 where,
with Captain Thomas Bullitt, he laid out the city of Louisville. Originally it
was planned to call the town Margaretville in honor of Margaret McCarty
Chenoweth. Chenoweth built a station on Floydıs Fork, about four miles from
Linnıs Station, which was attacked by Indians in 1789 and the battle became
known as the Chenoweth Massacre. Richard Chenoweth died about 1801 and is
buried in the family cemetery in Jefferson County. Margaret McCarty Chenoweth
moved to Shelby County, Kentucky, where she died about 1824-5.[Note 97]
Margaret Smith, who married John Slaughter, was identified as a sister of John
Smith, who married Leaney Money, by her son Silas J. Slaughter[Note 98] and the
daughter of Peter Smith and Lena Mann in her obituary.[Note 99] Peter Smith, Jr.
identified himself as a son of Peter Smith and Lena Mann in his Bible record.
Deborah Smith, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1770 and married Peter Fisher
probably was a child of Philip and Lena since she remained in Pennsylvania, as
they did, and came to Kentucky about the time that they did. Peter and Lena
undoubtedly had other children, such as Benjamin and John Smith, who were
enumerated on the 1790 census for Bedford County, Pennsylvania, next to him:[Note 100]
Peter Smith 3 M over 16 3 F
3 M under 16
John Smith 2 M over 16 3 F
3 M under 16
Benjamin Smith 1 M over 16 2 F
1 M under 16
Peter Fisher and John Fisher were listed next to the Smiths.
Hannah Fisher, a daughter of Peter Fisher and Deborah Smith, was born in 1798
and
married James Graham (born 1792) in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1816. James
Graham was the son of Elias and Margaret Graham (Grimes) of Jefferson County,
Kentucky. In 1820 the Grahams lived near Luther Martin, Lewis and John
Thixton, James Hall and Jacob, Adam and John Smith on Cedar Creek. At that
time Peter Fisher and Deborah Smith were residents of Washington County,
Indiana. Robert Western Martin, son of Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith, made
an affidavit for Hannah Fisher Grahamıs pension application, stating that he
had been born and raised in the same neighborhood and that he knew her from
his earliest recollection.[Note 101]
The Bible of Adam Smith, son of Peter Smith, Jr., contained the following
information:[Note 102]
Births
Peter Smith, son of Peter and Lena Smith, born Nov. 20, 1772
Martha (Waters) Smith born Feb. 14, 1776
John Smith born Dec. 25, 1795 Louisville, Ky.
Adam Smith born Aug. 14, 1797
William Smith born June 4, 1799
Peter Smith born Sept. 4, 1801
Catherine Waters Smith born Sept. 25, 1802
Denton Smith born Mar. 27, 1804
Marriages
Peter Smith and Martha Waters Jan 1, 1795
Catherine Waters Smith and Dr. Sam Crow Oct. 29, 1820 Louisville, Ky.
Deaths
Peter Smith died Mar. 5, 1850 Louisville, Ky.
Catherine Crow died Jan. 25, 1882 Paris, Mo.
These children are by Peter Smith, Jr. and his first wife Martha Waters. In
his will, dated 03 August 1849 and proved on 01 April 1850, Peter Smith, Jr.
identified additional children as legatees. He mentioned John Smith, Adam
Smith, William Smith, Peter Smith, Denton Smith, Joseph D. Smith, Kitty Crow,
Sarah Bukey, Polly Smyser, Lavina Kerr, Ann Smyser and Martha Postlethwaite.
Property in Louisville, Jeffersontown, Mount Washington and Bullitt County was
specified. Son John S. Smith was deceased and his children, John Smith, Martha
Gilmore, George Smith, Letitia Smith and Elizabeth Smith, were named as heirs.
Joseph D. Smith was named as executor and the will was witnessed by A. H.
Gailbreath and John Lynam or Lyman.[Note 103]
Joseph Davis Smith; Sarah Bailey; Mary Elizabeth Smyser, wife of John Wesley
Smyser; Lavina Kerr, wife of Enos Kerr; Frances Ann Smyser, wife of Lewis
Smyser; and Martha Waters Postlethwaite were children by his second wife
Catherine Bruner Miller. There was another child by Catherine Miller who did
get named in the will, Benjamin Franklin Smith.[Note 104]
Catherine Bruner Miller was a daughter of John Miller. Peter Smith, Jr. and
his wives are buried in the Smith Cemetery in Bullitt County, Kentucky. John
S. Smith, William Smith and Benjamin Smith are buried at Zoneton in Bullitt
County. The Smiths attended the first Little Flock Baptist Church which was
built by Peter Smith.[Note 105]
The Bullitt County, Kentucky, will of John Smith was dated 14 May 1839 and
witnessed by Denton Smith and Burk H. Sanders. The executor was brother
William Smith. It mentions his wife Mariah, his mother-in-law Juriah
Whitledge, William Whitledge, deceased (his father-in-law?) and children
without naming them. Various accounts of administration mention Enos Kerr,
Peter Smith, Jr., Mrs. Juriah Whitledge, Buford Scott, Pleasant Scott, Denton
Smith, John Scott, Blan B. Smith, Adam Smith, Dr. McKay and Elizabeth Shirley.
The sale to John Smith and Peter Smith by Mrs. Juriah Whitledge of her dower
right in a negro man named Jess was mentioned since their estates were
entitled to the interest on the sale money at the death of Mrs. Whitledge. The
marriage of William Smith to his brotherıs widow Mariah in October 1840 is
reported, as is her death in 1841.[Note 106]
William Smith married (1) Elizabeth Hubbs on 03 June 1826 in Bullitt County,
daughter of Jacob Hubbs and Asenath Williams, who died about 1829 after having
one child in 1828.[Note 107] Family records do not include his brief marriage to (2)
Mariah Whitledge Smith, as specified in the estate administration reports, by
whom he probably had no children. He married (3) Amelia Bass on 06 August 1844
in Bullitt County, by whom he had six children.[Note 108]
Frances Ann Smith Smyser is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville. She
was born on 24 February 1819 and died on 23 December 1903. Her husband Lewis
Smyser was born on 08 January 1811 and died on 01 August 1877. Some of their
children are buried there also. Mary Elizabeth Smith Smyser is buried in the
cemetery at Newburg Christian Church at Newburg, Kentucky. She was born on 19
March 1813 and died on 07 July 1853. Her husband John Wesley Smyser was born
on 23 April 1801 and died on 02 June 1853. Some of their children are buried
there, too.[Note 109]
James Mundell who married Mary Smith was a son of John Mundell whose Jefferson
County, Kentucky, will was dated 07 August 1806 and proved on 06 October 1806.
It contained bequests to wife Jane Mundell; daughters Nally Mundell, Sarah
Mundell, Polly Mundell who married Richard Mills and Margaretha Mundell, who
married John Thompson; and sons James Mundell, Andrew Mundell and youngest son
John Mundell.
The executor John Miller was instructed to liquidate the estate and after
setting aside sufficient funds for the schooling and education of son John,
1/3rd of the remaining proceeds was to go to the widow and the balance to be
divided equally between the seven children.[Note 110]
Peter Smith of Jefferson County, Kentucky, bought land in Bullitt County from
Thomas and Mary Sanders on 23 February 1801.[Note 111]
Margaret Smith who married John Money on 08 July 1765, Samuel Smith who
married Magdalen Hays on 01 June 1776 and John Smith who married Elizabeth Rush
on 23 June 1768 in Pennsylvania could have been siblings of Adam Smith
who married Mary Catherine Hayes (Hayse, Hause, Hawes, Hoss, Horse) and lived
near the Rush family in Bedford County.[Note 112]
Another possible sibling was Colonel Thomas Smith (1745-1809) of the Bedford
County militia, who married Juricia Jane Post in 1797.[Note 113]
On 04 April 1763 William Smith of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, received a
warrant (No. 155 S) for fifty acres of land, called Flaggy Meadows, with
adjacent upland, in Little Cove, Ayr Township, Cumberland County. The tract
was surveyed for him on 16 April 1763 as 84 1/4 acres, with an allowance of 6
percent for roads. The plat of the boot-shaped tract, which was bisected by a
stream, shows it surrounded by pine barrens, a pine hill, a barren hill,
vacant land on both sides of the parcel where the stream entered and left,
another barren hill, vacant pine land and a third barren hill. William Smith
never obtained a patent for this land and his warrant was not returned for
recording until 27 May 1814. He had conveyed his right to the tract to James
Huston and William Huston who, on that date, obtained a patent for the
property. By this time Flaggy Meadows was in Warren Township, Franklin County,
Pennsylvania.[Note 114] This is the only land in Cumberland County that William
Smith is known to have owned. Since he was described as a resident of Cumberland
County in the warrant, perhaps he occupied that tract when he applied for the
warrant.
William Smith was taxed in Ayr Township, Cumberland County, with 50 acres of
land in 1763, 1768, 1769 and 1770.[Note 115] He probably died before 1774, when
he was not on the tax list for Bethel Township, Bedford County,[Note 116] which
was the succeeding jurisdiction for the area. A deed of conveyance from William Smith
to the Hustons has not been found, so it may have been sold to the Hustons by
Williamıs heirs. A will or estate settlement for William Smith has not been
found in records of the several jurisdictions that covered the area.
The wife of William Smith of Cumberland County may have been Anna Mary
Bredenstone. William Smith of Brecknock Township, Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, married Anna Mary Bredenstone, widow of Leonard Bredenstone who
died intestate about 1755. A subsequent land sale identified the children and
widow of Leonard Bredenstone, who was a son of Philip Bredenstone. The tract
was on Muddy Creek in Brecknock Township, next to the land of George Martin,
which is an intriguing name coincidence.[Note 117] Cumberland County was formed
from part of Lancaster County but not the eastern section where Brecknock
Township was located.
The Smiths may have moved to Pennsylvania from Morris County, New Jersey. A
map of Washington Township, Morris County, identified Smiths among the early
tract owners and farm holders, one of whom was Lawrence Sliger who later was a
neighbor of the Smiths in Pennsylvania. Most of the tract owners appear to
have English names and the occupants of the ³bound² farms have Germanic names.
Daniel Smith had two tracts of land and other parcels were occupied by Henry
Smith, Isaac Smith and (no name) Smith. Henry and Isaac Smith had farms
subdivided from the Bowlsby tract. Lawrence Sliger had a farm next to the
tract owned by (no name) Smith, near Middle Valley. The community in central
Washington Township, known as German Valley, is now called Long Valley, New
Jersey. Washington Township was formed from Roxbury Township, Morris County,
in 1794. James Martin had land on the Musconetcong River in Warren County,
near Stephensburg, Washington Township, in 1735.[Note 118]
PETER SMITH
Born
Died
Married Lena Mann
Born
Died
Children (order of birth unknown):
Margaret Smith
b. c1762
d. -- Feb 1852 (1853?) Kentucky
m. John Slaughter
Peter Smith Jr
b. 20 Nov 1771
d. 05 Mar 1850 Jefferson County, Kentucky
m. (1) Martha Waters
(2) Catherine Bruner Miller
Probable child:
Deborah Smith
b.
d.
m. Peter Fisher
PETER SMITH JR
Born 20 Nov 1772 Pennsylvania
Died 04 Mar 1850 Jefferson County, Kentucky
Married (1) Martha Waters 01 Jan 1795
Born 14 Feb 1776 Pennsylvania
Died 20 Oct 1805 Bullitt County, Kentucky
Children (1):
John S Smith
b. 25 Dec 1795 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
d. 08 Jun 1839 Bullitt County, Kentucky
m. Ann Mariah Whitledge 08 Nov 1827
Adam Smith
b. 14 Aug 1797
d.
m. Amelia Vaughn 10 Feb 1823
William Smith
b. 04 Jun 1799
d. 28 Nov 1880 Bullitt County, Kentucky
m. (1) Elizabeth Hubbs 03 Jun 1826 Bullitt County, Kentucky
(2) Ann Mariah Whitledge Smith Oct 1840
(3) Amelia Smith 06 Aug 1844 Bullitt County, Kentucky
Peter Smith III
b. 04 Sep 1801
d.
m. Amanda Holmes 01 Sep 1828
Catherine Waters ³Kitty² Smith
b. 25 Sep 1802
d. 25 Jan 1882 Paris, Missouri
m. Dr. Sam Crow 28 Oct 1820 Louisville, Jefferson County,
Kentucky
Denton Smith
b. 27 Mar 1804
d.
m.(1) Rebecca Landers
(2) Katherine Bruner Miller 17 Sep 1807 Jefferson County,
Kentucky
Born 1788
Died 17 Jun 1848 Bullitt County, Kentucky
Children (2) (order of birth unknown):
Mary Elizabeth ³Polly² Smith
b. 19 Mar 1813
d. 07 Jul 1853
m. John Wesley Smyser
Joseph Davis Smith
b. 19 Feb 1815
d. 10 May 1872 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
m.
Frances Ann Smith
b. 24 Feb 1819
d. 23 Dec 1903
m. Lewis Smyser 26 Jan 1837
Sarah ³Sallie² E Smith
b.
d.
m. Julius Bukey Mar 1828
Lavina Smith
b.
d.
m. Enos Kerr 21 Jul 1828
Martha Waters Smith
b.
d.
m. William Postlethwaite 13 Sep 1846
Benjamin Franklin Smith
b.
d. 08 May 1834
m.
JOHN SMITH
Born 06 May 1750
Died 1830 Indiana
Married Leaney (Magdalena, Lena) Money c1772
Born 28 Dec 1755
Died
Children:
Jacob Smith
b. 05 Apr 1774
d. -- Jul 1860 Jefferson County, Kentucky
m. Anne Williamson 19 Sep 1795 Jefferson County, Kentucky
Elizabeth Smith
b. 27 Dec 1776
d. 13 Jan 1858 Jefferson County, Kentucky
m. Henry Hawkins 29 Jul 1793 Jefferson County, Kentucky
Sarah Smith
b. 28 Dec 1779
d.
m. Philip Slaughter 27 Feb 1806 Jefferson County, Kentucky
John Smith Jr
b. 14 Apr 1782
d. 23 Mar 1871 Jefferson County, Kentucky
m. Elizabeth ³Betty² Hall
Adam Smith
b. 04 Jan 1787 Linn Station, Jefferson County, Kentucky
d. after 1860
m. Sally Ballard 1809 Jefferson County, Kentucky
Leaney Smith
b.
d.
m. William Hodgen 07 Feb 1811 Jefferson County, Kentucky
JOHN SLAUGHTER
Born c1761
Died
Married Margaret Smith
Born c1762
Died -- Feb 1852 (1853?)
Children (order of birth unknown):
Silas J Slaughter
b. 1787
d.
m.
John W Slaughter
b.
d.
m. Elizabeth Smith 06 Jun 1818 Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hiram Slaughter
b.
d.
m.
Jacob Slaughter
b.
d.
m.
Probable children (order of birth unknown):
Philip Slaughter
b.
d.
m. Sarah Smith 27 Feb 1806 Jefferson County, Kentucky
Frederick Slaughter
b.
d.
m. Martha Thixton 23 Jul 1822 Jefferson County, Kentucky
Frederick Slaughter obtained a bond to marry Martha Thixton, daughter of
William Thixton, on 23 July 1822 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, with Lewis
Thixton, brother of Martha, as his bondsman. There is no ministerıs return of
record.
HYPOTHETICAL FAMILY
WILLIAM SMITH
Born
Died before 1774
Married
Born
Died
Children (order of birth unknown):
Peter Smith
b. probably c1740
d.
m. Lena Mann (Muni) probably by 1760
Adam Smith
b. c1745
d. 1813 Jefferson County, Kentucky
m. Mary Catherine Hayes
Margaret Smith
b. probably c1747
d.
m. John Money (Muni) 08 Jul 1765 Pennsylvania
John Smith
b. 06 May 1750
d. 1830 Indiana
m. Leaney (Magdalena, Lena) Money (Muni) c1772
Samuel Smith
b.
d.
m. Magdalena Hays (Hayes, Hause, Hawes?) 01 Jun 1776
Pennsylvania
John Smith
b.
d.
m. Elizabeth Rush 23 Jun 1768 Pennsylvania
Emanuel Smith
b. probably c1750
d.
m.
Rebecca Smith
b. c1750
d. 22 Apr 1780
m. John Johnston
James Smith
b. c1732
d.
m. (1) Ann Wilson
(2) Margaret Irwin
Thomas Smith
b. 1745
d. 1809
m. Juricia Jane Post 1797
NOTES
[Note 1]. Data of William H. Marshall, Louisville, KY, 1979, Ayr Township,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax Lists, compiled by
Merri Lou Schaumann and excerpted by Margot Helms.
[Note 2]. ibid.
[Note 3]. ibid, Bethel Township Tax List, History of Bedford and Fulton
Counties, Pennsylvania, publication data missing.
[Note 4]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Will Book 1, page 367.
[Note 5]. Supra note 1.
[Note 6]. Data of John Frederick Dorman, Washington, DC, 1982.
[Note 7]. History of Kentucky, Lewis Collins, 1847, revised Richard H. Collins,
1874, reprint, Kentucke Imprints, Berea, KY, 1976.
[Note 8]. ibid.
[Note 9]. Fulton County Tourist Promotion Agency, McConnellsburg, PA, undated
brochure.
[Note 10]. U.S. Geological Survey, Needmore quadrangle map, 1967.
[Note 11]. Pennsylvania Survey Book C, Volume 183, page 164.
[Note 12]. Pennsylvania Patent Book AA, Volume 14, page 525.
[Note 13]. Supra note 1.
[Note 14]. Supra note 12, page 165.
[Note 15]. ibid, page 164.
[Note 16]. Hervey Allen, Farrar and Rinehart, New York, 1943, 1944, 1948.
[Note 17]. National Archives File R10490.
[Note 18]. Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book B, page 159.
[Note 19]. Supra note 1, photocopy, Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6,
Volume 2, pages 40-41.
[Note 20]. 1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Kentucky, District 2,
house 933, family 934.
[Note 21]. Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book D, page 451.
[Note 22]. ibid, page 491.
[Note 23]. Data of Laurence L. Hill, Miami, FL, 1975.
[Note 24]. Supra note 6, papers of William A. Slaughter, University of Virginia.
[Note 25]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Will Book 2, pages 367-369,
photocopy of original in compilerıs file.
[Note 26]. Supra note 1.
[Note 27]. Supra note 23.
[Note 28]. Supra note 6.
[Note 29]. Supra note 1, The Kentucky Historical Society Register,
January 1957, page 69.
[Note 30]. National Archives file R20516.
[Note 31]. Draper Manuscripts, 15CC232, Wisconsin Historical Society.
[Note 32]. Supra note 6; data of John C. Harris, Muskegeon Heights, MI, 1976;
DAR Magazine, April 1970, page 421, contributor Mrs. Noel Hull,
Kirksville, MO, source John Crow Burks of St. Louis, MO.
[Note 33]. Supra note 6.
[Note 34]. Jefferson County, Virginia-Kentucky, Early Marriages, Book IV,
The Filson Club, Louisville, 1941.
[Note 35]. Fern Creek Lore and Legacy 200 Years, Fern Creek Womanıs Club,
Fern Creek, KY, 1976.
[Note 36]. Supra note 34.
[Note 37]. ³First Census² of Kentucky 1790, Charles B. Heinemann, Washington, 1940.
[Note 38]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book 2, page 354, abstracts,
Filson Club, Louisville; original deeds missing from records of
the Jefferson County Court Clerk.
[Note 39]. ibid, pages 356 and 358.
[Note 40]. ibid, page 350.
[Note 41]. ibid, page 360.
[Note 42]. Supra note 1.
[Note 43]. Supra note 1, photocopies, Jefferson County Land Survey Map 1774-1784,
Filson Club, Louisville; Map of Jefferson County, Kentucky,
G. T. Bergman, New York, 1858; Atlas of Jefferson and Oldham
Counties, Beers and Lanagan, Philadelphia, 1879.
[Note 44]. 1850 Federal Census for District 2 of Jefferson County, Kentucky,
page 289, house 863, family 864.
[Note 45]. Data of Judy Lea, Louisville, KY, 1976.
[Note 46]. Kentucky 1850 Census Index, Accelerated Indexing Systems, Bountiful, UT, 1976.
[Note 47]. Supra note 35.
[Note 48]. Supra note 23.
[Note 49]. A History of Early Jeffersontown and Southeastern Jefferson County,
Kentucky, Lt. Col. Robert C. Jobson (Ret), Baltimore, MD, 1977.
[Note 50]. ibid.
[Note 51]. Supra note 35.
[Note 52]. Supra note 43.
[Note 53]. Supra note 35.
[Note 54]. Supra note 1.
[Note 55]. Jefferson County, Virginia-Kentucky, Early Marriages, Book I,
The Filson Club, Louisville, 1941.
[Note 56]. ³Second Census² of Kentucky, 1800, G. Glenn Clift, Frankfort, 1954.
[Note 57]. Bullitt County, Kentucky, Marriage Book 1.
[Note 58]. Recollections of William T. Martin, Columbus, Ohio, January, 1837,
photocopy of typescript.
[Note 59]. Supra note 1, Pennsylvania SAR records.
[Note 60]. National Archives Microcopy 252, Roll 7, pages 8, 16 and 17.
[Note 61]. ibid, Roll 5, page 181.
[Note 62]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Inventory and Settlement Book 3,
pages 77-82 and 121-122.
[Note 63]. Data of James A. McCarty, Gary, Indiana, 1982, quoting
Robert C. Jobson, Jeffersontown, KY, 1977.
[Note 64]. Supra note 35.
[Note 65]. Supra note 55.
[Note 66]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book O, page 205.
[Note 67]. Supra note 63, abstract, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book R, page 70.
[Note 68]. ibid, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book S, page 406.
[Note 69]. ibid, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book UU, page 554.
[Note 70]. ibid.
[Note 71]. 1820 Federal Census Microcopy 33, Roll 24, page 43, lines 36 and 37.
[Note 72]. ibid, page 33, lines 30, 36, 37 and 38.
[Note 73]. 1820 Federal Census for Indiana, Willard Heiss, The Indiana
Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1966, from Microcopy 33,
Roll 14, pages 9, 87 and 103.
[Note 74]. Data of James A. McCarty, supra note 63.
[Note 75]. Supra note 1.
[Note 76]. ibid.
[Note 77]. ibid.
[Note 78]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book N, pages 472-476.
[Note 79]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book P, page 262.
[Note 80]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Inventory and Settlement Book 5, pages
433-435.
[Note 81]. Supra note 1.
[Note 82]. ibid.
[Note 83]. ibid.
[Note 84]. ibid.
[Note 85]. ibid.
[Note 86]. ibid.
[Note 87]. ibid.
[Note 88]. ibid, from History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana, 1886.
[Note 89]. ibid, from records of the Pennsylvania SAR, page 420.
[Note 90]. Supra note 1.
[Note 91]. History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Counties, Volume 2,
L. A. Williams and Company, Cleveland, 1878.
[Note 92]. Kentucky in Retrospect, The Kentucky Historical Society,
Frankfort, 1967, pp 29, 160, 161, 172 and 173.
[Note 93]. Frontier Kentucky, Otis K. Rice, University Press of Kentucky,
Lexington, 1975, page 22.
[Note 94]. Supra note 7.
[Note 95]. McCarty Cousins, Volume I, Number 2, April 1985, Janis Edward Knox,
Colorado Springs, CO.
[Note 96]. Supra note 92, page 193.
[Note 97]. ibid, pages 194 and 204.
[Note 98]. Supra note 31.
[Note 99]. Supra note 1.
[Note 100]. Supra note 23.
[Note 101]. ibid.
[Note 102]. Supra note 32.
[Note 103]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Will Book 4, pages 224-226.
[Note 104]. Supra note 6, Kentucky Kinfolks column, Louisville Herald-Post,
12 June 1936.
[Note 105]. Data of Joan L. June, Brooks, KY, 1978.
[Note 106]. Bullitt County, Kentucky, Will Book C, page 67.
[Note 107]. Supra note 105.
[Note 108]. ibid.
[Note 109]. Supra note 6.
[Note 110]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Records, Volume 4, Michael L. Cook,
C.G., Cook Publications, Evansville, IN, 1987, Will Book 1, page 191.
[Note 111]. Bullitt County, Kentucky, Deed Book A2, page 192.
[Note 112]. Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790, Genealogical Publishing
Company, Baltimore, 1968, reprinted from Pennsylvania Archives
Series 2, Volume 2, 1890.
[Note 113]. Source missing.
[Note 114]. Pennsylvania Patent Book H, Volume 10, page 602.
[Note 115]. Supra note 1.
[Note 116]. Supra note 3.
[Note 117]. National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 68, Number 2, Washington.
[Note 118]. Early Germans of New Jersey, T. F. Chambers, publication data missing.