Trust you will let me send this message this way. The first addressee may not be a valid address because it kept coming back to me undelivered. I flunked typing in high school in time gone by! Thank you for permitting me to do so. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray H. Smith" <rhsmith@vnet.net> To: <pepper@neonramp.com> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 4:52 PM Subject: James P. (Pinkney)? SMITH > Re: James P. (Pinkney)? SMITH > Born Lincoln County, NC 15 May 1859 > Died Catawba County, NC 4 April 1941 > > Marshall County Alabama Archives Marriage Bonds # 291-156, page 17 of > 33. > James P. SMITH to Sarah F. THOMPSON on 30 December 1878 by Jas. M. > Kelley,residence of bride. Bond Jas P. SMITH and Jas P. Beard. > James P. SMITH could possibly be my great uncle. He was the oldest of > three "base born children of Jemima aka Alice SMITH. After being "bound out" > for a period of time oral tradition says that he went to Alabama to work for > the railroad. His death certificate listed his occupation as farmer and > carpenter. > It is said that he married in Alabama and had a son - name unknown; and > after being widowed he returned to North Carolina by himself. He died in > rural Catawba County, NC and is buried in an unmarked grave in a cemetery in > Hildebran, Burke County, NC. > If your James P. SMITH is the same as mine he would be 19 at the time of > his marriage. Has anyone alphabetized the 1880 Census for Marshall County? I > would not know the township he resided in; if they chose to stay in Marshall > County. If so is there a young male child in the household. Does the Census > state where your James P. was born--Al or NC for instance? > Assuming that Sarah died after 1913; does her name appear on the County > Death Index? > It would be my guess that James P. SMITH returned to NC in the late > 1930s. > Back in 1953 UNCLE Sam sent me to Camp Rucker for about a six months > stay which was a good experience! THANK YOU for reading this far. >