I'd like to know if anyone connects to any of these families, as I have an unending task of sorting out my VA/TN/KY Smiths. Yours, Linne ===================================================================== Match: Boles Source: TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com From: "Tonya Maddux" <tonyamaddux@comcast.net> Subject: RE: Robert and Jacob Smith Dear J. W. I hope somebody can figure these Smiths out. They are a tricky bunch. Most of the information I have is from pension papers on Jacob Smith. He was in the Civil War, Union, KY 30th Reg., Mounted Infantry. He signed up 11/10/1863 in Monticello, KY and was discharged at Frankfort, KY on 05/18/1865. In 1860, he and his family are found in the Scott County census. Jacob, his mother and three known siblings are also found in the Scott County 1850 census living in the household of Jesse and Elizabeth Crabtree. There is also a Nancy Smith age 64 from VA and a Robert Smith age 70 from VA, along with two Crabtree children. I am not sure of the relationship between all of these people. There are many theories, though. Maybe Jacob and his mother, Margarett, and three of his siblings are with the Crabtrees because they are family. Maybe this old Robert and Nancy are my Robert's parents, or maybe even this Robert is ours and they have messed up on his age. Possibly, Elizabeth Crabtree is a sister to our Robert Smith, father of Jacob. There are so many possibilities but no real proof - yet. I sure hope someone can help us. Another family member of this group of Smiths is Brenda Kerr in Virginia. I am sure many of you will recognize her name. She has put a lot information together on this set of Smiths. Jacob's sister, Eliza Ann Smith Lawson, was her great greart grandma. Their sister, Mahala Samantha Smith, was my great great grandma. I am sure there are relatives galore out there. I can email you a lot of information that Brenda put together if you are interested. It is long and quite informative. She has done a great job on it. She/we have tracked down all kinds of living descendants of this family. Robert and Margaret Smith had eight known living children listed on the pension papers for Jacob Smith. His mother, Margarett Smith was able to file a mother's pension on him because he had no children and his wife died a year before he did. Therefore, Margaret was the only real beneficiary and she tried many times to get a pension after his death. The pension papers are fascinating. Jacob had red hair, blue eyes and was 6 feet tall. The 8 children listed on the pension papers are as follows: 1. Jacob C. Smith b. 05/12/1845, d. 12/04/1899 in Pickett County, TN. -Married to Lucinda Gunter. Buried at Guntertown Cemetery, Pickett County, TN. 2. Eliza Ann Smith Lawson, b. 05/16/1847, d. 04/14/1908 (maybe 1903) - married to Alford Lawson. Buried at Coal Hill Cemetery in Glenmary, Scott County, TN. 3. Francis M. Smith, b. about 1849.-nothing else known for sure 4. Amanda R. (Mandy) Smith Pryor, b. 01/16/1851, d. 05/19/1930 in Pickett County - married to Simeon Overton Pryor. Buried at Reedertown Cemetery, Pickett County, TN. 5. Sarah Jane Smith Bond, b. about 1853, d. 02/24/1930 in Scott County, TN. Married to Perry Bond. Buried at Capitol Hill Cemetery, Scott County, TN. 6. Mahala Samantha Smith, b. 11/11/1856, d. 02/1/1936. Unmarried as far as we know, but had 6 kids nonetheless. Buried at Maupin Cemetery in Clinton County, KY (Static area). 7. Samuel Greer Smith, b. 05/27/1858, d. 12/09/1930, Monroe, Overton County, TN. Married to Samantha Elizabeth Pryor before 1878 in Overton County, TN. Then married Martha Ellen Hull before 1930. Buried at Bethsaida Cemetery, Overton County, TN. 8. Isaac Smith, b. about 1862, KY, d. after 1880. He is only listed in one census. No other information on him. 9. Absolam C. Smith, b. 04/06/1866, TN, d. 12/22/1940. He had a child with Mary Ann Byrd before 1888, had a child with Nancy Boles before 1892. HE married Mary ADeline Stokes before 1902. Tonya ========================