This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hurt, Anderson, Stamper, Ray, Simpson, Long, Newby, Tudor Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xAB.2ACI/2132.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Julia I found the following in death records compiled by Bill and Kathy Vockery: SMITH, John, age 75, male, married, farmer, died July 1, 1853 of old age. Born in Virginia, the son of Amanda Smith. The following are all the John Smiths' I found that married in Garrard Co. bet 1797 and 1853: John Smith and Frankie Hunley John Smith and Polly Grigsby date 5/6/1813 John Smith and Cassandra Wiley date 10/14/1813 John Smith and Nancy Schooler bond date 1/25/1819 John Smith and Polly Holms bond date 10/2/1819 John Smith and Louisa Vaughn bond date 12/14/1852 John B. Smith and Nancy W. bond date 6/11/1828 John B. Smith and Harriett Wilcox date 6/21/1842 John L. Smith and Elizabeth Bourne date 11/10/1841 John P. Smith and Eliza Jane Kemper date 8/14/1823 It looks like Frankie Hunley would be a nickname for Frances and the dates fit.