This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XBB.2ACE/1747.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I wish that I could make the connection of William and Elias. I do know that Elias Smith and Elizabeth Meadows Smith were both buried down in the "Lulu" area of Russell County prior to Lake Cumberland being built. Before the dam was built and the area was flooded, the family cemetery was moved and they are now buried in the Jamestown City Cemetery. As far as Elias being affluent, and owning a lot of land, his father-in-law, Andrew Carson Meadows was at one time one of the wealthiest, if not the wealthiest man in Russell County, according to the Census records. I just can't seem to find out where Elias came from.