I had been under the impression that Isham and Capt Billy were brothers. As far as the term 4 pennies Smith--someone wrote the origin of it here once. I thought it had something to do with "not being worth a nickel" hence the 4 pennies. Don't quote me on that, I hope someone who really knows will answer that for us here. Was 4 pennies Smith(from the revolution) the father of Capt Billy? I thought I had read that some thought so, but could not prove it. Kathy

There were 20 or more families that migrated out of Franklin County, GA, to then Marion County, MS (later to become Lawrence), in the early 1810's, among whom were several Smiths, Maxwells, and Kees. Most of the Smiths were related, but the question always looms "how?" I have tried to organize these families a number of times, but my research always led to a loop since there was constant intermarriage between Smiths. Harold ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 11:52 AM Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Re:smith > I had been under the impression that Isham and Capt Billy were brothers. As > far as the term 4 pennies Smith--someone wrote the origin of it here once. I > thought it had something to do with "not being worth a nickel" hence the 4 > pennies. Don't quote me on that, I hope someone who really knows will answer that > for us here. Was 4 pennies Smith(from the revolution) the father of Capt Billy? > I thought I had read that some thought so, but could not prove it. > > Kathy > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >