This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, McGee, Looney, Williams, Johnston, McKnight, and several others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HMB.2ACE/879.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank You Julie. I have an idea my Smith's also came out of North Carolina, but no proof yet. I just have traced them to 1782 Washington Co., Virginia. I shall look up the Barren County, Ky 1810 census. Do you have any idea what happened to Hugh and Eleanor{Elender/Nellie} Johnston Smith after 1850 Polk County, Mo? It is like they disappeared off the earth. In the 1880 Arkansas there is a Hugh and Eleanor Smith, with a daugher Eleanor, age 13, born Missouri. I have no proof this is my Hugh or our Eleanor/Nellie {Johnston} Smith. Hugh and Eleanor had a son James, born in 1848 Polk Co., MO, I have no idea if they had other children or where they were living. The above Hugh Smith was born abt 1820 in Mercer County, Ky; son of James and Prudence {McGee} Smith, was listed as an orphan in the fall of 1827, with my James H.M. Smith of Brighton, Looney Township, as his guardian, and eldest brother. They first lived in Howard, then Monroe or Ralls County, Mo, then in 1832 -! 1835 moved south to Greene/Polk County. Please keep me in mind if you ever find a clue to the above Hugh and Eleanor {johnston} Smith. Thank You. Judy Smith/Colorado