Reunion of Descendants of Eli and Mary Polly Smith is Saturday -September 9, 2000 at the Community Center in Sontag,Lawerence Co. Mississippi Anyone interested is invited to attend 10:A.M- 2:30 P.M. Potluck Lunch at 12:00 -bring a covered dish Please bring family photographs, momentoes and information to display ****************************************************************************** ******************** Some of the names associated with this family are Douglas,Douglass, Honea,Grice, Hall, Ham, Barrett, Case, Herring, Furr, Rutledge, Crosby,Sandifer,and others. Many researchers believe that Eli was the son of Everett and Eliza Furr Smith-this is one of the questions that we are working on and are also trying to prove the maiden name of Mary Polly Smith. We would love to see or hear from anyone interested in researching any of these lines in Lawerence Co ****************************************************************************** ******************** Eli and Mary (Polly) Smith lived in Lawerence co area from about 1812 until their death in 1872 and 1872- they are buried in a private cemetery there. They have numerous descendants throughout the US. Below is an outline of their children and spouses: Eli Smith and Children 1 Eli Smith b: April 30, 1787 in North Carolina d: December 21, 1872 in Lawrence County Ms buried Smith Cemetry -Sontag . +Mary Polly ? b: December 22, 1793 in Virginia d: November 26, 1871 in Lawerence County, Mississippi buried Smith Cemetry- ... 2 Averett (Everett) Smith b: Abt. 1809 in Georgia d: July 02, 1836 in Yazoo County, Mississippi ( ....... +Mary Anna Cagle ... 2 Martha Smith b: 1811 in Lawrence Co. MS ....... +Henry Hall b: July 09, 1818 in Copiah Co. MS d: January 08, 1896 in Coryell Co. Texas ... 2 Mary Smith b: 1814 in Lawrence Co. MS ....... +Jepthah Douglass b: 1808 d: in Yazoo County, Mississippi ... 2 Priscilla Smith b: 1817 in Lawrence Co. MS d: 1876 in Lawerence Co. Mississippi Buried in Andrew-Johnson Cemetery ....... +Joel Douglass b: 1810 d: 1889 Buried in Andrew-Johnson Cemetery ... 2 Jane Smith b: 1818 in Lawerence County, Mississippi d: 1899 in Texas ....... +John Grice b: in Alabama d: Bef. 1870 ... 2 Levy (Levi) Smith b: 1819 in Mississippi d: September 20, 1888 in Grant Parish Louisiana-Buried at Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetry ....... +Jane Grice b: 1822 in Mississippi d: 1867 in Mississippi ... *2nd Wife of Levy (Levi) Smith: ....... +Nancy Ann Hall b: Abt. 1837 in Mississippi ... 2 Annie Smith b: May 18, 1822 in Lawrence Co. Ms d: January 14, 1887 in Lawerence Co. MS ....... +Ransom Douglass b: August 09, 1805 in FranklinCounty Georgia d: May 24, 1883 in Buried Providence Baptist Church Cemetery Copiah Co. MS ... 2 Catherine Smith b: August 06, 1826 in Lawrence Co. MS d: July 09, 1872 in Buried Smith Cemetery -Sontag ....... +William Ham Please feel free to e-mail me about any of these people or the reunion. Dot Golliher