Descendants of Troy Lee EASON & Celia SMITH?? 1. TROY LEE2 EASON (KERNEY1) was born ca 1852 in Johnston Co NC. He married CELIA SMITH 8 March 1874 in Johnston Co NC, daughter of DAVID SMITH and UNICEY HOLLAND. She was born 9 December 1841, and died 5 December 1905 in Johnston Co NC. Notes for CELIA SMITH: http://www.betterthanmost.com/holland/3wood.htm#10-Edward%20Sion%20Smith Unicey Selah (called Nicey) Holland, a daughter, born 24 Dec 1822. She married David Oliver Smith who was born 1821 and died about 1854 at around the age of 35. They appear in the Wayne County census of 1850 as Nancy age 26 and Oliver age 29 with three children: Simon age 4, Celia age 2 and Woodard age 11 months. After Oliver's death, Nicey Holland Smith married Nathan R. Pike on 30 November 1858. They appear in the 1860 census with other children. The other children could have been Oliver's children born between the 1850 census and his death in about 1854. Children of Unicey Selah Holland and David Oliver Smith: 1.) Edward Sion Smith was born 30 May 1846. He married Louisa Jane Holland who was born 30 Sep 1846 and died 31 July 1894 at age 47. Jane Holland was the 6th child of Exum Holland; 2.) Selah Nicey ("Celia" or Nicey Selah) Smith was born 19 Dec 1847. She married Troy Eason. She is listed in the 1850 Wayne County census as Celia, age 2; 3.) Woodard Smith was born 10 Aug 1849; 4.) Polly Ann (Mary Anne?) Smith was born 25 April 1851. She married Exum (Irvin?) Radford; 5.) Sally Smith was born 12 April 1853. She married Henley Lancaster; 6.) David Oliver Smith, Jr. was born 7 Feb 1855. He married Arabella Sasser. David died 4 Dec 1927. Children of TROY EASON and CELIA SMITH are: i. PRISSIE EASON, b. ca 1876, Johnston Co NC. ii. SOLOMON EASON, b. ca 1880, Johnston Co NC. iii. HARSAM EASON, b. ca 1884, Johnston Co NC. iv. TROY E. EASON, b. ca 1887, Johnston Co NC. v. MOSES EASON, b. ca 1890, Johnston Co NC. BevJax@earthlink.net ICQ 84892128 AIM BevWmson I am planning to live forever......... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PITTMAN DATA BANK: Now 2,350 depositors, and growing! http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bevwmson/pittmandatabank.html http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/i/l/Beverly--C-Williamson/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "We have the power to change the world. Teach your children to love life, Respect humanity, and protect our planet." ...CyberBev, 1 Jan 2001