I found a great new Search Engine (in my inbox...<grin>)...so I decided to look around some more for Rev Samuel Powell Smith...and I found him !! Still don't have a clue as to his parentage...maybe if there's a Wilkes Co list.... But...I found a lot of other folks that will look familiar to several folks ...lots of names at both sites....happy hunting......Malinda Jones MARTIN and EDWARDS Family...privately published family history http://www.ruhamah.com/LWFOChap4.htm Minutes of the 1st Session of the Jefferson Baptist Assoc http://horace.ls.net/~newriver/nrv/jeff1848.htm