Yes, thank you. I have a copy of the will that was posted on a Martin website. I printed it out. Do you have any idea who Rev Smith's forebears might be ? The Martin / Wright / Harrison family that he married into were from old Virginia lines...but I haven't found a connection back to anyone yet. Thanks for your help, Malinda Cindy wrote: > Can't remember if I sent you this or not? > I did find a Samuel P Smith as the son-in-law of Robert martin. Martin's will is dated 11 Sep 1842, Proved Nov 1842. Do you have this abstract from > Wilkes county Wills? > > mthiesse@swbell.net wrote: > > > Ooops....correction.... > > > > Rev. Samuel Powell Smith was born 1805 in Rowan Co NC...(not Wilkes Co ...he moved there > > later)....sorry > > > > Malinda > > > > mthiesse@swbell.net wrote: > > > > > Hello Flora , > > > > > > I believe we might have some of the same Smiths...I believe i saw a Thurman > > > marriage on one of the family group sheets somewhere. > > > > > > I have Rev Samuel Powell Smith , b1805 Wilkes Co NC who married Amelia > > > Maratin d/o Dr Robert Martain and Amelia Wright (d/o Capt John Wright III > > > and Ann Williams). > > > > > > Their daughter Sarah Martain Smith (b. 1828) married Uriah Douthitt . > > > > > > Any connection ? > > > > > > Malinda Jones > > > > > > flora newby wrote: > > > > > > > Newby > > > > Perry > > > > Thurman > > > > Smith > > > > Carter > > > > Varney > > > > and a lot more Flora > > > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > > > Discussion on this list is restricted to NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY only. > > > > Please don't post commercial messages or advertising without permission > > > > of the list manager <ncgen@mindspring.com> > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > > > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > > > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > > Discussion on this list is restricted to NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY only. > > > Please don't include NCROOTS as a recipient for your personal correspondence. > > > For comments or list administration questions, contact the list manager: <ncgen@mindspring.com> > > > > > > ============================== > > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a message to > > NCROOTS-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > with the one word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. Use a blank subject line, or the word UNSUBSCRIBE; don't use "re:" in the subject line. > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi