This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bryan, Smith/Schmidt, Earnhardt, Pace Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0VB.2ACI/1580.1594.1597 Message Board Post: I have a Polly Bryan (b.1784) who I can't fit in anywhere. Someone has suggested she might be from a Forbis family originally. She was born 31 Oct. 1784 and in April 1804 married John Smith (Schmidt line) in Rowan Co., NC. Her Smith children were: Wiley, Drury ((Drew), and Margaret (b.1806--my line). While the Rowan History Room researcher gave me this much information, nothing was known of her origins. At the death of John Smith in 1812, she remarried a Jacob Weant (another German) and had other children. She died in Rowan Co., in April 1843). The names of her male children have always seemed odd to me for a German father. The children did inherit from the estate of John Smith, so they must be his children. Unfortunately, I don't know much more about John Smith because Rowan Co. was filled with John Smith's in this period, both English and German. According to the Rowan History Room, his father was Peter Smith/Schmidt Jr (wife Margaret Ford) ., son of old Peter Schmidt Sr. (d.1767). I know that the Forbis and Bryan and Wiley families were connected in some way, and thought I would ask you if you had any information on my Polly Bryan (I can only guess that she might have been a Mary).. Betty Pace - bapace2@juno.com