I am forwarding this for the person wh9o is tracking Pioneer's who came to Oregon in 1800's. Hope this leads to something with the info in it. Maxine Wilton willma@sprynet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <VAFREDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 9:31 AM Subject: [VAFREDER] Smith, Schmidt, Pickerell,Young families in Frederick County > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: MSmith0603 > Surnames: Smith, Schmidt, Pickerel, Youngl > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.frederick/5956/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for information, and to share information that we have on the Smith > family. The first Smith on this continent was a Hessen soldier named Schmidt > that was captured at Trenton, and marched to Winchester in Frederick Co. We do > not know his given name. He changed his name to Smith shortly afterwards. His > son was Christian Smith, born circa 1776, who married Elizabeth Young on 15 Feb > 1799, in Frederick Co. Their son was John Adam Smith, Born 3 May 1800 in > Frederick Co. John married Eliza Pickerell on 2 Nov 1821 in Frederick Co. > The family moved to Ohio, then Illinois, and Iowa. In 1862 the family came west > in the Jonathan P. Smith Wagon Train, via the Oregon Trail, only to be attacked > twice in the same day by Shoshones near Raft River, Idaho. They made it to > California the next spring. > I am a direct descendent through John Adam's son Buchanan. > > Mark Smith Oakley, California "mark-donna@comcast.net" > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like > to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond > on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFREDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >