This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jameshardin57 Surnames: Queen Smith Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.queen/934.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looked at the US Census for Bubcombe County 1900-1930, There are several Heads of Household in Buncombe County in this period named "William Smith." None of them have a wife named "Elmeda." (Three of the Heads of Household were in Black Mountain in 1900, 1910 & 1930 with wives Nannie(1900, 1910), Ellen (1910)& Elvina (1930)). If you have additional information on William & Elmeda (Queen) Smith, please post it, 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.

R. S. Bassler Washington, past and present: a history New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1932, 2818 pgs. pg. 538 Although the lands in and around Washington were granted to the various proprietors about 1665, it was not until about sixty years thereafter that the population of the region was large enough to warrant the formation of churches. Land was donated for Rock Creek Church in 1720, and there was sufficient ground around the church for the cemetery, which has received the dead for over two hundred years. Richard Queen also provided land for a Roman Catholic chapel near Langdon, and burials were no doubt made thereat in due time. Bryan, W. B. A history of the national capital: from its formation through the period of the adoption or the Organic Act New York: Macmillan, 1916, 1421 pgs. pg 84 The Jesuits continued their missionary labors in Maryland, and among other centres had an establishment at Port Tobacco, some thrity miles south of Washington, and it is supposed that priests from that place visited the Catholic families in and about the District and in private houses performed the offices of the church. The house of Ann Young, and when afterwards occupied by her son, Notley Young, on G Street, S. W., according to tradition was often the scene of religious services, as was that of Richard Queen, erected about 1722, in the northeastern section of the District, where Langdon is situated and where afterwards Queen's Chapel was built.