Karen, I can add a little more to John Smith of Ijames history. 1850 census of Rowan Co. shows him with #2 wife Lydia Pinchback Holman Ratledge, widow of Thomas Henry Ratledge who died in 1841. Their combined family on that census. >>> Smiths of Rowan Co. - Descendants of John Smith. . . 1 John Smith b: June 06, 1799 Iredell Co., NC- d: March 06, 1872 in Center United Methodist Church Davie County . +Jane Beal Ijames b: January 17, 1803 d:abt 1842 Father: Beale Ijames Mother: Elizabeth Little m: February 14, 1825 ..... 2 William Osborne Smith b: Jan 21, 1826 - d. Dec 21, 1876 +Rachel Melvina McMahan ..... 2 James H. Smith b: abt 1827 ..... 2 Elizabeth Edith Smith b: June 8, 1828 d: March 6, 1862 +Lorenzo Pinckney Ratledge b: Nov 4, 1831 d: Aug 14 1909 Father: Thomas Henry Ratledge Mother: Lydia Pinchback Holman ..... 2 Beal Ijames Smith b: June 16, 1829 d: February 16, 1885 ......... +Martha Spry b: Abt. 1856 Father: Mother: m: August 30, 1878 in Davie County ..... 2 Pleasant Smith (Dr) b: April 05, 1831 d: November 05, 1854 ..... 2 Dr. John Lacy Smith b: d: +Betty C. Hawthorne ..... 2 Sarah Smith b: d: +St. Leger Beck m. 1859 John Smith second marriage . . . . +#2 Lydia Pinchback Holman b. Nov 13, 1808 Rowan Co., NC - d: Father: Jacob Holman Mother Lydia Pinchback ..... 2 Lydia Jane Smith b: 1848 Davie Co. NC + William Fields Note: Lydia's children by #1 marriage to Thomas Henry Ratledge: .......2 Emily Ratledge - b. 1829 d. 1878 m. Noah Gaither .......2 Lorenzo Pinkney Ratledge b. 4 Nov 1831 d. 14 Aug 1909 + Rebecca Stewart + Elizabeth Edith Smith .......2 David Holman Ratledge b. 2 Sept 1833 d. 7 Mar 1906 + Lavinia Gaither, Jane E. "Betty" Robison .......2 Isaac Ratledge b. 1834 d. 1932 + Rebecca Marinda Moore ......2 Daniel Jacob Ratledge b. 27 Oct 1838 d. 3 Aug 1892 +Martha Ann Heath ......2 William Henry Harrison Ratledge b. 2 Oct 1840 d. 11 Sept 1923 +Martha M. Chaffin Pamela Geisler Smith Gresham, OR