This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smiths in Abbeville/Greenwood/Smithville Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zcB.2ACE/46.1 Message Board Post: im searching for african american smiths that where in the abbeville/greenwood area around the mid 1800's as well as into the 1900s. one area specifically that they may have been was called smithville. some of the names are william and bethenia smith their children where timothy, william jr, james(jim), joseph. ne info or help would be appreciated thxs