Asa was James Smeathers son...Noah....his lst born... >From: "Noah E. Smothers" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SMOTHERS] Smeathers 1810-1890 Kentucky Census >Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 00:02:47 -0600 > >Only 4 Smeathers in the 1810-1890 Kentucky census: > >Database: Kentucky Census, 1810-90 >Combined Matches: 4 > > >Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record >Type Database ID# >1830 SMEATHERS ASA Daviess County KY 194 Harriss Federal Population >Schedule >KY 1830 Federal Census Index KYS2b152595 >1830 SMEATHERS ASA Daviess County KY 194 Harriss Federal Population >Schedule >KY 1830 Federal Census Index KYS2b152596 >1850 SMEATHERS ASA Daviess County KY 377 District 1 Federal Population >Schedule KY 1850 Federal Census Index KYS5a1575482 >1850 SMEATHERS ASA Daviess County KY 451 District 1 Slave Schedule KY 1850 >Slave Schedule KY46931745 > > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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Only 4 Smeathers in the 1810-1890 Kentucky census: Database: Kentucky Census, 1810-90 Combined Matches: 4 Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type Database ID# 1830 SMEATHERS ASA Daviess County KY 194 Harriss Federal Population Schedule KY 1830 Federal Census Index KYS2b152595 1830 SMEATHERS ASA Daviess County KY 194 Harriss Federal Population Schedule KY 1830 Federal Census Index KYS2b152596 1850 SMEATHERS ASA Daviess County KY 377 District 1 Federal Population Schedule KY 1850 Federal Census Index KYS5a1575482 1850 SMEATHERS ASA Daviess County KY 451 District 1 Slave Schedule KY 1850 Slave Schedule KY46931745

Your right they are counties, now we know where else to look for information. Thanks Noah ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 11:21 PM Subject: [SMOTHERS] Smothers: William Smithers/Smothers : Noah and Nena: : Regarding the 1st census of Kentucky, 1790, could those be county : names instead of middle names? Nelson, Fayette, and Woodford are all names : of counties in Kentucky. : : Also, regarding the 1800 census of Ohio County, James was the brother : of William (Bill), who went to Texas. James also had a son named John. They : first settled in Ohio County near Hartford, but then moved to the Yelvington : area. Ohio County was split and part of it formed Daviess County, but I : don't know off hand what year they split. James and John (using the spelling : of Smeathers) then lived in Daviess County. Hope this helps some. : : : ============================== : Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: : Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. : http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com :

Search Results Database: Full Context of Kentucky Census, Reconstructed, 1790 Combined Matches: Previous Page Next Page "FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790 [p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY [p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790 page 88 Smithers, Thos Nelson 11/22/1792 "FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790 [p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY [p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790 page 88 Smithy, Thos Fayette 2/26/1790 "FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790 [p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY [p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790 page 88 Smithy, Wm Fayette 2/26/1790 "FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790 [p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY [p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790 page 88 Smither, Robert Fayette 7/ 9/1789 "FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790 [p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY [p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790 page 88 Smither, Robert Woodford 5/27/1790 "FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790 [p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY [p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790 page 88 Smither, Wm Fayette 7/ 9/1789 "FIRST CENSUS" OF KENTUCKY 1790 [p.1] HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS OF KENTUCKY [p.5] Kentucky Counties in 1790 page 88 Smither, Wm. Woodford 5/27/1790

Just a reflection on the past year. At the close of last year I had managed to place my Smothers line to the year 1801. This year I have stretched that to the year 1738, without the help of all you researchers I could have never done that. It has been a wonderful year in some ways and not so good in others. I will start with the not so good. We lost a wonderful Smothers researcher this year with the passing of Helen Mozelle Smothers Swenson. Helen made many contributions to the Smothers list, if anyone research's the archives you will find many items donated to us by Helen. I also lost an Uncle this year, my dad's last brother, Halen (Buck) Smothers, he is pictured with my dad on the Smothers Reunion page. There has been numerous family members and friends that have made that journey that we all must face someday. I pray that we all are prepared when we are called up yonder. May they all Rest in Peace. Now on to the brighter side. This year we held the First Smothers Reunion in Saint Louis, being the first one, none of us really knew what to expect. The turnout was not as large as I had expected, but we still had Smothers researchers from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, California, Kentucky, and Missouri. Everyone who attended had a very good time, and are anxious to have another one. I have been asked if and when we will have another. At present that is still in the air, and I hope to have an answer soon. My wife and I also attended a Smothers Reunion in Lebanon, Kentucky and had a truly wonderful time there. We had to laugh though as that Smothers bunch are very musical inclined, when my wife was asked if I could sing she had to reply "He doesn't carry a tune in a bucket". We met many fine Smothers's and their families, if anyone can they should make plans to attend this year, they sure made us feel welcome. With the advent of putting my family tree on the internet it has sure kept me busy, I find that is filling in lots of dead ends for many different surnames, I receive emails every day from all over the world with people trying to make connections. I recommend that everyone place theirs on there also, it is possible to do it so that all living relatives are excluded, and you also have the choice to allow or not allow others to download ged.files from it. I think that if a person is afraid of a virus that the internet is probably safer than your own home computers, and then if your computer crashes you can always retrieve your file from the Internet. This year we have had some new members to the Smothers mail list and have also lost some. There is various reasons that people come and go, but we can all be assured that no matter where they are, they are still thinking all the time about their family genealogies. I just wrote one two nights ago and she replied that she was hurt and down in the back and has had to put her research on hold. Steve Smothers and his wife is off for a while as they are taking care of their elderly parents, Steve will be back you can bet as soon as possible. There will be more new researchers you can be assured of after Christmas, if we all work to find them and guide them to the Smothers mail list, we just might find the answers that we all are looking for. There will be lots of Smothers travelers in the next few weeks may God be watching over all of you and may he bring you safely back so we can continue............. God Bless and Merry Christmas In Memory of all our Friends and Family. Noah

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Interestingly...I just received a two pg report stamped from the Smither Archives and it is talking about 4 Smathers Sisters...hope this might be of some interest to someone... "In memory, the 4 Smathers Sisters...namely, Molly HARTMAN, Eva BARRINGER, Susanah ROUGH, and Elizabeth CRAIGLOW who died during the 1807 Rowan County, NC death plague leaving a total of 22 motherless children. They were [1] married dau of William SMITHER II [alias SMATHERS] of Rowan; [2] sisters of the two SMITHER [alias SMATHERS] brothers who settled subsequently (1815) in Haywood Co; and [3] grand-dau of William SMITHER I, who died (1760) in Berks Co., Penn., leaving a Will which named 7 sons and 3 dau inc. (as his 2nd son) William II who migrated subsequently (1774) to Rowan Co.,NC where he lived for 49 yrs before his death in 1823." also ...."In Memory...Henry Smither [alias Smathers] who was the Senior Elder of the WNC branches of the Smathers family and who was known as the Sage of Balsam, died on 6-14-1856 at his Summit home astride the Haywood & Jackson Co line. He was the 2nd son of William SMITHER II (1736-1823) who migrated in 1774 from Low Hill Township, Northamton Co., Penn to Rowan Co., NC where HENRY was born the following yr 1775. He was the grandson of William SMITHER I, a person of British origin, who died in Albany Township, Berks Co.,Penn., in 1760 leaving a Will naming his 7 sons and 3 dau...near the end of the War of 1812, Henry and his younger brother, John [wife, Mary AGNER] migrated to Haywood Co, which then inc. Jackson. There they dropped their British surname {Smither] and adopted the alias surname SMATHERS. Early Jackson Co kin incl names: Fullbright, Snyder, Liner.... there is MORE...if anyone is interested on pg 2..let me know...Nena >From: "Nena Smothers" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [SMOTHERS] Fw: Smothers >Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 20:09:43 -0800 > >It could have been a James or it might have been a John. Ihave a will from >Ruby [[email protected]] made in 1618 in England, proved in 1626 >Arlington >Castle, Buybury Parish, Bloucester Co. Extracted from "Genealogical >gleaning >in England" by Walers, New England Historical Genealogiacal Society, >1901...came from Smithers Archives, 9510 Woodley Ave, Silver Springs, MD >20910. This will gave all to his son John who was decease, so went to >eldest >son John and bequeathed to a son in law Edmond Curtis alas Cliffe...inc. a >cousin name Henry Smithers. Ruby has more details. > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >============================== >The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family >members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. >http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

It could have been a James or it might have been a John. Ihave a will from Ruby [[email protected]] made in 1618 in England, proved in 1626 Arlington Castle, Buybury Parish, Bloucester Co. Extracted from "Genealogical gleaning in England" by Walers, New England Historical Genealogiacal Society, 1901...came from Smithers Archives, 9510 Woodley Ave, Silver Springs, MD 20910. This will gave all to his son John who was decease, so went to eldest son John and bequeathed to a son in law Edmond Curtis alas Cliffe...inc. a cousin name Henry Smithers. Ruby has more details. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

From: "Wallace McKeehan" <[email protected]> for your information. Note the new addition of the reprint of Boethel's>anecdotes on the family--"When the Dust Settled on the Patriarch's House" at http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/1828census3.htm#smothersbio . Wallace L. McKeehan 4401 Betty St., Bellaire, TX 77401 SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt.htm THE MANZANAR PROJECT http://www-ibt.tamu.edu/manzanar CENTER FOR CANCER BIOLOGY & NUTRITION http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/ccbn.htm _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Note the addition on the Berry Boys at http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/smothers.htm#betsy . I'm copying the>comments below from a researcher on Capt. Tumlinson's Rangers, if>you run>across anything, let me know. *************************** Wallace: Thankyou for thinking of me and my Quest., Yes I've studied the>Berrys. Joseph Berry is listed as a Tumlinson Ranger in Smithwicks book and>the Handbook of Texas., however no records found at Tx. Archives on him. Tx>General Land Office has his dates of service from 23 April to 1 Nov.1836 and>awarded 640 acres of land. Its quite possible he was detailed to guard the>retreating families of Bastrop. I just wish I could make a Possitve Document>Connection to the Tumlinson Rangers. I have found John Bates Berry going>off with Col. Edward Burelsons Ranger detachment for June to Nov. and alot>of the Old Tumlinson Rangers also. This is leading me into new research.I should tell you the Tx Ranger Muesum>published my article on 3-Legged>Willie. Its about 8 pages and >basically a>outline of the book I'm writting.>I was dissapointed that it >was "EDITED" and 1, 2, 3. Divisons was changed to>Companies. Oh. Well I at >least got the Rangers and the Texas Revolution>together and a $100.00 to >Boot.I still vist the Best Texian Web page out on a regular basis! Best >Regards,>Jim Gray [email protected]>Tumlinson's Rangers Have you run across Joseph, John Bates or Andrew Jackson Berry associated with Capt. Tumlinson's Rangers in your studies? See http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/smothers.htm#mier, end of paragraph. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Noah E. Smothers" <[email protected]> To: "G. C. Waldrep III" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 9:56 PM Subject: Smothers : Hello : I have been doing a little research tonight and found this on the Passenger : and Immigration Lists Indexes, 1538-1940: : James, Smother : Place: Virginia : Year: 1675 : Primary individual: Smother, James : Source code: 6221 : Source name: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of : Virginia : Source Annotation: Date and place where land was patented and record was : created listing : Source page #: 168 : : I know that most people believe that the American Smothers started with the : Smithers families, but I believe that one line started here with James, : Smother, in looking at the IGI records the Smothers were already in England : several years before 1600 and it has to be possible that one of them came : here as a Smother/s and I think that James is that person. I hope that you : are able to help clarify and find the clues needed. : Best Wishes and a Merry Christmas : Noah Smothers : :

From: [email protected] >From Paul Boethel's story, When the Dust Settled on the Patriarch's House, http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/smothers.htm#freestate, SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt.htm _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Noah: you have been working overtime, thank you for this information... From: "Noah E. Smothers" <[email protected]> >I have been looking through the Reconstructed 1790 census for Kentucky, >Kentucky was formed from Virginia in 1792, so the first Kentucky census >was>actually in Virginia.>Looking through the Kentucky census index there >is no Smothers listed in>1790,(keeping in mind that indexs are not always >correct), however there is>Smithers and Smithy: It is very possible that >one of these is the William>(Bill) Smothers. > >First Census of Kentucky 1790 >Thos. Nelson Smithers, 11/22/1792 >Thos. Fayette Smithy, 2/26/1790 >William Fayette Smithy, 2/26/1790 >Robert Fayette Smither, 7/9/1789 >Robert Woodford Smither 5/27/1790 >Wm. Fayette Smither 7/9/1789 >Wm. Woodford Smither, 5/27/1790 > >Is either Wm. Fayette Smither or Wm. Woodford Smither the Bill Smothers >who>founded Owensboro Ky? >>>ALL I CAN really tell you is his name was >William [Bill] Smithers [Smothers]...there is a park now in Owensboro named >for him. I do not know his middle name or if he had one. If we could figure >out his parents, we might could come up with some middle name. From time to >time, we have thought it might be either Jacob or Archibald, as we find >that name often in his later sons and generations. It would seem that with the common middle name of >Fayette, or Woodford that these Smithers, Smithy's had to be related. I >wonder if the middle name is not LaFayette, that might lead to a French >connection? I searched the familysearch.com page and did not find anything >for any of these names. However I did not spend a lot of time looking >there.>If then we look at the 1800 Kentucky census for Ohio County, >Kentucky we>find: >Jacob Smothers >James Smothers[ this is probably Bill's brother] >John Smothers[this could be Bill's son, John Bates Smothers, sr] >James Smothers >John Smothers >William Smothers[probably Bill, as we know he was in Ohio Co at this time] > >It is possible that the Smothers were brothers in the Ohio county, >Census,[YES] >or sons of William (Bill) Smothers, we know that William Smothers is the >one>that went to Texas, did a Jacob, James or John Smothers also end up >in>Texas?[YES, Bill's son, John Bates Smothers did go to Tx too after 1820 >and he established himself in the Dewitt colony in Lavaca Co, >Tx....Archibald, John's son, also went to Tx to the Dewitt colony.] Does Jacob, James or John show up in the 1810 census for Ohio County, >Kentucky? In viewing the 1810 census I did not find any of the Smothers >there, it appears that they all had left Ohio County, Kentucky before >the>1810 census. [they went to Indiana...Bill supposedly m. in Indiana, had >3 more children, his wife died, then he went to Tx around 1821 or so to do >some scouting for Jim bowie...Archibald followed later, then Archie's dau, >Mary Jane Foster also came to Tx] The first Smothers I see in the Texas census is William >Smothers 1823, Riverbrassos, Texas, and no other until 1840, John and >William both in 1840, and William again in 1844 with lots more later.[YES, >this is true. We are pretty positive about their movements once they were >in Tx, too many folks recorded them. He was in Ft. Bend, helped establish >that Ft. there, then he also went to the Dewitt Colony, granted land in >1824 by the mexican govt...as did his son, John Bates..then Bill went back >to the Austin colony in Riverbrassos around Columbia where he eventually >died in 1837. > >I looked at the Indiana census and the earliest Smothers I find is Hugh >Smothers Sr., John Smothers, and Reuben Smothers in the 1830 census, no >Jacob, James or William. It is possible that Jacob James, and William >are>there as Smithers.[possibly, we have driven ourselves crazy trying to >figure this out!] James stayed in Ky...and used the name Smeathers, as are >all his descendants there presently. he never went to Tx. > >Just trying to find those exclusive connections.>>>>thank you for doing >this. I will send you the link for the Texas Handbook online, maybe you can >figure out something we can't>>>>>. >Noah Smothers 12/16/2000 > > > > > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Happy Holiday's to each and every one on the Smothers list. And my thanks to all, for the help, clues and encouragement that you have giving me. Jan.

I have been looking through the Reconstructed 1790 census for Kentucky, Kentucky was formed from Virginia in 1792, so the first Kentucky census was actually in Virginia. Looking through the Kentucky census index there is no Smothers listed in 1790,(keeping in mind that indexs are not always correct), however there is Smithers and Smithy: It is very possible that one of these is the William (Bill) Smothers. First Census of Kentucky 1790 Thos. Nelson Smithers, 11/22/1792 Thos. Fayette Smithy, 2/26/1790 William Fayette Smithy, 2/26/1790 Robert Fayette Smither, 7/9/1789 Robert Woodford Smither 5/27/1790 Wm. Fayette Smither 7/9/1789 Wm. Woodford Smither, 5/27/1790 Is either Wm. Fayette Smither or Wm. Woodford Smither the Bill Smothers who founded Owensboro Ky? It would seem that with the common middle name of Fayette, or Woodford that these Smithers, Smithy's had to be related. I wonder if the middle name is not LaFayette, that might lead to a French connection? I searched the familysearch.com page and did not find anything for any of these names. However I did not spend a lot of time looking there. If then we look at the 1800 Kentucky census for Ohio County, Kentucky we find: Jacob Smothers James Smothers John Smothers James Smothers John Smothers William Smothers It is possible that the Smothers were brothers in the Ohio county, Census, or sons of William (Bill) Smothers, we know that William Smothers is the one that went to Texas, did a Jacob, James or John Smothers also end up in Texas? Does Jacob, James or John show up in the 1810 census for Ohio County, Kentucky? In viewing the 1810 census I did not find any of the Smothers there, it appears that they all had left Ohio County, Kentucky before the 1810 census. The first Smothers I see in the Texas census is William Smothers 1823, Riverbrassos, Texas, and no other until 1840, John and William both in 1840, and William again in 1844 with lots more later. I looked at the Indiana census and the earliest Smothers I find is Hugh Smothers Sr., John Smothers, and Reuben Smothers in the 1830 census, no Jacob, James or William. It is possible that Jacob James, and William are there as Smithers. Just trying to find those exclusive connections. Noah Smothers 12/16/2000

Noah and Nena: Regarding the 1st census of Kentucky, 1790, could those be county names instead of middle names? Nelson, Fayette, and Woodford are all names of counties in Kentucky. Also, regarding the 1800 census of Ohio County, James was the brother of William (Bill), who went to Texas. James also had a son named John. They first settled in Ohio County near Hartford, but then moved to the Yelvington area. Ohio County was split and part of it formed Daviess County, but I don't know off hand what year they split. James and John (using the spelling of Smeathers) then lived in Daviess County. Hope this helps some.

Happy holidays everyone. I too have enjoyed all the back and forth information that has been shared. I am hoping you all have a safe and happy holiday, and God Bless, Peggy Post - --------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:32 AM Subject: [SMOTHERS] Your holidays..... >My holiday sentiments to all of you "cousins" on the list. I have enjoyed >writing to each of you and thank those of you willing to share all the >information you've uncovered in your searches!! Hopefully, someone will >organize another Smothers reunion and this one I might be able to attend. > >Best wishes to all, > >Karen Smothers Theofanides >in beautiful sunny California!! > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

Hi everyone Well, my second year as a member of this wonderful List is at a close and I owe my continued participation to Pat Mullens and Karen Theofanides and ever present and influential member; Noah Smothers. Got to say that I have learned a great deal about my Smothers family in the past year from all of you and in turn, am in hopes that I have been able to share a bit of information with some of you that will have been utilized as a tool in your own research. More to do for all of us in 2001 and continued success is wished for all of you in our common hobby of genealogical research. Just wanted to wish each of you a wonderful holiday season, filled with family and friends and most of all, fun. I will be unsubscribing today.......but, will return in February after I return from an extended trip. No computer will be available to me where I will be staying, so that put a halt to my favorite exercise there! LOL Good luck to you all and Happy Holidays. Bernie Moore-Knowles Phoenix, Arizona "I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White blood for you to question my honesty." ........Will Rogers

My holiday sentiments to all of you "cousins" on the list. I have enjoyed writing to each of you and thank those of you willing to share all the information you've uncovered in your searches!! Hopefully, someone will organize another Smothers reunion and this one I might be able to attend. Best wishes to all, Karen Smothers Theofanides in beautiful sunny California!!