Neither y-DNA (male lineage) nor mtDNA (female lineage) will help this guy with his early Smothers ancestors (pre Nancy Smothers & John Pinkston). Bill >I know there are some folks fr this line here......and I do remember these >two were not married....did they EVER get married?....any of them? >Does anyone have any info on the Mary 'polly' Smothers?...who she might have >married, or did she.....bec I believe a young man from this line got ahold >of me to get involved in the DNA project....however, his parents were not md >either and he mentions his father was an Ernie Smothers b 1932 TN, and his >father was a James Wesley Smothers b 1875 Tn and his mother was Mary 'polly' >Smothers, who I believe to be the dau/of Nancy and John. Guess this young >man recently found out his father was a Smothers as he died when this fella >was only 14mos old and obviously his mother attached her maiden name to him >all these yrs. So I am trying to figure out if Mary Smothers was md or not >or had any kids....or md a Smothers cousin or something to have a son name >James Wesley Smothers.....and that is to say IF we have the correct Mary >'polly' Smothers...but all the dob's he gave me match up to this family as >well as the state.....I may have to relay the news they are Pinkston's and >not Smothers and for Smothers DNA purposes his DNA is not going to match to >Smothers.What he could do is the mtDNA if another male desc of this line did >the mtDNA and see if they matched, which would be the mother Smothers....any >help is appreciated, thanks. nena > >Name: Nancy SMOTHERS >Sex: F >Birth: 1819-1820 in TN >Death: 1895 in Carroll Co., TN >Burial: Pleasant Hill Baptist Cemetery, Benton Co., TN >Education: Illiterate >_FA1: 1850, In Fed Census as Nancy Smothers with John Smothers, Carroll Co., >Dist. 18, TN >_FA2: 1850 Census: age 30 b TN; cannot read or write >_FA3: 1860: In Fed Census as Nancy Smothers, Dist. 4, Benton Co., TN >_FA4: 1860 Census: Age 42 b TN >_FA5: 1880, In Fed Census as Nancy Smothers, Dist. 18, Carroll Co., TN >_FA6: 1880 Census: age 65 b TN; Father b NC; Mother b NC >Change Date: 25 APR 2003 > >Father: John SMOTHERS b: 1791-1792 in NC >Mother: Mrs. Rebecca SMOTHERS b: 1792-1800 in NC > >Marriage 1 John PINKSTON b: FEB 1816 >Children >James Franklin SMOTHERS b: 11 SEP 1837 in Carroll Co., TN >William Harrison SMOTHERS b: 11 AUG 1841 in Carroll Co., TN >Mary "Polly" SMOTHERS b: 1842-1845 in Carroll Co., TN ************ >Wiley SMOTHERS b: 1844-1849 in TN >John SMOTHERS b: 1851-1852 in TN (Carroll Co. probably) > > >Children of Mrs. Rebecca SMOTHERS and John SMOTHERS are: > >i. Mary SMOTHERS was born ABT 1807 in NC or TN, and died AFT 1841. She >married James PINKSTON, son of James PINKSTON and Lydia YATES. He was born >1805 in Rowan Co., NC, and died AFT 1841. > ii. Gillum (Gilliam) "Gil" SMOTHERS was born 1813-1819 in TN, and died >AFT 1870. He married Sina PINKSTON ABT 1836 in TN. She was born ABT 1820 in >TN, and died 1860-1870. > iii. Elizabeth SMOTHERS was born 11 NOV 1818 in TN, and died 20 NOV 1870 >in Franklin Co., IL. She married Thomas REED. He was born ABT 1816. >1. iv. Nancy SMOTHERS was born 1819-1820 in TN, and died 1895 in Carroll >Co., TN. She married John PINKSTON. He was born FEB 1816, and died 20 DEC >1900 in (TN probably). > v. Wiley SMOTHERS was born 1818-1821 in TN, and died AFT 1879 in (last >known residence Carroll Co., TN). He married Alvira RUMLEY 20 JUL 1843 in >Carroll Co., TN. She was born 1829-1830 in TN, and died 1850-1859 in >(Carroll Co., TN probably). He married Sarah Isabella SANDERS 24 MAR 1859 in >Carroll Co., TN. She was born 1834-1835 in TN, and died AFT 1879 in (last >known residence Carroll Co., TN). > vi. Jesse Lowery SMOTHERS was born 1 APR 1826 in TN, and died 10 APR >1903 in Franklin Co., IL. He married Harriet Caroline PINKSTON 5 APR 1846 in >Carroll Co., TN. She was born MAY 1827 in TN, and died 13 JAN 1908 in >Franklin Co., IL. > vii. Green B. SMOTHERS was born 15 MAY 1826 in Carroll Co., TN, and died >7 APR 1856 in Carroll Co., TN. He married Martha PINKSTON 22 OCT 1845 in >Carroll Co., TN. She was born 1 APR 1830 in Carroll Co., TN, and died 17 AUG >1900 in Carroll Co., TN. > viii. Mahala SMOTHERS was born 1826-1830 in TN, and died AFT 1879 in >(last known residence Carroll Co., TN). > ix. Lydia SMOTHERS was born 1828-1829 in TN, and died AFT 1871 in (last >known residence Benton Co., TN). She married Levi W. FORREST 10 JAN 1854 in >Benton Co., TN. He was born 1817-1818 in TN, and died AFT 1870 in (last >known residence Benton Co., TN). > x. Fanny SMOTHERS was born 1831-1930 in TN, and died BEF 1910. She >married Henry Calvin WEBB 23 OCT 1853 in Benton Co., TN. He was born ABT >1830. > > >Children of Nancy SMOTHERS and John PINKSTON are: > >1. i. James Franklin SMOTHERS was born 11 SEP 1837 in Carroll Co., TN, and >died 10 JAN 1916 in Benton Co., TN. He married Sarah Elizabeth BARNES 29 APR >1857 in Benton Co., TN, daughter of William BARNES and Sarah WYATT. She was >born 24 AUG 1837 in Benton Co., TN, and died 26 SEP 1883 in Benton Co., TN. >He married Victoria Alice "Cora" BAGGETT 20 NOV 1884 in Benton Co., TN, >daughter of Henry W. BAGGETT and Mrs. Elvira BAGGETT. She was born 8 APR >1856 in Benton Co., TN, and died 27 MAR 1948 in Benton Co., TN. > ii. William Harrison SMOTHERS was born 11 AUG 1841 in Carroll Co., TN, >and died 18 JAN 1933 in Benton Co., TN. He married Martha Mary Abigail >TOWNSEND 4 JUN 1879 in Marion, Williamson Co., IL, daughter of Albert >TOWNSEND and Abigail HORN. She was born 23 FEB 1847 in Carroll Co., TN, and >died 5 JAN 1934 in Marion, Williamson Co., IL. > iii. Mary "Polly" SMOTHERS was born 1842-1845 in Carroll Co., TN, and >died AFT 1879 in (last known residence Carroll Co., TN). > iv. Wiley SMOTHERS was born 1844-1849 in TN, and died MAR 1880 in >Carroll Co., TN. He married Catherine DILLON 30 JUN 1869 in Carroll Co., TN. >She was born 1839-1840 in TN, and died AFT 1880 in (last known residence: >Carroll Co., TN, 1880). > v. John SMOTHERS was born 1851-1852 in TN (Carroll Co. probably), and >died AFT 1859 in (last known residence Benton Co., TN, 1860). > >________________________________________________________ _________ >Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >