Helen: We have corresponded concerning this family before and I might be able to add some more thought to this family. First, if Thomas did not move to the lower Elk Fork until after his first wife died she may be buried in or near the Jellico Creek area. Jellico Creek, in which I am no authority, is quite a large area being partly in Scott County TN and Whitley County KY. Seems I have heard references to that area. The Thomas Smith Home is still standing in Jellico TN. It is right next to the Jeremiah Smith home ( the Jeremiah Smith home bring known by most as the Llewellen home, the Llewellen Funeral Home is also in this building.). Thomas, Jeremiah's brother built his home next door. If I am not mistaken Thomas' granddaughter still lives in the home. My opinion these homes dates to the late 1800's. I believe that is the date reference I saw concerning the Jeremiah Smith Home probably in Miller McDonalds book. I have always assumed that the Marriage of Jeremiah Smith To Eliza Lay is what brought the Smith brothers to the area which became Jellico. Eliza was the daughter of Jesse Lay son of Elijah Lay son of Jesse Lay and Hannah Lay Baird Lay. Jesse obtained a Land Grant from Ky in what is now Proctor Hollow near Jellico, TN. I have another thought concerning the Pine Knott post office. In early maps of the area and from my understanding of the geography of the area Pine Knott TN, ( although there was a Pine Knott KY also), can be found just across the Pine Mt on the Stinking Creek side. Some Civil War dispatches from this area refer to "Camp Pine Knott". Also in the 1875 minutes of the West Union Association of United Baptists there were 2 Ministers reported as having the Post Office address of "Pine Knott Tenn. " these ministers were from the Little Elk Church which is just a few miles from Elk Valley TN. The ministers were Michael Davis and Wm. Douglas. I believe this Rev. Michael Davis to be the same that later married my Great Grandmother Elizabeth Baird Lay Davis. If so Rev Michael Davis lived just outside the area of what became Jellico ( Falls Branch near Good Hope Church). So the nearest post office was that Pine Knott office. This may have been the post office moved to Jellico. Could not resist putting my two cents worth in. Gerald Lay MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL!! Gerald Lay Founding Member: 1995 Lay Family Genealogical Association www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8896 ------------------------------------------ Founding Member: 1989 Campbell County ( TN ) Historical Society cchistoricalsociety@ccdi.net ---------------------------------------------- My old Baird Page that I haven't updated in 6 years http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Country/3580/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <SHOKE2253@aol.com> To: <TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 4:30 AM Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] Thomas M. Smith Family, in and around Jellico area. > I am still researching this SMITH family and finding more and more each day > and hoping others can add to this large family. I am a SMITH researcher and my > SMITH's were in and around the Campbell Co, TN area and so were a few other > clans of SMITH's. So to keep them separated, I am using the SMYTH spelling for > these SMITH's from this line.