Posted on: Amherst County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst/10857 Surname: SMITH, PETER, TAYLOR, MONTFORD, MUMFORD ------------------------- Thomas and Juda SMITH came to Mercer Co. KY from Virginia.They had close connections with other families who came from Amherst Co. VA., the Richard PETER and TAYLOR families. Were they related? Does anyone know the ancestry of Thomas and Juda SMITH? Thomas Smith was born abt. in 1730's and died in Mercer Co. KY in 1800. Thomas Smith bought land from Richard PETER in Mercer Co. KY. A younger Thomas Smith married Elizabeth Peter in Washington Co. KY., was she the daughter of Richard PETER and his wife Hannah MONTFORD who had came to KY from Amherst Co. VA.? And was the younger Thomas SMITH, born in 1769 in VA the son of Thomas and Juda SMITH?