This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACI/1002.1.3.1.1.2 Message Board Post: This isn't my connection. My knowledge of the Smith's is pretty complete except for the parents of John. I was hoping that I would find a clue in Botetourt County since I can't seem to find anything in Rockbridge County. My John Smith was born about 1770, died Mar. 5, 1821 - 1822. He married Elinor "Nelly" Gaylor b. about 1770 in October 27, 1791 in Rockbridge County. They had six children: James, John, Thomas, Eleanor, Nancy, and Henry J. Smith (b. April 4, 1811) in Rockbridge County. Henry J. Smith married Angeline Rowsey on March 2, 1830. He died Jan. 15, 1900. She was born in 1814 and died in 1880. They had 11 children: Alexander F., Mary Ellen, Elizabeth Ann, Nancy Susan, Martha Frances, Rebecca H., Henry Milburn, Virginia Hildebrant, Melinda A., Andrew J. and Geroge W. They were all born in Rockbridge County. Henry Milburn b. 2/12/1848 married Sarah Elizabeth Hazlett b. 12/15/1852 in Rockbridge County on 12/23/1869. He died on 4/10/1923. She died 2/18/1910. They had 10 children: Charles Hileman, Taylor M., Orio L., Lora Zena, David Oliver, Asa E., Minnie A., Sally Elizabeth, Nettie, and Watt Hulbert.