In checking my Hord information I noticed Col. Guilieomus Smith was engaged in the slave trade about 1827-1835 and is listed in a Hord law suit that happened after James Hord Senior died. James Senior had numerous slaves and left them to his children, other people and some to have freedom. James also could have been married before he married Mary Susan (Molly) Miller, d of Simon Miller and Isabella Miller. Do not know when he married the Miller gal. Lawsuits on this also. Does any person know any of the names of this Guilieomus Smith's children? My Frances Ellen Slaughter, d of Frances Sofia Hord and Gabriel Slaughter married a Claudsley W Smith in Indiana at age 16. Several male Slaughters were also in Indiana. I know Frances Ellen Slaughter was born 10 March 1810 in Culpeper, VA and married 12 Dec. 1826 in Cark County, Indiana. I know she inherited money along with her two sisters married to a Brooks and Withers. Claudsley W Smith supposedly was from Vermont. Only one Census lists him in Indiana with a wife and young daughter. Frances Ellen Slaughter could have been acquainted with this Smith Family in Culpeper. Claudsley W Smith had a tendency to gamble and drink and left Frances Ellen with a young daughter. Years later he returned ill, had my great grandfather George Lawrence Smith and died in 1849. I believe Claudsley liked river boats and may have worked on one. Know my Gabriel Slaughter was NOT the Gov. of KY and may have had a brother Smith Slaughter. A William Slaughter signed James Hord's will. Louisville, KY