Dan, the parents of Byrd SMITH of Floyd CoVA, m. Lydia IDDINGS, were John SMITH and Rosanna BALF or BOLFE, who married in Franklin CoVA, m.b. dated 01 Jan 1807. I have the following as their children, all born in Franklin CoVA: Jane, b. abt 1807/8, m. 18 Jun 1825, John RICHARDSON Byrd, b. 15 Jul 1809, m. 13 Sep 1832, Lydia IDDINGS Creed L., b. 1812/13, m. 30 Nov 1834 Mary RADFORD Robert, b. abt 1815, m. abt 1835, Martha A. THOMPSON Martha, b. abt 1817, m. 15 Feb 1845, Burwell UNDERWOOD Mary "Polly", b. 1820, m. 23 Dec 1834, John VEST Willis, b. 13 Feb 1826, m. 28 Dec 1847, Lucy J. PETERS Nancy, b. abt 1828, 17 Oct 1842, James W. RADFORD I descend from Byrd's younger brother Creed. Hope this helps, Cousin. Carolyn HALE BRUCE, DAR, IBSSG, VBGS Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots Rebel King, The Har'ships and Rebel King, Bannok Burn See all the books we publish at: www.bruceandbruceinc.com (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!)

Carolyn, That is the conventional wisdom. Aside from the Franklin County marriage bond record and Rosanna's death record, those two are a complete mystery, however. I've also seen her last name spelled "Rolf" or "Rolfe" or "Ralf" in a few sources. That teases of her being related to the John Rolfe-Pocahantas line that comes out of the early Jamestown settlers, but there's no direct evidence of that being her correct name. A few months ago, I requested the assistance of the Franklin County Historical Society in trying to find out anything about them. So far, I haven't heard anything back. There is one personal family tree on ancestry.com that suggests a completely different parentage for Byrd, Creed and their siblings. I emailed the owner, but I haven't heard anything back. I've read message board posts suggesting that there might be some native american influence in the family, since Byrd and Creed could be considered native american-sounding names. No real evidence exists of this, either. I would _*love*_ any direct evidence that anyone could share. -Dan Smith Carolyn Bruce wrote: > Dan, the parents of Byrd SMITH of Floyd CoVA, m. Lydia IDDINGS, were John > SMITH and Rosanna BALF or BOLFE, who married in Franklin CoVA, m.b. dated 01 > Jan 1807. I have the following as their children, all born in Franklin CoVA: > > Jane, b. abt 1807/8, m. 18 Jun 1825, John RICHARDSON > Byrd, b. 15 Jul 1809, m. 13 Sep 1832, Lydia IDDINGS > Creed L., b. 1812/13, m. 30 Nov 1834 Mary RADFORD > Robert, b. abt 1815, m. abt 1835, Martha A. THOMPSON > Martha, b. abt 1817, m. 15 Feb 1845, Burwell UNDERWOOD > Mary "Polly", b. 1820, m. 23 Dec 1834, John VEST > Willis, b. 13 Feb 1826, m. 28 Dec 1847, Lucy J. PETERS > Nancy, b. abt 1828, 17 Oct 1842, James W. RADFORD > > I descend from Byrd's younger brother Creed. Hope this helps, Cousin. > > Carolyn HALE BRUCE, > DAR, IBSSG, VBGS > > Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots > Rebel King, The Har'ships and > Rebel King, Bannok Burn > > See all the books we publish at: > www.bruceandbruceinc.com > (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!) > > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >