Jeanne, I think my late husband is a descendant of the same line of Smiths you are researching. I have the name of William Jackson Smith's wife as Mahala Jane Hazlett. Contact me off-line at lawsoj@wvnet.edu if you'd like to compare notes. Jean wvcabell-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > From: jsc5069@aol.com > Subject: Re: [WVCABELL] First name spelling question > >> Hello group, >> ? I am fairly new to research in the West Virginia area. I am searching >> the >> Ezra Wise Smith (1 Oct 1865-7 Aug 1945) line. His father Samuel Sanders >> Smith (29 Aug 1839-21 Mar 1917)?death cert lists father as Jackson Smith >> and Mary Jane Hazlette. A search of?Cabell county marriages lists a? >> Jarson Smith and Jersey Hayslette 3 July 1838. Samuel's brother?William >> Jackson's death cert list?father as William Jackson and mother as Jensie >> Hazlett. As the writing may be unclear on these certificates what do you >> suppose the first name of the mother would be? Jersey, Jensie or Jane >> as the 1850 census states.? >> ? Did the?early settlers to Cabell county come there from a particular >> section >> of Virginia? or another state? >> ? I would like to research the Smith involvement?in the Civil War.? Was >> Cabell >> Union or Confederate?? >> Thanking for any advice in advance. >> Jeanne >>