This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Crumb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/1172.2 Message Board Post: Hi, I am a descendant of the Smiths of Rowlesburg, Preston Co., W. VA. My Gr, gr, Grandfather was Robert S. Smith. Legend and research he came from a large Smith family of the Preston area, which at one time was the VA area. Records are difficult to locate in the time of the civil war era. I do not know if they were from PA or not. All I know is that his father was a wealthy landowner, had several children. Robert left his inheritance and land to go to Michigan, over the controversy of slavery with his father. Where in Preston Co., Is your ancestor from??? Let me know! Thanks!