Bios: Family History of Adam Smith, c 1745 - c 1813: Bedford Co, PA > KY Copyright İ 1989 by William G Scroggins. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. BillScroggins@classic.msn.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. _________________________________________________________________ ADAM SMITH : Prepared by WILLIAM G SCROGGINS 04 Jul 1989 : 718 Mill Valley Drive, Taylor Mill KY 41015-2278 . ADAM SMITH Born before 1745 Died 1813 Jefferson County, Kentucky Married Mary Catherine Hayes Born 1760 Died 23 Aug 1835 Children (order of birth unknown): Margaret ³Peggy² Smith b. c1780 d. m. John McCarty 17 May 1798 Jefferson County, Kentucky Mary Smith b. d. m. James Mundell 02 Apr 1799 Jefferson County, Kentucky (bond date) Sarah Smith b. 27 Jun 1783 d. 03 Sep 1835 Knox County, Indiana m. James Hodgen 09 Aug 1804 Jefferson County, Kentucky 25. Rebecca Smith b. 1787 Pennsylvania d. before 1869 m. 24. Luther Martin 30 Jun 1808 Bullitt County, Kentucky Benjamin Smith b. 25 Apr 1793 d. m. Melinda ------ James Smith b. 12 Nov 1798 d. 05 Apr 1829 m. apparently not Elizabeth Smith b. c1794-1800 d. m. John W Slaughter 06 Jun 1818 Jefferson County, Kentucky Joseph Smith b. c1801-1810 d. m. Adam Smith, who came to Jefferson County, Kentucky, from Bethel Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, which formerly was part of Ayr Township and Cumberland County, may have been a son of William Smith who also had land in Ayr Township, Cumberland County.[Note 1] Mary Catherine (Catreene) Smith, the wife of Adam Smith, probably was the daughter of George Hayes (Hayse, Hawse, Hause, Hoss, Horse), who had a daughter and heir Mary Smith and was a neighbor of Adam Smith in Pennsylvania and Kentucky:[Note 2] 1762 William Lynn 100 (w) 1763 George Hoss 50 (unw, unsd) William Lynn 100 (w) Laurance Sligor 100 (unw, unsd) William Smith 100 (unw, unsd) 1768 George Hoarse 147 (unw) Eddis Linn 50 (unw) Andrew Manu 105 (p) Jacob Manu 100 (unw) Barnet Manu 115 (unw) Lawrence Sligar 100 (w) William Smith 50 (w) Adam Smith 190 (unw) Peter Smith 115 (unw) James Smith 200 (w) 1769 George Horse 100 (l) Eddis Lynn 50 (l) Andrew Mooney 100 (p) Jacob Mooney 100 (l) Bernard Mooney 100 (l) Henry Slacker 100 (w) Philip Slather 50 (l) William Smith 50 (l) Adam Smith 100 (l) Peter Smith 70 (l) James Smith 100 1770 George Horse 100 (l) Eddis Linn 50 (l) Jean Linn 150 (w) Andrew Money 100 (p) Jacob Money 150 (l) Bernard Money 100 (l) Lawrence Slack 100 (l) Philip Slater 50 (l) William Smith 50 (l) Adam Smith 100 (l) Peter Smith 50 (l) James Smith 150 (l) The abbreviations following the number of acres were not defined in the transcript, but they may mean warranted, unwarranted, unsurveyed, patented and leased. Bedford County was erected from part of Cumberland County in 1771 and Bethel Township was formed in 1773 from Ayr Township, so that many of the above men, and others whose names are associated with them, were taxed in Bethel Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1774:[Note 3] John Fisher Barnet Mooney James Graham Moses Reed (two mills) George Horse Henry Rush Addis Linn Jacob Rush Jr Jane Linn Jacob Rush Sr Nathan Linn Peter Rush John McKinney Lawrence Slicken Andrew Mann Adam Smith John Martin Emanuel Smith Richard Martin John Smith Jacob Money (collector) Peter Smith George Horse undoubtedly is George Hayes (Hayse, Hause) who died in Jefferson County, Kentucky, about 1828, leaving a daughter Mary Smith.[Note 4] Manu, Mann, Money and Mooney are variant phonetic spellings of the name Muni. Lawrence Sligar (Slicken) is Lawrence Sliger whose daughter Lena married Jacob Money and had a daughter Leaney Money who married John Smith and moved to Jefferson County. Lena Mann married Peter Smith and also moved to Jefferson County.[Note 5] Adam Smith and Mary Catherine Hayes undoubtedly were married in Cumberland or Bedford counties, before moving to Jefferson County. Philip Slater (Slather) must have been Philip Slaughter who had land next to the Smiths and probably was the father of John Slaughter who married a daughter of Peter Smith and Lena Mann.[Note 6] William Linn could have been, or at least must have been related to, the early voyager on the Ohio River, between Pittsburgh and New Orleans, by that name, who was an early settler of Jefferson County, where Linn Station was founded before 1780.[Note 7] Since William Smith does not appear on the 1774 tax list, he may have died between 1770 and 1774. Adam Smith and Peter Smith are known to have named sons William, so it is logical that William Smith, who was taxed as early as 1763, was the father of Adam, Peter, John, James and Emanuel Smith. The disappearance of James Smith from the tax lists after 1770 suggests that he was the James Smith who explored Kentucky as early as 1767 and had improved land there, on the Licking River, in 1773.[Note 8] Colonel James Smith had a New Jersey background which ties in with the supposition that the Smiths came to Pennsylvania from that colony, as did many of their neighbors. He was born about 1732 which suggests that he could have been the eldest son of William Smith. Cumberland County is somewhat east of Bedford County today. Situated southwest of Harrisburg, the county seat of Cumberland is Carlisle. The land of Adam Smith was in the eastern part of Bedford County which became Fulton County in 1850. The first settlers in that area arrived in the valley of Tonoloway Creek about 1755. Later some groups settled in the Great Cove and northern parts of the county on land not officially acquired from the Indians. In 1750 the colonial government of Pennsylvania burned some of the settlersı cabins to satisfy the Indians. Five years later, the Indians attacked the settlers in what is called The Great Cove Massacre. The prompted the government to erect a chain of forts along the frontier, including Fort Littleton which was built in 1755. That same year Forbes Road was opened through the northern part of what became Fulton County.[Note 9] Today Tonoloway Creek begins just north of the town of Sipes Mill in Fulton County, not far from where US70 branches from the Pennsylvania Turnpike (US76) to go south. East of Sideling Hill, the stream roughly parallels US70 until both reach Hancock in Washington County, Maryland, where the creek empties into the Potomac River. There is a Fort Tonoloway State Park at Hancock. Morgan County, West Virginia, lies across the Potomac at this most narrow point in western Maryland. West of Sideling Hill, the watershed drains north, forming the Juniata River. The town of Bedford is situated in this area.[Note 10] Adam Smith must have been born before 1745 to obtain land in 1766. On 31 October 1766 Adam Smith applied for and received an order (No. 1767) for a survey of 300 acres of land adjoining John McKinneyıs surveyed line on White Oak in Bethel Township, Bedford County. The survey, made on 18 June 1774, resulted in a tract of 223 acres, called Clover Field. that surrounded the northern base of Tonoloway Hill in the rough shape of a horseshoe. Most of the acreage lay east of the hill. The west arm of the tract included White Oak Run. The land was situated about a half-mile above where White Oak Run empties into Tonoloway Creek. John McKinneyıs land was on the east, Peter Smith owned land on the north and John Smith owned land on the west. The land bounding Adam Smith on the south was identified as surveyed land. The relationships of the Smiths has not been proved but they probably were brothers. A warrant was issued by John Penn and Thomas Penn, Co-proprietaries and Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania, to accept the survey on 28 June 1774.[Note 11] On that same day a patent was issued by the Penns and Adam Smith paid eleven pounds and three shillings, sterling, lawful money of Pennsylvania, for the land, plus annual payments of one penny per acre.[Note 12] Peter Smithıs land, called Flowing Spring, was immediately adjoining Adam Smith on White Oak Run. The stream apparently flows through a break in Tonoloway Hill at the line which separated the two tracts. Peterıs parcel of 136 acres also wrapped around Tonoloway Hill in a horseshoe, but in the reverse formation of Adamıs. The tracts abutted each other at the closed ends of the irregular U-shapes, to form the rough outline of an H on a plat map created by Bill Marshall.[Note 13] John McKinney adjoined Peter Smith on the east and to Peterıs north, on a hill, was the land of George Horse. The tract was surveyed on 18 June 1774 pursuant to Order No. 1763, dated 31 October 1766.[Note 14] Andrew Mann had 105 acres next to Peter and north of McKinney. Lawrence Sliger had a tract adjoining Andrew Mann on the north, that touched on the upper end of the land of George Horse, around an area that was not shown as allocated. North of George Horse was the land of John Rush which was later sold to Peter Smith. The tract surveyed for John Smith on 18 June 1774 was called Millers Hall and contained 103 acres on Tonoloway Creek in Bethel Township, about four miles from the provincial line. The tract, which included Moses Reedıs mill, was surrounded by vacant barrens, Moses Reedıs land, vacant hills and pine barrens. At one point the surveyor noted that the tract was near the land of Adam Smith. The survey was in compliance with Order No. 1764, dated 31 October 1766.[Note 15] It is curious that John Smith was not taxed for his land in 1768, 1769 and 1770, as were Adam and Peter, although all of the orders for survey were dated the same day in 1766, which indicates occupancy. Perhaps the tax on this land was paid by either William or James Smith, since John was not born until 1750 and a minor in 1766. The element of birth probably accounts for Emanuel not appearing on the tax lists until 1774. It has not been determined when the Smiths and their neighbors actually settled on the Tonoloway. Their land was about forty miles from Fort Bedford and probably closer to Fort Loudon, which was to the east. Life at Fort Bedford and its village of Raystown, during 1763-1765 when the settlers were fighting Chief Pontiac and the Indians, was described vividly by historical novelist Hervey Allen, whose characters in Bedford Village depict what Adam Smith might have been like and how he lived. Bedford Village (1944) is the second of four volumes about colonial times in Pennsylvania, the Ohio Country and New York State, which traced a manıs development from savagery to civilization. The last book of the saga, which was intended to be called, collectively, The Disinherited, had not been completed when the author died. The other titles are The Forest and the Fort (1943), Toward the Morning (1948) and the unfinished The City in the Dawn, under which title all four novels were combined (1948) for publication.[Note 16] Although the French and Indian War was ended in 1763 by the Treaty of Paris, Pontiac did not stop fighting until 1766, so an influx of settlers probably occurred then. By the Treaty of Paris, France ceded Canada and all her possessions lying east of the Mississippi River to England and New Orleans and all her possessions west of the Mississippi to Spain. Prominent in the French and Indian War were the battles in western Pennsylvania, the surrender of Fort Necessity by George Washington to the Frenchman Villiers on 04 July 1754, the ill-fated expedition against Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) led by English General Edward Braddock, who lost 1000 of his 2000 men in an ambush by the French and Indians led by Beaujeu on 09 July 1755, and the capture of Fort Duquesne from the French by Forbes on 25 November 1758. The transfer of the posts between the Great Lakes and the Ohio River from the French to the British in 1763 led to continued fighting with the Indians, of which the leading figure was Pontiac, a chief of the Ottawa tribe. Peace with Pontiac was not made until 1766. The French and Indian War convinced the colonists of the necessity of union and the victory stimulated their desire for self-government. With the defeat of the French, the colonies no longer needed to depend upon England for protection against a foreign power. One Adam Smith served in Captain George Enslowıs Company of Pennsylvania militia from Bedford County during the Revolutionary War. His tour of duty was for two months, beginning 26 July 1783, for which he was paid 1 pound, 14 shillings.[Note 17] Adam Smith and his wife Mary Catreene sold their 223 acres to John Fisher for 300 pounds on 09 May 1785:[Note 18] This Indenture made the ninth day of May in the year our lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five Between Adam Smith and his wife Mary catrene of Bethel township Bedford County and state of Pennsylvania of the one part and John Fisher of the town of the township County and state aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that ... Adam Smith obtained an order of survay from the survayor Generals office for three hundred acres of Land laying in Bethel Township Bedford county and laying along white oak run about a half mile from whear it Emties into tanalaway Creek and Number 1767 and dated the 31st day of october 1766 ... from which Survay ... Adam Smith hath obtained a patten for two hundred and twenty three acres of land ... and he hath full power authority to convey the same Now know all men that ... Adam Smith and his wife Mary catreene have for and in Consideration of the some of three hundred pounds ... sold ... unto John Fisher ... all that ... tract of land whearon ... Adam Smith Now lives ... beginning at ... corner of John Mckinneyıs land ... by Peter Smithıs land ... near John Smithıs land ... by Conalaway hill ... in Witness whearof ... Adam Smith and mary catreene his wife have hereunto Sat their hand and seals the day and year above written Signed sealed and delivered in the presents of his Henry Smith Moses reed adam X smith (Seal) mark her mary catreen X smith (Seal) mark Bedford County SS personally appeared before me one of the justices of the peace for sd. County the within named adam smith and acknowledged the within Instrument of writeing to be his act ... at the same time appeared his wife Mary Catreene and being separately and apart Examined out of the hearing of her husband and did relinquish her right of Dower ... this 9th day of May 1785 Moses Reed A petition to the Governor of Pennsylvania by Bedford County residents, dated 14 November 1786, was signed by Benjamin Martin, Jacob Mann, Andrew Mann, Barnet Mann, George Hors, Henry Rush, John Rush and Moses Reed, all neighbors of Adam Smith.[Note 19] Since Adam did not sign the petition, which pertained to an election, perhaps he left the area after he sold his land in 1785 and before the petition was written in 1786. However he may have been in Pennsylvania somewhere in 1787, because his daughter Rebecca Smith Martin was described on the 1850 census as a native of Pennsylvania, aged 63:[Note 20] Luther Martin 65 M Farmer born MD Rebecca Martin 63 F PA Luther Martin 20 M KY Rebecca Beaty 17 F KY Sarah McKagg 12 F KY Sarah Thixton 8 F KY John Fisher bequeathed part of the tract that he bought from Adam Smith to Peter Fisher by his will which apparently was not probated. On 21 August 1795 Peter Fisher obtained a deed to 110 acres of land on Tonoloway Creek in Bethel Township, Bedford County, that were part of a larger tract belonging to John Fisher, who left the 110 acres to Peter Fisher by his last will and testament. Written after John Fisher was dead, the quit-claim deed cleared title to Peter Fisher for 10 shillings paid to Frances Fisher; John and Mary Hill; Mary Fisher, widow; John Fisher; Abraham and Ann Hess; George and Margaret Morgan; and Jacob and Anny Fisher, all of Bethel Township. Identified as executrix, Frances Fisher must have been the widow of John Fisher. Mary Hill, Ann Hess and Margaret Morgan undoubtedly were daughters and John and Jacob Fisher must have been sons of John and Frances Fisher. Peter must have been a son also. The widow Mary Fisher must have been the widow of a deceased son of John Fisher. The deed was witnessed by Bernard Mann, Jr. and Elizabeth Fisher. All of the grantors acknowledged the deed on the same day before Andrew Mann, Justice of the Peace.[Note 21] On 31 August 1795 Peter Fisher and his wife Deborah of Bethel Township, Bedford County, sold 111 1/2 acres to Peter Smith, Sr. of the same place for 300 pounds. Containing 111 1/2 acres, the tract, named Clover Field, adjoined Peter Smith, John Fisher and James McKinney. Peter and Deborah acknowledged the deed before Andrew Mann on the same day.[Note 22] The maiden name of Deborah Fisher was Smith, but her place in the family has not been determined. Her granddaughter Rebecca Fisher, daughter of Henry Fisher, married John Alfred Martin, son of Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith. Born in 1770 Deborah was of the generation to be a niece of Adam Smith. It is likely that she was a daughter of Peter Smith, Sr., since they remained in Pennsylvania after the other families migrated to Kentucky. Peter and Deborah Smith Fisher moved to Jefferson County, Kentucky, where they bought land in 1797. The deed was witnessed by Charles Harryman, Peter Hays, William Young, Andrew Young and Philip Slaughter. Charles Harrymanıs daughter Rebecca married Thomas Smith in Mercer County, Kentucky. Andrew Young married Susanna Smith, daughter of Henry Smith, on 16 March 1801. Philip Slaughter married Sarah Smith on 27 February 1806, with John Hays as bondsman. Peter Fisher and Deborah Smith moved to Washington County, Indiana, before 1820.[Note 23] Philip Slaughter, who married Sarah Smith in 1806, probably was born about 1785 and a contemporary of Silas J. Slaughter who was born in 1787, which suggests that he was a son of John Slaughter and Margaret Smith. John W. Slaughter has been described as having two brothers, Hiram and Jacob Slaughter, but this source does not mention a son Silas or a son Philip.[Note 24] Sarah Smith who married Philip Slaughter must have been the daughter of John Smith and Leaney Money, whose husband has not been otherwise identified. Adam Smithıs daughter Sarah married James Hodgen and itıs unlikely that Philip Slaughter would have married a sister of his mother. George Hayes (Hayse) of Jefferson County mentioned a son Peter and a daughter Mary Smith in his will, which was dated 24 March 1813 and witnessed by James McKeaig, Alex Woodrow and John Slaughter. He bequeathed land to his oldest son George; 100 pounds to his son Peter, because of a previous advance made to him for the purchase of land, and land to his son John. Daughters Margaret Sousley, Eve Snively and Mary Smith, with her three sons, were legatees.[Note 25] The will of George Hayes gives two facts of evidence which indicate that Mary Catherine Smith, the wife of Adam Smith, and Mary Smith, the daughter and heir of George Hayes, are the same person. Mary Catherine Smith had three sons, as did the daughter of George Hayes. In 1837 Eliza Martin, granddaughter of Adam and Mary Catherine Smith and daughter of Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith, married James McKeaig, who undoubtedly was a relative of the witness to the will of George Hayes. Philip Slaughter had 50 acres of land in Bedford County that adjoined Bernard Mann (Barnet Mance) and was north of the lands of Adam Smith, Peter Smith and John Smith. Andrew Mann had land adjoining Peter Smith on the east and Lawrence Sliger had a tract nearby that was adjacent to George Horse, Andrew Mann and John Rush.[Note 26] John W. Slaughter, who married Elizabeth Smith in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on 06 June 1818,[Note 27] was a son of John Slaughter and Margaret Smith.[Note 28] John Slaughter came to Kentucky from Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and probably was a son of Philip Slaughter who had land there near the Smiths. Margaret Smith, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Peter Smith and Lena Mann, died in February 1852 or 1853 at age 90.[Note 29] This calculates to a birth year of about 1762. John Slaughter was orphaned at age eleven and entered military service in the Revolutionary War in 1777 at age sixteen. In his pension application John Slaughter stated that he was raised by Henry Rush of Bedford County and lived with him after the war for two years. He left his service records with Henry Rush when he moved to Kentucky about 1789.[Note 30] Since he was sixteen in 1777, John Slaughter was born about 1761. To be orphaned at age eleven, his father died about 1772, which would account for the absence of Philip Slaughter from the 1774 Bedford County tax list. The Reverend John Dabney Shane interviewed John Slaughterıs son Silas J. Slaughter in Illinois, and Silas, who was born in 1787, gave a brief account of his familyıs settlement in Pennsylvania and migration to Kentucky:[Note 31] My father came to Kentucky in 1786 - settled in Jacob Mooneyıs Station, on Floydıs Fork of Salt River. Mooneyıs Station was southwest by south of now Middletown - Jefferson County - The Station was not picketed in. There were only a few horses, near round a neighborhood. Mooney came from Pennsylvania two years before we did. It was forty miles from where they lived to Bedford, Pa. John Smith, my uncle (my mother was a Smith) married Jacob Mooneyıs only child. - My father came to Mongahala, & raised a crop there, before coming on to Kentucky. I was born in 1787. There was a Linnıs Station in that section. There was a Newkirk lived on the adjoining farm (100 acres) to my fatherıs 100 acre farm. Tob(ias) Junis, Peter, Ben, Wm, were sons of his. A. Hoagland & this Tobias Newkirk were about two miles off on Floydıs Fork, fishing. The Indians shot them there fishing. The Indians were pursued, but they got over the Ohio river before they could be overtaken. The word horses in the first paragraph probably should read houses. The name Mooney was spelled Money by the family. Tob(ias) Junis probably means Tobias, Junior. By referring to John Smith who married Leaney Money as his uncle, Silas Slaughter implied that John was a brother of his mother Margaret Smith, who has been identified as a daughter of Peter Smith and Lena Mann. John Smith, who married Leaney Money, was born in 1750 and, as a contemporary of Peter Smith, Sr., has been considered to be his brother. Perhaps the term uncle was imprecise and meant great-uncle. John Slaughter who married Margaret Smith was born in 1761. Peter Smith, Jr. was born in 1772.[Note 32] Peter Smith, Jr. of Jefferson County, Kentucky, married (1) Martha Waters and (2) Catherine Miller.[Note 33] The narrative also suggests a scenario whereby Adam Smith left Bedford County after he sold his land in 1785 and settled temporarily in southwestern Pennsylvania on the Monongahela River, where his daughter Rebecca was born, before proceeding to Kentucky. John W. Slaughter gave consent in writing for his daughter Judith E. Slaughter to marry Alfred Markwell, who obtained a marriage bond on 05 April 1844 with John M. Stephens as surety. Stephens also proved the parental consent. There was no ministerıs return reporting that the marriage occurred.[Note 34] Alfred Markwell, who was born in 1813, was a son of George Markwell, Jr. (1787-1854) and his first wife Mary Blunk (1792-1821). George Markwell, Sr. (1751-1828) and his wife Jane (1750-1822), who were early settlers on Broad Run, came to Jefferson County from Virginia and were Baptists. George Markwell, Sr. was reputedly a native of Wales. They and their sons are buried in a graveyard on the family homestead.[Note 35] There was a Philip Slaughter who married Mary Ann Smith on 17 November 1842 with W. Holman conducting the ceremony. S. M. Osborne was surety on the bond, which was dated 14 November 1842, and he swore that the parents of Mary Ann Smith were dead and that she had no guardian.[Note 36] Adam Smith was on the Jefferson County tax list in 1789:[Note 37] Adam Smith 05-18-1789 Henry Smith 05-18-1789 John Smith 05-19-1789 John Slaughter 05-19-1789 John Mundle 07-24-1789 Jacob Mooney 05-19-1789 On 20 August 1791 Adam Smith of Jefferson County, Kentucky, bought 330 acres on Floydıs Fork in Jefferson County, from Squire and Jane Boone for 150 pounds, which was part of a 1500-acre tract entered in the name of William Peyton. Squire and Jane Boone acknowledged the deed on 08 March 1792.[Note 38] On 25 August 1791 Henry Smith of Jefferson County bought 70 acres of the same tract from the Boones for 35 pounds and 230 acres on the waters of Floydıs Fork, which was part of a 1000-acre tract entered by William Payne, from the Boones for 100 pounds.[Note 39] John Slaughter of Jefferson County bought 130 acres of the Payne entry, the boundaries of which began at Henry Smithıs southwest corner, from the Boones on 25 August 1791, for 66 pounds.[Note 40] John Mundell (Mundle) of Jefferson County bought 500 acres of the 1500-acre Peyton entry from the Boones on 28 August 1791 for 200 pounds. This parcel was described as beginning about 75 poles above the mouth of Elk Run, generally known as Chenowethıs Run, and crossing an island in Floydıs Fork.[Note 41] John Smith bought 200 acres of the Peyton survey on Floydıs Fork from the Boones on 22 September 1797 and sold it to George Finley on 20 June 1798.[Note 42] A map of Jefferson County, showing land holdings during 1774-1784, shows the 1500- acre tract of William Peyton straddling Floydıs Fork above its confluence with Broad Run. The south boundary of the square-shaped Peyton tract lay slightly north of Broad Run. The west boundary of the parcel was east of Big Run and paralleled, at a short distance away, the line that is now Bardstown Road. The present-day Fairmount Road, which runs east from Bardstown Road, approaches the center of the west boundary of the former Peyton tract at a point above where the road turns southeasterly after crossing Big Run. An unpaved road extending east from Fairmount Road, at this curve, apparently cuts into the central portion of the west half of the Peyton tract. The northeast corner of the tract must have been about where Seatonville is located today. The north boundary ran from there westward along, and north of, the east-west stretch of Floydıs Fork to a point near Big Run. It has not been determined precisely which part of the Peyton tract Adam Smith purchased from Squire Boone, but it probably was the land shown on an atlas map of Jefferson County in 1858 as belonging to B. Smith. B. Smith, who probably was Benjamin Smith, resided on a large tract of land west of Floydıs Fork and east of Big Run on the high ground between the streams. An 1879 atlas map identified that land as belonging to B. Smith Est., which suggests that Benjamin Smith was dead and the land was in the hands of his heirs or administrators. The north boundary of B. Smithıs land was about the same latitude as Floydıs Fork, where it turns abruptly from a westerly direction toward the south. The south boundary line was about where Turkey Run enters the east side of Floydıs Fork. Geo. Hawes and P. Hawes (Hause, Hoss, Horse, Hayse) had adjacent tracts.[Note 43] Benjamin Smith was enumerated on the Federal Census for District 2 of Jefferson County, Kentucky, on 04 October 1850:[Note 44] Benjamin Smith 57 M Farmer born KY Real Est Value $3500 Melinda Smith 49 F unknown Emanuel Smith 21 M Farmer KY James Smith 19 M Farmer KY Mary Smith 17 F KY Alfred Smith 15 M KY Christopher Smith 14 M KY Sidney Smith 12 F KY Samuel Smith 10 M KY Wm Smith 8 M KY Adeline Smith 6 F KY Newton Smith 4 M KY Since Benjamin who have been about 36 and Melinda about 28 when Emanuel was born about 1829, he probably was not their oldest or first child. Benjamin and Melinda probably were married before 1820, when she would have been 19 and he 27. Perhaps they had other, older children including a son named Adam. Emanuel Smith married Amanda Cummins and had a son Jasper Smith who married Susan Wise. Susan Wise was a daughter John Andrew Jackson Wise and Angeline Scott. Angeline Scott was a daughter of Buford Scott and Sally Martin. Sally Martin was a daughter of Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith. Tradition among descendants of Benjamin Smith was that he came to Kentucky on horseback with two brothers and settled in Jefferson County while his brothers settled near Paducah, Kentucky.[Note 45] Paducah is in McCracken County and there were Smiths there in 1850.[Note 46] John A. J. Wise came from Pennsylvania in 1865 and bought land from his brother-in-law William J. Scott. He died in 1869 and Angeline Scott Wise died in 1914.[Note 47] William Scott married Deborah Jane Graham, daughter of James Graham and Hannah Fisher, on 05 September 1856.[Note 48] Squire Boone was assigned the 1500-acre tract by William Peyton, in whose name it had been entered on 17 April 1781. It was surveyed on 27 August 1786. Boone sold it in parcels:[Note 49] Adam Smith 330 acres 20 Aug 1791 Henry Smith 70 acres 25 Aug 1795 John Mundle 500 acres 28 Aug 1791 Benjamin Stafford 100 acres 28 Aug 1791 John McManus 100 acres 29 Aug 1791 Jacob Myers 204 acres 19 May 1795 John Smith 200 acres 22 Sep 1797 Henry Smith sold 288 acres 03 Aug 1819 to Geo C Finley Nicholas McCarty was granted 1000 acres on 16 September 1783 and his heirs sold 500 acres of it to James Chenoweth on 16 September 1800. Thomas McCarty, who was with General Clarkıs expeditions of 1780, 1782 and 1786, was granted two tracts of 400 acres each on 15 January 1783. He sold one to James Patton and the other to William Oldham on 07 September 1787. William Payne entered 1000 acres on 02 July 1781 which was contested by William Fleming who eventually relinquished his claim to the land and it passed to Sarah Thompson and from her to Squire Boone. He sold 230 acres to Henry Smith on 20 August 1791 and 130 acres to John Slaughter on 25 August 1791. Henry Smith also bought 500 acres on 01 September 1798 from a tract of 10,200 acres granted to William Fleming on 16 July 1785. Peter Hause (Hauss) bought 200 acres of the Fleming tract on 28 August 1797 and 225 acres of it on 20 August 1801.[Note 50] John Mundellıs portion of the Peyton tract was out of the north part, near the north boundary of the Smith parcel. The Mundell (Mundle) tract was described as being near the mouth of Elk Run (Chenoweth Run). Chenoweth Run enters the north side of Floydıs Fork, just east of the big bend, referred to above. Mundell built the first mill near the town of Fern Creek, which was later sold to the Funk family.[Note 51] Mills are shown on Funk land at the confluence of Chenoweth Run and Floydıs Fork on the 1879 atlas map of Jefferson County.[Note 52] North of the big curve in Floydıs Fork, near the intersection of Seatonville Road and Billtown Road, is Cedar Springs Church of Christ. The original church building, which was located on a bluff overlooking the valley of Floydıs Fork, was erected on land purchased by John Smith from Squire Boone in 1804.[Note 53] The Jefferson County home of Squire Boone and his wife Jane Van Cleve was a two- room stone house, approximately 12ı x 24ı, on Turkey Run at Stout Road.[Note 54] Turkey Run flows from the east into Floydıs Fork. Squire Boone was a brother of Daniel Boone and, with him, one of the early explorers of Kentucky. When Margaret Smith and John McCarty were married on 17 May 1798 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Henry Pottorff officiated at the wedding. The bond was dated 01 May 1798 and William Young was the surety. The Jefferson County bond for Mary Smith and James Mundell was dated 02 April 1799, with Henry Smith as bondsman and S. Gwathmey was a witness. Reuben Smith conducted the wedding but the date of the ceremony was not recorded.[Note 55] Adam Smith and his two sons-in-law were taxed in Jefferson County in 1800, along with many other Smiths:[Note 56] Adam Smith 09-03-1800 George Horse 09-03-1800 Peter Horse 09-03-1800 John McCarty 09-03-1800 James Mundell 09-03-1800 John Slaughter 09-03-1800 Henry Smith 09-03-1800 John Smith 09-03-1800 Jacob Moonney 09-03-1800 Rebecca Smith and Luther Martin were married in Bullitt County, Kentucky, by Simeon Hall on 30 June 1808.[Note 57] Luther Martin probably was related to James Martin of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, who was a militia colonel of Welsh ancestry. James Martin settled at the Crossing of Juniata in Bedford County about the time of the Revolutionary War. According to the recollections of his grandson William T. Martin, James Martin lived there with his family during 1793-4. William T. Martin was a son of Benjamin Martin and Margaret Mann who were married in Bedford County on 24 October 1786 by Joseph Powel, Minister of the Gospel. Margaret Mann was a daughter of Colonel Andrew Mann who came to America from Germany when he was a child. Andrew Mann, whose name originally was Money, had two brothers Jacob and Bernard. Jacob used the spelling Mauney or Money and moved to Jefferson County, Kentucky. Bernard used the variation, Mooney. Leaney Money, daughter of Jacob, married John Smith in 1773.[Note 58] Jacob Mann, brother of Margaret Mann Martin, had a son John Mann who lived in Hancock, Maryland, where Tonoloway Creek, the stream on which Adam Smith lived in Bedford County, empties into the Potomac River. Luther Martin was born in Maryland about 1785. Benjamin Martin, Jr., brother of William T. Martin, named a son Wesley Martin and Luther Martin named a son Weston Martin. The Juniata River, on which James Martin lived, is just west of Tonoloway Creek. Captain James Martin of the Bedford County, Pennsylvania, militia married Sarah Thomas on 19 October 1759 and their son Benjamin Martin married Sarah Mann.[Note 59] Martin may or may not be a Welsh name but Thomas is and the minister Powel probably was of Welsh extraction. The German origins of the Muni, Mauney, Money, Mooney or Mann family may relate somehow to the apparently Germanic name of the wife of Adam Smith, Mary Catreene (Catrina?). Adam and Mary Smith were enumerated on the 1810 Federal Census for Jefferson County with three sons and one daughter living at home:[Note 60] Adam Smith 1 M 45+ 1 F 45+ (Mary) 1 M 16-26 (Benjamin) 1 F 10-16 (Elizabeth) 1 M 10-16 (James) 1 M -10 (Joseph) John McCarty 1 M 45+ 1 F 16-26 1 M 26-45 2 F -10 1 M 10-16 1 M -10 John Slaughter 1 M 45+ 1 F 45+ (Margaret) 3 M 16-26 (Silas & ?) 1 F 10-16 1 M 10-16 1 F -10 The tabulation for John McCarty indicates that he and Peggy Smith had a child after their marriage in 1798 and before 1800, plus three born between 1880 and 1810. It suggests that he was the male aged 26-45 and that Peggy was born between after 1784. The older man may have been Johnıs father. Silas Slaughter, who was born in 1787, could have been one of the males aged 16-26 with John and Margaret Smith Slaughter. John W. Slaughter, who married Elizabeth Smith in 1818, could have been one of those or the younger male. Rebecca Smith was tabulated with her husband Luther Martin in adjoining Bullitt County, into which Floydıs Fork flows from Jefferson County, not far from the Smithıs residence:[Note 61] Luther Martin 1 M 16-26 1 F 16-26 (Rebecca) 2 F -10 (Polly) (Sally) Adam Smith died before 30 September 1813 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, when the Jefferson County Court ordered an appraisal of his personal estate by James Guthrie, Samuel Mills, Benjamin Stafford and Bartlett Asher. An inventory and appraisement was filed in Court by all four men on 14 March 1814. The inventory of farm animals, tools, utensils and furniture also included a small nursery of apple and peach trees. Additionally three legatees of Adam Smith, his sons-in-law John McCarty, James Mundell and Luther Martin, delivered nearly identical amounts of property into the ³hotchpot,² which is a pooling of property for equitable division, in English law. Polly Smith was identified as his executrix:[Note 62] Jefferson County Sct September County Court 1813 Ordered that James Guthrie Bartlett Asher Samuel Mills Benjamin Stafford or any three being first sworn to appraise the personal Estate of Adam Smith decd and make report thereof to Court A copy Teste Worden Pope CJC September 30th 1813 This day James Guthrie Samuel Mills and Benjamin Stafford and Bartlett Asher personally Came before me and made oath to the requesition of the within Order Given under my hand the day first written Haley Buckner JP JC Appraisement of the Estate of Adam Smith deceased In obedience to an Order of the County Court of Jefferson County to us directed to appraise the personal property of Adam Smith decd We the undersigned do make the following Inventory and appraisement Bill towit Dls Cents One Bay Horse 30 00 One Sorrelmare 50 00 One bay Mare 10 00 One bay Filley 40 00 One Sorrel Horse 60 00 One Bay Mare 45 00 77 Head of Hogs 77 00 One Cow and Calf 10 00 4 head of year old Calves 10 00 One Cow and Bull 12 00 One bobtailed Cow 11 00 One red Cow 10 00 One red Steer 7 00 One Speckled Heffer 9 00 One white face Steer 10 00 One pided and Brindle heifer 7 00 One Heffer and 2 year old past Stears 14 00 One year old past Heffer 4 00 13 Head of Sheep 19 50 One wheat fan 6 00 One Iron pitchfork one Iron Shovle & 2 rakes 1 00 One rye Stack 12 00 $454 50 Three wheat stacks 38 00 Three Oats Stacks 25 00 One but of a Rye Stack 6 00 One reck of Hay 18 00 One plow Dobletree & two Clevises 9 00 One Set of plow Irons dobletrees & twisted link & clevises 9 00 One Harrow & 14 Iron teenth 2 50 One foot Addze 1 00 One mattax and two weading hoes 2 00 One log Chain 1 50 One drawing knife one Cutting knife and Steel 2 00 Three pitching Axes 4 00 One grind Stone 1 00 One hand saw One Iron square 1 auger and two Chesels 3 00 One mowing sithe & hangings 2 00 two Iron wedges 2 00 One broad axe 1 50 Sundry old Iron 1 25 One dung fork 1 00 Shovel and tongs 1 50 4 Sets of Horse Gears 16 00 4 Blind Bridles 2 00 2 pair of Brichen and 2 pair of hip straps 8 00 One pair of Styleards 3 00 One loom and tacklings and five slays 15 00 One kitchen Table and doe tray 1 50 One half Bushel Meashure ³ 50 two Broken Iron pots 2 50 Two dutch Ovens & 2 small pots and one Skillett 7 00 One wash Kettle One tub and one barrel 5 00 two pot racks and one frying pan 4 00 One pan of flat Irons 1 00 Kitchen dresser furniture 6 00 Two flax wheels one Big wheel and reel 5 00 Two Bead stands Beads and furniture 60 00 A small quantity of wool flax and Cotting 5 00 Two sickles 1 00 One mans saddle and One side saddle 20 00 One Bead Beadstand and two pillers 12 00 One Table and six Chairs 6 00 Cubboard furniture 12 00 Two pair of sheep shears one watering pott) Cantron one tin Buckett & sassage Horn ) 4 00 One Beadstand Bead and furniture 30 00 One Beadstand Bead and furniture & 7 sheats 45 00 One rifle gun 10 00 A small quantity of flax thread & wooling yard 6 00 Sundry old books 2 00 31 gees and 20 lb of feathers 14 23 The new wood work of a waggon) And sundry Old Iron ) 32 37 One set of plow Irons 2 50 A reck of flax in the Bundle 6 00 A small nursery of Appletrees 6 00 A small nursery of peach trees 2 00 James Guthrie his Bartlett X Asher mark Samuel Mills Benjamin Stafford The following lists of property were delivered into hotchpot by the following named legatees of Adam Smith deceased towit John McCarty legatee One year old past Colt one Cow and Calf and three sheep $ 30 00 One Beadstand Bead and furniture with 7 sheets 40 00 One sow and pigs and 120 lb of pork 5 00 Cubboard furniture 3 25 One flax wheel and one buckett 4 50 James Mundell Legatee One year old past Colt one cow & calf one heffer & three sheep 32 00 One Beadstand Bead and furniture with 7 sheets 40 00 One sow and piggs and 120 lb of porke 5 00 Cubboard furniture 3 25 One flax wheel and One Buckett 4 50 Luther Martin Legatee One year old past Colt one Cow & Calf) One heifer and three sheep ) 32 00 One Bead stand Bead furniture with 7 sheets 40 00 Cubboard furniture 3 25 One sow and Piggs and 120 lb of pork 5 00 One flax wheel and One Buckett 4 50 At a County Court held for Jefferson County at the Court house in Louisville on the 14th day of March 1814 the within appraisement Bill of the Estate of Adam Smith deceased was returned received and ordered to be recorded which is done accordingly Teste Worden Pope CJC Sales of the Estate of Adam Smith Deceased Vendue list or sale Bill of the personal property of Adam Smith decd Polly Smith two Broad Hoes and one mattax 1 71 1/2 August Frederick One Axe 1 50 Moses Holmes One meet axe - 75 Coonrod Bush Cutting knife and Steele 1 75 August Frederick One drawing knife - 25 Polly Smith one log chain 2 4 Ditto One Axe 2 8 Bartlett Asher One dung fork 1 50 Abraham H murphey One grind stone - 58 Polly Smith two Potts 1 8 John Thickston One small pot - 50 Luther Martin One dutch Oven 1 38 1/3 Polly Smith hand saw and Iron square 1 - George Pottorff one auger and two Chissels - 91 1/2 Thomas Stafford One foot addze 1 17 William Hayse One Hand axe 1 83 Thomas Buckner Sundry old Iron - 75 Polly Smith dutch oven pott & Skillett 4 25 ditto One Table & doe tray - 58 Adam L Mills One Cow and Calf 14 75 Haley Buckner One Cow and Bull 10 50 John Portoff One red Steer 10 - ditto One White face steer 11 75 Jesse Stafford One small red steer 3 75 ditto One ditto red and white steer 3 75 William Kirke One red heffer calf 2 50 Ditto One spotted calf 2 50 John Smith One white faced Heifer 10 00 Polly Smith One Bay Horse 11 00 William Miller One Bay mare 6 00 Jacob Shafer One two year old filley 40 00 Polly Smith One stack of oats 6 8 Leonard Hoke One stack of oats 5 00 ditto ditto ditto 7 - Benja Stafford One but of a rye stack 5 - Jacob Hause One wheat stack 4 - ditto ditto ditto 15 50 ditto ditto ditto 13 00 Benjamin Stafford One rye stack 10 - John Hause One hay reck 16 - James Earickson Three sheep 6 - Ditto Ditto Ditto 5 - Ditto Ditto Ditto 4 - Moses Holmes One wheet Fan 7 - Louis J Holmes one Barshear plow 3 - Polly Smith 6 Hogs 7 - Joseph Kirkpatrick 6 hogs 13 25 John Thickston 6 Hogs 10 - Abraham Cole 6 Hogs 8 - ----- Barnett 6 Hogs 5 - Ditto 10 ditto 6 - Adam Smith 12 Hogs 6 - Abraham Cole 12 Hogs 4 - Benjamin Stafford 14 piggs 3 - John Hause One feather bead & 2 pillers 14 - Andrew Causs one flax wheel 2 - William Bell a small quantity of wool 1 50 Jesse Stafford Shovel and tongs 2 58 Andrew Cauess one pair of wool Cards - 29 Polly Smith one loom & tacktings & 5 slase 13 Jacob Shafer ten Geese 3 33 1/3 ditto ditto 3 33 1/3 Ditto Eleven ditto 3 33 1/3 Moses Williamson One reck of flax 7 - Peter Hayse a small nursery of appletrees 5 127 62 Polly Smith admx 223 08 25 57 1/3 376 27 1/3 Adam L. Mills Admr At a County Court held for Jefferson County at the Court house in Louisville on the 14th day of March 1814 the within list of sale of the Estate of Adam Smith deceased was returned received and ordered to be recorded which is done accordingly Teste Worden Pope CJC Jefferson County Sct December County Court 1814 On the Motion of Polly Smith and Adam L. Mills It is ordered that John Miller, Benjamin Stafford and Haley Buckner or any two of them be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to Settle the accounts of the Said Smith and Mills as admrs of the estate of Adam Smith deceased & make report to the Court. A Copy Test. Isaac H. Tyler D.C. Sec In obedience to an order from the Jefferson County Court appointing us Commissioners to Settle the accounts of Adam Smith deceased and Polly Smith and Adam L. Mills administrators of the Said estate in obedience thereunto we Benjamin Stafford and Haley Buckner make the following report on the 25th day of February 1815 towit The amount of Property & different articles taken by the Widow at appraisement To one Sorrel mare @ $ 50.00 To one Sorrel horse @ 60. 1 Bay mare @ 45. 105.00 To 2 Calves @ 5$ one bob tail Cow @ 11 16.00 To 1 red Cow @ $10. and speckled heifer @ $9. 19.00 To 1 year old heifer @ 4$ and 4 sheep @ 6$ 10.00 To 1 Iron Pitch fork one iron shovel & 2 Rakes 1.00 To 1 plow and double tree and 2 clevises @ 9. 9.-- To 1 set plow irons doubletree, 1 twisted link & 2 claves 9.-- To 1 harrow and 14 iron teeth @ 2.50 2.50 To 1 mowing Sythe & hanging 2.-- To 2 iron wedges @ $2 and 4 Set of horse gear @ 16 18.00 To 4 blind Bridles 2.00 To a pair of Britches & 2 pare of hip straps 8.00 To 1 pair of Steelyards @ 3 and 1 half Bushel 3.50 To 1 Wash Kettle one tub and one Bairel 5.00 To 2 Potracks and 1 frying pan @ 4$. 1 par flat irons 1$ 5.00 To kitchen dresser furniture @ 6. 6.00 To 1 flax wheel and big wheel and reel 3.00 To 2 sickles $1. - 1 mans saddle & 1 woman saddle 20$ 21.00 To 2 Bedstands Beds & furniture @ 60 60.00 To a small quantity flax and Cotton 3.50 To 1 table & six chears @ 6$ Cubart furnity @ 12 18.00 To 2 pair of sheep shears one watering pot, lantern one tin bucket and sassage horn 4.00 To 1 Bedstead Bed and furniture 30.00 To 1 ditto do do do and 7 sheets 45.00 To 1 rifle gun $ 10. a small quantity of flax thread wooling yarn 6.00 Sundry old books appraised to $2. but could not be sold ----- To 20lb of feathers 6.73 6.73 To new wood work of a Waggon & sundry old irons 32.37 To 1 pided & Brindled heifer 7.00 To 1 small nurcery of peach trees 2.00 Total 519.60 The amount of Sale 376.27 895.87 The Expenders By 62 1/2 cents paid Bartlett Asher for 1 day appraising 62.5 By do paid James Guthrie for do 62.5 By do paid Samuel Mills for do 62.5 By 50 cents paid Haley Buckner for attending appraisers 50. By $4. paid Wm Arterburn for Crying Sale 4.00 By 62 1/2 Cents paid Benjamin Stafford for appraising 62.5 By 6 1/2 gallons of whiskey for the Sale 3.25 By Clerks fee Bill 1.80 By account paid Benjamin Stafford for 5 1/2 gallons whiskey 2.62.5 By $5:6 1/2 Cents paid Arthur Chenoweth on account 5. 6.5 By account paid John Bishea for Smith Work 1.37.5 By $8. paid Bartlett Asher on accounts 8 -- - By $12.50 paid on account of McCotts 12.50 By 62 1/2 expended in a Suit Polly Smith admr. agst. Jesse Kesh 62.5 By Clerks fee Bill 1.38.5 By $5 paid Mathis Rose on a note 5 -- - By $3 paid Moses Holmes on a note 3 -- - By Services rendered by Adam L. Mills admr. to the Amount of 13 -- - 65.00.0 Subtract $65 from $895.87 Cents it leaves a ballance 830.87.- By $2. paid Commissioners Subtract 2.00 828.87 Haley Buckner ) Benjamin Stafford) Commissioners At a County Court held for Jefferson County at the Court house in Louisville on the thirteenth day of March 1815. The Within Settled account of Polly Smith and Adam L. Mills administrators of Adam Smith deceased was returned and Ordered to be recorded and is recorded in my office Test Worden Pope Clerk The administrator Polly Smith must have been the widow Mary Catherine Smith, who was identified in one family record as Mary Smith who was born in 1760 and died on 23 August 1835. She is buried in Chenoweth Run Cemetery. This record states that Adam Smith died before 22 June 1818 and was survived by his widow Mary Smith, who was taxed for 175 acres on Floydıs Fork in Jefferson County in 1830. Adam and Mary had seven children, Joseph Smith; Mary, who married James Mundle on 02 April 1799 and moved to Clinton County, Indiana; Margaret, who married John McCarty on 01 May 1798 and moved to Indiana; Benjamin, who was born on 25 April 1793 and lived in Jeffersontown, Kentucky; James, who was born on 12 November 1798 and died on 05 April 1829; Sarah, who married James Hodgen and went to Knox County, Indiana; and Elizabeth, who married John W. Slaughter on 06 June 1818.[Note 63] Chenoweth Run rises south of Middletown and runs south, past Jeffersontown, and enters Floydıs Fork near Seatonville. Chenoweth Run Cemetery is three miles south of Jeffersontown, between Billtown and Chenoweth Run roads, at the site of the former Chenoweth Run Baptist Church which was founded in 1792. In 1849 the congregation sold the church and land build a new house of worship at another location. John and Jane Mundle were charter members of the church. When seventy members of the congregation voted to start a new church, as a Church of Christ, in 1832, Deborah Fisher was one of the twenty Baptists who remained at the church as a Baptist.[Note 64] The above list of seven children did not include Rebecca Smith, who married Luther Martin, although Luther Martin was identified as a legatee of Adam Smith in the settlement of his estate. When Elizabeth Smith married John W. Slaughter on 06 June 1818 in Jefferson County, she was identified as the daughter of Adam Smith, deceased. Luther Martin was surety on the bond, which was issued on 05 June 1818, and J. W. Harrison was a witness. James Vance performed the ceremony.[Note 65] The declaration that Adam Smith died before 22 June 1818 must have been based on a deed of that date, whereby Margaret Smith and her husband John McCarty sold their share of her deceased fatherıs land. Her portion of the real estate was 1/8th, which indicates that there were eight children who divided his land:[Note 66] This indenture made this 22nd day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen between John McCarty and Peggy his wife, who was Peggy Smith daughter of Adam Smith deceased, of the State of Indiana of the one part and James Smith of the State of Kentucky of the other part witnesseth that the said John McCarty and Peggy his wife for ... two hundred dollars ... paid by James Smith ... have ... sold ... unto ... James Smith ... one eighth part of three hundred and thirty acres of land which the said Adam Smith died seized and possessed of lying and being in Jefferson County on Floydıs Fork and part of fifteen hundred acre survey entered in the name of William Peyton ... In witness whereof .John McCarty and Peggy his wife have set their hand to and seal on the day and year above written John McCarty (Seal) Peggy McCarty (Seal) The deed was acknowledged by John and Peggy on the same day in Jefferson County. On 04 October 1819 James Mundell (Mundle) and his wife who was Mary Smith, daughter of Adam Smith, deceased, of the State of Indiana, sold 1/8th part of 330 acres, that formerly belonged to Adam Smith, to Benjamin Smith for $200.[Note 67] The identification of seven children in the Jobson data probably is based on the deeds wherein seven of his children are identified. A record of the disposition of their share by Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith has not been found. On 12 March 1821 Mary Smith, widow of Adam Smith, Joseph Smith, Benjamin Smith, James Smith, John Slaughter and his wife Elizabeth, all of Jefferson County, Kentucky, and James Hodgen and his wife Sarah of Knox County, Indiana, heirs and devisees of Adam Smith, executed a document in favor of Bartlett Asher and his wife Margaret for $1.00 to effect a division of Adam Smithıs 330-acre farm.[Note 68] On 05 October 1835 James Mundell and his wife Mary, of Clinton County, Indiana, again conveyed to Benjamin Smith of Jefferson County, Kentucky, for $55.56 1/4 cents, all their undivided interest in a parcel of land on Floydıs Fork in Jefferson County which was owned by Adam Smith.[Note 69] On the same day James and Mary Mundell of Clinton County, Indiana, conveyed to Benjamin Smith of Jefferson County, Kentucky, their 1/7th part of the interest of James Smith, deceased, in the land upon which Benjamin Smith lived.[Note 70] This indicates that James Smith died without a wife or children as heirs and that his share of his fatherıs land passed equally to his seven surviving siblings. Mary Smith, the widow of Adam, appears to have been enumerated next door to her son-in-law John W. Slaughter in Jefferson County in 1820:[Note 71] Mary Smith 1 F 45+ 1 M 26-45 (James) 1 M 16-26 (Joseph) Jno W Slaughter 1 M 45+ 1 F 45+ 1 M 26-45 (John) 1 F 16-26 (Elizabeth) 1 M 16-26 1 F 10-16 1 M -10 The older male with Mary Smith probably was her son James, whose actual age in 1820 would have been 22. The identity of the older couple with John and Elizabeth has not been determined. Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith were tabulated on the 1820 census in Jefferson County near Jacob, Adam and John Smith:[Note 72] Luther Marttin 1 M 26-45 1 F 26-45 (Rebecca Smith Martin) 2 M -10 3 F -10 Jacob Smith 1 M 45+ 1 F 45+ (Anne Williamson Smith) 1 M 10-16 1 F 16-26 5 F 10-15 Adam Smith 1 M 26-45 1 F 26-45 (Sally Ballard Smith) 2 M -10 5 F -10 John Smith 1 M 26-45 1 F 16-26 (Elizabeth Hall Smith) 1 M -10 2 F -10 The 1820 census for Indiana lists John McCarty in Crawford County, James Hodgen in Knox County and James Mundell in Lawrence County:[Note 73] John McCarty 2 M 26-45 1 F 26-45 (Margaret Smith McCarty) 2 M 16-26 2 F 10-16 2 M -10 1 F -10 James Hodgens 1 M 26-45 1 F 26-45 (Sarah Smith Hodgens) 1 M 16-26 1 F 10-16 2 M -10 2 F -10 Jeremiah Hodgens 1 M 16-26 1 F 16-26 (Nancy Smith Hodgens) 1 F -10 William Hodgens 1 M 45+ (Jno Smith) 1 F 45+ (Leaney Money Smith) 1 M 26-45 (William) 1 F 26-45 (Leaney Smith Hodgens) 1 M 16-26 1 F -10 1 M 10-16 2 M -10 James Mundle 1 M 26-45 1 F 26-45 (Mary Smith Mundell) 2 M 16-26 2 F -10 1 M 16-18 2 M 10-16 3 M -10 One of the males aged 16-26 with John McCarty and Margaret Smith in 1820 was their son Adam Smith McCarty who was born in 1801, married Mary Ann McMickle Sellers, and died in 1887 in Crawford County, Indiana. Mary Ann McMickle Sellers was born about 1811 in Harrison County, Indiana.[Note 74] The couple aged 45 and over with William Hodgen may have been his in-laws John and Leaney Money Smith.[Note 75] Since James Hodgen and Sarah Smith were married in 1804, the male aged 16-26 probably was not a son of Sarah. He could have been a son of James by a prior marriage. James Hodgen, who was about twenty years older that Sarah, probably was a brother of William Hodgen who married Leaney Smith, daughter of John, on 07 February 1811, and perhaps the father of Jeremiah Hodgen, who married Nancy Smith, daughter of Jacob, on 08 April 1819. Both appear on page 87 of the Knox County census with him. When Sarah Smith and James Hodgen were married in Jefferson County on 09 August 1804, John Hayse was bondsman and George Pope was a witness. James Hodgen was born about 1763. He died on 04 October 1822 at age 59 and is buried in the Upper Indiana Cemetery, Palmyra Township, Knox County, Indiana. Sarah Smith Hodgen is also buried there:[Note 76] James Hodgens died Oct 4, 1822, age 59 Sarah, consort of James Hodgens, June 27, 1783 - Sept. 3, 1835 Indiana Hodgens, Dec 21, 1814 - Jan. 15, 1841 Robert Hodgens, died Jan. 24, 1877, age 59, 5 mo., 13 da. Martha Hodgen, wife of Robert Hodgen, June 13, 1833 - Mar. 20, 1898 Robert Hodgenıs birth date was about 1818 so he and Indiana Hodgen apparently were children of Sarah Smith Hodgen. Sarah Smith Hodgens was born on 28 December 1779, so the Sarah buried with James Hodgens, may be a subsequent wife.[Note 77] Jacob, Adam and John Smith, who were enumerated near Luther Martin on the 1820 census, were the sons of John Smith and Leaney Money. On 22 April 1818 John and Leaney Smith made deeds of gift of 113 1/3 acres each to their sons Jacob, Adam and John. The land, which was on Cedar Creek in Jefferson County, descended to Leaney Smith from her father Jacob Money.[Note 78] Luther Martin had 177 1/2 acres of land on Cedar Creek,[Note 79] a tributary of Floydıs Fork, that rises near the town of Fern Creek and drains the area immediately west of Bardstown Road. Luther Martin, Adam Smith and John C. Hall appraised he estate of William Thixton in 1825.[Note 80] John Smith, who married Leaney Money, was born on 06 May 1750. She was born on 28 December 1755 and they were married about 1773. Their first child Jacob was born on 05 April 1774 and their last child Adam was born on 04 January 1787 at Linnıs Station in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Linnıs Station was about five miles north of the Smith settlement on Cedar Creek, which John Smith and his father-in-law Jacob Money bought on 06 May 1786.[Note 81] Perhaps their settlement was not fully developed by the time of Adamıs birth so that his mother went to Linnıs for the winter birth of Adam. Indians were still troublesome at this time, so the Smith and Money families may have spent the winter at Linnıs for safety as well as comfort. Linnıs Station was built on Beargrass Creek about ten miles from Louisville before 1780. Adam Smith married Sally Ballard in 1809. They had thirteen children, of whom the first was J. Ballard Smith who was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, on 03 April 1810 and reared in Jefferson County.[Note 82] The birth dates of John Smith and Leaney Money and five of their children were recorded in the Bible of James J. Asken:[Note 83] John Smith born 06 May 1750 Leaney Money born 28 Dec 1755 married 1772 Jacob Smith born 05 Apr 1774 Elizabeth Smith born 27 Dec 1776 Sarah Smith born 28 Dec 1779 Jno Smith born 14 Apr 1780 Adam Smith born 04 Jan 1787 Henry Hawkins born 06 Oct 1772 Elizabeth Smith born 27 Dec 1776 married 29 Jul 1793 John Smith, Jr. and Elizabeth Smith Hawkins are buried in Pennsylvania Run Cemetery in Jefferson County, Kentucky.[Note 84] Leaney Smith is not included in the Bible record but she is identified as a daughter of John Smith in her Jefferson County, Kentucky, marriage record. She and William Hodgen were married on 07 February 1811 by Simeon Hall. Henry Hawkins was surety on the bond.[Note 85] Anne Williamson, who married Jacob Smith in Jefferson County on 19 September 1795, was a daughter of John Williamson and a sister of Elizabeth Williamson who married Bland Ballard, brother of Sally Ballard who married Adam Smith in 1809 in Jefferson County.[Note 86] Leaney (Magdalena, Lena) Money who married John Smith was a daughter of Jacob Money (Muni, Mooney). Her mother may have been Elizabeth ³Leaney² (Magdalena?) Sliger, daughter of Lawrence Sliger.[Note 87] Sarah Smith, the daughter of John Smith and Leaney Money, apparently married Philip Slaughter on 27 February 1806 in Jefferson County. Sarah Smith, the daughter of Adam Smith and Mary Catherine Hayes, was married to James Hodgen, as is proved by the deed whereby some of the children and heirs of Adam Smith sold their inherited land. Peter Smith, Sr. may have had a daughter named Sarah but his children seem to be older than those of Adam Smith and John Smith, Sr. Also Philip Slaughter appears in Vigo Township, Knox County, Indiana, with the Hodgens and Granny Smith:[Note 88] John Johnson settled about one and one half miles southwest of Sandborn afterthe War of 1812 in which he was a soldier. Phillip Slaughter and Fred Slaughter were from Kentucky, but came at a later date. The last named built a water-mill on Black Creek about 1835. Mrs. Smith, ³Granny,² lived as a squatter on the river at Owl Prairie. She had a son Jacob who dressed as an Indian and did little but hunt. ³Granny² Smith was supposed to possess the powers of witch-craft and woe unto the one that should come within her enchanted circle. The silver bullet being the only remedy, which once was tried by Phillip Slaughter. Other settlers who settled near Black Creek (included) George Williamson, brother-in-law of Bland Ballard, the great Indian fighter. Granny Smith may have been Leaney Money Smith whose son Jacob was married to Anne Williamson, sister of George Williamson. Fred Slaughter may have been a brother of Philip Slaughter. John Johnson may have been a son of John Johnson (Johnston) and Rebecca Smith. On 03 November 1772 Rebecca Smith married John Johnston who was a major in the Pennsylvania militia from Cumberland County during the Revolution. John Johnston was born on 24 May 1748 and died on 21 October 1826. Rebecca Smith Johnston, who was born about 1750 and died on 22 April 1780, may have been a sister of Adam Smith. Their son William Johnston was born on 07 June 1776, married Alice Ramsey and died in December 1820. Alice Ramsey Johnston was born in May 1785 and died on 12 April 1851. There is a Johnson School near Cedar Creek in Jefferson County and Smith Lane runs off Johnson School Road.[Note 89] John Smith, Sr. operated a mill in Bedford (now Fulton) County, Pennsylvania, during the period 1774-1786. He moved to Kentucky in 1786, purchasing land on Cedar Creek in Jefferson County where he erected a mill about 1790. John Smith, Sr. also had 200 acres of land on Floydıs Fork in Jefferson County that he bought from Squire and Jane Boone on 22 September 1797, being part of the Peyton tract, and sold it to George Finley on 20 June 1798.[Note 90] John Smith, Sr. was further described as one of the first settlers in the Fairmount District of Jefferson County where he built the first mill in the area on Cedar Creek. It had an overshot wheel, plenty of water at that time (since then the stream has almost dried up), two run of stones - one for corn and the other for wheat, and a good patronage for miles around. At that time, there were only one store and bakery in Louisville and Smith provided them with flour. They consumed two sacks of flour each week. The flour was delivered twice a week by horseback with a small boy perched on top of the bag of flour which was strapped to the back of the horse. J. B. Smith, the first of thirteen children born to Adam and Sally Ballard Smith, made the deliveries twice weekly for several years beginning at the age of ten. By starting early, he could usually find his way into Louisville and back before nightfall. J. B. Smith was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, on 03 April 1810 and reared in Jefferson County. John Smith moved to Indiana where he died in 1830. Adam Smith aided his father John in building and operating the mill, but apparently lived in Shelby County for a while after his marriage to Sally Ballard in 1809; at least until J. B. Smith was born in 1810. J. Ballard Smith also was a successful miller on Cedar Creek in Jefferson County from 1851 to 1867. His mill was burned during the Civil War, rebuilt, and then burned again in 1867. After the second fire, he decided not to resume business. J. B. Smith married Nancy Bell, who was identified, in two separate sections of the same book as a daughter of Thomas Bell of Virginia, who was in the War of 1812, and as a daughter of Robert Bell, one of the first shoemakers in the Fairmount area.[Note 91] At the time of the preparation of the book, Fairmount Precinct was described as a section of Jefferson County with some good land, an abundance of water, the advantages of the Bardstown Pike which ran through it from north to south, and many good orchards, producing all kinds of fruits. The yield of fruits and berries constituted one of the staple products and an important industry of the people of the area. After cultivation in corn, wheat and other agricultural products for a period of one hundred years, much of the once rich alluvial soil was near exhaustion and crop rotation was being introduced to restore the land when the history was being compiled. The abundance of food in the precinct was a detriment during the War Between the States, with soldiers of both sides constantly foraging for subsistence in the area. Refusal to fulfill a request usually resulted in a raid by force upon a farm. The citizenry found themselves in the difficult position of satisfactorily feeding the personnel of both armies. Circumstantial evidence suggests that John Smith, Sr. was a brother of Adam Smith. Adam Smith may have been related to and perhaps a brother of Colonel James Smith, who was born about 1732 and was the first white man to explore southern and western Kentucky in 1767. For some reason, James Smith has not been recognized for his explorations as much as his contemporaries, Gist, Boone, Kenton and Stoner. In a petition to the Virginia Assembly, James Smith stated that he had improved land on the Licking River in 1773. His property was situated on Cane Ridge in Bourbon County, where he helped organize the Cane Ridge Church in 1791. Previously he had been a member of the New Jersey Assembly and a militia officer who fought against the Indians on the frontiers and on expeditions against the Indian towns. James was one of the ³Black Boys² of the expedition to Sideling Hill in Pennsylvania. (Adam Smith lived near Sideling Hill in 1766). At the age of 80 James Smith enlisted for duty in the War of 1812. Colonel Smith, whose account of his adventures and treatises on Indian customs were published, represented Bourbon County at the First Constitutional Convention at Danville and served he county in the Kentucky Assembly for many years. When Thomas McClanahan was elected to the Legislature in 1793, James Smith shot him and, thereafter, he was re-elected to the office. Before coming to Kentucky to live, James Smith married Ann Wilson, by whom he had a number of children. Ann Wilson Smith died and was buried in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In 1786 James Smith brought his children to Bourbon County from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, which was formed in 1773 from Cumberland County. After arriving in Bourbon County, he married a widow Mrs. Margaret Irwin. There were no children by the second marriage.[Note 92] Franklin County, Pennsylvania, which was established in 1784 from Cumberland County, and where Ann Wilson Smith was buried, adjoins Fulton County, where Adam Smithıs land was located. Westmoreland County is north and west of Fulton and Franklin counties and just east of Pittsburgh. James Smith of western Pennsylvania, who, with four companions, crossed the Cumberland Gap in 1766 and explored Kentucky to the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, was described as being a captive of Indians for twenty-four years and probably visited Kentucky many times previously.[Note 93] This long period of captivity does not seem to fit into the record of activities of Colonel James Smith. In 1755 he was captured by Indians and, while a prisoner at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh), witnessed the arrival of the Indians, with their captives and booty, after ambushing General Braddock and his soldiers.[Note 94] John McCarty, who married Margaret Smith, daughter of Adam Smith, the elder, was a son of Nicholas McCarty, whose wife may have been named Mary. Nicholas McCarty was a son of Thomas McCarty, who also was the father of Thomas McCarty, Jr., who was born about 1747, married Anne Scott on 01 September 1774 and died on 28 November 1822; Sarah McCarty, who married Thomas Curry, a native of Scotland; and Margaret McCarty, who was born in 1755 in Hampshire County, Virginia, married Richard Chenoweth in 1773 and died in 1825 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Margaret was scalped by Indians in 1789 but survived. Richard Chenoweth was a son of John Chenoweth and Mary Smith, whose connection to the family of Adam Smith has not been determined. Richard Chenoweth was born in 1734 in Baltimore County, Maryland, and died in Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1802. He is buried in the Long Run Cemetery near Eastwood, Kentucky.[Note 95] N. McClarty (sic), who was a settler at Coxıs Station in Nelson County, Kentucky, which was founded by Isaac Cox in 1780, probably was Nicholas McCarty.[Note 96] Coxıs Station was located on the trace from Harrodıs Town to both the Falls of the Ohio and to Bullittıs Lick. John Chenoweth, the father of Richard Chenoweth who married Margaret McCarty, was a native of Wales who lived in Berkeley County, Virginia. Captain Richard Chenoweth came to Kentucky in 1777 where, with Captain Thomas Bullitt, he laid out the city of Louisville. Originally it was planned to call the town Margaretville in honor of Margaret McCarty Chenoweth. Chenoweth built a station on Floydıs Fork, about four miles from Linnıs Station, which was attacked by Indians in 1789 and the battle became known as the Chenoweth Massacre. Richard Chenoweth died about 1801 and is buried in the family cemetery in Jefferson County. Margaret McCarty Chenoweth moved to Shelby County, Kentucky, where she died about 1824-5.[Note 97] Margaret Smith, who married John Slaughter, was identified as a sister of John Smith, who married Leaney Money, by her son Silas J. Slaughter[Note 98] and the daughter of Peter Smith and Lena Mann in her obituary.[Note 99] Peter Smith, Jr. identified himself as a son of Peter Smith and Lena Mann in his Bible record. Deborah Smith, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1770 and married Peter Fisher probably was a child of Philip and Lena since she remained in Pennsylvania, as they did, and came to Kentucky about the time that they did. Peter and Lena undoubtedly had other children, such as Benjamin and John Smith, who were enumerated on the 1790 census for Bedford County, Pennsylvania, next to him:[Note 100] Peter Smith 3 M over 16 3 F 3 M under 16 John Smith 2 M over 16 3 F 3 M under 16 Benjamin Smith 1 M over 16 2 F 1 M under 16 Peter Fisher and John Fisher were listed next to the Smiths. Hannah Fisher, a daughter of Peter Fisher and Deborah Smith, was born in 1798 and married James Graham (born 1792) in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1816. James Graham was the son of Elias and Margaret Graham (Grimes) of Jefferson County, Kentucky. In 1820 the Grahams lived near Luther Martin, Lewis and John Thixton, James Hall and Jacob, Adam and John Smith on Cedar Creek. At that time Peter Fisher and Deborah Smith were residents of Washington County, Indiana. Robert Western Martin, son of Luther Martin and Rebecca Smith, made an affidavit for Hannah Fisher Grahamıs pension application, stating that he had been born and raised in the same neighborhood and that he knew her from his earliest recollection.[Note 101] The Bible of Adam Smith, son of Peter Smith, Jr., contained the following information:[Note 102] Births Peter Smith, son of Peter and Lena Smith, born Nov. 20, 1772 Martha (Waters) Smith born Feb. 14, 1776 John Smith born Dec. 25, 1795 Louisville, Ky. Adam Smith born Aug. 14, 1797 William Smith born June 4, 1799 Peter Smith born Sept. 4, 1801 Catherine Waters Smith born Sept. 25, 1802 Denton Smith born Mar. 27, 1804 Marriages Peter Smith and Martha Waters Jan 1, 1795 Catherine Waters Smith and Dr. Sam Crow Oct. 29, 1820 Louisville, Ky. Deaths Peter Smith died Mar. 5, 1850 Louisville, Ky. Catherine Crow died Jan. 25, 1882 Paris, Mo. These children are by Peter Smith, Jr. and his first wife Martha Waters. In his will, dated 03 August 1849 and proved on 01 April 1850, Peter Smith, Jr. identified additional children as legatees. He mentioned John Smith, Adam Smith, William Smith, Peter Smith, Denton Smith, Joseph D. Smith, Kitty Crow, Sarah Bukey, Polly Smyser, Lavina Kerr, Ann Smyser and Martha Postlethwaite. Property in Louisville, Jeffersontown, Mount Washington and Bullitt County was specified. Son John S. Smith was deceased and his children, John Smith, Martha Gilmore, George Smith, Letitia Smith and Elizabeth Smith, were named as heirs. Joseph D. Smith was named as executor and the will was witnessed by A. H. Gailbreath and John Lynam or Lyman.[Note 103] Joseph Davis Smith; Sarah Bailey; Mary Elizabeth Smyser, wife of John Wesley Smyser; Lavina Kerr, wife of Enos Kerr; Frances Ann Smyser, wife of Lewis Smyser; and Martha Waters Postlethwaite were children by his second wife Catherine Bruner Miller. There was another child by Catherine Miller who did get named in the will, Benjamin Franklin Smith.[Note 104] Catherine Bruner Miller was a daughter of John Miller. Peter Smith, Jr. and his wives are buried in the Smith Cemetery in Bullitt County, Kentucky. John S. Smith, William Smith and Benjamin Smith are buried at Zoneton in Bullitt County. The Smiths attended the first Little Flock Baptist Church which was built by Peter Smith.[Note 105] The Bullitt County, Kentucky, will of John Smith was dated 14 May 1839 and witnessed by Denton Smith and Burk H. Sanders. The executor was brother William Smith. It mentions his wife Mariah, his mother-in-law Juriah Whitledge, William Whitledge, deceased (his father-in-law?) and children without naming them. Various accounts of administration mention Enos Kerr, Peter Smith, Jr., Mrs. Juriah Whitledge, Buford Scott, Pleasant Scott, Denton Smith, John Scott, Blan B. Smith, Adam Smith, Dr. McKay and Elizabeth Shirley. The sale to John Smith and Peter Smith by Mrs. Juriah Whitledge of her dower right in a negro man named Jess was mentioned since their estates were entitled to the interest on the sale money at the death of Mrs. Whitledge. The marriage of William Smith to his brotherıs widow Mariah in October 1840 is reported, as is her death in 1841.[Note 106] William Smith married (1) Elizabeth Hubbs on 03 June 1826 in Bullitt County, daughter of Jacob Hubbs and Asenath Williams, who died about 1829 after having one child in 1828.[Note 107] Family records do not include his brief marriage to (2) Mariah Whitledge Smith, as specified in the estate administration reports, by whom he probably had no children. He married (3) Amelia Bass on 06 August 1844 in Bullitt County, by whom he had six children.[Note 108] Frances Ann Smith Smyser is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville. She was born on 24 February 1819 and died on 23 December 1903. Her husband Lewis Smyser was born on 08 January 1811 and died on 01 August 1877. Some of their children are buried there also. Mary Elizabeth Smith Smyser is buried in the cemetery at Newburg Christian Church at Newburg, Kentucky. She was born on 19 March 1813 and died on 07 July 1853. Her husband John Wesley Smyser was born on 23 April 1801 and died on 02 June 1853. Some of their children are buried there, too.[Note 109] James Mundell who married Mary Smith was a son of John Mundell whose Jefferson County, Kentucky, will was dated 07 August 1806 and proved on 06 October 1806. It contained bequests to wife Jane Mundell; daughters Nally Mundell, Sarah Mundell, Polly Mundell who married Richard Mills and Margaretha Mundell, who married John Thompson; and sons James Mundell, Andrew Mundell and youngest son John Mundell. The executor John Miller was instructed to liquidate the estate and after setting aside sufficient funds for the schooling and education of son John, 1/3rd of the remaining proceeds was to go to the widow and the balance to be divided equally between the seven children.[Note 110] Peter Smith of Jefferson County, Kentucky, bought land in Bullitt County from Thomas and Mary Sanders on 23 February 1801.[Note 111] Margaret Smith who married John Money on 08 July 1765, Samuel Smith who married Magdalen Hays on 01 June 1776 and John Smith who married Elizabeth Rush on 23 June 1768 in Pennsylvania could have been siblings of Adam Smith who married Mary Catherine Hayes (Hayse, Hause, Hawes, Hoss, Horse) and lived near the Rush family in Bedford County.[Note 112] Another possible sibling was Colonel Thomas Smith (1745-1809) of the Bedford County militia, who married Juricia Jane Post in 1797.[Note 113] On 04 April 1763 William Smith of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, received a warrant (No. 155 S) for fifty acres of land, called Flaggy Meadows, with adjacent upland, in Little Cove, Ayr Township, Cumberland County. The tract was surveyed for him on 16 April 1763 as 84 1/4 acres, with an allowance of 6 percent for roads. The plat of the boot-shaped tract, which was bisected by a stream, shows it surrounded by pine barrens, a pine hill, a barren hill, vacant land on both sides of the parcel where the stream entered and left, another barren hill, vacant pine land and a third barren hill. William Smith never obtained a patent for this land and his warrant was not returned for recording until 27 May 1814. He had conveyed his right to the tract to James Huston and William Huston who, on that date, obtained a patent for the property. By this time Flaggy Meadows was in Warren Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.[Note 114] This is the only land in Cumberland County that William Smith is known to have owned. Since he was described as a resident of Cumberland County in the warrant, perhaps he occupied that tract when he applied for the warrant. William Smith was taxed in Ayr Township, Cumberland County, with 50 acres of land in 1763, 1768, 1769 and 1770.[Note 115] He probably died before 1774, when he was not on the tax list for Bethel Township, Bedford County,[Note 116] which was the succeeding jurisdiction for the area. A deed of conveyance from William Smith to the Hustons has not been found, so it may have been sold to the Hustons by Williamıs heirs. A will or estate settlement for William Smith has not been found in records of the several jurisdictions that covered the area. The wife of William Smith of Cumberland County may have been Anna Mary Bredenstone. William Smith of Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, married Anna Mary Bredenstone, widow of Leonard Bredenstone who died intestate about 1755. A subsequent land sale identified the children and widow of Leonard Bredenstone, who was a son of Philip Bredenstone. The tract was on Muddy Creek in Brecknock Township, next to the land of George Martin, which is an intriguing name coincidence.[Note 117] Cumberland County was formed from part of Lancaster County but not the eastern section where Brecknock Township was located. The Smiths may have moved to Pennsylvania from Morris County, New Jersey. A map of Washington Township, Morris County, identified Smiths among the early tract owners and farm holders, one of whom was Lawrence Sliger who later was a neighbor of the Smiths in Pennsylvania. Most of the tract owners appear to have English names and the occupants of the ³bound² farms have Germanic names. Daniel Smith had two tracts of land and other parcels were occupied by Henry Smith, Isaac Smith and (no name) Smith. Henry and Isaac Smith had farms subdivided from the Bowlsby tract. Lawrence Sliger had a farm next to the tract owned by (no name) Smith, near Middle Valley. The community in central Washington Township, known as German Valley, is now called Long Valley, New Jersey. Washington Township was formed from Roxbury Township, Morris County, in 1794. James Martin had land on the Musconetcong River in Warren County, near Stephensburg, Washington Township, in 1735.[Note 118] PETER SMITH Born Died Married Lena Mann Born Died Children (order of birth unknown): Margaret Smith b. c1762 d. -- Feb 1852 (1853?) Kentucky m. John Slaughter Peter Smith Jr b. 20 Nov 1771 d. 05 Mar 1850 Jefferson County, Kentucky m. (1) Martha Waters (2) Catherine Bruner Miller Probable child: Deborah Smith b. d. m. Peter Fisher PETER SMITH JR Born 20 Nov 1772 Pennsylvania Died 04 Mar 1850 Jefferson County, Kentucky Married (1) Martha Waters 01 Jan 1795 Born 14 Feb 1776 Pennsylvania Died 20 Oct 1805 Bullitt County, Kentucky Children (1): John S Smith b. 25 Dec 1795 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky d. 08 Jun 1839 Bullitt County, Kentucky m. Ann Mariah Whitledge 08 Nov 1827 Adam Smith b. 14 Aug 1797 d. m. Amelia Vaughn 10 Feb 1823 William Smith b. 04 Jun 1799 d. 28 Nov 1880 Bullitt County, Kentucky m. (1) Elizabeth Hubbs 03 Jun 1826 Bullitt County, Kentucky (2) Ann Mariah Whitledge Smith Oct 1840 (3) Amelia Smith 06 Aug 1844 Bullitt County, Kentucky Peter Smith III b. 04 Sep 1801 d. m. Amanda Holmes 01 Sep 1828 Catherine Waters ³Kitty² Smith b. 25 Sep 1802 d. 25 Jan 1882 Paris, Missouri m. Dr. Sam Crow 28 Oct 1820 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Denton Smith b. 27 Mar 1804 d. m.(1) Rebecca Landers (2) Katherine Bruner Miller 17 Sep 1807 Jefferson County, Kentucky Born 1788 Died 17 Jun 1848 Bullitt County, Kentucky Children (2) (order of birth unknown): Mary Elizabeth ³Polly² Smith b. 19 Mar 1813 d. 07 Jul 1853 m. John Wesley Smyser Joseph Davis Smith b. 19 Feb 1815 d. 10 May 1872 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky m. Frances Ann Smith b. 24 Feb 1819 d. 23 Dec 1903 m. Lewis Smyser 26 Jan 1837 Sarah ³Sallie² E Smith b. d. m. Julius Bukey Mar 1828 Lavina Smith b. d. m. Enos Kerr 21 Jul 1828 Martha Waters Smith b. d. m. William Postlethwaite 13 Sep 1846 Benjamin Franklin Smith b. d. 08 May 1834 m. JOHN SMITH Born 06 May 1750 Died 1830 Indiana Married Leaney (Magdalena, Lena) Money c1772 Born 28 Dec 1755 Died Children: Jacob Smith b. 05 Apr 1774 d. -- Jul 1860 Jefferson County, Kentucky m. Anne Williamson 19 Sep 1795 Jefferson County, Kentucky Elizabeth Smith b. 27 Dec 1776 d. 13 Jan 1858 Jefferson County, Kentucky m. Henry Hawkins 29 Jul 1793 Jefferson County, Kentucky Sarah Smith b. 28 Dec 1779 d. m. Philip Slaughter 27 Feb 1806 Jefferson County, Kentucky John Smith Jr b. 14 Apr 1782 d. 23 Mar 1871 Jefferson County, Kentucky m. Elizabeth ³Betty² Hall Adam Smith b. 04 Jan 1787 Linn Station, Jefferson County, Kentucky d. after 1860 m. Sally Ballard 1809 Jefferson County, Kentucky Leaney Smith b. d. m. William Hodgen 07 Feb 1811 Jefferson County, Kentucky JOHN SLAUGHTER Born c1761 Died Married Margaret Smith Born c1762 Died -- Feb 1852 (1853?) Children (order of birth unknown): Silas J Slaughter b. 1787 d. m. John W Slaughter b. d. m. Elizabeth Smith 06 Jun 1818 Jefferson County, Kentucky Hiram Slaughter b. d. m. Jacob Slaughter b. d. m. Probable children (order of birth unknown): Philip Slaughter b. d. m. Sarah Smith 27 Feb 1806 Jefferson County, Kentucky Frederick Slaughter b. d. m. Martha Thixton 23 Jul 1822 Jefferson County, Kentucky Frederick Slaughter obtained a bond to marry Martha Thixton, daughter of William Thixton, on 23 July 1822 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, with Lewis Thixton, brother of Martha, as his bondsman. There is no ministerıs return of record. HYPOTHETICAL FAMILY WILLIAM SMITH Born Died before 1774 Married Born Died Children (order of birth unknown): Peter Smith b. probably c1740 d. m. Lena Mann (Muni) probably by 1760 Adam Smith b. c1745 d. 1813 Jefferson County, Kentucky m. Mary Catherine Hayes Margaret Smith b. probably c1747 d. m. John Money (Muni) 08 Jul 1765 Pennsylvania John Smith b. 06 May 1750 d. 1830 Indiana m. Leaney (Magdalena, Lena) Money (Muni) c1772 Samuel Smith b. d. m. Magdalena Hays (Hayes, Hause, Hawes?) 01 Jun 1776 Pennsylvania John Smith b. d. m. Elizabeth Rush 23 Jun 1768 Pennsylvania Emanuel Smith b. probably c1750 d. m. Rebecca Smith b. c1750 d. 22 Apr 1780 m. John Johnston James Smith b. c1732 d. m. (1) Ann Wilson (2) Margaret Irwin Thomas Smith b. 1745 d. 1809 m. Juricia Jane Post 1797 NOTES [Note 1]. Data of William H. Marshall, Louisville, KY, 1979, Ayr Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax Lists, compiled by Merri Lou Schaumann and excerpted by Margot Helms. [Note 2]. ibid. [Note 3]. ibid, Bethel Township Tax List, History of Bedford and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania, publication data missing. [Note 4]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Will Book 1, page 367. [Note 5]. Supra note 1. [Note 6]. Data of John Frederick Dorman, Washington, DC, 1982. [Note 7]. History of Kentucky, Lewis Collins, 1847, revised Richard H. Collins, 1874, reprint, Kentucke Imprints, Berea, KY, 1976. [Note 8]. ibid. [Note 9]. Fulton County Tourist Promotion Agency, McConnellsburg, PA, undated brochure. [Note 10]. U.S. Geological Survey, Needmore quadrangle map, 1967. [Note 11]. Pennsylvania Survey Book C, Volume 183, page 164. [Note 12]. Pennsylvania Patent Book AA, Volume 14, page 525. [Note 13]. Supra note 1. [Note 14]. Supra note 12, page 165. [Note 15]. ibid, page 164. [Note 16]. Hervey Allen, Farrar and Rinehart, New York, 1943, 1944, 1948. [Note 17]. National Archives File R10490. [Note 18]. Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book B, page 159. [Note 19]. Supra note 1, photocopy, Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, Volume 2, pages 40-41. [Note 20]. 1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Kentucky, District 2, house 933, family 934. [Note 21]. Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book D, page 451. [Note 22]. ibid, page 491. [Note 23]. Data of Laurence L. Hill, Miami, FL, 1975. [Note 24]. Supra note 6, papers of William A. Slaughter, University of Virginia. [Note 25]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Will Book 2, pages 367-369, photocopy of original in compilerıs file. [Note 26]. Supra note 1. [Note 27]. Supra note 23. [Note 28]. Supra note 6. [Note 29]. Supra note 1, The Kentucky Historical Society Register, January 1957, page 69. [Note 30]. National Archives file R20516. [Note 31]. Draper Manuscripts, 15CC232, Wisconsin Historical Society. [Note 32]. Supra note 6; data of John C. Harris, Muskegeon Heights, MI, 1976; DAR Magazine, April 1970, page 421, contributor Mrs. Noel Hull, Kirksville, MO, source John Crow Burks of St. Louis, MO. [Note 33]. Supra note 6. [Note 34]. Jefferson County, Virginia-Kentucky, Early Marriages, Book IV, The Filson Club, Louisville, 1941. [Note 35]. Fern Creek Lore and Legacy 200 Years, Fern Creek Womanıs Club, Fern Creek, KY, 1976. [Note 36]. Supra note 34. [Note 37]. ³First Census² of Kentucky 1790, Charles B. Heinemann, Washington, 1940. [Note 38]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book 2, page 354, abstracts, Filson Club, Louisville; original deeds missing from records of the Jefferson County Court Clerk. [Note 39]. ibid, pages 356 and 358. [Note 40]. ibid, page 350. [Note 41]. ibid, page 360. [Note 42]. Supra note 1. [Note 43]. Supra note 1, photocopies, Jefferson County Land Survey Map 1774-1784, Filson Club, Louisville; Map of Jefferson County, Kentucky, G. T. Bergman, New York, 1858; Atlas of Jefferson and Oldham Counties, Beers and Lanagan, Philadelphia, 1879. [Note 44]. 1850 Federal Census for District 2 of Jefferson County, Kentucky, page 289, house 863, family 864. [Note 45]. Data of Judy Lea, Louisville, KY, 1976. [Note 46]. Kentucky 1850 Census Index, Accelerated Indexing Systems, Bountiful, UT, 1976. [Note 47]. Supra note 35. [Note 48]. Supra note 23. [Note 49]. A History of Early Jeffersontown and Southeastern Jefferson County, Kentucky, Lt. Col. Robert C. Jobson (Ret), Baltimore, MD, 1977. [Note 50]. ibid. [Note 51]. Supra note 35. [Note 52]. Supra note 43. [Note 53]. Supra note 35. [Note 54]. Supra note 1. [Note 55]. Jefferson County, Virginia-Kentucky, Early Marriages, Book I, The Filson Club, Louisville, 1941. [Note 56]. ³Second Census² of Kentucky, 1800, G. Glenn Clift, Frankfort, 1954. [Note 57]. Bullitt County, Kentucky, Marriage Book 1. [Note 58]. Recollections of William T. Martin, Columbus, Ohio, January, 1837, photocopy of typescript. [Note 59]. Supra note 1, Pennsylvania SAR records. [Note 60]. National Archives Microcopy 252, Roll 7, pages 8, 16 and 17. [Note 61]. ibid, Roll 5, page 181. [Note 62]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Inventory and Settlement Book 3, pages 77-82 and 121-122. [Note 63]. Data of James A. McCarty, Gary, Indiana, 1982, quoting Robert C. Jobson, Jeffersontown, KY, 1977. [Note 64]. Supra note 35. [Note 65]. Supra note 55. [Note 66]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book O, page 205. [Note 67]. Supra note 63, abstract, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book R, page 70. [Note 68]. ibid, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book S, page 406. [Note 69]. ibid, Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book UU, page 554. [Note 70]. ibid. [Note 71]. 1820 Federal Census Microcopy 33, Roll 24, page 43, lines 36 and 37. [Note 72]. ibid, page 33, lines 30, 36, 37 and 38. [Note 73]. 1820 Federal Census for Indiana, Willard Heiss, The Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1966, from Microcopy 33, Roll 14, pages 9, 87 and 103. [Note 74]. Data of James A. McCarty, supra note 63. [Note 75]. Supra note 1. [Note 76]. ibid. [Note 77]. ibid. [Note 78]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book N, pages 472-476. [Note 79]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Deed Book P, page 262. [Note 80]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Inventory and Settlement Book 5, pages 433-435. [Note 81]. Supra note 1. [Note 82]. ibid. [Note 83]. ibid. [Note 84]. ibid. [Note 85]. ibid. [Note 86]. ibid. [Note 87]. ibid. [Note 88]. ibid, from History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana, 1886. [Note 89]. ibid, from records of the Pennsylvania SAR, page 420. [Note 90]. Supra note 1. [Note 91]. History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Counties, Volume 2, L. A. Williams and Company, Cleveland, 1878. [Note 92]. Kentucky in Retrospect, The Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, 1967, pp 29, 160, 161, 172 and 173. [Note 93]. Frontier Kentucky, Otis K. Rice, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 1975, page 22. [Note 94]. Supra note 7. [Note 95]. McCarty Cousins, Volume I, Number 2, April 1985, Janis Edward Knox, Colorado Springs, CO. [Note 96]. Supra note 92, page 193. [Note 97]. ibid, pages 194 and 204. [Note 98]. Supra note 31. [Note 99]. Supra note 1. [Note 100]. Supra note 23. [Note 101]. ibid. [Note 102]. Supra note 32. [Note 103]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Will Book 4, pages 224-226. [Note 104]. Supra note 6, Kentucky Kinfolks column, Louisville Herald-Post, 12 June 1936. [Note 105]. Data of Joan L. June, Brooks, KY, 1978. [Note 106]. Bullitt County, Kentucky, Will Book C, page 67. [Note 107]. Supra note 105. [Note 108]. ibid. [Note 109]. Supra note 6. [Note 110]. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Records, Volume 4, Michael L. Cook, C.G., Cook Publications, Evansville, IN, 1987, Will Book 1, page 191. [Note 111]. Bullitt County, Kentucky, Deed Book A2, page 192. [Note 112]. Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1968, reprinted from Pennsylvania Archives Series 2, Volume 2, 1890. [Note 113]. Source missing. [Note 114]. Pennsylvania Patent Book H, Volume 10, page 602. [Note 115]. Supra note 1. [Note 116]. Supra note 3. [Note 117]. National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 68, Number 2, Washington. [Note 118]. Early Germans of New Jersey, T. F. Chambers, publication data missing.