Parents:
John Smith (10/1/1898-2/28/1973) P. A. VA - Va. Beach, VA
Della Simmons (12/13/1919-3/28/1981) P. A. VA - Va. Beach, VA
Miles Smith (1/1855-11/25/1937) NC - Kempsville, VA
Mary Ella Ferebee (3/1858-3/24/1941) P. A. VA - Kempsville, VA
Peter Cason (1896-aft. 1940) VA
Irene Simmons (1904-5/15/1954) NC - Kempsville, VA.
John “Jack” Smith (1/1820-1903) South Mills, Camden Co., NC - P. A. VA
Mary ------ (5/1829-bef. 1910) South Mills, Camden Co., NC - P. A. VA
Frank Simmons (1880-bef. 4/9/1930) NC
Mary Lillie Raspberry (8/14/1886-1/11/1960) Ft. Barnsville, NC - Kempsville, VA.
Alexander Ferebee (c. 1838-bet. 1900-1912) NC - Pr. Anne Co., VA.
Susan Haynes (c. 1844-2/1/1916) NC - Pr. Anne Co., VA.
[16 children, 9 living in 1900] md. 1864 NC; age 26, age 20.
Miles Smith, Sr. (1790-aft. 1880) Camden Co., NC
Susan ------ (c. 1794-bef. 1865) Camden Co., NC
Wright Raspberry (2/1834-1/21/1925) Duplin Co., NC - Ft. Barnwell, Craven Co., NC
Thursday Ann White (1/1841-11/24/1941) Onslow Co., NC - Dover, Craven Co., NC
[11 children, 9 living in 1900]; md. 1859 Craven Co., NC; age 25, age 18.
America Haynes VA
Dora ------ VA
(1760s-) NC
(1760s-) NC
During the years of slavery, it appears that there was a custom in naming children after close relatives whether it was after the mother, father, sister, brother, aunt or uncle. Jack & Mary Smith named their children: Hannah, Ann Eliza, Sofie, Miles, Jim, Wright, Shadrack, Daniel, Elijah, Stephen and Wilson. Their child, Stephen, was evidently named after Jack’s brother. Their child, Miles, was named after Jack’s father. Quite possibly, either Jack’s mother or Mary’s mother was named Hannah.
Wright Raspberry Duplin Co., NC
Mary -------- Duplin Co., NC
Caroline White (9/1825-aft. 6/21/1900) NC (Craven Co., NC - 1900)
Annie ------- (7/1827-aft. 6/21/1900) NC (Craven Co., NC - 1900)
md. 8/31/1866 Carteret Co., NC, issued: 10/1846; age 21, age 19.
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THEORIZING FACTORS:
The Smith name:
Relationships: Parents and brothers and sister:
#2) Stephen Smith, Sr.’s parents were Miles Smith, Sr., and Susan Smith who were born in NC. Stephen Smith, Sr., was born in Camden Co., NC. (Stephen Smith Sr.’s 1883 marriage record and 1880 census) Miles Smith, Sr.’s parents were born in North Carolina and were probably born in the 1760s. (1880 census record). Miles Smith, Sr., and Miles Smith, Jr., lived together with their wives in the 1870 census and the 1880 census. The 1880 census stated that Miles Smith, Sr., was the father of Miles Smith, Jr. Miles Smith, Jr., was therefore a brother of Jack and Stephen Smith, Sr. Jack Smith named one of his sons, Miles Smith.
Jack & Stephen Smith, Sr., had a sister, Lucy Smith Elliott Gallop. Lucy’s parents were Miles Smith, Sr., and Jennie Smith. (1870 census, 1880 census and death certificate). In the 1870 census, Lucy Smith Elliott and her family lived twelve families from her father, Miles Smith, Sr. In the 1880 census, Lucy Smith Elliott and her family lived three families from her father, Miles Smith, Sr. On Lucy’s death certificate, she was listed as born in Camden Co., North Carolina, and her parents were listed as Miles Smith and Jennie Smith, both born in North Carolina.
Charles Morgan was a nephew of Miles Smith, Jr. (1880 census)
[Fact: Stephen Smith, Sr. and Lucy Smith Elliott Gallop were both born in Camden Co., NC. All of the family members in #2 were born in North Carolina.]
Brothers: Jack Smith & Stephen Smith, Sr,:
The following entries were made in the family Bible originally owned by Joseph Moseley, son of James Moseley (-1931) and Ann Eliza Smith Moseley (1875-1909), the sister of John Smith (1898-1973): Alice Smith Goodman, daughter of Stephen Smith, Sr. and Virginia Smith died in Princess Anne Co., on April 29, 1935. Charlie Smith, son of Stephen Smith, Sr. and Penelope Ferebee Smith died on December 12, 1936. Stephen Smith, Sr. died December 5, 1930. John Smith (1898-1973) called Stephen Smith, Sr. (1829-1930), Uncle Stephen, and the children and grandchildren of Stephen Smith, Sr., were and are still called cousins. John Smith knew Uncle Stephen was the brother of John Smith’s (1898-1973) grandfather, John “Jack” Smith (1820-1937). [The death certificate for Jack Smith could provide the paper trail. However, John Smith knew his Uncle Stephen well. John Smith was in his 30s when Stephen Smith, Sr., died. John and Stephen lived very close to each other in Kempsville, VA.]
Children of Jack and Mary Smith:
Stephen Smith, Annie Fuller and Hannah Lamb were brother and sisters. [1925 newspaper New Journal and Guide (1921-2003)]. Axiom Smith named deceased brother, Elijah Smith, deceased sister, Isabel Cowell, and brothers and sisters, Miles Smith, Stephen Smith, Daniel Smith, Hannah Lamb, Annie Fuller and Sophie Smith, brothers and sisters. (1928 deed between Evelyn Owens and family.) Hannah, Axiom, Annie, Miles, Jim and Isabel Smith were born in Camden Co., NC, between 1849 and 1858. (Freedmen’s records and census records)
Children of Miles and Mary Ella Smith:
Miles Smith died in the year 1937, in Princess Anne Co., VA. His only wife, Mary Ella Smith, died in the year 1941 in Princess Anne Co., VA. Miles Smith had only five children. The five children of Miles Smith were: Miles Junius Smith, Wilson Smith (AKA Willie Smith), John Smith, Ann Eliza Smith (AKA Annie Smith) and Mary Susan Smith. Wilson Smith died April, 1958, unmarried, intestate, and without issue. Mary Susan Smith had only two husbands. Her first husband was Edward Holmes who is dead. Her second husband was Cornelius D. Moore. Mary Susan Moore had only one child whose name was Benjamin and who died as an infant. Miles Junius Smith had only one wife, Leah Helen Smith. Miles Junius Smith died intestate in 1963 in Norfolk, VA. Miles Junius Smith had only one child that lived beyond infancy and whose name is Raymond Smith. Ann Eliza Smith had only one husband, James Moseley, who died in 1931. Ann Eliza Moseley died in the year 1909, intestate. Ann Eliza Smith had only four children. Two of these children died in infancy. The remaining two children of Ann Eliza Smith Moseley are Joseph Moseley and James Moseley.(1968 deed with ALVORD Corporation.)
Actually, Mary Ella Smith had seven children, five still living in 1900. The five children were Anne Eliza, Wilson, Miles Junius, Mary Susie and John. The two deceased children were Emma and Benjamin who died before 1900. In 1910, Mary Ella Smith was listed as having eight children with four still living. Ann Eliza Smith Moseley died in 1909. It is unknown at present who was the eighth child.
Possible relationships:
David Smith, born 1814, and wife, Margaret “Peggy,” and their family lived 39 families from Miles Smith, Sr., in 1880. David Smith could be a son of Miles Smith, Sr.
Nelson Smith, born 1818, and wife, Courtney, and their family lived 8 families from Miles Smith, Sr., in 1870. Nelson Smith could be a son of Miles Smith, Sr.
In Isaac Lamb’s 1824 Will, Isaac Lamb bequeathed “George, son of Susan” to daughter Eliza Lamb. If “Susan” was Susan Smith, wife of Miles Smith, Sr., George could have been a son of Miles Smith, Sr., as “Miles” lived next door to “Susan” on the Malachi Sawyer farm. George’s age is unknown.
Charles Morgan, born 1859, lived with Miles Smith Sr. & Jr. in the 1880 census. Charles Morgan was listed as a nephew of Miles Smith, Jr. Who were his parents? Was he Miles Smith, Jr.’s nephew or Harriet Smith’s nephew?
#3) Jack and Mary Smith’s daughter, Isabel Martha Smith Cowell, was born in 1858 in Camden Co., NC. Jack and Stephen Smith, Sr., were residents of Princess Anne Co., VA., when Mary and her children arrived in Princess Anne Co., VA., from Camden Co., NC. The whole family was in Princess Anne Co. sometime after July, 1860. Oscar Baxter and his family lived in Princess Anne Co., VA., in 1860. (Freedmen’s records and census records). Elizabeth Bright lived in Camden Co., NC, in July, 1860.
#4) Elizabeth Bright was the last owner of Mary Smith and her children. Dr. O. F. Baxter was the last owner of Jack and Stephen Smith, Sr. (Freedmen’s record) (state census record)
#5) Phillip Northan’s 1836 Currituck Co., NC, Will mentioned boys named Jack and Stephen. Jack Smith would have been 15-16 years old. Stephen Smith, Sr., would have been 6-7 years old. (Northan’s Will). Stephen Smith, Sr., married Virginia Nothan and Jack Smith’s son, Stephen Smith, married Laura Northern. (marriage certificates). In 1860, Phillip Northen had 47 slaves, 26 in a trust for his children. (Moyock Dist., Currituck Co., NC, slave census).
#6) John R. Bright wrote his Will in 1849 in Currituck Co., NC. He appears to have been a widower with three children: Oscar F. Bright, John B. F. Bright and Amanda Bright. John R. Bright’s brother, Jesse B. Bright, was executor of John R. Bright’s Will. In 1850, Oscar and John Bright were living in Princess Anne Co., VA., as was their uncle, Jesse B. Bright. Oscar and John were living with Elizabeth Styron. Jesse Bright had 13 slaves. Oscar Bright had 6 slaves. (Bright’s Will, census records and Freedmen’s records)
#7) In 1850, Oscar F. Baxter lived in Pasquotank Co., NC, with 12 slaves. (census records) Oscar Baxter’s father, Isaac Baxter, wrote his Will in 1858 in Currituck Co., NC. He bequeathed man Miles to his son Burwell M. Baxter. Miles could have been Miles Smith, Sr., or Miles Smith, Jr. (Baxter’s Will). In 1860, Dr. O. F. Baxter was living in Princess Anne Co., VA. with 30 slaves. (census record)
#8) In 1865, Jack, Mary and the Smith family were listed as “contraband” and had been “within lines” for 7 months indicating that they were behind Union lines. Jack Smith had property valued at $200.00. (Freedmen’s records). Jack Smith’s sons, Daniel (born 1864) & Elijah (born 1865), were born free. Jack, Mary and the children were listed as slaves on January 1, 1863. (Freedmen’s record)
#9) In 1870, Jack, Mary & the Smith family and Stephen, Sr., Penelope & the Smith family lived in Kempsville on the London Bridge post office route. (census record). [John Smith’s 1867 deed reads, “commencing at the point where the line between the lands of the said John Smith and William C. Smith intersect the road leading from Kempsville to London Bridge and running in a southwesterly direction along said road towards Kempsville.”]
#10) In 1900, Miles Smith, Mary Ella Ferebee Smith & family lived in Seaboard District. Jack Smith, Mary Smith & family and Stephen Smith, Sr., Virginia Smith Northern Smith & family lived in Kempsville District. (census record).
#11) In 1910, Miles Smith & family and Stephen Smith, Sr., & family lived on Salem Road in Kempsville. (census record)
#12) In 1920, Miles & Stephen Smith, Sr., & their families lived on Holland Swamp Road in Kempsville. (census record)
#13) In 1930, Miles & Stephen Smith, Sr., and their families lived on Salem Road in Kempsville. (census record)
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FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE CENSUS RECORDS:
1870 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940
Jack Smith X X X d. 1903-------------------------------
Stephen Smith X X X X X X d. 1930 (bro. of Miles,Jr., Jack & Lucy)
Hannah Lamb X X - X X X d. 1937
Axiom Smith - X X X d. 1915--------------------
Annie Fuller X X X X X X d. 1938
Miles Smith X X X X X X X (Mary Ella Smith)
Jim Smith X - d. bef. 6/4/1900--------------------------------
Isabel Cowell X md. 1882 d. bef. 6/9/1900------------------------------
Sophia Smith X X X X X X d. 1934
Stephen Smith b. 1872 X md. 1901 X X X X (brother of Miles Smith)
John Stephen Smith, Jr. b. 1886 X md. 1913 X X X (s. of Stephen & Virginia Smith)
Daniel Smith X X - X X - - d. 1941
Elijah Smith X X X X d. 1919-------------------
Lucy Elliott X X X X d. 1917------------(sister of Miles, Jr., Jack & Stephen)
Miles Smith, Jr. X X - deceased---------------------(brother of Jack, Stephen & Lucy)
Miles Smith, Sr. X X deceased-----------------------(father of Miles, Jr., Jack, Stephen & Lucy)
James Smith X X X X X X X (son of Stephen & Penny Smith)
Alex Ferebee X X X - d. 1916 (Susan Haynes Ferebee)
Lillie Simmons - b. 1886 - X - X X
Frank Simmons - b. 1880 - X - dec’d.
AGE & BIRTH YEAR ANALYSIS
Family member 1860 1865 1870 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940
Miles, Sr. 70-1795 80-1790 95-1785
Jane/Jennie 50-1815 53-1817 70-1810
Miles, Jr. 50-1820 60-1820
Harriet 40-1830 50-1830
John “Jack” (Jan) 47-1823 55-1825 80-1820
Mary (May) 26-1834 37-1833 49-1831 71-1829
Jack’s & Mary’s children:
Hannah 9-1851 21-1849 30-1850 40-1870 60-1860 78-1852
Axiom (Nov) 9-1851 30-1850 47-1852 59-1851
Annie (Feb) 7-1853 16-1854 27-1853 46-1854 56-1854 65-1855 70-1860
Miles (Jan) 6-1854 14-1856 26-1854 45-1855 55-1855 65-1855 75-1855
Mary Ella (Miles’ wife) (Mar) 23-1857 40-1860 52-1858 60-1850 71-1859 85-1855
James 3-1857 13-1857
Isabella 2-1858 12-1858
Daniel 6-1864 18-1862 46-1864 45-1875
Elijah (Nov) 5-1865 16-1864 33-1867 45-1865
Sophia (June) 1-1869 11-1869 29-1879 35-1875 45-1875 50-1880
Stephen 8-1872 38-1872 50-1870 57-1873
Wilson 5-1875
Old Stephen (May) 35-1835 49-1831 71-1829 85-1825 90-1830 108-1822
Stephen (Dec) (old Stephen’s son) 16-1884 30-1890 43-1887
Lucy (May) 22-1848 36-1844 58-1842 60-1850
Contrabands Employed on
Family member on Baxter farm deserted farm Freedmen’s Records Census Returns
(1863) (1864) Provisions (1865) (1865)
Jack 39-1824 20-45-1824 41-1824 >20-<50-1824
Mary 30-1833 20-45-1833 31-1834 >20-<50-1833
Hannah 13-1849 10-20-1849 14-1851 >14-<20-1849
Axiom 13-1850 10-20-1850 14-1851 >14-<20-1850
Margaret Ann 10-1853 10-20-1853 13-1852 14 & under-1853
Miles 8-1855 <10-1855 9-1856 14& under-1855
Jim 6-1857 <10-1857 7-1858 14 & under-1857
Isabel 4-1858 <10-1858 5-1861 14 & under-1858
Wright 3-1860 <10-1860
Shadrack 3/12-1862 <10-1862
Daniel 1-1864 14 & under-1864
Elijah 14 & under-1865
1828 1840 1840 1850 1860 1870
Marina 24-1804 36-1804 1804-1816 42-1808 50-1810 60-1810
(Stephen Smith, Sr.’s mother-in-law)
HISTORY of the SMITH FAMILY of CAMDEN CO., NC/PRINCESS ANNE CO., VA
Contemporary history of slavery:
Common practice for slaves owned by masters who were under age in the late 17th and early 18th century was that until the owner of the slaves came of age the services of any slaves that he owned were auctioned off on a yearly basis at the County Courthouse in January of each year. "In being hired out, sometimes the slave gets a good home, and sometimes a bad one: when he gets a good one, he dreads to see January come; when he has a bad one, the year seems five times as long as it is." (quoted from Moses Grandy. Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America.) Moses Grandy was owned by James Grandy and Moses’ 1st wife was owned by Enoch Sawyer when Moses’ 1st wife was sold. Enoch Sawyer also owned Moses’ 2nd wife and eventually owned Moses Grandy.
Contemporary national history:
The Declaration of Independence was created in June and July of 1776, and ratified on July 4, 1776. During the Revolutionary War, African Americans, in the regular army and in the civilian militias, received their freedom through their service to the Revolutionary War. The number of free African Americans nationwide in the thirteen colonies increased from about 25,000 in 1775 to 60,000 in the 1780s.
In 1782, the Commonwealth of Virginia passed an act authorizing and permitting the manumission of slaves. In the 1790s, the Virginia Legislature began to impose legal controls on its free black citizens. In 1793, the Virginia General Assembly passed a law prohibiting the immigration of free blacks into the Commonwealth. In the same year, the Legislature passed a law requiring all free blacks to register with the local court every three years. Once a free black citizen registered with the court, a legal record was created documenting their status. A formal list, or register, of free blacks for each year was kept by the court. The registration was subsequently copied into the court records (Minutes Books) and a copy of the registration was given to the individual. The copy of the registration, commonly referred to as ‘free papers,’ allowed blacks to prove their freedom and were required to be produced upon demand. Failure to register could result in fines or imprisonment.
The United States Constitution was created September 17, 1787. It was presented September 28, 1787, and ratified June 21, 1788. The Constitution became effective March 4, 1789. George Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789, in New York City, New York.
[Miles Smith, Sr., was born about 1790 in South Mills, North Carolina, and quite possibly lived his entire life in Camden Co., NC.]
Five years after the Constitution became effective, The Slave Trade Act of 1794 was passed by the United States Congress prohibiting American ships from engaging in the international slave trade. It was signed into law by President George Washington on March 22, 1794. This was the first of several anti-slavery trade-acts of Congress. In 1800, Congress strengthened the law by sharply raising the fines and awarding informants the entire value of any ship seized.
Nineteen years after the Constitution became effective, The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807, was enacted on March 2, 1807. It was a United States federal law that prohibited new slaves being imported into the United States. It took effect on January 1, 1808, the earliest date permitted by the United States Constitution. This legislation was promoted by President Thomas Jefferson, who called for its enactment in his 1806 State of the Union Address. He and others had promoted the idea since the 1770s.
There were several Southern ports where slaves first arrived in the U. S., including Charleston, where some 40% of the slaves arrived before being sent to locations in both the upper and lower South, depending on when they arrived. Approximately 40% of the slaves were brought to Charleston from Angola. Angola was located on the western central coast of Africa.
1820 CENSUS
[1820: Malachi Sawyer, Esq., 45&+, 17 slaves, 2m <14, 7m 14-25, 2m 26-44, 2m 45&+, 1f <14, 1f 14-25, 1f 26-44, 1f 45&+. [2-7-2-2;1-1-1-1].
Malachi Sawyer, Jr., 45&+, 6 slaves, 2m <14, 2m 14-25, 1m 45&+, 1f 14-25. [2-2-0-1;0-1-0-0]. Malachi Sawyer, Jr.’s Will is shown below, written in 1824. In 1824, Malachi Sawyer listed four male slaves and two female slaves.]
[In early census records and Freedmen Bureau records, adult slaves were considered anyone 14 years old and older. If Miles Smith, Sr., was with Malachi Sawyer, Jr., in 1820, he would have been about 29 years old. Malachi Sawyer, Jr., listed two male slaves 14 to 25 years old.]
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[Susan Smith, wife of Miles Smith, Sr., would have been about 29 years old at the time of this Will (1824). If this Susan was Miles Smith, Sr.’s wife, George could be another brother of Jack Smith. Isaac Lamb gave his daughter, Eliza H. Lamb, George, the son of Susan. Isaac Lamb gave his wife, Polly Lamb, woman Susan and her increase (future children). After Polly Lamb’s death, Susan and her increase would go to son, Allen Lamb, and to children of Isaac Lamb’s daughter, Nancy. Isaac Lamb’s land was adjacent to Malachi Sawyer’s land. Abner Sawyer lived on some of Isaac Lamb’s land, land that Isaac Lamb bequeathed to his son, Luke G. Lamb, land that Isaac Lamb bought from his own father. There was no mention of Jack Smith who would have been about four years old - unless he had not been born yet.]
Last Will and Testament of ISAAC LAMB, March 20, 1824-May Term 1825. In the name of God Amen, I ISAAC LAMB of the State of No. Carolina and County of Camden being of sound disposing mind and memory blessed be God, and calling to mind the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time when it will come, and being willing to dispose of my worldly substance, that it has pleased God to give me, at my own will and desire do this 20th day of March 1824 make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, in the following manner that is to say.
First, I lend unto my beloved Wife POLLEY LAMB the use of all the lands on which I live and the lands I bought of JOHN WILROY and Wife, for and during her natural life and no longer, I also leave her the use of negros David, America, Bill, Susan and girl Nancy and five beds and furniture her choice, and also as much of my household and kitchen furniture, flax, cotton, spin stuff, cloth of homespun, plantation tools utensils and harnis as she may chose to retain for herself and family, all my hogs, four cows and calves a yearling one yoke of oxen, three dry cattel, ten head of sheep her choice, one horse Practier one horse Skip my joubell(?) chair and harnis, and my waggon, and one year’s support for her self and family to be sett off by herself and my two Sons ISAAC and LUKE at there discretion out of the provisions on hand, for and during her natural life and no longer except the provisions, I also give her two hundred dollars in notes on hand for my negro hire.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son LUKE G. LAMB a tract of land I bought of JAMES M. GRANDY to him and his heirs forever, I also give him one negro man Davis that I bought of him, one negro man Latchem, and the balance of my swamp up the river called Prichard’s Juniper to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son ISAAC N. LAMB a tract of land laying on the Eastwardly side of the main road it being part of the lands I bought of JOHN WILROY and Wife joining the lands of MALICHI SAWYER and others reserving the use to my Wife as aforesaid as also negro Robin, horse Jack, and negro David after the death of my Wife to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son LUKE G. LAMB all the lands contained in the deed from my Father to me in my last purchase from him where ABNER SAWYER now lives, in trust to be rented out by him and the rents and profits to be aplied to the use and support of HENRY N. LAMB and his children at the discretion of said LUKE G. LAMB, and at the death of said HENRY N. LAMB the said lands to be equally divided between his lawful children that may be then living, if any but if said Son HENRY should leave no lawful children at the time of his death, my will is that the said land should go to my Grand Son ISAAC N. LAMB, son of LUKE G. LAMB if he should be then living, if not to the said LUKE G. LAMB and his heirs forever.
Item. I give unto LUKE G. LAMB in trust for the benefit and support of ALLEN J. LAMB one negro man Ned or Edmond and all the property that has fallen to me by the death of my Brother THOMAS LAMB, and a small piece of land I bought of FREDERICK GRANDY and his Mother, all which said property is to be mannaged by the said LUKE G. LAMB to the best advantage for the benefit of the ALLEN J. LAMB and his family, and the said LUKE G. LAMB is at liberty to sell any part or the whole of said property for the purpose aforsaid if he should think it most beneficial to do so.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter CYNTHIA L. HALL one negro man Lamb and his Wife Tamer and there children now in her possession, also one negro man Billa after the death of my Wife to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter LUCRETIA SAWYER all the furniture she has now in her possession of mine, I also lend her negros Robin, Hannah, Grace and her children for and during her natural life and no longer, and at her death the said negros to be equally divided between her children if she lives any at the time of her death if not my will is that the said negros should be equally divided between ISAAC N. LAMB and ALLEN J. LAMB the said ALLEN’S part to be under the discretion of ISAAC N. LAMB and by him to be delt out to said ALLEN at his discretion and any other wise mannaged as he the said ISAAC may think proper for the said ALLEN and his family.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter POLLY G. LAMB one half of the lands on which I now live including the swam and pine thickit to the main road the line at ISAAC N. LAMB’S part say one half, reserving her Mother’s life in the same as aforesaid and if my said Daughter POLLY should die without children my will is that the said land should go to her Sister ELIZA H. LAMB, I also give to my Daughter POLLY G. LAMB negros Isaac, Lewis, Jerry, Reading and Judah and negro Nancy after the death of her Mother to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter ELIZA HALLAN LAMB the other half of the lands on which I live in the same manner I have give the other to her Sister POLLY and if she should die without children my will is that the said land should go to her Sister POLLY G. LAMB reserving the use to her Mother as aforesaid, I also give unto my said Daughter ELIZA H. LAMB negros Mark, Moses, Leani, George son of Susan, girl Estar and man America, at the death of her Mother to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son HENRY N. LAMB all the lands on the east side of Williamses Branch that I have not already given away to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Grandson ISAAC L. HALL Son of my daughter CYNTHIA one negro boy George (Son of Edie) to him and his heirs.
Item. I give and leve my negro woman Susan and her future increase after the death of my Wife, to be equally divided between my Son ALLEN and my Daughter NANCY’s children if they leve any at the time of the death of my Wife, but if my Wife should chose to give up the said negro Susan at any time sooner, then and in that case the said negros are to be at the expence of said children.
Item. All the residue of my property not already given away or lent I leve to be sold by my Executors on a credit of six months and the sum arising from the sale to be applied to the payment of my debts and legacies given away in this my Will, say what is lacking in notes on hand and the balance if any to be applied to the use of ALLEN J. LAMB and his family at the discretion of my Executors.
Item. The balance of the movable property I have lent to my Wife during her life, that I have not already disposed of I give unto my two Daughters POLLY and ELIZA after the death of their Mother to them and there heirs forever.
Item. I hereby appoint my Wife POLLY LAMB gardian to my two Daughters POLLY G. LAMB and ELIZA HALLAN LAMB and if any of their negros should behave themselves improperly to be judged of by her, my will is that she should sell them at her discretion and purchase hers in there room and stead of equal value of them as sold and the bills of sale to be taken in the name of the one to whom the negro belonged that are sold, I also impower her to sell any of those loned to her if they misbehave provided she replaces others in there room of equal value to go as they were, nevertheless this power I have given to my said Wife by this claus of my will to clear(?) and end if she should marry, and in that case I hereby appoint after her marriage ALFRED M. GATLIN gardian to my Daughter POLLY G. LAMB with the same powers that was granted to her my (said Wife) I also appoint my Son ISAAC N. LAMB gardian to my Daughter ELIZA HALLAN LAMB after the marriage of my said Wife, with the same powers that was granted to my said Wife.
I hereby nominate and appoint my beloved Wife POLLY LAMB Executrix and my Son ISAAC N. LAMB and ALFRED M. GATLIN Executors to this my Last Will and Testament, acknowledging this and this only to be my true Last Will, in witness whereof I have here unto sett my hand and seale the day and date first above writen. I. LAMB (seal)
Camden County Court - May Term 1825
This Will was exhibited in open Court and ISAAC N. LAMB being duly sworn deposeth that the Last Will and Testament of ISAAC LAMB dec’d bearing date 20th March 1824 was since the death of Testator found among his valuable papers in the presence of deponent and others. Sworn to in open Court. ISAAC N. LAMB Test. M. S. LEWIS Clk.
We the undersigned being duly sworn do say that we are well acquainted with the hand writing of ISAAC LAMB of Camden County dec’d and having particularly examined ??? Last Will and Testament of the said ISAAC LAMB and the writing on the back of the envelope do believe the same and every part thereof ??? exhibited in open Court is the hand writing of the said ISAAC LAMB thereunto subscribed as well as the name of the said ISAAC LAMB thereunto subscribed. Sworn to in open Court Test. M. S. LEWIS Clk. JOSEPH DOZIER, CALEB PERKINS, W. WILSON, W. McPHERSON, GEORGE FEREBEE, M. S. LEWIS. [Camden Co., NC, Will Book C, p47-50.]
1820 - Isaac Lamb of Camden Co. - 14 slaves
1806-1820, 1794-1806, 1775-1794
3m & 2f 3m & 2f 3m & 1f
Susan
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[Miles Smith, Sr., would have been about 33 years old at the time this Will was written. Malachi Sawyer gave slave Miles to his wife, Susanna Sawyer. Isaac Lamb’s Will and Malachi Sawyer’s Will were contemporaneous. If the slaves listed in the two Wills were Miles Smith, Sr., and Susan Smith, Miles & Susan were living next door to each other. The only time when a man can visit his wife, when they are on different estates, is Saturday evening and Sunday. If they be very near to each other, he may sometimes see her on Wednesday evening. He must always return to his work by sunrise; if he fail to do so, he is flogged. When he has got together all the little things he can for his wife and children, and has walked many miles to see them, he may find that they have all been sold away, some in one direction, and some in another.]
Last Will and Testament of MALACHI SAWYER, March 30, 1824-May Term 1824. In the name of God Amen! I MALACHI SAWYER of the County of Camden and State of North Carolina, being sick, but of sound disposing mind and memory and having in mind that it is appointed unto all men to die, and being willing to dispose of my worldly affairs do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say.
Item the first. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER all of my negroes viz. boy March, Jerry, John, Miles, Rose and Jane to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER one tract of land lying in said County bounded on the South and West side by the lands of ISAAC LAMB and on the North & East by the lands of JOHN GRANDY being all of the land which I bought of NATHANIEL WILROY and that which I now live on to her & her heirs forever.
Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER one tract of land in said County near the Court House being all of the land which I bought of THOMAS BELL, bounded as follows on the East by the lands of ISAAC LAMB, on the West by THOMAS GORDON & on the N. by the main road & the walking lands, to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER one tract of land lying about one half mile below Camden Court House on the W. side of the main road bounded as follows, on the West by the lands which belong to the heirs of JOHN WILROY and on the North by the lands which formerly belonged to CALEB PHILLIP’S and on the East by JOSEPH DOZIERS’ lands & the lands of ISAAC LAMB it being all of the tract which belonged to JOHN WATKINS to have & hold the same she and her heirs forever.
Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER a certain tract of land lying in Forty Pound Neck bounded as follows, bounded on the West by the lands of MARK UPTON, on the North by the lands of HENRY AYDLETT’s heirs, on the East by the lands of THOMAS ETHERIDGE and on the South by the lands which belong to the heirs of JOHN GREAVES being by estimation Seventeen & three quarters of acres which formerly belonged to the estate of JOHN WADKINS to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife SUSANNA SAWYER after paying of all my just debts all the residue of my estate of every kind & nature whatsoever to her and her heirs forever.
Lastly. I hereby nominate and appoint my Wife SUSANNA SAWYER whole and sole Executrix to this my Last Will and Testament revoking all other wills and Publishing this and this only to be my true Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this the 30th day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Four. 1824. MALACHI SAWYER (seal)
Signed, sealed and acknowledged By the Testator as his Last Will in Our presents: JOSIAH EARLE, SILAS O. NORRIS, MARY NORRIS.
Camden County, May Term 1824. This Last Will and Testament of MALACHI SAWYER dec’d was exhibited and proved in open Court by the oath of SILAS O. NORRIS one of the subscribing witness thereto SUSANNAH SAWYER the Executrix therein named appeared & qualified according to law. Ordered that the Will be recorded & that letters testamentary issue. Test. M. S. LEWIS, Clk. By A. C. OHRINGHAUS. [Camden Co., NC, Will Book C, p. 31-33.]
Some of the neighbors of Malachi Sawyer in 1820 in Camden Co. were Hollowell Sawyer, Willis Sawyer, Sam Griffin, Miles Forbes, Anna Sawyer, Samuel Gregory, Nathaniel Hughs, John Cox, Ambrose Walston, Bailey Barco, Isaac Gregory, Suckey Dozier, Caleb Forbes.
1806-1820, 1794-1806, <1775
2m 2m & 1f 1m
Miles
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1830 CENSUS
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[The Will of Philip Northan written six years after the 1830 census listed 12 slaves; 1 old woman Sarah, 1 woman Rachel, 1 female Chancy, 1 man Sam, 5 boys and 3 girls. The five youngest boys were Dick, Demce, Jack, Stephen and Abner. The three youngest girls were Harriet, Sarah and Ruth. If boys, Jack and Stephen, were Miles Smith, Sr., and Susan Smith’s sons, the boys would have been living with Phillip Northern in Currituck Co., NC.]
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449 Marina Smith 24 5'6½” Born free 1828 cop’d. 20 Jun 1831 Nov. 17 - Nov. 17 A woman of dark complexion with no mark or scar
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[Susan Smith would have been about 41 years old.]
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[If Jack and Stephen were Jack Smith and Stephen Smith, Sr., this would appear to show the two boys separated by the Will of Philip Northan. Jack Smith would have been 16 years old and Stephen Smith, Sr., would have been 7 years old. Jack went to son, Philip Northan and Stephen went to daughter, Jane Northan. Who did Jane Northan marry? We know that there is/was a connection to the Northerns. Virginia Smith married Willis Northern and they had a daughter named Laura Northern who married Stephen Smith, son of Miles and Mary Smith. Virginia Smith Northern married as her 2nd husband, Stephen Smith, Sr., who was also married for the 2nd time.]
Philip Northan, June 28, 1836-Feb. Term 1837, Currituck Co. Will Book 4; p. 27-30. The Last will and Testament of Philip NORTHAN Decd. was Exhibited at February Term 1837 and proved by the oath of John BARNARD Jurat.
In the name of god amen I Philip NORTHAN of the county of currituck and State of north Carolina Being in a declining State of Health but in my sound and disposing memory and perfect sences thank god For it I do make constitute and ordain this my Last will and Testament in manner and form as Followeth:
Item I loan to my beloved wife Mary NORTHAN the use and apart of my land and plantation during her natural Life begining at the mouth of Westward Lane at a bridge thence running down the lane Eastwardly course to the yard thence Northeastwardly course corner of the garden there with the garden and Easwardly course then a southwestwardly course to a beach tree standing near the ould stables Thence an eastwardly course with the fence to the swamp to a pine thence a southwestwardly and westwardly and other courses binding round the swamp to the first station the land known by the name of Brad and long Ridge. She is to have priviledge of fire wood and rail timber off of my land to keep her fences etc.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Philip NORTHAN a certain piece or parcel of land begining at a maple corner William NORTHAN patent near the ould swamp road thence running a westwardly course to a cypress standing on the swamp side of the plantation thence a westwardly course straight a cross the plantation to a juniper standing on the west side of the plantation thence a northwestwardly course to the back line of the land I purchased of Demsey NORTHAN thence a westwardly course to a popular being a corner tree of the swamp I purchased of John COX SR. thence a southwestwardly course with that line and Patrick NORTHANs line to a black gum thence eastwardly and northwardly courses to the first station to him and his heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Jane NORTHAN a certain piece or parcel of land beginning at a locus tree in my son Philips line thence a westwardly course with my son Philips line to a corner popular of the land I purchased of John COX SEN. thence a northwestwardly course to a corner gum thence a eastwardly course by a line of marked trees with John BARNARD line and William S. WILSON line to a beach standing at the mouth of the lane that comes up to my house thence a southwardly course up the lane the beginning to her and her heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son W. D. NORTHAN a certain piece or parsel of land beginning at a maple the beginning of my son Philips line thence running with his line a westwardly course to a cypress standing on the swamp side of the plantation thence with his line a westwardly course to a locus the beginning of my Daughter Jains line thence a northwardly course to a beach to Wm. S. WILSONs line at the mouth of the lane thence an eastwardly course with John NORTHAN SR. and William NORTHAN pattern line to the first station to him and his heirs fore ever.
Item I give to my son William NORTHAN a certain piece or parcel of land binding on W. D. BARNARD northardly and Lurance WALLER southwardly the land belong to Isaac BRIGHT and his heirs to him and his heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my Two sons W. D. NORTHAN and William NORTHAN the land and swamp I purchased of John COX SR. to be equally divided between them to them and their heirs for ever.
I Loan to my wife Mary NORTHAN during her natural life old Sarah and her increase and Chancy and her increase and after her death I give and bequeath Chancy and her increase to my son Philip NORTHAN to him and his heirs for ever and I also after my wife death I give and bequeath old Sarah and increase to my son William NORTHAN to him his heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath to my son William NORTHAN negro boy Demce to him and his heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Philip NORTHAN negro man Sam negro boy Jack and negro girl Harriet and her increase to him and his heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Jane NORTHAN negro boy Stephen negro boy Abner woman Rachel and her increase to her and her heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my son W. D. NORTHAN negro girl Sarah and her increase negro girl Ruth and her increase and negro boy Dick to him and his heirs for ever.
Item I give to my wife Mary NORTHAN Forty Five barrels corn ten head hogs first choice two cows and calves two yews and lambs and two stock bees.
Item I loan to my wife Mary NORTHAN two beds and furniture and all of the chairs in the house and one blew chest and one safe and two folding tables during her natural life and after her death to be sold and the money arising from the sale to be equally divided between my son Philip NORTHAN and Daughter Jane NORTHAN.
Item I give to my Son Philip NORTHAN one bed and furniture that stands in the dining room to him and his heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Jain NORTHAN one bed and furniture that stands in the hall room to her and her heirs for ever.
It is my Will and desire that all the remainder of my property not given away to be sold by my Executor and after paying my just debts the money arising from such sale to be equally divided between my wife and four children.
Lastly I nominate and appoint my son W. D. NORTHAN to be my whole Executor to this my Last will and Testament revoking all other former wills by me made in testimony where of I have here unto set my hand and seal this 28 of June 1836. Signed sealed Published and declared to be my Last will and Testament. Philip NORTHAN (seal)
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1840 CENSUS
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David Smith 24-<36 2 working in agriculture
1 female 24-<36
1 male <10
2 females <10
[10 names down from David Smith]
Marina Smith 24-<36 3 working in agriculture
2 males 10-<24
1 female <10
2 males <10 [one of these males was David Smith]
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[Marina was Virginia Smith’s mother. Virginia Smith married Willis Northern and Stephen Smith, Sr.]
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1256 Marina Smith 37 5'8" [Do not have the 2nd page] Dark complexion w/ a scar in the left cheek bone from a cut
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1850 CENSUS
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1850 census Moyock District, Currituck County, North Carolina, August 5, 1850.
Age birthplace occupation
Philip Nothen wm 25 NC Farmer
Mary Nothen wf 16 NC
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1850 census Moyock District, Currituck County, NC, July 31, 1850.
Slave owner: Philip Northern Sex/Age:
(1) male 80 (8) male 20
(2) female 35 (9) male 21
(3) female 25 (10) female 16 mulatto
(4) male 50 (11) female 14 mulatto
(5) male 35 (12) male 3
(6) male 30 (13) male 2
(7) male 19 mulatto
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1850 census Slave schedule, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, August 15, 1850.
Slave owner: Oscar F. Baxter: Sex/Age
1 male 50 7 female 25
2 male 13 8 female 25
3 male 13 9 female 28
4 male 12 10 female 12
5 male 9 11 female 7
6 female 40 12 female 4
The Baxters were surrounded by slave owners Mintons, Pritchards, Jennings, Banks, Thompsons and Caleb Whitehurst. [The oldest male slave was born about 1800. The oldest female slave was born about 1810.]
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[Elizabeth Bright was enumerated next to William and Marrah Old.]
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Henry Cornick, Sr. of Princess Anne Co., Va. June 23, 1855 - July 2, 1855. In the Name of God Amen. I Henry CORNICK SENR. of Princess Anne County in the State of Virginia, being sick in body but of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and ordain the following as and for my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other or former wills heretofore made by me:
1st I give and bequeath to my daughter Susan the wife of James P. WRIGHT for life all of my lands on the south side of the Holland road leading from the court-house to Kempsville except the tract which I purchased recently of the estate of John PETTY decd. and at her death to her children and their heirs forever, said lands are not to be sold during the life time of my said daughter but are to remain as a home for herself and her children. I also give to my said daughter Susan the following slaves viz Coy, black Jim, yellow Jim and Sam and the following furniture viz two large dinner tables, one bed, bedstead and furniture, wash-stand, beaureau and parlor pise furniture.
2nd I give to my daughter Lucy the wife [of] William W. COKE and to her heirs forever all of my lands on the north side of the Holland road leading from the court-house to Kempsville except the tract of fifty acres back of John McCOYs land with the priviledge of a water course through said fifty acres, this land is given upon the condition that it is not to be sold unless it will bring ten thousand dollars and if sold the proceeds are to be invested either in state stock or in real estate for the benefit of my said daughter and her children. I also give to my said daughter Lucy my secretary, mahogany chairs, sofa the following slaves, viz. Frank, Mary, Jack and Bob. I also give to my said daughter Lucy, my secretary, mahogany chairs, sofa, one bed, bedstead and furniture and my set of ivory handled knives and forks.
3rd I give to my son Endymion D. CORNICK a life-estate in the tract of fifty acres of land lying in the rear of John McCOYs land also in the tract of land I recently purchased of John PETTY's estate with the privilege of cutting all the timber on each of said tracts also a life-estate in the following slaves viz George and Charles (the son of Rose) and if he leaves children at his death then to them and their heirs forever, but if he should die leaving no children, then to revert to my estate. I also give to my son Endymion D. CORNICK and to his heirs forever one bed, bedstead and furniture, my gold spectacles, the horse I bought of LOVITT, my mare Dolly and her colt, my new buggy and harness and five cows and calves.
4th I give to my son Henry T. CORNICK a life-estate in the plantation on which he now resides including the piece of land which I purchased of John LOVITT near the hollow poplar, also a life-estate in the following slaves viz Tilbery, Harry, Owen, Davy, Eliza (daughter of Sarah) and child, and Bridget and at his death to his children and their heirs forever.
5th I give to my grand-son Francis KEELING the interest in a tract of land in Norfolk County which I purchased of Wm. P. MORGAN and wife also the following slaves viz Rose and her two children (Hannah and Henry), Isabel, Ginny and George (the son of Sarah) if he should die leaving issue surviving him, if he should die leaving no issue then the property hereby given is to revert to my estate.
6th I give to my daughter Letitia the wife of Wm. P. MORGAN a life-estate in the following slaves viz Nat and Sarah and her child William and if she should die leaving children then to such children forever but if she should die leaving no child or children surviving her then said property it to revert to my estate.
7th My marsh land in Currituck County North Carolina I leave to my heirs as common property provided they cant be sold for at least one dollar per acre.
8th I desire my negro woman Lydia and negro man Bill to be liberated by executors hereinafter named provided they can afterwards remain in the commonwealth of Virginia, if not, I desire my said executors not to liberate said slaves but to allow them to have their own time and the proceeds of their own labor. I also desire my said executors to provide my said slave Lydia with a small house on either side of my farm which she may prefer together with a small piece of land to cultivate.
9th I desire my said executors to sell all the rest and residue of my property of every description not herein before disposed of and out of the proceeds thereof pay all my just debts have slabs placed over the graves of my father and mother and also over the graves of my two wives and head pieces at the graves of each of my daughters, Theodocia, Henrietta and Mary.
10th Of the balance of said proceeds I give to my daughter Letitia one thousand dollars. To my grand-son Francis KEELING one thousand dollars to be applied towards his education or if his education should be completed before this will takes effect then I leave the same to be invested for his benefit (which sum I hereby direct my executors to pay over to Wm. P. MORGAN as a trustee for said purposes). To Endymion D. CORNICK five hundred dollars and to the children of my son Henry T. CORNICK five hundred dollars.
11th I desire my son in law William W. COKE and daughter Lucy to convey to my daughter Susan the wife of James P. WRIGHT all the interest in the lands above devised to the said Susan which descended to the said Lucy at the death of her mother and also my son in law James P. WRIGHT and daughter Susan to convey to my daughter Lucy the wife of William W. COKE all the interest in the lands above devised to the said Lucy which descended to the said Susan at the death of her mother and I require the execution of deeds conveying the interests as above directed before said devises take effect. I also give to my daughters the priviledge of draining the lands herein devised to them (and to their heirs) as they are now drained, each to do their fair proportion of the labor.
12th I hereby direct my executors to pay the debt I own to the estate of John PETTY decd. out of the fund set apart herein before for the payment of my debts generally. Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my sons in law James P. WRIGHT and William W. COKE the executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other or former wills made by me. Given under my hand and seal this 23rd June 1855. Henry CORNICK SR (seal) Witness: Edward H. EWELL, Geo. W. BROWNE.
State of Virginia, County of Princess Anne
I, A. E. KELLAM, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Princess Anne and State of Virginia , do hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed copy of the last will and testament of Henry CORNICK, deceased, and the probate thereof, is a true abstract from the Records of said Court, of which I am the keeper.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at my office this 9 day of August A. D. 1897, in the 122nd year of the Commonwealth of Virginia. A. E. KELLAM, Clerk
I, John J. WOODHOUSE, sole Judge of the County Court of the said County of Princess Anne in the State of Virginia, do certify that A. E. KELLAM, who hath given the preceding certificate, is Clerk of the said Court, and that his said attestation is in due form and by the proper officer, and that full faith and credit are due to his official oath as clerk. Given under my hand this 9 day of August, A. D. 1897. Jno. J. WOODHOUSE, Judge of the County Court of Princess Anne County
State of Virginia, County of Princess Anne.
I, A. E. KELLAM, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Princess Anne and State of Virginia, do hereby certify that John J. WOODHOUSE, whose genuine signature appears to the Certificate above, is the only Judge of the said County Court, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at my office this 9th day of August A.D. 1897, in the 122nd year of the Commonwealth of Virginia. A. E. KELLAM, Clerk
Henry CORNICK, SENR. [Will, Book 4, Page 371.] [Source: Microfilm G.030.1548672 - Currituck Co., NC Wills (original) 1841-1924; Vol. Ansell-Woodhouse]
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[We need to determine whether this man Miles was Miles Smith, Sr., Miles Smith, Jr., or another Miles.]
Currituck Co., NC Will of Isaac Baxter, Sr.-1858. Currituck County Wills. Isaac Baxter, Sr.; Dec. 13, 1858 Feb. Term 1860. In the name of God Amen. I Isaac BAXTER SR. of the county of Currituck and State of North Carolina, being afflected but of Sound disposing mind and memory thanks be to God for the same, do on the 13th day of December 1858 make constitute and ordder this and no other to be my last will and testament in form as follows. I commend my soal to God who gave it to me and my body to the earth to be bured by my frends in a plain Christian manner without any preaching of sermond as tuching such worly goods as it has pleased God to bless me with I dispose of it as follows, to wit --
Item 1st I loan unto my beloved wife Letitia BAXTER durin her natural life the farm and plantation whereon I now liv.
Item 2und I loan unto my beloved wife Letitia BAXTER durin her natural life the following negros to wit - man Jefferson, boy Camron, woman Milly, girl Mary, if my beloved wife Letitia should wish to leave the farm and plantation whereon I now live before her deth [smudge] contract made between her and my executors to the advantage of my estate is my will and disire.
Item 3d I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Letitia BAXTER one negro girl named Courtny and her encreace to her and her heirs forever.
Item 4th I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Letitia BAXTER the following property, to wit - one filla first choise - one roakaway and hames - one horse cart and hames - one yoke of oxen and a cart and yoke - two cows and calvs first choise - fifteen hed of hogs first choise -all the poltry - all the sugar - coffee - tea and flour - two beds and steds and furnitur first choise - all the knives and forks - all the silver ware - all the earthen ware of evry kind - eight flag chairs known as the DAVIS chairs - three old flag chairs - three old stool chairs - apart of the pot iron - all the pork - bacon - lard and fish - twelve hundred pounds of fresh pork to be kiled, to her and her heirs forever.
Item 5th I have given unto my son Joseph W. BAXTER his full shair and he has received the same in his and my lifetime.
Item 6th I have given unto my son Isac M. BAXTER his full chare and received the same in his and my lifetime.
Item 7 I give and bequeath unto my son Burwell M. BAXTER one negro woman named Sarah, one negro woman named Mantigo, one negro woman Sintha, one negro man named Miles, one negro man named Abner, with their increase to gether with a portion of property already received in his and my lifetime, to him and his heirs forever.
Item 8th I loan unto my son Enoch F. BAXTER durin his natural life the farm and plantation whereon he now lives, known as the DOLBY, HARVEY and DAVIS lands, never the less to be held in trust by my executors and managed by them until a certain debts is paid by my son Enoch F. BAXTER to my executors and lawfull interest, namely J. B. LEE's and J. W. BAXTER's receipt for eleven hundred and thirty one dollars and ninty two cents with interest from November 17th 1857; Ambrose LINDSEY's receipt for thirteen hundred and eleven dollars and ninty cents with interest from Feby. 3d 1858; Sally MILLER's receipt for one hundred and eight dollars with interest from December 20th 1857. It is my will and disire after the above named debts have been paid by my son Enoch F. BAXTER to my executors for the benefit of my estate that the above named lands shall pass from the hands of my executors to my son Enoch F. BAXTER and he shall have full contract and possession of the same durin his natural life.
Item 9th After the deth of my son Enoch F. BAXTER I give and bequeath unto my son Enoch F. BAXTER's lawfull heirs if any, the farm and plantation whereon he now lives known as the DOLBY, HARVY and DAVIS lands, in the event that my son Enoch F. BAXTER should die leaving no issue the above named farm and plantation return to my estate.
Item 10th I loan unto my son Enoch F. BAXTER and his wife Amanda durin thare natural life the following negros to wit - old negro woman Sabra, young negro woman Sabra, woman Evy, man Jiffey, man Morris, and thare increase.
Item 11th After the dith of my son Enoch F. BAXTER and his wife Amanda I give and bequeath unto thare lawfull heirs if any the following negros to wit - old negro woman Sabra, young negro woman Sabra, woman Evy, man Jiffey, man Morris, and thare increase, to them and thare heirs forever. In the event my son Enoch F. BAXTER and his wife Amanda should die leaving no issue the above named negros return to my estate.
Item 12th I give and bequeath unto my beloved Hilyard E. BAXTER the farm and plantation where on he now lived to him and his heirs forever.
Item 13th I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Hilyard E. BAXTER negro man Jess - negro woman Rose - negro boy Daniel Night Hawk - negro girl Jadwillow - negro boy Bohan - negro boy Harvy, to him and his heirs forever and thare increace.
Item 14th I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Mahetable M. BAXTER negro woman Crease - negro boy Dalles - negro girl Ferebee - negro girl Absilla - negro boy Joshua - negro boy Pero, to her and her heirs forever and increace.
Item 15 I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Mahetable M. BAXTER one bed and stead and furniture six can bottom chairs - one cane bottom rocking chair, to her and her heirs forever.
Item 16th I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Deborah F. BAXTER negro woman Caroline - negro boy Sowell - negro boy Elon - negro girl Ellis - negro girl Allis - negro girl Cloah, to her and her heirs forever, and increase.
Item 17th I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Deborah F. BAXTER one bed and stead and furniture - six can bottom chairs - one cane bottom rocking chair, to her and her heirs forever.
Item 18th I loan unto my grand son Isaac B. HUGHS duren his natural life negro woman Mary Ann - negro boy Isaac (her brother), and increase.
Item 19th After the dith of my grand son Isaac B. HUGHS I give and bequeath unto his lawfull heirs if any the following negros to wit - negro woman Mary Ann - negro boy Isaac (her brother) and increase, to them and thare heirs forever. In the event my grand son I. B. HUGHS should die leaving no issue, the above named negros return to my estate.
Item 20th I give and bequeath unto my grand son Isaac B. DOZER negro boy Feabs - negro Mary - after the death of my wife Letitia, to him and his heirs forever.
Item 21st My will and disire is that my [crease in paper] out to the best advantage of my estate - at the all my negros not already given off and at the dith of my beloved wife Letitia all the said negros to be sold court house door in said county after given twenty days notice in three or more publick places in said county and the proseeds of the sales of said negros and all moneys, heirs, proffets and interest arising thare from to be equally divided between the following children and grand children namely - Nancy WHITEHURST, Elizabeth DOZIER, Hilyard E. BAXTER, Mahetable M. BAXTER, Deborah F. BAXTER, Isaac B. HUGHS and Isaac B. DOZIER, to them and thare heirs forever.
Item 22und I give and bequeath unto my beloved sons Oscar F. BAXTER, Burwell M. BAXTER, Enoch F. BAXTER, Hilyard E. BAXTER, Mahetable M. BAXTER and Deborah F. BAXTER all of my lands of evry discription not heartofore given off, to be equally divided between them and thare heirs forever.
Item 23rd I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Enoch F. BAXTER all the notes that I hold against him for money loan or given to me for value received that may be found after my deth, to him and his heirs forever.
Lastly I constitute and appoint my beloved sons Burwell M. BAXTER and Hilyard E. BAXTER my whole and sole executors to manage all my affairs and estate to the best of thare judgment and skill to this my last will and testament hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made in witness whereoff I the said Isaac BAXTER, SR. do hereunto set my hand and seal this the 13 day of December 1858. Isaac BAXTER (seal)
Currituck County} Feby Term 1860
[In Isaac Baxter’s Will, is an entry that reads: “Item 7.” In “Item 7," mention is made of “one negro man named Miles.” Isaac Baxter, Sr., was born in April of 1781 which made him about nine years older than Miles Smith, Sr. Isaac Baxter, Sr., wrote his Will in 1858 when he was 77 years old. If the man mentioned in “Item 7" was Miles Smith, Sr., he would have been about 68 years old. If Miles was Miles Smith, Sr., Isaac Baxter would probably not call him an old man because Isaac Baxter was almost a decade older than Miles Smith, Sr. In Baxter’s Will, Miles was bequeathed to Baxter’s son, Burwell M. Baxter. During the War, Jack Smith and his son, Miles Smith, were on the Baxter farm in Princess Anne Co., VA., owned by Dr. Oscar F. Baxter, the next older brother of Burwell M. Baxter. If Miles was not Miles Smith, Sr., he might have been Miles Smith, Jr., who would have been about thirty-eight years old when Isaac Baxter wrote his Will in 1858.]
Baxter/Ferebee family: Joseph Baxter was an English soldier in the Revolution. b. 1 Jan 1748, Brunswick, NC, md. 12 Mar 1772, d. 2 Feb 1822, Currituck, NC. Wife: Mary Ferebee, b. 20 Oct 1750, Currituck, NC, d. 26 Dec 1837. Father: William Ferebee, Sr. Mother: Elizabeth Cooper.
Joseph Baxter’s son, Isaac Baxter, was sheriff of Currituck county from 1812 to 1825. b. 1 Apr 1781, md. 24 Dec 1805, Coinjock, NC, d. 1861. Father: Joseph Baxter. Mother: Mary Ferebee. 1st Wife: Mary Bell, b. 17 Jan 1787, d. 7 Aug 1831. Father: John Bell. Mother: Brenda Mathias. 2nd Wife: Lettisha Glasgo, b. 1802, d. 1855.
Two of Isaac Baxter’s sons & one of his daughters: Nancy M. Baxter, b. 21 Mar 1809. Husband: Peter Whitehurst.
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[Jack Smith would have been 39 years old. Stephen Smith, Sr., would have been 30 years old. In the Freedmen’s Bureau letter written on September 1, 1865, it stated that “the property of Doctor O. F. Baxter, known as the Walker, Dozier and Olds farms in Princess Anne Co. Va is restored to him.” In the Will of Levi Walker, it mentioned a man Jack and a man Stephen. Was Levi Walker’s farm the same farm that the Freedmen’s Bureau letter referred to regarding Oscar Baxter’s farm? Was the man March the same man, March Ferebee, that was on the 1867 deed with Jack Smith? If it was the same March, then March was with man Jack and man Stephen on the Levi Walker farm. If this Walker farm became part of Oscar Baxter’s farm, it would explain why Oscar Baxter would have been the last slave owner of Jack Smith and of Jack’s brother, Stephen Smith, Sr. How would Jack Smith and maybe Stephen Smith, Sr., have left the Northern family and ended up on the Walker farm?]
Levi Walker, May 10, 1859-Aug. Term 1860. [Currituck Co. Will Book 4; p. 237-239.] State of North Carolina, Currituck County.
I Levi WALKER of the County & State aforesaid being at this time in tolerable health and of sound disposing mind and memory and desiring to dispose of a portion of my property with which the giver of all good has seen proper to bless me with do now make publish and declare my last will and testament to be as follows that is to say.
Item 1st I give and bequeath unto my son Nathan L. WALKER such part and share of my personal estate or property as he would be entitled to were I to die intestate except that in the division or allotment of such part or share to him my negro man Jack now in his possession be allotted to him at a fair valuation to be ascertained by proper commissioners appointed by the County Court of Currituck.
Item 2nd I give and bequeath unto my said son Nathan L. WALKER all the share and portion of my personal estate or property to which my daughter Caroline wife of W. W. WALKER would be entitled in case I were to die intestate and do hereby direct that my negro man Lant or Lancelot now in the possession of said W. W. WALKER be allotted to him as a part of this share or lot at a fair valuation such valuation to be ascertained by commissioners to be appointed by the County Court of Currituck which lot share and portion of my personal estate when so allotted I do direct and enjoin my said son Nathan L. WALKER to hold for the sole and separate use and benefit of my said daughter Caroline for and during the full and term of the natural life of said W. W. WALKER he my said son paying over for the use and benefit of my said daughter the annual profits arising from such share of my estate during the joint lives of my said daughter and her said husband. If the said Caroline shall survive her said husband then that my said son shall convey and deliver to said Caroline all said share bequeathed to him in this clause of my will free and discharged of any other or further trusts or conditions immediately after the death of her said husband. But if the said W. W. WALKER should survive his said wife then that the said Nathan L. WALKER shall deliver and convey to such children of my said daughter Caroline as may be living at her death equally to be divided between them the said share or property so to be held by him for my said daughter.
Item 3rd I give and bequeath unto my said son Nathan L. WALKER such share and portion of my personal estate or property as my daughter Emiline wife of James M. DAVENPORT would be entitled to in case I were to die intestate and in the allotment of the same I do hereby direct that my negro man March now in the possession of James M. DAVENPORT be set apart to him in this lot or share at a fair valuation which shall be ascertained by Commissioners appointed by the County Court of Currituck County which said lot part and share of my personal estate when so allotted and divided I do direct my said son Nathan L. WALKER to hold for the sole and separate use and benefit of my said daughter Emiline DAVENPORT for and during the joint lives of herself and her said husband the annual profits arising from such share so to be set apart to him shall be paid by my said son for the sole use and benefit of my said daughter. But if my said daughter annually or as she may require. If my said daughter Emiline shall survive her said husband then my said son Nathan L. WALKER shall convey and deliver over to her all the property or estate so to be held in trust for her by him but if my said daughter Emiline shall die before the death of her said husband then my said son shall convey and deliver all such property or estate so to be held in trust by him for my said daughter Emiline to such children of the said Emiline as she may leave at her death the same equally to be divided them.
Item 4th I give and bequeath unto my daughter Eliza A. WALKER such a share and portion of my personal property and estate as she would be entitled to by law were I to die intestate to be equally layed off to her by Commissioners appointed as is usually by the county Court of Currituck.
Item 5th If either one or more of the children of my daughters Emiline or Caroline shall die before the death of their Mother (that is the Mothers of such child or children so dying) and such child or children so dying shall leave issue then my will is and I so do direct that such issue shall represent the parent of such issue and receive in the division of the property to be held in trust by my said son Nathan L. as provided herein as the parent of such issue would be entitled to receive if living by virtue of the third and fourth items of this my will.
Item 6th In the division of my personal property I desire and I do hereby direct that my negro boy Sampson be allotted & set apart to my daughter Eliza A. WALKER and that he be valued in the same way as those to my other daughters & my son.
Item 7th I give and bequeath unto Levi, Wilson, and Martha Frances TAYLOR and to such other children as may hereafter be borned unto Benjamin F. TAYLOR my negro man Stephen the same now in the possession of the said B. F. TAYLOR.
Lastly I nominate and appoint my son Nathan L. WALKER executor of this my last will and testament having full confidence that he will truly and faithfully execute the trusts herein confided in him.
In testimony whereof I do subscribe the foregoing my last will and testament this the 10th day of May 1859. Levi WALKER (seal)
Signed sealed published and declared to be the last will and testament by Levi WALKER in our presence who were requested by him to subscribe the same & do now subscribe the same in his presence as witnesses: B. C. WILKINS, G. W. BROOKS.
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1860 CENSUS INCLUDING 1860 CAMDEN CO., NC, STATE CENSUS
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1860 census Shingle Landing P. O., Moyock District, Currituck County, NC, June 20, 1860.
Family #280 Age Occupation Real estate value Personal property value birthplace
Philip Northern wm 33 Farming $15,000 $25,000 NC
S. A. V. Northern wf 11 Attended school NC
Alice Northern wf 5 Attended school NC
J. M. Northern wm 3 NC
C. J. Northern wf 8/12 NC
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[Miles Smith, Jr., would have been about 40 years old. Miles Smith, Jr.’s wife, Harriet Smith, would have been about 30 years old.]
486 Thomas Palmer 37 w/m Farmer $4,000 $5,000 Camden
Evaline Palmer 35 w/f
Sarah Palmer 14 w/f
Margaret Palmer 13 w/f
Caleb Palmer 28 w/m Farm hand
J. P. Miren 17 w/m
{Harriet 26
{Adeline 19
{Adeline 11
{Jane 11
{Lydia 28 Employed
{Mary 10 Employed
{Owen 60 Employed
{Miles 45 Employed
{Willis 36
{Isaac 18 Employed
{Wilson 14 For minor heirs $1,200
{William 14 “
{Daniel 14 “
{Miles 18 “
{William 6
{Miles 4
{Isaac 1
William 12 b/m
Henry 12 b/m
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[This Miles was 45 years old and employed as a blacksmith on the Edwin Ferebee farm. He was probably the same Miles that was 45 years old and appeared as employed on the Thomas Palmer farm where Harriet was also living.]
1860 State census, Camden Courthouse, Camden Co., NC, July 3, 1860, p68.
618 Edwin Ferebee 40 w/m Farmer $40,000 $25,000 Camden
Mary Ferebee 32 w/f
Jane Ferebee 14 w/f
Hulda Ferebee 11 w/f
Elizabeth Ferebee 7 w/f
Clara Ferebee 5 w/f
Wiley Ferebee 3 w/m
Edwin Ferebee 7/12 w/m
Alexander Dozier 15 w/m
Susan Dozier 14 w/f
Aleph Dozier 50 w/f Old maid
{Isaac 46
{Abner 45
{Bob 35
{George 34
{Dempsey 26 Smith
{Job 24
{Manuel 25 Smith
{Jack 45 Mechanic
{Abel 38 Mechanic
{Levi 19
{George 12
{Dempsey 12
{David 10
{George 5
{Thomas 7
{Alvas? 5 b/m
{Smith 1
{Henry 1
{Hagar 43 b/f
{Mary 33
{Lucy 28
{Anne 23
{Helen 6
{Jane 4
{Mary 3
{Charles 1
{Sarah 3
{Miles 45 Smith - Employed
[This entry has a Miles born in 1822 and a Harriet born in 1830. I believe that this one was Miles Smith, Jr., and his wife Harriet Smith.]
F. N. Mullen 45 w/m Farm physician $40,000 $44,000 Perquimmons
Elizabeth Mullen 41 w/f Camden
Matilda Pritchard 12 w/f
John Spence 28 w/m Overseer Camden
{Sarah 65
{Jack 60
{Sam 55
{Jenna 50
{Lydia 50
{David 50
{Edmond 40
{Miles 38 [born abt. 1822]
{Bill 38
{Israel 31
{Pomp 25
{George 25 Smith
{George 25
{Church 23
{Diver 23
{Bob 21
{Mourning 40
{Venus 38
{Harriet 30 [born abt. 1830]
{Rosee 28
{Hellen 20
{Adeline 19
{Jane 18
{Denson 19
{Irvan? 19
{Henry 19
{Levi 19 Mulatto
{George 17
{Ben 16
{Dennis 15
{Quinton 14
{Edmond 14
{Charles 12
{Irvan? 12
{Rainy 14
{Martha 12
{Rose 10
{Gilbert 6
{Easter 4
{Kingston 2
{Wilson 10
{Louisa 6
{Jane 2
{Tamer 4 b/f
{Bridget 4
{Ruth 2 12 slave houses
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[Mary Smith, Jack Smith’s wife, and their children, Axiom, Hannah, Anne, Miles, James and Isabel, were enslaved and living on Elizabeth Bright’s farm. Nicknames for Elizabeth are Beth, Betty and Betsy. In the Freedmen’s records, it stated that the last slave owner of Mary Smith and her children was B. Bright. B. Bright was Elizabeth Bright. The next stop for Mary Smith and her children was Baxter farm #1 in Princess Anne Co., VA., as free persons of color. Mary Smith’s great grandson, L. W. Smith, lives on part of the old Baxter farm. His house is located near the corner of Princess Anne Road and Baxter Road. This property was bought by Miles Smith, the grandfather of L. W. Smith, and became the property of Miles Smith’s widow, Mary Ella Ferebee Smith. Later, the land became the property of John Smith, the son of Miles and Mary Ella Smith, and the father of L. W. Smith. Now, L. W. Smith owns the property. Four generations of the family have owned this property and have owned it for over a hundred years.]
624 Elizabeth Bright 70 w/f $6,500 $7,000 Pasquotank
Sabry Bright 21 w/f Seamstress
{Amy 55
{Thomas 35
{Mary 26
{Annis 24
{Axiom 9
{Hannah 9
{Anne 7
{Miles 6
{James 3
{Isabel 2
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2 male 33 13 male 9 2 male 35 15 male 6
3 male 35 14 male 7 3 male 28 16 female 4
4 male 25 15 male 4 4 male 25 17 female 2
5 male 21 16 male 8/12 5 male 22 18 female 4
6 male 22 17 female 10 6 male 22 19 female 2
7 male 14 18 female 45 7 male 21 20 male 1
8 male 12 19 female 25 8 male 15 21 male 5
9 male 9 20 female 22 9 female 30 22 female 3
10 male 10 21 female 10 10 female 25 23 male 1
11 male 9 (Mulatto) 11 female 22 24 male 19
12 female 18 25 female 17
13 female 14 26 female 8/12
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1860 census London Bridge P. O., Princess Anne County, VA., July 21, 1860.
Family #585 Age Occupation Real estate personal prop. Birthplace Att. school
Oscar F. Baxter 41 wm Farmer $50,000 $37,265 VA
Hannah Baxter 35 wf VA
Hannah Baxter 8 wf VA Yes
Oscar F. Baxter 6 wm VA
Wiley M. Baxter 4 wm VA
O. F. Baxter gdn. for Leonidas B. Baxter 16 wm Student $5,000 $5,250 VA Yes
same gdn. for O. F. B. Baxter 14 wm Student $5,000 $5,250 VA Yes
same gdn. for Isaac B. Baxter 10 wm $5,000 $5,250 VA Yes
same gdn. for Gertrude B. Baxter 13 wf $5,000 $5,250 VA Yes
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[The male listed as #2, 40 years old, must have been Jack Smith. The male listed as #6, 30 years old, must have been Stephen Smith, Sr. As for Mary Smith and her family, they were with Elizabeth Bright in Camden Co., NC.]
1860 census Princess Anne Co., VA., Slave schedule, July 21, 1860.
Slave owner: Oscar F. Baxter Number of Slave houses: 4
Slaves: 30 - 5 adult men, 4 adult women; 15 boys, 6 girls. Ages:
1 male 62 16 female 12
2 male 40 17 male 11
3 female 40 18 male 11
4 female 40 19 female 11
5 female 38 20 female 11
6 male 30 21 male 8
7 male 21 22 male 8
8 male 21 23 male 7
9 female 21 24 male 7
10 female 18 25 male 7
11 female 14 26 male 6
12 female 15 27 male 6
13 male 12 28 male 6
14 male 12 29 male 4
15 male 12 30 male 1
[The Baxters and Smiths were surrounded by slave owners Godfreys, Woodhouses, Spruills and Watsons.]
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[Marina and David Smith could not read or write. [Virginia Smith was born about 1843. Virginia Smith married Willis Northern and Stephen Smith, Sr., the brother of Jack Smith. Virginia Smith was married to Willis Northern by 1872. She married Stephen Smith in 1883. Marina Smith was born free as was Virginia Smith Northern Smith.]
1860 census Norfolk City post office, St. Brides parish, Norfolk Co., VA. August 4, 1860.
Family #697 Age Occupation Real estate value Personal estate value Birthplace
Nelson Smith 80 Farmer $180 $100 VA
Caroline Smith 54 Laborer VA
Jemima Smith 30 Laborer VA
Fanny Smith 16 Laborer VA
Lotta Smith 14 VA
Cirita Smith 12 VA
Jemima Smith 10 VA
Richmond Smith 8 VA
Cary M. Smith 2 VA
Nelson, Caroline and Jemima Smith could not read or write.
Family #698
Richard Smith 30 Laborer $50 VA
Love Smith 28 Laborer VA
Lucinda Smith 8 VA
Richard and Love Smith could not read or write.
Family #699
Marina Smith 50 Laborer $20 VA
David Smith 22 Laborer VA
Watson Smith 19 Laborer VA
Virginia Smith 17 VA
Mahala Smith 14 VA
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