Smith Family
This page was revised on July 10, 2005
First Generation
My ancestor was William Booker Smith (1809-1858) m. Catherine Frances Clark (1812-1861)Contrary to what I said on an early version of this page, his parents were NOT Isaac Watt Smith and Sarah Hancock, who married in 1784 in Charlotte Co. VA. Their son was William Finney Smith, born 1789. Thanks to Mel Harris for this information!
So who WERE William Booker Smith's parents? Could he be the son of Robert Smith (1765-1830) and Rebecca Booker?
An excerpt from a family Bible, quoted both in the Ackerly Our Kin book and in a handwritten sheet from Julia Asher, names only the following three children for Robert and Rebecca:
Sally Sterling Smith (1790-1832) m. Richard Thornton, Charlotte Co. VA 1810
Mary B. Smith (1792-1832)
Robert Smith (1794-1879) m. 1) Susan Watlington, 2) Jane Amanda Moseley Smith, d/o Isaac Watt Smith and Sarah Hancock
Both Robert and Rebecca lived long enough to have more children after these. They were in the right location to be the parents of William Booker Smith, and this would account for his middle name. I've tried to find a will or other papers for Robert, but have been unsuccessful to date. Is anyone else researching this family?
Second Generation
Children of William Booker Smith and Catherine ClarkWatson T. Smith (1834-?)
Robert B. Smith (ca. 1835-?)
Mary Ann Smith (1837-1885) m. 1) Francis Thomas Pollard (1824-1862), 2) Ellis Holcombe
Susan Elizabeth Smith (1839-1907) m. Hugh Elliotte (1846-1916)
William Smith (1842-?); not named in his father's will, may have died young
John Smith (1844-?)
Orthodox Creed Smith (1846-?) m. Mary Cabell
Adolphus Smith (1849-1892) m. Nanny Thornburg
William's will refers to his oldest son as Watson, but his name appears in some family materials as Watt or Wyatt.
Third Generation
Children of Susan Elizabeth Smith and Hugh ElliotteAnnie Newton Elliotte (1874-?) m. Robert Waddell
Mary Walton Elliotte (1875-1949) m. J.B. Council Brown
Orthodox Creed Carrington Elliotte (1880-1972) m. 1) Edith Thompson, 2) Roxie Irving
Walter Scott Elliotte (1882-1950) m. 1) Ethel Rodin, 2) Edith Sturgis
Susan Smith Elliotte also brought up the children of her sister Mary Ann Smith Pollard Holcombe, who died in 1885.
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Children of Orthodox Creed Smith and Mary Cabell
Craighead Cabell Smith (ca. 1873-?) m. Celestia Essie Wade
Irene Smith (ca. 1876-?) died young
Paul Carrington Smith (ca. 1877-?) m. Virginia T. _____
Roy Cabell Smith (ca. 1888-?) did not marry.
That's Roy at the top of the page. Her identification is confirmed by her DAR registry, number 58609 (volume 58, page 209); she claimed membership through her ancestor Col. Joseph Cabell of Virginia (1732-1798), her mother's gg-grandfather. The DAR information is quoted on-line in a WorldConnect file called "Tunstall Descendants", by Michelle Woodham.
Sources
Marshall, Thomas E., III, Some Descendants of Anthony Hancock and Son Martin Hancock of Red House, Virginia, 1983, LDS film 1321194/11Charlotte Co. VA marriage bonds
Hat Creek, Campbell Co. VA, cemetery records
Personal communications to Elizabeth Pollard Jerome and Elizabeth Holder from Julia Asher and Marian Asher Fawcett of Campbell Co. VA
Virginia Genealogist 19, pp. 287-290 (1975), a transcript of a 16 page personal book that belonged to Catherine Clark Smith. A photocopy of the original is in the Virginia State Library. Birthdates etc. for this family in this database are primarily from this source. Julia Asher stated that this notebook was found by Katherine Smith, daughter of Kate Holcombe and James Robert Smith, among her mother's possessions. The book appears to have been made by William Irvine for his niece Catherine Clark.