Beginnings of consolidating Smith tree of Andrew Smith of Back Creek, Haw River, Orange County, North Carolina

This tree is a work in progress. I will correct it when I can with sources. Primarily, I’m hoping that publishing this will get the names into to the search engines. Please let me know if you find a mistake.

The earliest record I can find for my Smith line is the will of Robert Smith of St. Matthew’s Parish in Orange County, North Carolina.

Here is an abstract of it taken from “Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800”.
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A-121 Will of ROBERT SMITH, of St. Mathew’s Parish.

Dated 20 June 1772, no probate date.

Wife: Mary       sons: John, Andrew, Robert

daus: Elizabeth, Mary, Isabel

Executors: Jospeh McCaffrity, and son William.

Witnesses: John Walker, Robert Chassen
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I am also working from the analysis of Gerald W. Meade
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-101473

I still feel there are multiple Andrew Smiths getting bundled together in this research. I feel yDNA may be able to sort them all out.

According to old Robert’s will, our Andrew Smith would have had:

brothers:

William (will written 10 Jan 1820, proved Feb 1820)
m. Mary
– no children

– had a neice Sarah K. (Beard?) Maxwell (was a sister to Richard Beard)

John A. (died intestate without heirs, led to the “The Case of Andie Smith & Others vs. the Heirs of Robert Smith” [Where’d all of his family disappear to??])
– Robert Smith (was alive in 10 January 1820)
  – Ferze Smith
– John Smith
   – William Smith
– Robert Smith (executor of estate for his grand-uncle William, Andrew’s brother)
Robert (married Elizabeth C. McMunn)
– James M. Smith (married Lucy W. Harris in 1813)
    – Andrew H. Smith
    – James M. Smith
    – Elizabeth Smith married Elisha Wells
    – Hela B. Smith married David Brooks, lived in Arkansas
    – Harris J. Smith
    – Sarah J. Smith married Silas Monk, lived in Paulding Co, GA
    – Graham Smith
– Andrew Smith (married Mary Hole in Washington Co, IN)
   – John Matson Smith (married Laura Belle ?)
– Joseph Smith
– John Smith

– Ann Smith (married Daniel F Sherwood V) (d. in Washington Co, IN)

sisters:

 

Mary (married James McMunn, lived on Back Creek next to our Andrew Smith)

 
Elizabeth (married Adam Beard in Sumner Co, TN in 1812)
  – David Beard

  – Sarah K. Beard married Logan Maxwell

 

Jane (married James Guthrie, lived in Sumner Co, TN, both said to have died before 1862)

Isabell (can find no info for her)

Speculated:

William Smith (will dated 4 Sept 1779, proved 4 Sept 1783) (possibly a brother of old Robert?)

  m. Mary ?
– Samuel
– Robert
– William
– Cunningham
– Jonathan
– Margret

– Ann

If you see anything that contradicts a secondary record, let me know.

-Chris
Beginnings of consolidating Smith tree of Andrew Smith of Back Creek, Haw River, Orange County, North Carolina

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