Looking through the Caswell Co, NC marriages, we find a Thomas Smith who married a Mildred Atkins 27 May 1804 in Caswell Co, NC.

A witness to this union was a one Alexander Murphey, the likely husband of Jane Smith, sister of James Webb Smith. I have since discarded any weight of the presence of Alexander Murphey on this record. He was a county employee.

The bondsman was a Francis Smith of Country Line Creek.

Thomas and Mildred had a daughter Lucy Smith who married Stephen Gallant Hankins.

Referencing back to the 1840 Blount Co, AL census, we can find Richard Hankins living “next door” to Stephen Smith.

Richard and Stephen Hankins were brothers, both sons of John Alvin Hankins.