I’m hoping this post will be short and concise. I wish to describe the points of disagreement I have found among the online records.

Isaac M. Smith m. Matilda Rose Elliott

A 67 level yDNA match to our Smith group descends from William Smith who married Susie Bell Silcox. This William Smith, based upon a census record examination, was a son of Leonidas Smith, brother to Ewell Smith who married Louiva Marcum. They were sons of Isaac M. Smith of Washington Co, VA. His family settled in Campbell and Scott Co, TN.

Update: Despite yDNA testing proving that Isaac M. Smith is not of my groups larger yDNA population, I stand by my analysis that Quentin and Gaylord’s research is errant.

Here is Isaac’s WikiTree.com page:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-3212

You will see in the notes that Gaylord and Quentin Smith’s yDNA lines have been de-associated from Isaac’s tree. This was done after an in-depth examination of an Isaac Smith who was linked to Quentin Smith’s family. This Isaac’s own grandson said his grandfather came from England. Quentin’s group had forged ahead with trying to find this Isaac Smith of theirs in Virginia, and this was where they had misstepped.

Interestingly enough, Isaac M. Smith, at least from what is on WikiTree.com, descends from Thomas Smith of Blackmore, Essex, England. I have not found any source documents that I can use to independently verify this claim, however.

It is important to note that the information on WikiTree.com is more current and accurate than what is available on SmithsWorldWide.org.

Multiple Conflicting claims on SmithsWorldWide.org

Item 1. Group R-M269-16
https://smithsworldwide.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I60502&tree=tree1
Claims to John Carrington, Esq., alias Smith m. Agnes Harewell

Item 2. Group R-M269-7
https://smithsworldwide.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I23454&tree=tree1
Claims to Thomas Smith of Blackmore, Essex, England (b. 1612)

Item 3. Group R-M269-32
https://smithsworldwide.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I24751&tree=tree1
Claims to Josiah Smith m. Elizabeth Collier

According to the historical record research, all three of these lines should match, but they do not.

If all of this information was added to WikiTree.com, it would show a conflict of yDNA lines. SmithsWorldWide.org does not do this, nor is getting ahold of a group admin as easy as it is with WikiTree or Geni.

Long and short of it, do not rely on colonial and pre-colonial conclusions that are presented on SmithsWorldWide.org. There is better data and more open researchers on WikiTree.com and Geni.com