Dan & Sherrie's Root Cellar

Welcome to the World of Dan & Sherrie Smith!
We are researching all our connecting families and we would like to share what we have found with others. If you have information that connects with or corrections to what we have posted please contact us so that we can update and/or make corrections. I would like to apologize in advance for any incorrect information that you might find. Every effort is made to post correct information but mistakes will happen and will be corrected when informed of them.

We are researching the following families:

Smith - Joel Smith (b.1760 Lunenburg County, Virginia; d. 1840 Van Buren County, Tennessee to Fred D. Smith [d.1996 Coke Co., TX] Joel's parents are William Smith and Elizabeth Wood. Any help would be appreciated.

Sturman [Stirman] - Thomas Sturman [immigrant] [b. 1564
Buckingham Shire, England - d. 1653 Westmoreland Co., VA.] to Sara Elizabeth Stirman [d. 1940 McCulloch Co., TX]

Key - William Key [d. 1576, Yorkshire England] to David Patterson Key [d, 1976 Coke Co., TX] I need information about David Patterson Key [1808 VA - 1897 Menard County, TX] (Son of Martin Bibb Key)and his wife, Parmelia Harvey [from Louisiana].

Shropshire - Oliver Shropshire [d. 1667 Marlborough, Wilts,
England] thru St. John Shropshire [immigrant] [d. 1718
Westmoreland Co., VA] to Jessie Shropshire [d. 1981 Coke Co., TX]

Johnson - Luke D. Johnson to Charles Lee Johnson (Oglethorpe Co., GA area]

Bonner - Henry Bonner [b. England 1620] to Mattie Sue Bonner [Oglethorpe Co., GA]
Callaway - Peter Callaway Sr. [b. Maryland] to Mamie Elizabeth [Wilkes Co., GA]

McAvoy - Michael McAvoy [b. 1797 Ireland] to Lenora Bethany McAvoy [Wilkes Co., GA]

Ogletree - William Ogletree to Fannie Ogletree [Wilkes Co., GA area]

King - Oma Sanford King to Leonard Sanford King [Wilkes Co., GA area]

Davis - Dan Davis & wife, Martha Huffman were my great grandparents. Martha's father was John H. Huffman. I am looking for any links to them.

Please look over our gedcoms, photos and some of our reports below. We would appreciate any help and will be glad to furnish any info we can.


Callaway Family Report updated 12/16/2000. For more info on the Callaway family, visit the Callaway Family Association Web Site at http://www.callawayfamily.org/

GEDCOM Trees (viewing trees requires 4.0 or later)

• The Descendants of Michael McAvoy (117 KB)
  This tree contains the descendants of Michael McAvoy.
• The Descendants of Luke D. Johnson (18 KB)
  The descendants of Luke D. Johnson
• The Descendants of James Jonothan Youngblood (57 KB)
  The descendants of James Jonothan Youngblood through my great grandmother, Cornelia Melrose Youngblood.

Family Photos

• Key Homeplace -- Edith, Coke Co., TX -- 1898 (22 KB)
  L-R: Alf Key, Vida (dtr 1), Cornelia Youngblood Key (wife), David P. (son 2), Grace (dtr 2), and Joda (Son 1).
• Benjamin Newton & Matilda Cox Shropshire (27 KB)
  Benjamin Newton Shropshire and Matilda Annis Cox on their 50th Wedding Anniversary. 1908 My Great-Great Grandparents
• Freight Wagons (19 KB)
  Photo of Alf Key & D.P. Key driving freight wagons -- circa 1915 or 1916.
• Benjamin Washington Shropshire (11 KB)
  Benjamin Washington Shropshire, My Great Grandfather. Circa 1930
• Four Generations (9 KB)
  Seated: GGGrandmother Kesia Simpson Dixon (Holding infant Wilma Key). Standing GGrandmother Annie (Gammy) Dixon Shropshire & Grandmother Jessie Shropshire Key.
• Jessie Mabel Shropshire & David Patterson Key (49 KB)
  My Grandparents -- David Patterson Key & Jessie Mabel Shropshire. Circa 1920
• Matthew Claiborne Smith (8 KB)
  My Great Grandfather Smith --Matthew Claiborne Smith, Sr.
• Sidney Willis Smith & Mary Elizabeth Davis (29 KB)
  My Smith Grandparents -- Sidney Willis Smith and Mary Elizabeth Davis
• Vernie Doris Key (10 KB)
  My Mother -- Vernie Key Smith
• Fred Daniel Smith (35 KB)
  My Father -- Fred Daniel Smith
• The Alf Key Family (8 KB)
  The adults are Alf Key & his wife, Cornelia Melrose Youngblood--my great grandparents. The children from L to R are David Patterson Key, my grandfather, and his siblings: Jodie, Vida, and Grace.
• The Family of Benjamin Newton & Matilda Shropshire (11 KB)
  This photo was taken in 1908 at the Golden Wedding Celebration of my great grandparents. They are the older couple seated in the right center. Seated to B.N.'s right is B.W. Shropshire, my great grandfather and his wife, Annie is standing behind him.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• Genealogy Report: Descendants of William Key


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of William Smith, Jr.


• Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Danielle Lee Smith (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Samuel SHROPSHIRE