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Descendants of Isaac M. Smith

Generation No. 1

1. ISAAC M.¹ SMITH was born 1795 in VA, and died April 13, 1867 in Scott County TN. He married MATILDA ELLIOTT January 08, 1818 in White Rock, Washington County, VA, daughter of ? ELLIOTT and ?? HIGGINBOTTOM. She was born 1800 in VA, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870.

Notes for ISAAC M. SMITH:
1860 Scott Co TN census online, p 229 (image 10 of 17):
From http://www.ancestry.com:
LN HN FN L Name F Name Age Sex Occup Val RE Val Pers Birthplace
6 314 289 Smith Matilda 58 F Housekeeper 800 430 VA
7 Smith Malinda 20 F                              TN
8 Smith Ewel 16 M Farm Laborer                  TN

Will. Dated 1 May 1853. PROBATED 1 Aug 1853. To my wife Mateldia Smith. To my daughters Rebecca Jane Smith, Lucinda Smith, Matilda Smith. To my sons Bartholomew Smith, Leonidas Smith, Ewel Smith. Sons, Richard and Bartholomew Smith, appointed executors. Signed Isac M. Smith. Wit. W. W. Cotten. Scott County Court Minutes, 1850-1855, pp 300-301, 326; 1866-1869, pp 96, 132. (Source: Lemasters, Paul, Wills, Scott County, Tennessee: 1850-1927, Publisher: Scott County Historical Society, 1991) The date of this will brings into question the death date listed previously of 1867 (which came from Clarence and Lenna Maye Smith's research). The 1853 death date does help to explain why Isaac does not appear in the 1860 census.

1850 Census: Scott Co TN, District 18, page 363B
From (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/scott/census/1850/pg0360a.txt)
REFERENCE: Enumerated on 11th of September by Allen McDonald
LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE
2 40 41       Smith Isaac M 55 M       Farmer 300 Virginia
      Smith Matilda 50 F       Virginia
      Smith R J 21 F       Tennessee
      Smith Lionedas 18 M       Farmer Tennessee
      Smith B 17 M       Farmer Tennessee
      Smith L 15 M       Tennessee
      Smith Ewel 5 M       Tennessee
(Notations: 8 ent'd in Color; 1818 ent'd in Mar; 1806 ent'd in Att Sch)

1840 Campbell Co TN census online, p 317: Smith, Isaac 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1
1 male under 5
1 male age 5-10
1 male age 15-20
1 male age 40-50
1 female under 5
2 females 5-10
2 females 10-15
1 female age 30-40

From online information regarding Kentucky deeds:
Whitley Co., KY, Deed Book 1
DB entries south of the Cumberland River.
Author: Steve Broyles
Direct Line Software
71 Neshobe Rd.
Newton, MA 02168!
typ deed
ref 1:499
dat 30 Sep 1833
rec 2 Jul 1834
frm [Isaac Smith] & wife [Matilda Smith] to [Joseph Richmond] consideration $90 re 100a on Lick branch of Gelico, part of a KY land office warrant #369 granted to [Berry Cox] & [Faulkner]
wit [Samuel Ross], [Wm. B. Creekmore]

From www.ancestry.com census images
1830 Whitley County, KY (maybe page 288)
Smith, Isaac
1 male under age 5
1 male age 20-30
1 female under age 5
1 female age 5-10
1 female age 20-30

From www.ancestry.com census images
1820 Washington County VA (page 231)
Smith, Isaac
1 male under 10
1 male age 16-26
1 female age 16-26

More About ISAAC M. SMITH:
Burial: Unknown, Carson Cemetery, Scott Co TN
Census: 1850, Scott County TN; Record # 41
Military service: War of 1812, Cpt James McNutts 2nd Reg (not verified)
Religion: Founded Methodist Church in Scott Co. TN

Notes for MATILDA ELLIOTT:
We know Isaac's wife's name was Matilda. Earlier research by Clay Smith and Clarence and Lenna Maye Smith located the marriage record of Isaac Smith and Matilda Elliot in Washington County VA. The 1850 census also appears to list the marriage year as 1818.

Researcher Sheila Strunk disagrees that Matilda was an Elliot. Strunk writes in her website at www.ancestry.com (http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sheilastrunk&id=I17481) that Isaac M. Smith married Matilda Rose HIGGENBOTHAM in Whitley County KY on Jan 16, 1823. She quotes as her source: Tri-County Early Marriages; Knox, Laurel, Whitley Counties KY; Author: Carol Hopper; Publication: 1987. Additionally, Early Marriages of Whitley County KY by Charley Maynard Cornelius lists Isaac Smith m Matilda ROSE, daughter of Angus ROSS on 1/16/1823 (license 1/11/1823). Having looked at other Whitley County records, I am inclined to believe that this was Matilda Ross, rather than Rose, since Angus Ross was listed in the wills, deeds and tax records.

If Matilda was an Elliot, then she might have been the daughter of Bartholomew Elliot Sr, listed in 1840 Campbell County TN census on same page (p. 317) as an Isaac Smith family:
Barthol Elliot Sr
1 male under 5
1 male age 70-80
1 female under 5
1 female age 50-60

Also on same page (p 317) of 1840 Campbell County TN census:
Bartholomew Elliot (perhaps a brother)
2 males under 5
1 male age 30-40
1 female 5-10
1 female 15-20
1 female 30-40

More About MATILDA ELLIOTT:
Burial: Unknown, Carson Cemetery, Scott Co TN
Census: 1860, Scott County TN; Record # 292 (without Isaac)

Children of ISAAC SMITH and MATILDA ELLIOTT are:

2.	i.	Richard² Smith, b. November 09, 1818; d. January 02, 1902.
3.	ii.	Polly Matilda Smith, b. Abt. 1823; d. Unknown.
4.	iii.	Frankie Ellen Smith, b. Abt. 1828; d. Unknown.
	iv.	Rebecca J. Smith, b. Abt. 1829; d. Unknown; m. (1) Reason Marcum; d. Unknown; m. (2) Stephen Hatfield, February 12, 1854; d. Unknown.
	v.	Leonedas "Leon" Smith, b. Abt. 1832; d. Unknown; m. Sally West; d. Unknown.
	vi.	Bartholomew Smith, b. Abt. 1833; d. Unknown, MO.
	vii.	Lucendia Smith, b. Abt. 1835; d. Unknown; m. William Rosser; d. Unknown.
5.	viii.	Ewell W Smith, b. July 25, 1844, Scott County TN; d. February 16, 1921, Scott County TN.
	ix.	Martha Smith, b. Aft. 1845; d. Unknown; m. William Carson; d. Unknown.

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