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Children of James and Martha Smith — John
I believe the children of James and Martha Smith to be the following: This is the fourth installment of trying to learn more about James Cuddy and Martha Smith by learning about their children. I’m confident that Nelson P, Green, Richmond, Cuddy J and Nancy were James and Martha’s children. Next up is John. Let… Continue reading
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Children of James C and Martha Smith — The problem with WC and Martha
You know what they say, research is never done. This is another one of those topics I’m going to have to circle back around to. Maybe someone better than me can sort this out. Until this week, I believed that James C and Martha had the following children who survived to adulthood. Throughout the past… Continue reading
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Children of James and Martha Smith — Nancy Smith Johnson
I believe the children of James and Martha Smith to be the following: I don’t think my research into Nancy, her family, and FAN club is complete (especially the Cawthon/Cauthon family, but I do feel I can say she was a daughter of James & Martha Smith as you’ll see below. I’m sure I’ll come… Continue reading
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The Smiths in the Montgomery County Heritage Books
This is another post in which I’m trying to sort out the James C and Martha Bette Smith family. Finding a lot of conflicting information. Here I want to share what is in the Montgomery County Heritage Books regarding the Smiths and compare this information with other documentation and family histories. Perhaps someone can help… Continue reading
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Carmie Smith Family History
Note: this is basically a transcription of cousin Carmie’s writing regarding the Smiths with a few of my notes. Nothing here is proven, it’s his family history as he knows it. There are a few reasons for me to put this here. One, I want to share his handwriting and his story as he knew… Continue reading
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Children of James and Martha Smith–Nelson P Smith
I believe the children of James and Martha Smith to be the following: I am in no way done with my research into this family. In fact, I’m only getting started. However, I wanted to get some sort of narrative down on these children. You’ll soon see how incomplete my research is. I picked, at… Continue reading
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What’s in a name?
There are a few folks in my ancestry for which I’m completely unsure of their names. Perhaps the reason I’m unsure of names is proof you can’t believe what your family has passed down. James Smith was my maternal 5th great grandfather. I’m certain of his first and last names (well, I’m sure it could… Continue reading
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DJ Allen, JP — 1893
April 6, 1883 Rec’d of Jones Allen JP fines State vs John Talbert 1.00 ” vs Henry Furr .50 ” vs Henry Hooks .50 $2.00 This April 6th 1893 Geo. D Palmer C. Treas DJ Allen served as Justice of the Peace for Stanly County for many years. Unfortunately, I cannot find any information on… Continue reading
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Finding Proof
My goal for this year is to go back through everything I have and prove what relationships I can. Then, I can formulate some good research questions for moving forward. At first glance, my fan chart looks pretty good. But I’m not sure I have proof of the relationships the further out we go. I… Continue reading
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Finding long lost relatives
After a looooong hiatus, I’m back. Even though I’ve been at this a while, my attention span often gets in the way of me doing deep dives into finding people. I’m also wondering why such the struggle because today, she was pretty easy to find. I just used a few different words and a different… Continue reading
Chasing the Past 