Joseph SMITH b. Abt 1744 NC or VA

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Children

	1. Nathaniel SMITH, b. 14 Jul 1795 [Natural]
	2. Lucretia SMITH, b. 25 Dec 1796 [Natural]
	3. Elizabeth SMITH, b. 22 Jul 1798 [Natural]
	4. Joseph SMITH, b. 05 Apr 1800 [Natural]
	5. Benjamin SMITH, b. 09 Jun 1802 [Natural]
	6. Masey SMITH, b. 12 Jul 1804 [Natural]
	7. Louisa SMITH, b. 18 Jan 1807 [Natural]
	8. John SMITH, b. 18 May 1809 [Natural]
	9. Thomas SMITH, b. 28 Mar 1813 [Natural]

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Notes

1. "Joseph Smith was born about 1774 probably in either NC or VA to parents unknown but the repeating name of Benjamin may be a clue. We do not know much about Joseph, his parents, wife etc but do know where he lived, who his friends were and who his children were. He was granted land in Anson County, NC on Lanes Creek in 1799 beside land he already had. He sold land to Roland Williams (1799); Josiah K. Pond (1808); Burrell Benton (1810); Nathaniel Preslar (1821); Absolum Caudle (1827) David Liles (1828); James Moore (1833); and Elijah Ratliff (1833). Witness to many of his deeds was done by Arch Carraway and his wife Elizabeth Taylor. He witnessed the will of Michael Nash and sold a slave to his son, Benjamin, in 1833. He is on the 1840 census in Anson County, NC but not the 1850 census (Lanesboro). A clue to his parents and his wife may lie in the naming of his children or grandchildren. His children (from a family Bible) are:"
Nan Wrenn - January 14, 2009
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