[GENEALOGY OF THE SMITH FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Compiled by C.W. Coleman.]
... in a suit brought in King George Co. in the name of Thomas Turner, by Thomas Jett, his guardian, recites that Nicholas Smith [his grandfather], of King George Co., died possessed of a very large estate, leaving one son named Nicholas, and a daughter named Elizabeth ; that Harry Turner (father of the said Thomas) made his address in 1740 to the said Elizabeth Smith, who was then under age, and married her in 1743 ; that young Nicholas Smith died intestate and unmarried ; and that Harry Turner and Elizabeth Smith, his wife, died leaving the said Thomas Turner their only son and heir. ...
