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Capt. John Smith, of Mercer Co., KY
b.Abt 1750
Facts and Events
Will Abstract
- Will of John Smyth of Mercer County Kentucky.
- Names Grandson John Rodes Smith; daughter Nancy Woods; son Harvey Smith; "daughter Nancy Woods who has inter married with John Woods"; "daughter Magdaline Britt who intermarried with John Britt"
 ; daughter Harriet Mosby; Grandson John Miller.
- "It is my wish and desire that my Executors take into their possession all the money that may be on hand and immediately divide the same equally between Buckner Miller and my three daughters Magdaline Britt, Nancy Woods and Harriot Mosby also collect the money due on notes Bonds & .. and when collected divide the same equally between Buckner Miller, Magdaline Britt, Nancy Woods and Harriet Mosby as aforesaid".
- Appoints "my friends Edward Worthington, Buckner Miller and James Telford Executors.
- Dated 12th day of April 1825.
- [Signed] John Smyth [seal]
- Wit: William Leonard, Robert Mosby, Francis Lewis
- Proven May County Court 1825.
- Attest: Thos. Allin C.C.
- - John Smith's daughter Magdaline Smith married John Bright of Botetourt County, Virginia, not "John Britt".
Records in Virginia
- Marriage Bond in Botetourt County, VA: Bright, James and Margaret Smith. John Smith, surety - May 5, 1778. [Worrell, Anne Lowry. Early marriages, wills, and some Revolutionary War records, Botetourt County, Virginia. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1976), pg. 8]. [Note: this record establishes John Smith, apparent sibling of Margaret Smith that married James Bright, 5 May 1778 in Botetourt County, Virginia. John was surely born prior to 1758 and likely closer to 1745-1750. May need additional research].
Records in Kentucky
- WOODS, DAVID. (Of Virginia). Sept. 30, 1786. Dec. 1786. Mother, Ann Woods. Wife: Mary. Children: John, Billy, Nancy, Betsy, Ex: Samuel McAfee, John Gilmore. Wit: Bernard Noel, Capt. John Smith, Samuel Woods. [Source: Abstract of Early Wills & Inventories, Mercer County, Book A.].
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References
- Find A Grave.
"James Bright of Virginia, of Kentucky and of Lincoln County, Tennessee" compiled by Forrest F. Anderson, Jr. of Decatur, Alabama. Mr. Anderson's work is fully documented. Ms. Frances West, genealogist, from Fayetteville, TN, who sent me census, cemetary, marriage,wills, deeds, and newspaper clippings all related to the James Bright Family. Marriages, wills, deeds, census, family history files and records and tax records from Garrard County, Kentucky.
James's mother was Margaret Smith Bright, the daughter of Phoebe Dunbar Smith Anderson and Thomas S. Smith. Phoebe married William Anderson after the death of Thomas Smith. Margaret had a sister, Polly Smith , who married Peter Dingess, and a brother, Capt John Smith, who was one of the original settlers of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Capt Smith was one of James Harrod's men.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229197149/margaret-bright
- Parton, Doris Noland. Compilation of research of the Henry family
pg. 22.
John Smith was probably one of John Henry's commanders. This was probably the John Smith who married Martha Wood 4 May 1780; bondsman Hugh Logan, wit: Samuel Walker, Jr.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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