SMITH, JACKSON & REDBIRD
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SMITH, JACKSON & REDBIRD
| B.L.HILL (View posts) | Posted: 13 Jun 1999 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: SMITH, JACKSON, CHIEF REDBIRD SMITH, HUBBARD
I AM SEARCHING FOR INFO ON MY SMITH FAMILY, FROM CLAY CO. KY. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO THEY MAY BE? I AM PUTTING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN WITH HOPES THAT SOMEONE CAN HELP ME ESTABLISH WHICH SMITH FAMILY IS MINE.
MY GGGGRANDFATHER MALAKIAH SMITH IS SHOWN IN CLAY CO LAND RECORDS. IN 1843 I FIND MALAKIAH ESTABLISHING A CONDITIONAL LINE BETWEEN LEWIS OR LEVI JACKSON & WILLIAM HUBBARD ON OTTER CREEK.
IN 1846 BUYING LAND FROM HIRAM DAVIS ON OTTER CREEK. IN 1857 BUYING 50 ACRES OF LAND ON HOG CREEK FROM HIRAM DAVIS.
IN 1861 MALAKIAH IS BUYING 50 ACRES OF LAND FROM MILTON & AGGY SMITH
IN 1861 MALAKIAH IS SELLING 50 ACRES ON SPRING CREEK TO SPEED SMITH
IN 1830 I FIND MALAKIAH & SALLY JACKSON BEING MARRIED.
IN 1831 I FIND MALAKIAH WITNESSING A DOWERY FOR ANDREW HUBBARD & MARY SMITH & IN APRIL OF 1831 WITNESSING FOR MASON JACKSON & ANNA HUBBARD.
IN 1836 MALAKIAH'S FATHER-IN LAW GIBSON JACKSON & MOTHER-IN LAW RHODY JACKSON HAVE TURNED OVER ALL THEIR PROPERTY, 50 ACRES OF LAND ON OTTER CREEK & ALL OF THEIR POSESSIONS WITH THE CONDITION THAT MALAKIAH TAKE CARE OF THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER JOHN THOMAS SMITH WAS BORN IN CLAY CO IN 1864 TO ASA SMITH & SARAH? THOMAS HAD 1 SISTER ROSEANER OR ROSA & WILLIAM RILEY SMITH.
THEIR ARE ALOT OF SMITH'S IN THE CENSUS AROUND MY SMITH'S BUT I AM HAVING PROBLEM'S WITH FIGURING OUT WHICH SMITH'S BELONG TO ME. THEIR MUST BE SOME COMMON LINK!!!??????
OUR FAMILY HISTORY HAS STATED THAT THEIR WAS AN INDIAN CHIEF
IN OUR BACKGROUND. I HAVE HEARD OF THIS FROM NO MATTER WHO I HAVE TALKED WITH. FROM MY GRANDFATHER, FROM A GREAT AUNT WHO IS 75 YEARS OLD FROM COUSINS THAT I HAVE NEVER MET BEFORE FROM ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, GEORGIA & WASHINGTON STATE.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED MY RESEARCH I FOUND CHIEF REDBIRD SMITH THE GREAT KEETOWAH LEADER. I HAD HEARD OF CHIEF REDBIRD AND ABOUT THE REDBIRD RIVER IN CLAY COUNTY KY BUT I HAD NO IDEA THAT HIS LAST NAME WAS SMITH. IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME TO FIND ON MORE INFO ON CHIEF REDBIRD IT WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED.
I HOPE THAT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION HELPS IN SOMEWAY FOR
SOMEONE TO HELP FIGURE OUT WHO MY SMITH FAMILY IS.
THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE!!!!!
B.L. HILL
MY GGGGRANDFATHER MALAKIAH SMITH IS SHOWN IN CLAY CO LAND RECORDS. IN 1843 I FIND MALAKIAH ESTABLISHING A CONDITIONAL LINE BETWEEN LEWIS OR LEVI JACKSON & WILLIAM HUBBARD ON OTTER CREEK.
IN 1846 BUYING LAND FROM HIRAM DAVIS ON OTTER CREEK. IN 1857 BUYING 50 ACRES OF LAND ON HOG CREEK FROM HIRAM DAVIS.
IN 1861 MALAKIAH IS BUYING 50 ACRES OF LAND FROM MILTON & AGGY SMITH
IN 1861 MALAKIAH IS SELLING 50 ACRES ON SPRING CREEK TO SPEED SMITH
IN 1830 I FIND MALAKIAH & SALLY JACKSON BEING MARRIED.
IN 1831 I FIND MALAKIAH WITNESSING A DOWERY FOR ANDREW HUBBARD & MARY SMITH & IN APRIL OF 1831 WITNESSING FOR MASON JACKSON & ANNA HUBBARD.
IN 1836 MALAKIAH'S FATHER-IN LAW GIBSON JACKSON & MOTHER-IN LAW RHODY JACKSON HAVE TURNED OVER ALL THEIR PROPERTY, 50 ACRES OF LAND ON OTTER CREEK & ALL OF THEIR POSESSIONS WITH THE CONDITION THAT MALAKIAH TAKE CARE OF THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER JOHN THOMAS SMITH WAS BORN IN CLAY CO IN 1864 TO ASA SMITH & SARAH? THOMAS HAD 1 SISTER ROSEANER OR ROSA & WILLIAM RILEY SMITH.
THEIR ARE ALOT OF SMITH'S IN THE CENSUS AROUND MY SMITH'S BUT I AM HAVING PROBLEM'S WITH FIGURING OUT WHICH SMITH'S BELONG TO ME. THEIR MUST BE SOME COMMON LINK!!!??????
OUR FAMILY HISTORY HAS STATED THAT THEIR WAS AN INDIAN CHIEF
IN OUR BACKGROUND. I HAVE HEARD OF THIS FROM NO MATTER WHO I HAVE TALKED WITH. FROM MY GRANDFATHER, FROM A GREAT AUNT WHO IS 75 YEARS OLD FROM COUSINS THAT I HAVE NEVER MET BEFORE FROM ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, GEORGIA & WASHINGTON STATE.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED MY RESEARCH I FOUND CHIEF REDBIRD SMITH THE GREAT KEETOWAH LEADER. I HAD HEARD OF CHIEF REDBIRD AND ABOUT THE REDBIRD RIVER IN CLAY COUNTY KY BUT I HAD NO IDEA THAT HIS LAST NAME WAS SMITH. IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME TO FIND ON MORE INFO ON CHIEF REDBIRD IT WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED.
I HOPE THAT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION HELPS IN SOMEWAY FOR
SOMEONE TO HELP FIGURE OUT WHO MY SMITH FAMILY IS.
THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE!!!!!
B.L. HILL