Peter Kerce Smith, son of George R. Smith and Lydia Tate was born October 17, 1803 and died December 15, 1870. He married [1] Sally Davis on November 27, 1822 and [2] Matilda Montgomery, on April 27, 1825. Sally gave birth three times in three years and it killed her. In 1858 ‘ish’ Peter and Matilda moved into the vicinity […]
Peter Kerce Smith, son of George Rudolphus Smith and Lydia Tate Peter K. Smith was born on October 17, 1803 in Caswell County, North Carolina before his mom and dad moved north into the hills of Kentucky. He was the elusive Peter Smith, whose parents my father could not identify. For a century or more, […]
Peter Kerce Smith son of George Rudolphus Smith (1771-184) and Lydia Tate (1761-1810) The information regarding Peter and Matilda’s children, as listed below, is derived from the 1850 Census document . Peter K. Smith was born in 1803 at Round Hill in Caswell County, NC. He married [1] Sally Davis (1803-1823) and [2] Matilda B. Montgomery (1808-1874). Peter […]
James Monroe Smith (1846-1910), the son of Peter Smith (of Posey, IN) and Matilda Montgomery, married Jane Stilley (1844-1927). Williamson County Records provide the wedding date: October 15, 1866. Together, James and Jane settled into life in Southern Illinois. Specifically they found themselves in West Frankfort, Williamson County, Illinois. Actually when they first arrived it […]
James Monroe Smith (1846-1910), the son of Peter Smith (of Posey, IN) and Matilda Montgomery, married Jane Stilley (1844-1927). The Smiths, parents of our Lebanon Ferris Smith, had the following children: Peter L. Smith (1868-1880) Nancy Lucinda Smith (1870-1930) married Holt Elmino Haithcoat (1856-1904) Issue: Margaret Jane (1894-1900), Lillian Tennessee (1898-1955), Georgia Ann (1900-1900), Bedford […]
The attached chart presents Conrad and Caroline as the grandparents of Laura Kopfer Weiherman. It includes the children of Conrad and Caroline and their grandchildren. Please click on the link to see the PDF. Please advise me of any errors I have made in this. Additional charts will be added this week. Family Tree Temme1 […]
Weiherman/Kopher Family Tree
The Montgomery roots in the Smith family tree go deep in time, prior to William the Conqueror, prior to Alfred the Great, Rollo the Great and the Vikings of Scandinavia. The lineage is documented at each generation along the way. For the purposes of this report the following two charts will show 9 generations of Montgomery […]
Peter Smith of Westmoreland County, Virginia, received “1160 acres of land granted by the proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia by deed …bearing the date of 30th day of June 1712…”[1] History still holds secret the place and year of Peter Smith’s birth and the names of his parents. However, it is believed that […]
Thomas Smith, Son of Peter Smith of Westmoreland County, Virginia Thomas Smith sold land to Daniel Jenings in 1747 and the sale is on record in Deed Book B, No. 1, of Fairfax County, Virginia. It reads: “Indenture made the 14th day of April 1747 between Thomas Smith of Truro Parish in Fairfax County, planter, […]