Special Collections Research Center
Marie M. and Edith W. Smith Papers
Mss. 65 Sm4
/repositories/2/resources/8889
4.50 Linear Feet
1783-1862
1701.00 items
English
General
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Preferred Citation:
Marie M. and Edith W. Smith Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1783-1862, of the Thomas Smith family of Powhatan County, Va., Kentucky, and Ohio. Includes typescripts of letters, 1841-1842, of James George Smith; typescript of letter, 1862, of Thomas E. Smith; constitution, 1798, of the Emigration Society; and letter, 1799, and address, n.d., of the Humane Society against slavery. The Marie M. and Edith W. Smith Papers are primarily the genealogical charts and notes used to trace ancestral lines to the twenty-five Sureties of the Magna Carta (Barons of Runnymede). The notes are almost all from printed sources. Research covers Huguenot settlers in Virginia and Quaker and Scots-Irish settlers of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The collection also includes genealogical charts and notes compiled by Marie M. Smith and Edith W. Smith.
Correspondence
Notebooks
Typescripts
Anti-slavery movements
Powhatan County (Va.)--History--18th century
Powhatan County (Va.)--History--19th century
United States--Abolition--History
Box 1id145456/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038001Papers of Thomas Smith (1783-1841) Powhatan County, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohioid145457/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038091809-183111Papers of the Smith family of Powhatan County, Virginia, and Ohioid145458/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038101785-182012Letters from Mary and Thomas Smith of Warren County, Ohioid145459/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038111836-185713Typescripts of James George Smith letters and one Thomas E. Smith Letterid145460/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038121841-1842, 186214Typescripts of 1841-1842 letters from James George Smithid145461/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038371841-184214Scope and ContentsJames George Smith was a founder of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at Miami College in Ohio from which he graduated in 1840. The letters were written while Smith was on a trip to Florida for reasons of health- tuberculosis. He recovered but died of cholera in 1849.
Typescript of letter written by the donor's father, Thomas E. Smithid145462/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038381862 December 514Scope and ContentsLetter written December 5, 1862 from Callatin, Tennessee where he was serving in the U.S. Army.
Emigration Society Constitution, Anti-Slavery Letter to President of Humane Society and Humane Society Addressid145463/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038131798, 1799 and undated15The Constitution of the Emigration Societyid145464/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038391798 March 2715Scope and ContentsThe Constitution of the Emigration Society was formed to assist settlers moving to land north of the Ohio River and in securing clear title to the land. Meeting held at Smith's Chapel, March 27, 1798. Manuscript.
Letter to the president of the Humane Society et. al, against slavery, Springfield (Ohio)id145465/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038401799 September 2515Address of the "Human Society N.W. of the Ohio River" for Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the N.W. Territory.id145466/repositories/2/archival_objects/403841Undated15Notes and genealogical charts on the Smith familyid145467/repositories/2/archival_objects/40381416Scope and ContentsIncludes notes on the Smith family of Powhatan County, Virginia and other Smith families, early settlers in Virginia.
Genealogy Charts and Notesid145468/repositories/2/archival_objects/40381517Genealogical charts of ancestors, Hancock, Harris, early Virginia settlers.id145469/repositories/2/archival_objects/40384217Typescript of notes and papers on the Watkins and Clay families of Virginia and Kentuckyid145470/repositories/2/archival_objects/40384317List of names and addresses of relatives and friends with whom the donor corresponded relative to family historyid145471/repositories/2/archival_objects/40384417Box 2id145716/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038012Notes, letters, etc. relative to the donor's research.id145717/repositories/2/archival_objects/40381621Notes, letters, etc. relative to the donor's research.id145718/repositories/2/archival_objects/40381722Notes, letters, etc. relative to the donor's research.id145719/repositories/2/archival_objects/40381823Genealogical notesid145720/repositories/2/archival_objects/40381924Scope and ContentsGenealogical notes on families: Querrant - Virginia; Richard Thompson - Maryland; Usula Bysshe - Maryland; William Brewster - Massachusetts; Pearce - Massachusetts; Pierce - Virginia and Massachusetts; and Trabue - Virginia. Includes notes on Porter, Harris, Watkins families of Powhatan County, Virginia.
Box 3id145721/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038023Genealogical notes and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/40382031Scope and ContentsGenealogical notes on families: Bowens - New Jersey and Pennsylvannia; Watkins - Virginia; Hancocks - Virginia; Tygon - New Jersey and Pennsylvannia; Subletts -Pennsylvannia and Ohio; Maxeys - Tennessee; and Whitehills - Pennsylvannia and Ohio. An envelope containing notes and extracts on the Huguenots in the U.S.
Box 4id145723/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038034Genealogical notes and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/40382141Scope and ContentsGenealogical notes and correspondence relative to Gaddis and McKay families of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia.
Box 5id145725/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038045Genealogical notes and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/40382251Scope and ContentsGenealogical notes on families: Wormeley - Virginia; Lippincotts - New Jersey and New York; Porter - Virginia; Ridgeway - Pennsylvania and Ohio; Willoughby - General; and Stockton - Shattock - New Jersey.
Box 6id145726/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038056Books on Marylandid145727/repositories/2/archival_objects/40382361Scope and ContentsExtracts and Notes.
Books on Virginiaid145729/repositories/2/archival_objects/40382462Scope and ContentsExtracts and Notes.
The Colonial Council of Virginiaid145730/repositories/2/archival_objects/40382563Scope and ContentsExtracts and Notes.
Life of John Keanid145732/repositories/2/archival_objects/40382664Scope and ContentsExtracts and Notes.
Dalrymple Familyid145733/repositories/2/archival_objects/40382765Scope and ContentsExtracts and Notes.
Philip Gatch - by John McKean, Supreme Court Justiceid145735/repositories/2/archival_objects/40382866Scope and ContentsExtracts and Notes.
Life in Old Virginia - Jas. J. McDonaldid145737/repositories/2/archival_objects/40382967Scope and ContentsExtracts and Notes.
Notes from Vestry Book of King William Parishid145740/repositories/2/archival_objects/40383068Scope and ContentsExtracts and Notes.
Scotch-Irish in America - by Robert A. Gray.id145743/repositories/2/archival_objects/40383169Scope and ContentsExtracts from printed sources.
Extracts from Americans of Gentle Birth, and their Ancestorsid285055/repositories/2/archival_objects/403832610Scope and ContentsTyped and handwritten pages, many from the book "Americans of Gentle Birth and their Ancestors" by Mrs H.D. Pittman published in St Louis 1903.
Typed and handwritten notes of variety of subjectsid285060/repositories/2/archival_objects/403833611Scope and Contents"A Few Notes on some Historic Ships that came to the New World bearing the People called Quakers to the Colony of New Jersey" with hand written and typed notes. Handwritten and typed pages on "Vermont, the Green Mountain State", "The Mayflower Compact", Governor WIlliam Bradford, Ethan Allen, Thomas Chittenden, and Forebears of Herbert Hoover.
Box 7id145746/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038067Genealogical notes on the descendants of the Barons of Runnymede/repositories/2/archival_objects/40383471Scope and ContentsGenealogical notes on the descendants of the Barons of Runnymede. Particular emphasis is laid upon the descendents of the twenty-five Sureties.
Box 8id145747/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038078Genealogical notes on the descendants of the Barons of Runnymede/repositories/2/archival_objects/40383581Scope and ContentsGenealogical notes on the descendants of the Barons of Runnymede. Particular emphasis is laid upon the descendents of the twenty-five Sureties.
Box 9id145749/repositories/2/archival_objects/4038089Genealogical notes on the descendants of the Barons of Runnymede/repositories/2/archival_objects/40383691Scope and ContentsGenealogical notes on the descendants of the Barons of Runnymede. Particular emphasis is laid upon the descendents of the twenty-five Sureties.