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John Buchanan's Journal, Permanent Settlement, Dunmore's War, The Revolution, County Organization, Political Notations, Churches, Schools, Newspapers, Industries, Banks, Transportation, The War between the States, Negroes of Smyth, World War, Southwestern State Hospital, Towns, Benjamin Franklin Buchanan, Villages and Communities, and Laurel Farm. The original index is retained and lists nearly any name or subject you will want to find.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoodridge Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1932), 2019, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, indices, illustrated, 432 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788409295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W0929\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":714121412624,"sku":"101-W0929","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w0929-1500px.png?v=1777309042"},{"product_id":"107-smyp","title":"Smyth County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists, 1832-1837, 1839-1849, 1852-1853, 1855, 1857, 1859, 1861, 1863","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author's preface:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI believe the county to be unique among counties in the commonwealth in that it received a hearty number of New England and New York settlers - a group perhaps second only to the very numerous Pennsylvania settlers - primarily of German origin with occasional elements of Swiss-German, but also very likely English, Scottish and a few Ulsterite (Scots-Irish) settlers also from Pennsylvania. A few examples of this can be found in the histories of such families as the Coles and Wheelers from New England, the Bishops and Sherwoods (the latter family via New Brunswick, Canada) from New York (and just across the line in Washington County, Virginia, the Aylesworths (Rhode Island to Saratoga, New York to Washington County, Virginia), Dentons (New York), and Thompsons (stonemasons from Connecticut). The county also harbored a number of persons from Maryland (such as the Talbot [Talbert], Smallwood, Vermillion, Smallwood, and Poston families [and right across the line in Washington County, Virginia, the McNew, Cawood and Athey families], as well as \"Delaware Swedish \" (Stalcop\/Stolcup). Some German speaking persons might have come via North Carolina such as the Swiss Billetor\/Billeter family (Stokes County, North Carolina). But, of course, it was the Pennsylvania settlers that, by far, dominated the ranks of the early settlers of the county. This likely put the \"Eastern Virginia English\" into a quite small minority although some few families from the Virginia Piedmont did appear in early times, such as the Harris, Thompson, and McGhee families (Louisa Co), the Crenshaw family (Amelia, Nottoway County - originally in St. Martin's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia), and the Ferguson and Lee families (both from Buckingham County, Virginia). In my opinion, the early migration to Smyth County, Virginia indicates a heavy preponderance of settlers from North of Virginia, with Pennsylvania dominance and a unique and fairly sizeable New England and other Middle Atlantic contingents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn summary, the county was heavily German and Swiss German with a healthy dash of Scottish and some few \"Eastern Virginia English\" having crossed through the water gaps to join the principally Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York, and New England early settlers to the county.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Jack Hockett and Donald Helton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e107-SMYP\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29532687466614,"sku":"107-SMYP","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/107-smyp-1500px.png?v=1777313623"},{"product_id":"107-sctl90","title":"Smyth County, Virginia 1890 Personal Property Tax Lists","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe loss of the 1890 census has made for some difficulties for the genealogist. 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The authors have completed a seven-year genealogical search on the male descendants of this pioneer, and a second volume on the female lines is planned. The current volume answers many of the difficult questions on this family line, and its index include more than 13,000 persons who are related either by descent or marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn B. Greever, Richard Kreiss, and Dee Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2007\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e107-COMR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29532699132022,"sku":"107-COMR","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/iberian-logo-107-comr-1500px.png?v=1777317889"},{"product_id":"107-smy2","title":"Smyth County, Virginia Marriages, 1851-1891 and 1860 Census","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thorough and meticulous transcription. 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A thorough and meticulous transcription, with copious annotations added.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Jack Hockett and Shelia Steele Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2000), 2007\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e107-SMY3\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29532703326326,"sku":"107-SMY3","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/107-smy3-1500px.png?v=1777313621"},{"product_id":"107-sm80","title":"1880 Smyth County, Virginia Census","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second census following the Civil War, this census presents significant and detailed information on every member of the household. 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The tables are comprised of two different types of information: \"A Register of Children of Colored Persons Whose Parents Had Ceased to Cohabit Which the Father Recognizes to be His\" and \"A Register of Colored Persons Cohabiting Together as Husband and Wife\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Register of Children usually gives the child's name, age, place of birth, residence, and the last owner. Also included are the parent's names, ages, residences, and last owner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cohabiting Records generally include the husband's and wife's names and ages, their residence, their last owner with his\/her residence, and a list of their children and ages plus a date of the start of their cohabitation or the number of years together.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough the information in each table is similar, it may be arranged in different sequences. The place of birth is usually the county and the residence is usually the town. 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The vital information is given in abstract form.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExample:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWill Book A - Page 30\u003cbr\u003e JAMES DAVIS - WILL\u003cbr\u003e Wife: Levina\u003cbr\u003e Sons: Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.\u003cbr\u003e Daughters: Rhoda, Eliza, Polly and Jane\u003cbr\u003e Son-in-law: Dr. Ephraim Ward\u003cbr\u003e Grandson: James Franklin Ward\u003cbr\u003e Exec: two sons\u003cbr\u003e Signed: December 21, 1834 james Davis\u003cbr\u003e Witnesses: Joseph W. Davis, Ransom Tilson, Martin Davis and Rufus M. William\u003cbr\u003e Recorded: May 19, 1835\u003cbr\u003e J. F. Pendleton\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames L. 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More often the LWT is written fairly soon before the death of the testator, but in some cases, quite some years before. Sometimes \"bonus\" information is captured in the will such as the metes and bounds of land conveyed by the LWT.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(b) \u003cu\u003eAppraisal and Inventory of Estates\u003c\/u\u003e: This provides some clue as to the wealth (or lack thereof) of the individual concerned, proving articles which are provided to the (usually) three appraisers and the price assigned to each article. These have generally not been transcribed beyond mentioned the size of the estate, the major composition of the estate and the total, if given (frequently no total is given). For those interested in the size and wealth of their subject's estate, the information is readily available to transcribe and is frequently, in the case of large estates, exhaustive.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(c) \u003cu\u003eSale Bill of Estate\u003c\/u\u003e: The Sale Bill generally follows pretty closely the Inventory\/Appraisement of Estate. In the case of these sales, I have recorded the names of purchasers, but attempting to only make one mention of each name or form of name (some repeats). Prices paid have not been transcribed but are easily available to the researcher. In the case of slaves, the name of the slave and the price at sale are transcribed and a few other interesting articles sometimes mentioned.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(d) \u003cu\u003eSettlement of Estates\u003c\/u\u003e: These entries contain the \"bookkeeping\" of the estate administrator and lists the debits and credits of the estate; proper names are recorded (usually \"received from\" or \"paid to\". These entries can also sometimes be exhaustive and are difficult to sometimes make sense of even in full transcription. These settlements sometimes contain valuable information regarding the heirs to include their names and the amount to be distributed to each heir (at times being more specific regarding the heirs than the LWT itself.).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(e) \u003cu\u003eAssignment of Dower\u003c\/u\u003e: By law of the commonwealth, a widow was entitled to 1\/3 of the estate of her husband; these assignments of dower are listed in this LWT and are frequently good sources of the location, metes and bounds of the land assigned.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(f) \u003cu\u003eRenunciation of Dower\u003c\/u\u003e: Not infrequently the husband of a widow would leave specific amounts to his widow in his will, instead of dower, but the widow had the right to renounce the provisions made for her in the LWT and in such cases, request her dower.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(g) \u003cu\u003eOther\u003c\/u\u003e:\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cu\u003eSlaves\u003c\/u\u003e: Information on slaves can be found in several areas, including LWTs, Estate Sales, Inventories, and sometimes other places. 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This segment of the early population was very numerous and extremely important in and for Smyth County.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the early settlers came especially from Pennsylvania (with Chester County being especially prominent as a place of origin); for this reason I call Philadelphia (port of arrival) \"The Jamestown of Smyth County\"; some Germans and Scottish\/Ulsterite and also English (rarely mentioned but numerous) came also from Pennsylvania, sometimes stopping for a generation or more in Frederick, Shenandoah, and especially Augusta\/Botetourt\/Rockbridge County. It should here be pointed out that a great number of the early inhabitants listing \"NC\" as place of birth were short-term persons of NC background, coming primarily also from PA to NC and thence to Smyth; a fairly rare, small group of persons coming from the counties in or bordering the Piedmont of NC may have come there from the E. of NC or from VA. Lastly, the minority of persons who crossed the water gaps, deemed frequently \"Eastern Virginia English\" trickled into Smyth, mainly from the Piedmont Counties of Louisa, Amelia, Powhatan, Buckingham, Cumberland et al. Finally, particularly in the St. Clair District, the \"New England Colony\" were a strong and fairly numerous contingent, originating in MA, CT and RI, frequently stopping in Ulster and Westchester Counties, NY and thence to (now) Smyth County. This \"colony\" had a small spillover into neighboring Washington County; many of them were former tenants of the patroons in NY. This latter group makes Smyth County unique in Virginia in having a sizeable contingent of (originally) New England people.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Jack Hockett and Donald Helton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2023, paper, 161 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e107-SWB1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40133764120694,"sku":"107-SWB1","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/107-swb1-1500px.png?v=1777313645"},{"product_id":"107-swb2","title":"Smyth County, Virginia Will Book 2, 1844-1854","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis will book consists primarily of:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e(a) \u003cu\u003eLast Will and Testaments\u003c\/u\u003e: These give everything from full details of families to mere \"hints\" of the size and composition of families (wife, husband, children, et al). 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They having generally, at that time, no surnames, their given name is always capitalized in this transcription.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cu\u003eNames\/Forms\u003c\/u\u003e: The English speaking clerk (who was wary of most punctuation, by the way), frequently butchered the German [and Swiss German\/Alsatian German] names, especially; in a few instances, the German name itself has been translated into English. 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They are generally an excellent source of genealogical information. More often the LWT is written fairly soon before the death of the testator, but in some cases, quite some years before. Sometimes \"bonus\" information is captured in the will such as the metes and bounds of land conveyed by the LWT.\u003cbr\u003e (b) Appraisal and Inventory of Estates: This provides some clue as to the wealth (or lack thereof) of the individual concerned, proving articles which are provided to the (usually) three appraisers and the price assigned to each article. These have generally not been transcribed beyond mentioned the size of the estate, the major composition of the estate and the total, if given (frequently no total is given). 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They having generally, at that time, no surnames, their given name is always capitalized in this transcription.\u003cbr\u003e Names\/Forms: The English speaking clerk (who was wary of most punctuation, by the way), frequently butchered the German [and Swiss German\/Alsatian German] names, especially; in a few instances, the German name itself has been translated into English. This segment of the early population was very numerous and extremely important in and for Smyth County.\u003cbr\u003e The bulk of the early settlers came especially from Pennsylvania (with Chester County being especially prominent as a place of origin); for this reason I call Philadelphia (port of arrival) \"The Jamestown of Smyth County\"; some Germans and Scottish\/Ulsterite and also English (rarely mentioned but numerous) came also from Pennsylvania, sometimes stopping for a generation or more in Frederick, Shenandoah, and especially Augusta\/Botetourt\/Rockbridge County. 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And since the Court as then known was abolished at that time and replaced, pages 347-594 are blank the statement of the microfilmer on p. 595. Then as a supplement, pp. 596-598 contain a listing of the Civil War Pensioners with date each pension was granted and date of renewal of death of the pensioner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contents of this OB 21 are similar to the OBs 10-20 (refer especially to intro for OB 14 for specifics, being especially rich in detailing of various causes) as reiterated in the Introductions to these OBs. Especially helpful are the listing of deeds (a veritable \"deed index\") and other writing admitted to record in each previous court term and, as painful as it may occasionally be, the indictments. A great part of the work is taken up by Causes\/Cases brought to trial; some with juries and some without - for such reasons (Indictments) as forfeited forthcoming bond; murder (none in this OB); assault and battery, fornication, adultery, keeping house of ill fame. lewd and lascivious cohabitation, lewdness, seduction, rape, assault, riot, perjury, bigamy, selling liquor without license, felony (unspecified), misdemeanor (unspecified), carrying concealed weapons [CCW], carrying weapons on Sunday, unlawful detainer, larceny, disturbing religious worship, affray, trespass, unlawful detainer, playing at cards, gaming, and others. In addition, in this work, a \"jail census\" with details, is provided monthly by the jailor to the Judge G. H. Fudge. This work is particularly rich in such cases\/causes as: Road applications; bridge constructions; ad quod damnums; Oaths of Office; payments by Commonwealth or County; lunacy charges, CSA pension applications; deeds admitted to record; Powers of Attorney; attachments; ministers permission to marry; right of ways granted; options granted, binding out of orphans and tax grievances (and, of course, much more).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery serious crimes were not that numerous and a lot of crime, in general, was committed by persons originating from outside the County. Many of the felony causes for which prisoners were sentenced to the penitentiary at Richmond are not specifically identified; among prisoners sentenced to the Penitentiary were (# years confinement in parentheses): Earl Scott (2); William Tinsley (5); David Doan (1); Jim McNeals (3); Lillie McNeals (2); W. T. Campbell (4); Mac Bryson, murder (15); Horace Rhea (2); Geo. 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